How to avoid heart disease: brush your teeth, say scientists September 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Bad teeth, bleeding gums and poor dental hygiene can end up causing heart disease, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin. | |
During exercise, the human brain shifts into high gear on 'alternative energy' September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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Alternative energy is all the rage in major media headlines, but for the human brain, this is old news. According to a study by researchers from Denmark and The Netherlands published in the October 2008 print issue of The ... | |
Unraveling 'math dyslexia' September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Although school has been back for less than a month, it is likely that many children are already experiencing frustration and confusion in math class. Research at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada could ... | |
Step back to move forward emotionally, study suggests September 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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When you're upset or depressed, should you analyze your feelings to figure out what's wrong? Or should you just forget about it and move on? | |
From Sugar to Gasoline September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, ... | |
Using G OS 3.0 to access Google programs September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Before recent fuss over the new Google Chrome browser, I was looking at another new freebie that may give the average user a better idea of where the search giant is headed. And it isn't even a Google product. | |
Japanese firm unveils wearable airbag for elderly September 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A Japanese company on Wednesday unveiled a wearable airbag for the elderly that pops out when they fall. | |
Study: Massage helps recovery at cellular level September 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps got a massage twice a day in Beijing. His teammate, Dara Torres, had two massage therapists on stand-by. And a bunch of sedated rabbits in Ohio recently had massage performed on their legs after ... | |
 Nanopencil Can Provide Terabit Data Storage Density September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have fabricated a 'nanopencil' with a tip so small that it can be used as a scanning probe in ultrahigh-density computer data storage systems. | |
 UCLA study of satellite imagery casts doubt on surge's success in Baghdad September 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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By tracking the amount of light emitted by Baghdad neighborhoods at night, a team of UCLA geographers has uncovered fresh evidence that last year's U.S. troop surge in Iraq may not have been as effective at ... | |
Doctors: No hamsters or exotic pets for young kids October 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets - or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter - because of risks for disease. | |
 When a light goes on during thought processes October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Thought processes made visible: An international team of scientists headed by Mazahir Hasan of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has succeeded in optically detecting ... | |
 Micro honeycomb materials enable new physics in aircraft sound reduction September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Noise from commercial and military jet aircraft causes environmental problems for communities near airports, obliging airplanes to follow often complex noise-abatement procedures on takeoff and landing. It ... | |
 The hibernating stellar magnet: First optically active magnetar-candidate discovered September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Astronomers have discovered a most bizarre celestial object that emitted 40 visible-light flashes before disappearing again. It is most likely to be a missing link in the family of neutron stars, the first ... | |
Political attitudes are predicted by physiological traits September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Is America's red-blue divide based on voters' physiology? A new paper in the journal Science, titled "Political Attitudes Are Predicted by Physiological Traits," explores the link. | |
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