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Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!

Intruder alert: 'Smart Dew' will find you!

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 16

A remarkable new invention from Tel Aviv University — a network of tiny sensors as small as dewdrops called "Smart Dew" — will foil even the most determined intruder. Scattered outdoors on rocks, fence posts ...





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Critics: WHO slow on generics for swine flu

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- As poor countries face a possible swine flu pandemic with only enough Tamiflu to treat a tiny fraction of their populations, some experts are calling for a simple but contentious solution: massive production of generics.


Patent challenges reduce pharmaceutical innovation and productivity, researchers suggest

Patent challenges reduce pharmaceutical innovation and productivity, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The development of new and innovative pharmaceuticals is being stifled by a U.S. law and successful patent challenges that embolden generic competition, according to an article published in this week's issue ...


Impeding U.S. generic drug use criticized

Other Sciences /

created Apr 19, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Moves by branded drug companies to slow the spread of U.S. generic drugs has been criticized by a pharmacy benefit managers' organization.


Electronic prescribing system may encourage physicians to choose lower-cost drugs

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinicians using an electronic prescribing system appear more likely to prescribe lower-cost medications, reducing drug spending, according to a report in the December 8/22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the ...


New system can improve video-sharing Web sites like YouTube

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As video sharing websites like YouTube continue to grow in popularity, so do challenges around proper labeling of videos and monitoring for copyright infractions.


Researchers find link between seeing and thinking

Biology /

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have discovered an important new link between how we see an action – and the way our mind processes that visual stimulation.


Majority won't have access to antivirals in pandemic but generic drugs could help prevent deaths

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Almost 90 per cent of the world's population will not have timely access to affordable supplies of vaccines and antiviral agents in the current influenza pandemic, but it is possible that inexpensive generic drugs that are ...


AARP: Prescription drug prices on the rise

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Prices of the most popular brand-name prescription drugs are on the rise even as the economy falters, the AARP says.


For low-cost DNA nanostructures, recycle sticky ends

For low-cost DNA nanostructures, recycle sticky ends

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 02, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (34) | comments 0

Scientists from Duke University have recently demonstrated a new method for assembling large, low-cost DNA nanostructures, in part by reusing the “sticky-ends,” the broken DNA strands used to connect the nanostructures. ...


Antimalarial drug prevents diabetes in arthritis patients

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 28, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The use of an antimalarial medication may prevent the onset of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, new Geisinger research shows.



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