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Verizon Wireless to FCC: smart phones more costly

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless says it started charging customers more to break service contracts for smart phones because those devices cost much more.


FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.


Atomic-level Snapshot Catches Protein Motor in Action (w/ Video)

Atomic-level Snapshot Catches Protein Motor in Action (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The atomic-level action of a remarkable class of ring-shaped protein motors has been uncovered by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory using a state-of-the-art protein ...


The Stars My Destination

The Stars My Destination

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 2

The Voyager spacecraft are now in the outermost layer of the heliosphere, traveling toward interstellar space - the first man-made spacecraft to travel such a vast distance from Earth.


New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gu ...


Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 3

By travelling to the outer solar system, the two Voyager spacecraft allowed us to see amazing details of far-distant planets and moons.


BMJ raises concerns over 'outlawed' gagging clauses in NHS contracts

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Despite government outlawing of gagging clauses in NHS contracts, new evidence published in the British Medical Journal today reveals how some trusts have continued to use them.


NY officials rescind mandatory H1N1 flu shot order (AP)

NY officials rescind mandatory H1N1 flu shot order

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccinated against the swine flu by the end of November or risk losing their ...


Ciena wins court approval for Nortel unit bid

Technology / Business

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Ciena Corp. won court approval Thursday to start bidding on Nortel Network Corp.'s optical and Ethernet division with an offer valued at more than $532 million.


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FCC launches probe of Google Voice service

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T Inc. that Google Inc.'s free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge ...


Treatment can allow birth despite dangerous disorder

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's a decision that an expecting mother should never have to make: Abort your unborn child and save your own life or deliver the baby and face possible death a few days later.


High-sensitivity bone marrow aspiration technology enhances leukemia cell detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have created a viable technology to improve the detection of leukemia cells in bone marrow.


How to deliver the news? New advice for doctors diagnosing prenatal Down syndrome

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New prenatal tests for Down syndrome are soon to be offered to all pregnant women across the United States, yet telling an expectant couple that their child will be born with Down syndrome is a task very few physicians are ...


Cogent trial shows lack of adverse interaction between clopidogrel and stomach medicine

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results from a late breaking clinical trial called COGENT demonstrate that the combination of giving patients clopidogrel, a blood thinner commonly prescribed to patients with cardiovascular disease, and stomach medicines ...


Emerging and re-emerging plagues: Is there a rising danger?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As a result of dominant media coverage of new epidemic threats such as swine influenza, other infection risks receive less public attention than they deserve.