News tagged with formula
Google ordered to pay 500,000 dlrs to F1 racer Barrichello
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut.
Open source DNA
Aug 31, 2009 |
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A new mathematical tool from Dr. Eran Halperin of TAU's Blavatnik School of Computer Science aims to protect genetic privacy while giving genomic data to researchers.
Newly improved reference material targets infant formula analysis
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have issued a new certified reference material—a standardized sample backed by NIST—for determining the concentrations of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients ...
2nd lead poisoning case hits China, 1,300 sick
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- China detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant, state media said Thursday, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another ...
Scientists help explain effects of ancient Chinese herbal formulas on heart health
Aug 18, 2009 |
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New research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston suggests that ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large ...
New research reveals mothers need infant feeding information
Jul 29, 2009 |
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A systematic literature review of mothers' experiences with bottle-feeding found that while mothers recognize the benefits of breastfeeding, those who bottle-feed with infant formula do not receive adequate information and ...
We’ll Be Back After These Messages -- Will You?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For at least 50 years, television advertisements have been ordered randomly within commercial breaks. But given the spread of digital video recorders (DVR) that allow users to blip-blip past the ads in fast-forward, ...
Anxious parents misdiagnose milk formula intolerance
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Some parents may be unnecessarily switching infant milk formulas for their healthy infants. A study published in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Journal, found that many parents misinterpret common baby behaviors as mil ...
Improving speed measurements for cars, bullets
May 21, 2009 |
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While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art technologies to do their jobs efficiently and safely. ...
Computer model predicts brain tumor growth and evolution
May 18, 2009 |
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Researchers from Brown University and other institutions have developed a computational computer model of how brain tumors grow and evolve.
Advance in detecting melamine-adulterated food
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 13, 2009 |
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Researchers in Indiana are reporting an advance toward faster, more sensitive tests for detecting melamine, the substance that killed at least 6 children and sickened 300,000 children in China who drank milk ...
Austrian breakthrough in quantum cryptography: Record in the transmission of entangled photon pairs (Update)
May 03, 2009 |
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Austrian physicists say a breakthrough in next-generation quantum cryptography could allow encrypted messages to be bounced off satellites, the British journal Nature reported Sunday.
Researcher: Lasers used to detect melamine in baby formula
Apr 30, 2009 |
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With equipment readily available to health officials and businesses, a Purdue University researcher has found a way to detect trace amounts of melamine in infant formula.
Study sheds new light on why breast-fed babies grow more slowly
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Breast-fed babies grow more slowly than formula-fed babies, which is why new growth charts, based solely on the growth patterns of breast fed babies, are being introduced in the UK in May. This slower pattern of growth in ...
CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government ...
