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Brazil files suits against Twitter on police traps

The Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against Twitter and its users in a bid to stop publication of messages alerting drivers to police speed traps and drunk-driving checkpoints.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Namaste, travelers! SFO opens airport yoga room

(AP) -- Stressed out by flying?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smaller sibling protein calls the shots in cell division

Scientists have found at least one instance when the smaller sibling gets to call the shots and cancer patients may one day benefit.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover how daughter cells receive the same number of chromosomes

Scientists at Warwick Medical School have uncovered the molecular process of how cells are by-passing the body's inbuilt 'health checkpoint' with cells that carry unequal numbers of chromosomes that have a higher risk of ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Thai customs seizes thousands of endangered animals

Nearly 2,000 monitor lizards, hundreds of turtles and 20 snakes were among a huge haul of live endangered animals found hidden in a truck by Thai authorities, a wildlife group said Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple to nix apps that tip off drunk drivers

(AP) -- After pressure from four U.S. senators, Apple Inc. has said it will start rejecting iPhone applications that tip drivers off about police checkpoints for drunken driving.

Technology / Software

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 8

EU nations divided on use of airport body scanners

(AP) -- European nations were sharply divided Thursday over the need to install full-body scanners at European airports, with some EU members playing down the need for beefed-up security measures.

Technology / Other

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study supports DNA repair-blocker research in cancer therapy

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have uncovered the mechanism behind a promising new approach to cancer treatment: damaging cancer cells' DNA with potent drugs while simultaneously preventing the cells from repairing ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Firm providing US airport 'fast lanes' shuts down

Clear, a company which pre-screened travellers and issued high-tech cards allowing them to whisk through security lines at US airports, is going out of business.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers illuminate mechanisms that regulate DNA damage control and replication

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated important new roles for the protein kinase complex Cdc7/Dbf4 or Cdc7/Drf1 (Ddk) in monitoring damage control during DNA replication and reinitiating ...

Biology /

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0