The relative risk of brain cancer November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Doctors know that you're at a higher risk for breast, colon and prostate cancers if they've been found in your family. Brain cancer can now be placed on that same list, says a new study by Tel Aviv University and the University ... | |
 Toward a new generation of paper-thin loudspeakers November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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In research that may redefine ear buds, earphones, stereo loudspeakers, and other devices for producing sound, researchers in China are reporting development of flexible loudspeakers thinner than paper that ... | |
The dark truth of healthful chocolate November 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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While research has shown that dark chocolate can help to lower blood pressure, those studies required eating a large amount of chocolate to achieve the benefits. | |
 First fuzzy photos of planets outside solar system November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope and W.M. Keck Observatory on Hawaii's Mauna Kea have obtained the first-ever direct images identifying a multi-planet system around a normal star. ... | |
Mathematica Users Get 100x Performance Boost From NVIDIA CUDA 10 hours ago | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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At SC08, Wolfram Research will demonstrate a new version of Mathematica, the world’s most powerful general computational software, that integrates CUDA, NVIDIA’s parallel GPU computing architecture. This new version is expected ... | |
 Qualcomm to link people to Internet without computers November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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US wireless technology titan Qualcomm on Wednesday said it is unleashing technology that will let people in poor countries connect to the Internet without personal computers. | |
 Researchers show that plants can accumulate nanoparticles in tissues November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Delaware have provided what is believed to be the first experimental evidence that plants can take up nanoparticles and accumulate them in their tissues | |
Scientist Unlocking the Secrets of Sea Slug that Lives Like a Plant 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Photosynthesis generates the oxygen needed for life on earth as well as the biomass for food and biofuel production. The process is driven by the absorption of the sun’s energy by tiny green "bodies" called ... | |
Survey says over-50 set likelier to buy Earth-friendly November 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Older is greener. That was the finding of a recent report that says businesses should rethink how they pitch environmentally friendly products, because the over-50 generation may be their best customers. | |
Scientists scratch heads over why we itch November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists are baffled by one of humankind's most annoying problems - itching - an almost universal misery for which there is, as yet, no adequate explanation or treatment. | |
Germany: Marrow transplant may have cured AIDS November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(AP) -- An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday. | |
Can a single molecule behave as a mirror? 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. “Imagine that your mirror at home becomes a single molecule and ... | |
Forests may play overlooked role in regulating climate November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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In a study to be published next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists led by a team at the University of New Hampshire show that forests may influence the Earth's climate in important ... | |
Indigo ointment may help treat patients with psoriasis November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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An ointment made from indigo naturalis, a dark blue plant-based powder used in traditional Chinese medicine, appears effective in treating plaque-type psoriasis, according to a report in the November issue of Archives ... | |
 Supercritical CO2 boosts super optimism in sequestering greenhouse gas November 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists appear to have the rock-solid evidence that suggests carbon dioxide can be safely and permanently sequestered in deep, underground basalt rock formations, without risk of it eventually ... | |
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