Gadgets: iP1 iPod/iPhone dock

Gadgets: iP1 iPod/iPhone dock, Gboard keyboard

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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The iP1 iPod/iPhone dock from iHome is part of the company's Studio Series launched earlier this year.


Cyclone Cleo back down to tropical storm status

Cyclone Cleo back down to tropical storm status

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Cleo has run into wind shear and it has weakened it from a cyclone to a tropical storm. Cleo's maximum sustained winds are now down to 69 mph, and expected to continue falling. NASA's TRMM satellite noticed ...


Finding the Achilles' heel of cancer

Finding the Achilles' heel of cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A never-approved drug developed to prevent the death of nerve cells after a stroke can efficiently kill cancer cells while keeping normal cells healthy and intact, an international team led by a Tel Aviv University ...


Vermicompost from pig manure grows healthy hibiscus

Space & Earth / Environment

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Vermicomposting, the practice of using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. During vermicomposting, earthworms and microorganisms stabilize organic ...


Kidney disease patients benefit from surgery to prevent stroke

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Physicians should be comfortable referring some patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for effective stroke prevention surgery, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of ...


Genetic ancestry highly correlated with ethnic and linguistic groups in Asia

Biology / Other

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Several genome-wide studies of human genetic diversity have been conducted on European populations. Now, for the first time, these studies have been extended to 73 Southeast Asian (SEA) and East Asian (EA) populations.


Hourly employees happier than salaried

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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People paid by the hour exhibit a stronger relationship between income and happiness, according to a study published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official journal of the So ...


MRI detects breast cancer at earlier stage

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coupled with mammography detects almost all cancers at an early stage, thereby reducing the incidence of advanced stage breast cancer in high-risk women.


New ethical questions are being raised in stem cell research

Biology / Biotechnology

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A groundbreaking discovery two years ago that turned ordinary skin cells back into an embryonic or "pluripotent" state was hailed as the solution to the controversial ethical question that has plagued stem-cell science for ...


Understanding ocean climate

Understanding ocean climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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High-resolution computer simulations performed by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) are helping to understand the inflow of North Atlantic water to the Arctic Ocean and how ...


Newly discovered mechanism by which blood clots form

Medicine & Health / Research

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Polyphosphate from blood platelets plays a key role in inflammation and the formation of blood clots, scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown. The study, which is presented in the prestigious ...


Amount of gene surplus determines severity of mental retardation in males

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Researchers have discovered a new explanation for differences in the severity of mental illness in males. The more excess copies of a certain gene, the more serious the handicap. The genetic defect is situated on the X-chromosome; ...


Extended youthfulness as a prevention for Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Research

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Therapies that can keep us younger longer might also push back the clock on Alzheimer's disease, suggests a new study of mice in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.


Germany unveiled a supercomputer which should be in a position to model even tornados

Germany unveils world's largest weather supercomputer

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Germany Thursday unveiled the world's most powerful weather supercomputer that scientists hope will provide critical data on global warming for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).


Soros: Climate financing dispute could wreck talks (AP)

Soros: Climate financing dispute could wreck talks (Update)

Space & Earth / Environment

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(AP) -- The $10 billion a year proposed by rich nations to help the poor adapt to climate change is "not sufficient" and the gap between what's offered and what's needed could wreck the Copenhagen climate ...