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New evidence on the robustness of metabolic networks

Biology /

created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Biological systems are constantly evolving in ways that increase their fitness for survival amidst environmental fluctuations and internal errors. Now, in a study of cell metabolism, a Northwestern University research team ...





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Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display (AP)

Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday.


Web sites aim to survive with hyperlocal focus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding a financially viable way to provide local news is a challenge large metropolitan newspapers are confronting. But a Coral Gables, Fla., Web site is among a few locally with faith it can succeed.


Managing doctors' practices made easier with new software

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A McMaster University-led research team has developed an innovative software tool that gives family doctors up-to-date information on their patients in two seconds or less.


New genetic cause of cardiac failure discovered

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Over the course of a lifetime, the heart pumps some 250 million liters of blood through the body. In the order to do this, the muscle fibers of the heart have to be extremely durable. The research group headed by Dr. Wolfgang ...


Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The five billion pound Skills for Life programme is based on the assumption that an improvement in literacy and numeracy will increase people's earning potential, as well as their productivity and employability. However, ...


Most radiation oncologists utilize advanced medical imaging techniques, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study shows that 95 percent of radiation oncologists use advanced imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) ...


New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus alcoholic liver disease (ETOH) and found ...


Autism treatment: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

James Coman's son has an unusual skill. The 7-year-old, his father says, can swallow six pills at once. Diagnosed with autism as a toddler, the Chicago boy had been placed on an intense regimen of supplements and medications ...


Most top medical journals have conflict of interest policies available for public review

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nearly 90 percent of medical journals with relatively high impact factors have policies addressing author conflict of interest (COI) available for public review, according to a report in the November 25 issue of JAMA. But ma ...


Tobacco smoke exposure before heart transplantation may increase the risk of transplant failure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A study conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore provides the first direct evidence that cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates ...



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