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Secure updates for navigation systems and company

At the push of a button by the driver, control units download the car manufacturer's new software -- such as enhanced map material for the navigation system. To ensure that this data channel is protected from hacker attack, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blackbeard's anchor recovered off NC coast (Update)

Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship off the North Carolina coast Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Cancer's break-in tools possibly identified (w/ Video)

A single cell in a 1-millimeter nematode worm is providing valuable new clues into cancer's deadliest behavior -- its ability to put down roots in new tissues after spreading throughout the body.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Magnetic-anchor-guided endoscopic submucosal dissection shows promise for gastric cancer

A prospective clinical trial from researchers in Japan shows magnetic-anchor-guided endoscopic submucosal dissection for large early gastric cancer to be a feasible and safe method in humans. Endoscopic submucosal dissection ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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'Pyramids' planted to revive Philippine corals

Thousands of small "pyramids" are being planted off the Philippines' famous Boracay resort island in an effort to bring its nearly destroyed coral reefs back to life, an environment group said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Univision, Disney look at English news channel

(AP) -- Univision and Disney are in talks to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smallest tools could give biggest results in bone repair

When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be assembled to turn a half-inch ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mission to land on a comet

Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenkoand land a probe on it, two firsts.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Gene related to fat preferences in humans found

A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other forms of this gene.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots

To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Honey could be effective at treating and preventing wound infections

Manuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further evidence for the clinical use of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Detecting detrimental change in coral reefs

Over dinner on R.V. Calypso while anchored on the lee side of Glover's Reef in Belize, Jacques Cousteau told Phil Dustan that he suspected humans were having a negative impact on coral reefs. Dustan—a ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cliffhanging corals avoid trawler damage

Bottom trawling fishing boats have devastated many cold water coral reefs along the margin of the North East Atlantic Ocean. Now, researchers have found large cold water coral colonies clinging to the vertical ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cruise ship threatens marine paradise

(AP) -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers which centuries ago stood guard against against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a new and modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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