CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months

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(AP) -- Government health officials say swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April.


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AOL to log additional $200M in restructuring costs

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(AP) -- New regulatory filings suggest many more layoffs could be coming at AOL LLC as it separates from Time Warner Inc. by the end of the year.


Mobile telephone sales inched up 0.1 percent in the third quarter

Mobile phone sales rise in 3rd quarter: study

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Global sales of mobile phones reversed a slide that began late last year and turned positive in third quarter 2009, a trend expected to accelerate thanks to smartphones, a study disclosed Thursday.


Alberta's hidden valleys offer both resources and danger

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Alberta is crisscrossed with hidden glacial valleys that hold both resource treasures and potential danger. University of Alberta researcher Doug Schmitt discovered a 300 metre deep, valley hidden beneath the surface of the ...


Space station gets new research module

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(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.


Retailers use social media to advertise deals

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(AP) -- You may want to check Facebook and Twitter before heading to the mall the day after Thanksgiving.


Enhanced plasma shortens time off for injured athletes

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Injured athletes who have their own enriched plasma injected into their bodies are healing faster and spending less time on the bench or on the disabled list.


Research reveals lipids' unexpected role in triggering death of brain cells

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The lipid that accumulates in brain cells of individuals with an inherited enzyme disorder also drives the cell death that is a hallmark of the disease, according to new research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...


Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs (AP)

Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs

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(AP) -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 - the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday.


findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

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The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...


New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at University College Dublin have solved a chemistry problem which has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific ...


Shape of things to come: Structure of HIV coat could lead to new drugs

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Structural biologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have described the architecture of the complex of protein units that make up the coat surrounding the HIV genome and identified in it a "seam" of functional ...


Leonid meteor shower peaks Tuesday, Nov. 17

Leonid meteor shower peaks Tuesday, Nov. 17 (w/ Video)

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Leonid meteor shower best viewing this year will be in the hours before dawn on Nov. 17.


In touch with molecules

In touch with molecules

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The performance of modern electronics increases steadily on a fast pace thanks to the ongoing miniaturization of the utilized components. However, se-vere problems arise due to quantum-mechanical phenomena ...


LLNL licenses carbon nanotube technology to local company

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has exclusively licensed to Porifera Inc. of Hayward a carbon nanotube technology that can be used to desalinate water and can be applied to other liquid based separations.