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Using math model, NJIT professor names MVP and Cy Young award contenders

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, is now applying his methods to ascertain the players most deserving of major league ...





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GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 4 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.


Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul (AP)

Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(AP) -- Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question:


Overeating can set stage for obesity, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

It doesn't seem like a fair fight. In one corner loomed the Thanksgiving table, groaning with poultry, pie and mashed potatoes.


'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world (AP)

'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world

Technology / Software

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...


New climate targets may not change daily life much (AP)

New climate targets may not change daily life much

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 12

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.


Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. ...


Gadgets: Card reader helps you shop safer online

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NetSecure Technologies SmartSwipe credit card reader is a new device to help Internet shoppers or small business owners.


Stuffing the turkey and other Thanksgiving food-safety mistakes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What would a Thanksgiving turkey be without its stuffing, and what better place for that stuffing than inside the turkey? Despite the tradition involved, a food-safety specialist in Penn State's College of ...


Cells defend themselves from viruses, bacteria with armor of protein errors

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

When cells are confronted with an invading virus or bacteria or exposed to an irritating chemical, they protect themselves by going off their DNA recipe and inserting the wrong amino acid into new proteins to defend them ...


The tall and short of diseases

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research shows that being taller means a fatter pay check and an increased risk of some cancers.



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