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Survey research looks at attitudes, obstacles to walking and biking to work

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

According to researchers with Kansas State University's Physical Activity and Public Health Laboratory, active commuting -- walking or biking to school or work -- can be an easy, effective and efficient way to integrate physical ...


End-of-life discussions with physicians may have benefits for patients and caregivers

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Terminally ill patients who had end-of-life discussions with physicians were not more likely to experience emotional distress, received less aggressive medical care in their final week of life and had a better quality of ...





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Don't bet newspapers will get rich shunning Google

Technology / Internet

created 6 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. Just don't count on that ...


ASUS Debuts Eee PC T91MT -- First Netbook to Go Multi-touch

ASUS Debuts Eee PC T91MT -- First Netbook to Go Multi-touch

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

ASUS today launched the Eee PC T91MT, the world's first convertible tablet netbook to feature a multi-touch screen that supports Windows 7 Multi-Touch gestures.


Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (14) | comments 6

Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to ...


EU drops Qualcomm antitrust probe

Technology / Business

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after mobile phone companies withdrew complaints about high royalty fees.


Involving family in medical rounds benefits both family and medical team

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Involving family members of pediatric cancer and hematology patients in medical rounds benefits both the family and the medical team, according to a new Indiana University School of Medicine study.


Strategic management theory offers fresh take on the economic crisis

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The recent financial crisis and resulting global economic downturn has been the most defining global economic event since the Great Depression. Now research which appears in the November issue of Strategic Organization, publis ...


Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails

Technology / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.


South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week (AP)

South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.


More than powerful: German research computer QPACE is the most energy efficient in the world

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

At the 2009 Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon, the high-performance computer QPACE (QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell) was recognized today as the most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world.


China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project

China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has joined the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT). As an Observer, China will participate in planning the ...



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