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USGS monitoring Twitter for earthquake details

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- OMG! Earthquake!


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Japanese Store Selling Custom-Made Robots That Look Like Their Owners

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Department store competition is fierce in Japan during the winter holidays, with every store trying to come up with the most attention-catching promotional campaign. This year, the department ...


Australian government to introduce Internet filter (AP)

Australian government to introduce Internet filter

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (15) | comments 8

(AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work.


NIST Team Demystifies Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

Physicists Demystify Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

Technology / Energy

created 7 minutes ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've seen an Internet ad for capacitor-type power factor correction devices, you might be led to believe that using one can save you money on your residential electricity bill. However, ...


Moral dilemma scenarios prone to biases

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Picture the following hypothetical scenario: A trolley is headed toward five helpless victims. The trolley can be redirected so that only one person's life is at stake. Psychologists and philosophers have been using moral ...


The Internet on Saturday buzzed with renewed rumors of Google making its own smartphone

Google hints at making mobile telephone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The Internet on Saturday buzzed with renewed rumors of Google making its own smartphone, after the Internet powerhouse said it is internally dabbling with a mobile device.


Why or 'wine-not' let New York groceries sell wine?

Other Sciences / Economics

created 2 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell researcher has developed simulation models to predict the economic implications of selling wine in New York grocery stores. With a new law, the state could reap about $22 million a year.


Clinical trial advances new approach to re-sensitizing breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new drug cocktail might be the right mix to fight breast cancer after it becomes resistant to standard therapy. Details of a new study supporting this approach suggest it's possible to re-sensitize tumors thus allowing ...


Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment

Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The Sirt1 enzyme in the body has generated enormous attention as a possible secret to living longer. Some scientists believe that fasting and drinking wine appear to aid in this quest because both likely activate ...


Small Fingers More Touch Sensitive

Small Fingers More Touch Sensitive

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 26 minutes ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When it comes to finger sensitivity, bigger isn't always better.



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