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As Oracle readies takeover, Sun's loss widens (AP)

As Oracle readies takeover, Sun's loss widens

Technology / Business

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc.'s loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent drop in sales compounded the financial woes Oracle Corp. is set to inherit by acquiring Sun for ...





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Family's inherited condition links prion diseases, Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory connection between Alzheimer's disease and brain-wasting diseases such as the human form of mad cow disease has moved into the clinic for what is believed to be the first time, manifesting itself ...


A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (C), some 19 kilometres (12 miles) long, floating off West Australia

Giant iceberg spotted south of Australia

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 12

A monster iceberg nearly twice the size of Hong Kong island has been spotted drifting towards Australia in what scientists Wednesday called a once-in-a-century event.


GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes post-Vioxx

Medicine & Health / Medications

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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.


New molecule identified in DNA damage response

New molecule identified in DNA damage response

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 22 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolution places the highest premium on reproduction, natural selection’s only standard for biological success. In the case of replicating cells, life spares no expense to ensure that the ...


Better-than-new LIDAR provides 24/7 atmospheric aerosol data

Better-than-new LIDAR provides 24/7 atmospheric aerosol data

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 23 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from eight institutions led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has solved a software and hardware problem that had perplexed scientists studying atmospheric aerosols ...


Hops compound may prevent prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The natural compound xanthohumol blocks the effects of the male hormone testosterone, therefore aiding in the prevention of prostate cancer.


New international study targets rare cancer bringing hope for advanced thymic cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dec. 8, 2009 — The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.


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The impact of the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had.


NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Passes Major Review

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements for the Global Precipitation ...


Solar energy powers Marines on battlefield

Solar energy powers Marines on battlefield (w/ Video)

Technology / Energy

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A year ago, U.S. Marines operating in the Arabian Desert only viewed the sun as the source of the region's relentless heat. Recently, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Advanced Power Generation Future Naval ...



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