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Japan mines toxic e-waste for precious materials
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Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.
Hi-tech, eco-friendly dream home takes shape in Japan
Dec 14, 2009 |
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On Tokyo Bay, at the edge of the largest urban sprawl on Earth, sits what may be an environmentalist's dream home.
Scientists use nanosensors for first time to measure cancer biomarkers in blood
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 13, 2009 |
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A team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time. Their findings, which appear December 13 in the advanced online publication of ...
Glasgow's joking computer
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland is exhibiting a computer that makes up jokes using its database of simple language rules and a large vocabulary.
Scientists chase deadly MRSA bacteria with new models
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago, Chicago hospitals were at ground zero when the deadly MRSA bacterium, till then confined to hospitals, learned some new tricks and spilled out into the community. This year, ...
Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots
Dec 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine.
Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest ...
Stuffing the turkey and other Thanksgiving food-safety mistakes
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What would a Thanksgiving turkey be without its stuffing, and what better place for that stuffing than inside the turkey? Despite the tradition involved, a food-safety specialist in Penn State's College of ...
Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient (Update)
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching ...
Prioritizing low-cost, simple health measures would save 2.5 million child lives a year
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Almost a third of the children under age five who die each year could be saved if governments rebalance health spending to ensure low-cost, simple interventions such as safe water and hygiene, bed nets and basic maternal ...
Teens less likely to wash hands when cooking, more likely to cross-contaminate raw food than adults
Nov 11, 2009 |
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A Kansas State University study has shown that when preparing frozen foods, adolescents are less likely than adults to wash their hands and are more susceptible to cross-contaminating raw foods while cooking.
Wet ethanol production process yields more ethanol and more co-products
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger bang for their buck - ...
K-State Expert Says Fear Of H1N1 Amplifies Normal Anxiety About School, Offers Tips On How To Cope
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2009 |
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For university students, anxiety about grades is nothing new. But this year, students also may be anxious about the H1N1 flu virus and missing classes.
The greening of Willis Tower: Rooftop gardens part of plan to improve efficiency
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Growing up in the southwest suburbs, Sara Beardsley had a view of the Chicago skyline from her house. Today, she is transforming that skyline, but you won't find her work glorified on a $6 mug or gracing postcards.
A delicate grip
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar wafers for use in the production of photovoltaic systems are extremely sensitive. In a test and demonstration center research is being conducted on grippers to determine the best way ...
