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First particles observed in Large Hadron Collider

First particles observed in Large Hadron Collider

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (48) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Glasgow scientists, working at CERN, have observed the first particles in the Large Hadron Collider during preliminary tests ahead of the switch-on next month.





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Review: No more writing checks in lifestyle change (AP)

Review: No more writing checks in lifestyle change

Technology / Internet

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

(AP) -- It's been nine months since I've written a check. That's not to say I'm on some 12-step program to resist shopping. My credit card bills would suggest otherwise. Rather, when I opened a new bank account ...


It's hip to be Square; Twitter inventor has new venture

Technology / Internet

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It was in February that Jim McKelvey ran into the problem that would lead to the birth of Square, a new mobile-payment venture led by Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey.


Stress, heart disease not exclusive to football coaches

Medicine & Health / Health

created 12 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | 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 ...


Russian scientists will soon work on a plan for saving Earth from a possible collision with a giant asteroid

Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 19

Russian scientists will soon meet in secret to work on a plan for saving Earth from a possible catastrophic collision with a giant asteroid in 26 years, the head of Russia's space agency said Wednesday.


Looks Can Be Deceiving

Looks can be deceiving: Lizards acquire the same camouflaging adaptation in different ways

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Does it matter if nature solves the same problem multiple ways? A NSF-supported study of lizard populations in White Sands, New Mexico has helped researcher Erica Rosenblum of the University ...


South African doctor sees drug-resistant HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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(AP) -- It's 8 a.m. and Dr. Theresa Rossouw is already drowning behind a cluttered desk of handwritten HIV charts - new, perplexing cases of patients whose lifesaving drugs have turned against them.


Broadcom settles securities class action lawsuit

Technology / Business

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Broadcom Corp. said Tuesday it will pay more than $160 million in cash to settle a class action investor lawsuit related to stock option backdating, but did not admit wrongdoing.


Findings suggest cardiovascular devices often approved by FDA without high-quality studies

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found ...


Gap exists between vision for EMRs to improve care coordination and clinicians' experiences

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A gap exists between policy makers' expectations that current commercial electronic medical records (EMRs) can improve coordination of patient care and clinicians' real-world experiences with EMRs, according to a study by ...


Blood test that provides prior blood sugar average now recommended for diabetes screening, diagnosis (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an annual supplement to the journal Diabetes Care, published Dec. 29 by the American Diabetes Association, the A1C test is given a prominent role in the 2010 guidelines for diabetes screening, diagnosis ...



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