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Cell transplants may cure deafness

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Uppsala researchers found immature stem cells in the inner ear of humans a few years ago, it caused a global sensation. They have also managed to grow hearing nerves from stem cells and human tissue ...


Researcher uncovers treatment for E.coli

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It couldn't be more ironic. Just as the number of people in North Bay, Ont., made ill by a recent E.coli outbreak, topped 200, a University of Alberta professor has announced a breakthrough in development ...





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The 2009 Geminid Meteor Shower

The 2009 Geminid Meteor Shower (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Make hot cocoa. Bundle up. Tell your friends. The best meteor shower of 2009 is about to fall over North America on a long, cold December night.


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

Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2009 | 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.


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Half of Euro online travel purchases legally unsafe: EU

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than half of all people who buy flights, hotel rooms and hire cars online risk being left without compensation if companies fail under outdated law, the EU said Thursday.


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Oscar Pistorius' artificial limbs give him clear, major advantage for sprint running

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if ...


UIC Researchers Probe Computer 'Commonsense Knowledge'

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Challenge a simple pocket calculator at arithmetic and you may be left in the dust. But even the most sophisticated computer cannot match the reasoning of a youngster who looks outside, sees a fresh snowfall, ...


Vonage releases calling app for iPhone, BlackBerry

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers.


Team finds a better way to watch bacteria swim

Team finds a better way to watch bacteria swim

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have developed a new method for studying bacterial swimming, one that allows them to trap Escherichia coli bacteria and modify the microbes' environment without hindering the way they move.


Bundling 2 low-cost heart drugs prevents heart attack and stroke in large, diverse population

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A program that bundled two generic, low-cost drugs - a cholesterol-lowering statin and a blood pressure-lowering drug - and gave daily doses to 68,560 people with diabetes or heart disease for two years is estimated to have ...


Laser Fusion and Exawatt Lasers

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the recent past, producing lasers with terawatt (a trillion watts) beams was impressive. Now petawatt (a thousand trillion watts, or 10^15 watts) lasers are the forefront of laser research. Some labs are ...


Evidence that priming affiliation increases helping behavior in infants as young as 18 months

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most of us are willing to help a neighbor in need, but there's no question that we pay a price for our altruism. Not necessarily in money, but in valuable time and energy, and with no promise of payback. So, why do we engage ...



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