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The Thought Is What Counts

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Holiday gift givers who expect to be appreciated for choosing the most expensive gifts are likely to be disappointed when their presents are unwrapped. Cost has little impact on how much we value the gifts we receive, according ...





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Who gets expensive cancer drugs? A tale of 2 nations

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The well-worn notion that patients in the United States have unfettered access to the most expensive cancer drugs while the United Kingdom's nationalized health care system regularly denies access to some high-cost treatments ...


Targeted breast ultrasound can reduce biopsies for women under 40

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Targeted breast ultrasound of suspicious areas of the breast, including lumps, is a safe, reliable and cost-effective alternative to invasive biopsies for women under age 40, according to the findings of two studies presented ...


Scientists use cell phone records to predict spread of malaria

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Florida researchers at work on a malaria elimination study in Africa have become the first to predict the spread of the disease using cell phone records.


Google said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free

Google to let publishers limit free website access (Update)

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine.


Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature

Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new optical sensor developed by the American National Institute of Standards and Technology was successfully tested by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) in the "magnetically best shielded ...


Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Joseph Balboni loves sports. An avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball fan, the 46-year-old insurance agent became increasingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimmed due to keratoconus, a degenerative eye ...


TeliaSonera launches first commercial 4G/LTE network

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera announced Monday the launch in Stockholm and Oslo of the world's first commercial 4G/LTE mobile network, up to 10 times faster than current networks.


Gene Therapy Hastens Healing Process in Chronic Leg Ulcers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic wounds, including venous leg ulcers which are caused by poor circulation in the veins of the legs, are difficult and expensive to treat. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ...


Research gives new perspective on periodic table

Research gives new perspective on periodic table

Physics / General Physics

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 4

Transforming lead into gold is an impossible feat, but a similar type of "alchemy" is not only possible, but cost-effective too. Three Penn State researchers have shown that certain combinations of elemental ...


Philips electronic skin technology enables new chameleon-like ambience designs

Philips electronic skin technology enables new chameleon-like ambience designs

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Research has developed a novel color e-paper technology that opens up new design opportunities for personalizing electronic devices. This means that the color and appearance, of the ...



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