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Many companies fall short of social responsibility promises
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether eliminating child labor, creating environmentally friendly technology or working against all forms of corruption, many corporations fail to become socially responsible despite promises to change, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Bird populations near Fukushima are more diminished than expected
(PhysOrg.com) -- Low-level radiation in Fukushima Prefecture appears to have had immediate effects on bird populations, and to a greater degree than was expected from a related analysis of Chernobyl, an international ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Newer radiation technology improves head and neck cancer patients' long-term quality of life
Patients treated with IMRT for head and neck cancer report an increasingly better quality of life post-treatment when compared to patients receiving other forms of radiation therapy, according to a study presented at the ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Brachytherapy reduced death rates in high-risk prostate cancer patients, study finds
Brachytherapy for high-risk prostate cancers patients has historically been considered a less effective modality, but a new study from radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson suggests otherwise. A population-based ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Solid state Swiss Army Knife can save digital lives
Victorinox has pulled from its technology pocket a version of its vaunted Swiss Army knife equipped with a solid state drive capable of holding all of the digital data in a person's life.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Proton therapy effective prostate cancer treatment
Proton therapy, a type of external beam radiation therapy, is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer, according to two new studies published in the January issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics (Red J ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Cells can influence their own destiny, research finds
In a major shake-up of scientists' understanding of what determines the fate of cells, researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have shown that cells have some control over their own destiny.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Advantages and motivations uncertain behind use of brachytherapy for breast cancer radiotherapy
Accelerated partial breast irradiation using brachytherapy (APBIb) for the treatment of breast cancer has been rapidly increasing over the last several years in the U.S. as an alternative to standard whole-breast irradiation ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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New system may one day steer microrobots through blood vessels for disease treatment
Researchers use a magnetic field to generate both side-to-side and corkscrew-like motions of tiny robots.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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New magnetic-field-sensitive alloy could find use in novel micromechanical devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old metallurgy technique to produce an alloy that ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Only a third of US state police agencies equip cars with AEDs
Just 30 percent the nation's state police agencies reported that they equip their vehicles with automated external defibrillators, and of those, nearly 60 percent of said only a minority of their fleet have the lifesaving ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Can Twitter save lives?
Discussion about cardiac arrest on Twitter is common and represents a new opportunity to provide lifesaving information to the public, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 12, 2011 |
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Research sparks record-breaking solar cell performances
(PhysOrg.com) -- Theoretical research by scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has led to record-breaking sunlight-to-electricity conversion ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Higher radiation dose does not help lung cancer patients live longer
A higher dose of radiation (74 Gy) does not improve overall survival for non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes, compared to the standard radiation dose (60 Gy), according to an interim analysis of ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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MESSENGER data paints new picture of Mercury's magnetic field
A University of British Columbia geophysicist is part of a NASA mission that is analyzing the first sets of data being collected by MESSENGER as it orbits Mercury. The spacecraft is capturing new evidence that challenges ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2011 |
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