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Churchill Downs buying YouBet.com
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Churchill Downs Inc., owner of the horse racing track which hosts the famed Kentucky Derby, announced it has agreed to acquire online betting website YouBet.com.
Double identities lie behind chromosome disorders
Jul 08, 2007 |
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Chromosome disorders in sex cells cause infertility, miscarriage and irregular numbers of chromosomes (aneuploidy) in neonates. A new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics shows ...
Study finds thalidomide shows promise for treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer
Feb 27, 2008 |
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Thalidomide, a drug blamed in the 1950s for causing birth defects, is now showing promise as a safe and effective treatment for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, according to a study led by a University of Minnesota Cancer ...
High school put-downs make it hard for students to learn, study says
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 01, 2009 |
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High-school put-downs are such a staple of teen culture that many educators don't take them seriously. However, a University of Illinois study suggests that classroom disruptions and psychologically hostile school environments ...
Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome tests
Nov 20, 2009 |
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The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of non-invasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study in the current issue of Obstetrics an ...
Identifying gems and minerals on Earth and on Mars
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Mar 10, 2006 |
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It'll be a snap to identify gemstones once Robert Downs finishes his library of spectral fingerprints for all the Earth's minerals. Downs is almost halfway there. So far, the associate professor of geosciences ...
First-time moms' exhaustion caused by sleep fragmentation, rather than timing of sleep
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Contrary to popular belief, the timing of sleep in new mothers is preserved after giving birth. Researchers state that while postpartum mothers did experience sleep disruption and daytime consequences, their sleep/wake times ...
Another attack downs Twitter, briefly this time
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Twitter has suffered from another attack following one that left the site down for several hours last week.
Physical activity, mood and serious mental illness
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 14, 2009 |
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A new study from Indiana University suggests that even meager levels of physical activity can improve the mood of people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) such as bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia.
Obama announces $2.4 bln grant for electric vehicles
Aug 05, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled a 2.4-billion-dollar funding boost for the development of new generation electric vehicles and slammed critics of his economic rescue plans.
Lessons learned from drought deaths 40,000 years ago
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Nov 27, 2006 |
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Drought-stricken Australia should heed a warning from a new study that shows a series of massive droughts killed giant kangaroos and other "megafauna" in south-east Queensland 40,000 years ago, according to ...
Neuroscientist's discovery of new uses for old drug leads to patents, innovation award
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2009 |
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University of South Florida neuroscientist R. Douglas Shytle's discovery of successful new clinical uses for mecamylamine, a drug once used to treat hypertension, has led to several issued patents on mecamylamine ...
Garmin Nuvifone G60, sold by AT&T
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Product: Garmin Nuvifone G60, sold by AT&T
Tech review: The Livio Radio
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Product: The Livio Radio, an Internet radio stereo featuring Pandora radio.
'Fishapod' reveals origins of head and neck structures of first land animals
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Newly exposed parts of Tiktaalik roseae--the intermediate fossil between fish and the first animals to walk out of water onto land 375 million years ago--are revealing how this major evolutionary ...
