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'Notch'ing up a role in the multisystem disease tuberous sclerosis complex

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two independent teams of researchers have identified a role for enhanced activation of the signaling protein Notch in tumors characterized by inactivation of either the TSC1 or the TSC2 protein. As indicated by Warren Pear, ...


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Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case

Technology / Internet

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history.


Psychologists show that future-minded people make better decisions for their health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When New Year's Eve rolls around and you're deciding whether to have another glass of champagne, your decision may be predicted by your perspective of the future.


Sick of blurred identity, US plant pathologists formed own society

Biology / Other

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Spinach with fungus, malnourished cabbage, spots on cauliflower and peaches injured by frost. No matter the malady, a group of people who fashioned themselves as "plant doctors" assembled for the first time 100 years ago ...


Rapid flu testing

Medicine & Health / Research

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Children's Research Institute, and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin have developed a rapid, automated system to differentiate strains of influenza. The related report ...


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Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 22 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(AP) -- Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. ...


Stress, heart disease not exclusive to football coaches

Medicine & Health / Health

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's impossible to know, unless you're Urban Meyer or one of his doctors, what exactly caused the two-time college football championship winner to see-saw decisions about his prestigious professional career ...


Chlorophylls effective against aflatoxin

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study has found that chlorophyll and its derivative chlorophyllin are effective in limiting the absorption of aflatoxin in humans. Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that is a contaminant of grains including corn, peanuts ...


Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV (AP)

Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV

Technology / Telecom

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 12

(AP) -- For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer.



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