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South African doctor sees drug-resistant HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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(AP) -- It's 8 a.m. and Dr. Theresa Rossouw is already drowning behind a cluttered desk of handwritten HIV charts - new, perplexing cases of patients whose lifesaving drugs have turned against them.
After foiled US plane attack, scanners revisited
Dec 29, 2009 |
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As US lawmakers demand to know how a would-be attacker smuggled explosives aboard a plane on Christmas Day, the use of body scanners at airport security points is likely to be revisited.
Scientists develop technique to determine ethnic origin of stem cell lines
Dec 29, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells.
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Chemists Discover How Cells Create Stability During Critical DNA-to-RNA Information Transfers
Chemistry / Biochemistry
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Seeing without looking
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Japanese researcher unveils 'hummingbird robot'
Electronics / Robotics
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Google plans Android event in January
Technology / Internet
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players,
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time,
Dec 21, 2009 |
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More precise measurements of the W boson,
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Light-Driven Nanorod Could Roll on Water,
Dec 18, 2009 |
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New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars,
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case
Dec 29, 2009 |
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A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history.
Scientists Show How Bacteria Move Electrons Across a Membrane
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of East Anglia, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated for the first time the mechanism by which some bacteria ...
First molars provide insight into evolution of apes, humans
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The timing of molar emergence and its relation to growth and reproduction in apes is being reported by two scientists at Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins in the Dec. 28 ...
CU Students to Build Tiny Spacecraft to Observe 'Space Weather' Environment
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $840,000 from the National Science Foundation for students to build a tiny spacecraft to observe energetic particles in space that should ...
Moving video to 'captcha' robot hackers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 29, 2009 |
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We see the popular "captcha" security mechanism often ― wavy letters websites ask us to type into a box. It's used by web pages and newsletter sign-up forms to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. ...
Tracking Virus Resistance Genes in Watermelon Made Easier
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding watermelon genes that confer resistance to the devastating zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) has just been made easier, thanks to molecular markers developed by Agricultural Research ...
Blood test that provides prior blood sugar average now recommended for diabetes screening, diagnosis (w/ Video)
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an annual supplement to the journal Diabetes Care, published Dec. 29 by the American Diabetes Association, the A1C test is given a prominent role in the 2010 guidelines for diabetes screening, diagnosis ...
New research could advance research field critical to personalized medicine
Dec 29, 2009 |
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It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup. While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies. Researchers ...
A facial expression is worth a thousand words
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Moving pictures are more suitable to interpret the mood of a person than a static photograph.
Couple stranded 3 days after GPS leads them astray
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Nevada couple letting their SUV's navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road.
Newly Discovered Gene Mutation Linked to Nerve Diseases
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified mutations in the gene for TRPV4 that cause two related degenerative motor nerve disorders, scapuloperoneal spinal muscular ...
Cockroaches offer inspiration for running robots
Dec 28, 2009 |
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The sight of a cockroach scurrying for cover may be nauseating, but the insect is also a biological and engineering marvel, and is providing researchers at Oregon State University with what they call "bioinspiration" ...
New RNA interference technique can silence up to five genes
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Researchers at MIT and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals report this week that they have successfully used RNA interference to turn off multiple genes in the livers of mice, an advance that could lead to new treatments ...
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Schizophrenia mouse model should improve understanding and treatment of the disorder
Medicine & Health / Research
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Now hear this: Swim-proof hearing aids to get test
Medicine & Health / Other
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Consumer groups try to block Google purchase of AdMob
Technology / Internet
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Molecular chaperone keeps bacterial proteins from slow-dancing to destruction
Biology / Cell & Microbiology
Dec 28, 2009 |
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One step closer to closure: Neuroscientists discovery key to spinal cord defects
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Researchers find clues to why some continue to eat when full
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Drug-resistant urinary tract infections spreading worldwide
Medicine & Health / Diseases
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Scientists map speed of climate change
Space & Earth / Environment
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Voyager makes an interstellar discovery
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 26, 2009 |
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Scientists discover how the brain encodes memories at a cellular level
Medicine & Health / Research
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold
Physics / Quantum Physics
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Panasonic plans home-use storage cell
Technology / Energy
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Panasonic develops direct methanol fuel cell system with high power output and durability
Technology / Energy
Dec 26, 2009 |
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Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Tiny nano-electromagnets turn a cloak of invisibility into a possibility
Physics / General Physics
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Curtain falling on 'Digital Decade'
Technology / Hi Tech
Dec 27, 2009 |
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Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft promises fix
Technology / Software
Dec 22, 2009 |
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First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
Medicine & Health / Diseases
Dec 27, 2009 |
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New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)
Physics / Condensed Matter
Dec 24, 2009 |
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