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Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels (AP)

Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels

Technology / Business

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.


Osteoarthritis increases aggregate health care expenditures by $186 billion annually

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Osteoarthritis (OA), a highly prevalent disease, raised aggregate annual medical care expenditures in the U.S. by $185.5 billion according to researchers from Stony Brook University. Insurers footed $149.4 billion of the ...


GE, Vivendi deal paves way for NBC sale to Comcast (AP)

GE, Vivendi deal paves way for NBC sale to Comcast

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- General Electric Co.'s agreement to buy out the rest of NBC Universal paves the way for it to sell control of the TV and movie company to Comcast Corp. in a deal that promises to reshape the entertainment ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 10

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


First Pump-Probe Experiment at LCLS Completed

First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed

Physics / General Physics

created 17 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists from ...


Patients say 'no thanks' to risky medical treatments

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study suggests that increasing patient responsibility for making medical decisions may decrease their willingness to accept risky treatment options. Details of this proof-of-concept study appear in the December issue ...


Black hole caught zapping galaxy into existence?

Black hole caught zapping galaxy into existence?

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Which come first, the supermassive black holes that frantically devour matter or the enormous galaxies where they reside? A brand new scenario has emerged from a recent set of outstanding ...


Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum (AP)

Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum

Technology / Business

created 20 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Retail Web sites kept amping up the deals Monday, the first day after the Thanksgiving holiday, to try to maintain the long weekend's strong online sales.


Game Theory: Researchers examine what makes video games click with players -- or not

Game Theory: Researchers examine what makes video games click with players -- or not

Technology / Software

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Every Friday afternoon, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab opens its doors to anyone who wishes to drop by and play. On one such recent day, Jason Begy, a graduate student in the Comparative Media Studies program ...


NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels

NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels

Biology / Biotechnology

created 17 hours ago | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ethanol producers are racing to come up with ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass that are cheaper and easier to ...



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