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New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, ...


Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the ...


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Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants

Medicine & Health / Research

created 8 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory an ...


Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo

Technology / Internet

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.


Consumers choose locally grown and environmentally friendly apples

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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When asked to compare apples to apples, consumers said they would pay more for locally grown apples than genetically modified (GMO) apples. But in a second questionnaire consumers preferred GMO apples - that is, when they ...


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Feeling the way: Robotic device can help visually impaired people

Technology / Engineering

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(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, it has become routine to go online to check out a map before traveling to a new place. But for blind people, Google maps and other visual mapping applications are of little ...


The Crab Nebula: A Cosmic Icon

The Crab Nebula: Energy for 100,000 Suns

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D.


Donate your text messages to science: Texto4Science project

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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A Université de Montréal researcher has a special request for Canadian texters: "Everyone young and old, students and workers, artists and business people, no matter who you are, send me your text messages," ...


The KLM airplane which runs on biokerosene is seen at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam

KLM flies world's first 'passenger flight on biofuel'

Technology / Energy

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A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.


Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how these ...



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