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Bismuth nanoparticles provide high fidelity images of breast tumors
By combining a nanoparticle that is readily visible in X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans with a molecule that targets tumor lymph vessels and other tumor tissues, a research team from the University of California, San ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 20, 2012 |
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With WeVideo, you can edit video in the cloud, then share it
The Internet has long been a great place to express yourself in words. But two of the biggest trends on the Web, cloud computing and social networks, are also making it a great place to express yourself with images - to create ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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A good nose: Researchers decipher interaction of fragrances and olfactory receptors
Banana, mango or apricot - telling these smells apart is no problem for the human nose. How the olfactory organ distinguishes such similar smells has been uncovered by an interdisciplinary team of German researchers at the ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Singapore's SPH sues Yahoo! in copyright row
Asian media group Singapore Press Holdings is suing Yahoo! for copyright infringement, accusing the US Internet giant of reproducing its news items without permission.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Penguin suspends library e-books, citing security
One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), has suspended making e-editions of new books available to libraries and won't allow libraries to loan any e-books for Amazon.com's Kindle.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Chemists cram two million nanorods into single cancer cell
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University chemists have found a way to load more than 2 million tiny gold particles called nanorods into a single cancer cell. The breakthrough could speed development of cancer treatments ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Philly papers kick off Android tablet initiative
(AP) -- The owner of Philadelphia's two major newspapers is offering discounted tablet computers in an effort to attract more digital subscribers.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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University chemists devise means to stabilize explosive CL-20
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan colleagues Adam Matzger and Onas Bolto have devised a means for making the transport and use of the highly explosive material CL-20 more stable. They describe in their ...
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Researchers use neutrons to spy on the elusive hydronium ion
A Los Alamos National Laboratory research team has harnessed neutrons to view for the first time the critical role that an elusive molecule plays in certain biological reactions. The effort could aid in treatment of peptic ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Threatened by iPad, PCs start to look like tablets
The response by computer makers to the iPad stealing sales from them: Make their PCs more like iPads.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Hunting for deadly bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- You can't see them, or smell them or taste them. They can be in our water and in our food, multiplying so rapidly that conventional testing methods for detecting pathogens such as E.coli, ...
Apr 12, 2011 |
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Newspaper ads sag to a 25-year low in 2010
(AP) -- Newspaper advertising in the U.S. has sunk to a 25-year low as marketing budgets followed readers to the Internet, where advertising is far cheaper than what publishers have been able to command in print.
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Magnetic switching under pressure
(PhysOrg.com) -- A material’s properties are a critical factor in the way that material can be used for practical applications. Magnetism is one such property, and magnetic switches are key components ...
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Researchers discover a new class of highly electronegative chemical species
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers has discovered a new class of highly electronegative chemical species called hyperhalogens, which use superhalogens as building blocks around a metal atom. The new chemical ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Apple expected to launch iPad subscriptions for newspapers
Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope that tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a new source of profit as media companies struggle with declining print circulation ...
Sep 16, 2010 |
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