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Power-sipping cell phone displays come closer
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The first factory dedicated to making a new type of power-thrifty cell phone display has started operations, Qualcomm Inc. said this week.
Is India the future for tech?
Apr 01, 2009 |
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The recent hubbub about cloud computing -- how to define it and where it's heading -- has me wondering something. What about India?
Taking cues: Sometimes environmental cues can activate thrifty behavior
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Consumers are constantly bombarded with subtle and even subconscious cues from their environment. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines whether these cues activate goals that affect behavior in the long t ...
Researchers uncover 'obesity gene' involved in weight gain response to high-fat diet
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Scientists have determined that a specific gene plays a role in the weight-gain response to a high-fat diet. The finding in an animal study suggests that blocking this gene could one day be a therapeutic strategy to reduce ...
New underwater robot can hover in place
Sep 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have designed a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter -- an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers ...
New report finds food prices in Boston and Philadelphia 50 percent higher
Sep 17, 2008 |
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Researchers from the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP) at Boston Medical Center and Drexel University School of Public Health, have reported that low-income families in Boston and Philadelphia using ...
Why juniper trees can live on less water
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Feb 27, 2008 |
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An ability to avoid the plant equivalent of vapor lock and a favorable evolutionary history may explain the unusual drought resistance of junipers, some varieties of which are now spreading rapidly in water-starved ...
Bargain Basement Satellites
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Looking for a cheap fare 'round the world? Your search is over. A NASA team has built a small, low-cost satellite called FASTSAT, and it's almost ready to fly. Need some details before you sign up? Read on.
Obesity genetics
Oct 16, 2007 |
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New evidence that genetics plays a key role in obesity is published today in the International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications. The findings relate to the genetics of modern Pima Indians who have an unu ...
Canned green beans are recalled
Aug 02, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported a nationwide recall Thursday of French Style Green Beans sold under various brand names.
No sign ethnic group genes cause diabetes
Apr 17, 2007 |
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U.S. and Australian scientists have dispelled a 40-year-old "thrifty genotype theory" that certain minority groups are genetically prone to diabetes.
No sign that ethnic groups' genes cause diabetes, research says
Apr 16, 2007 |
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A study by U.S. and Australian researchers is helping dispel the 40-year-old "thrifty genotype theory," which purports that certain minority groups are genetically prone to diabetes.
Study shows that indigenous people are not genetically prone to diabetes
Apr 16, 2007 |
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The high rate of diabetes among indigenous people is not due to their genetic heritage, according to a recently published study.
Programmed for obesity
Feb 17, 2007 |
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Obesity is generally discussed in terms of caloric intake (how much a person eats) and energy output (how much a person exercises). However, according to a University of Missouri-Columbia scientist, environmental chemicals ...
Red Storm upgrade lifts Sandia supercomputer to 2nd in world, but 1st in scalability, say researchers
Nov 15, 2006 |
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A $15 million upgrade to Sandia’s Red Storm computer has increased its peak speed from 41.5 to 124.4 teraflops in a computing terrain in which a single teraflop was a big deal only 6 years ago.
