News tagged with bay area
University of Minnesota and start-up to develop antidote to cyanide poisoning
Cyanide poisoning is often fatal and typically affects victims of industrial accidents, terrorist attacks, or structural fires. Based on research conducted at the Center for Drug Design at the University of Minnesota, startup ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Fertile sperm donor draws criticism from FDA, docs
(AP) -- Physicians and the federal government cited the case of a San Francisco Bay area man who has fathered 14 children as an example of the risks posed by the informal market for sperm donations, which doctors consider ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Tech startups establish beachhead in L.A.
The Los Angeles tech scene has buzz, glitzy backers and even a catchy nickname: Silicon Beach.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Protecting Houston from the next big hurricane
To protect Houston and Galveston from future hurricanes, a Rice University-led team of experts recommends building a floodgate across the Houston Ship Channel adding new levees to protect densely populated areas on Galveston ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Americans recall personal impacts of Jobs' vision
(AP) -- Steve Jobs urged people to think different, and wowed them when his own different thinking put thousands of songs in their pockets, the power of the Internet at their fingertips and a whole world ...
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater
After the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant was severely compromised and radioactive material was found in the water in many of the surrounding areas, ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Obama to host town hall meeting through LinkedIn
(AP) -- President Barack Obama is again turning to a social networking website to host a town hall meeting.
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Cholera pandemic's source discovered
Researchers have used next generation sequencing to trace the source and explain the spread of the latest (seventh) cholera pandemic. They have also highlighted the impact of the acquisition of resistance to antibiotics on ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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SF area transit agency to discuss wireless policy
(AP) -- The transit agency in the San Francisco Bay area hopes to ease tensions with a public meeting over whether there should be a policy on cutting wireless access to its stations during protests.
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Transit agency head defends cell service shutoff
(AP) -- The head of the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency is defending the system's move to cut wireless service to thwart a planned protest last week. But he says the tactic likely won't be used again.
Aug 16, 2011 |
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CA transit agency under fire over wireless shutoff
(AP) -- A growing number of critics are complaining that a San Francisco Bay area transit agency acted illegally when it cut off wireless service in an effort to stifle a protest.
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Kids and hackers, oh my! DefCon adds kids track
(AP) -- Fewer things seem out of place at the rough-hewn DefCon hacker convention than a swarm of kids.
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Time's rising tide may swamp Delta marshes
While marshes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area are currently keeping pace with rising sea levels, they may not be sustainable under future sea-level increases.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Research shows Silicon Valley land conservation didn't hurt housing development
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's no secret that the San Francisco Bay Area, where the median house price is $350,000, is home to expensive real estate. Developers have often blamed conservationists for the high costs by arguing that ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 10, 2010 |
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