News tagged with flags
Lead-flapping objects experience less wind resistance than their trailing counterparts
Nov 10, 2008 |
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It is commonly known that racing cars and bicyclists can reduce air resistance by following closely behind a leader, but researchers from New York University and Cornell University have found the opposite is true with flapping ...
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Following the leader can be a drag, research shows
Nov 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From the Tour de France to NASCAR, competitors and fans know that speed is only part of the equation. Strategy -- and the ability to use elements like aerodynamic drafting, which makes it ...
Dementia screening in primary care: Is it time?
Nov 27, 2007 |
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Primary care physicians should focus on "dementia red flags" rather than routinely screen individuals with no dementia symptoms just because they've reached a certain age, according to Malaz Boustani, M.D., MPH, of the Indiana ...
Sweden: hundreds protest Pirate Bay conviction
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wearing bandanas and waving Jolly Roger flags, hundreds of supporters of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay demonstrated on Saturday against a Swedish court's conviction of the Internet site's organizers.
No red flags yet in swine flu vaccine tests
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. health officials say there have been no problems so far in tests of the new swine flu vaccine.
PCPs are front line defense in diagnosing serious illness in patients with acute lower back pain
Sep 29, 2009 |
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A study by researchers at The George Institute for International Health in Australia found that it is rare for patients presenting to PCPs with acute lower back pain to have previously undiagnosed serious diseases. The most ...
Male enhancements raise red flags
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Health risks posed by so-called "male enhancement" supplements are many, experts say.
Anti-inflammatory drugs may defeat a treatment-resistant type of cancer
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Effective drugs for treating a chemotherapy-resistant form of lymphoma might already be on the market according to a study that has pieced together a chemical pathway involved in the disease.
Cardiac devices and advanced heart failure: Are we selecting the wrong patients?
Jun 07, 2008 |
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Patients with advanced heart failure may be receiving implantable cardiac devices that do not help them because they are too ill to benefit from the treatment, a Saint Louis University study found.
New program color-codes text in Wikipedia entries to indicate trustworthiness
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 03, 2007 |
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The online reference site Wikipedia enjoys immense popularity despite nagging doubts about the reliability of entries written by its all-volunteer team. A new program developed at the University of California, Santa Cruz, ...
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Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Alien beings on faraway planets may not have noticed, but it’s been 35 years since human beings made the first deliberate effort to send them a message.
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