Weakening PC demand expected to affect Intel, AMD October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Weakening demand for personal computers has led analysts to take a more cautious look at Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the two giants of the PC-chip industry prepare to release third-quarter results. | |
Facebook rekindling long-lost friendships October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
It was the first message Marlee Wallingford ever received on Facebook. And it was a simple one: "Did you go to Salisbury Central School in 1968?" | |
Researchers find important clue to learning deficit in children with autism October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people ... | |
Transparency in politics can lead to greater corruption October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Why are some countries more prone to political corruption? Viviana Stechina from Uppsala University, Sweden, has investigated why corruption among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina than in Chile during ... | |
 Fitness in a changing world: The genetics and adaptations of the Alaskan stickleback fish October 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The stickleback fish, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is one of the most thoroughly studied organisms in the wild, and has been a particularly useful model for understanding variation in physiology, behavior, ... | |
Does it matter if black plus white equals black or multiracial? October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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"Is Barack Obama Black or Biracial?" a recent CNN.com headline asks. The question of whether Obama should be considered black or multiracial has been a concern of the media throughout the campaign. | |
Scientists discover crucial control in long-lasting immunity October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified a protein that plays matchmaker between two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, enabling them to interact in a way that is crucial to establishing ... | |
Research shows link between bisphenol A and disease in adults October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Exeter, the University of Plymouth and the University of Iowa, have found evidence linking Bisphenol A (BPA) to diabetes and heart disease in adults. | |
Recommendations for children's exercise lacking say experts October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK, have carried out research that suggests the one hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the rising ... | |
Young stellar objects: The source of gas emission around Herbig Ae/Be stars October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
This week, Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing new observations with AMBER/VLTI of the gas component in the vicinity of young stars. An international team of astronomers led by E. Tatulli (Grenoble, France) and ... | |
Pregnancy not turning minds to mush: Study October 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Pregnancy and motherhood may make us all go a little gooey, but it's not turning mums' brains into mush, according to mental health researchers at The Australian National University. | |
Only some Web sites provide patients with reliable information before having an operation October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows unsponsored and professional society Web sites provide significantly higher quality information about common elective surgical procedures ... | |
Study finds stroke-prevention surgery safe in growing 80-plus population October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New research published in the October issue of Journal of the American College of Surgeons challenges the current opinion that patients in their eighties, who are often deemed "high-risk" due to their advanced age, ... | |
 New spintronics effect could lead to magnetic batteries October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have recently discovered that heating one side of a magnetized nickel-iron rod causes electrons to rearrange themselves according to their spins. This so-called "spin Seebeck effect" ... | |
 A new explosive: Melt-castable nitrate ester with high explosive energy October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Since the discovery of nitroglycerin in 1846, the nitrate ester group of compounds has been known for its explosive properties. A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as explosives ... | |
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