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Miami Herald asks online readers for donations

(AP) -- The Miami Herald began Tuesday asking readers of its Web site to voluntarily pay for the privilege, a new wrinkle in newspapers' ongoing battle to increase revenue from their online operations.

Technology / Internet

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Physics research suggests new pathways for cancer progression

Observing that certain cancer cells may exhibit greater flexibility than normal cells, some scientists believe that this capability promotes rapid tumor growth. Now computer simulations developed by Boston University Biomedical ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nokia ends phone assembly in Europe, cuts jobs

(AP) -- Nokia Corp. plans to stop assembling cell phones in Europe by year-end as it shifts production to Asia and will cut another 4,000 jobs, its latest attempts to cushion itself from stiff competition in the smartphone ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US and Spain discuss cleanup of nuclear radiation

The United States is offering technical assistance to Spain to clean up land contaminated by radiation from undetonated nuclear bombs that accidentally fell on the area in 1966, the US State Department announced ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Megaupload boss' bail appeal 'rejected' in N.Z.

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom on Friday failed to overturn a ruling that he remain behind bars in New Zealand while US officials seek his extradition for alleged copyright piracy, reports said.

Technology / Other

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adversity can be a catalyst for positive change

Tragedy, natural disasters, terrorism, divorce; 75 per cent of us will experience some form of trauma in life. But the experience can be a catalyst for positive change.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New device performs better than old for removing blood clots

An experimental blood clot-removing device outperformed the FDA-approved MERCI; retriever device, according to late-breaking science presented at the American Stroke Association's 2012 International Stroke Conference.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NY Times net profit declines in fourth quarter

The New York Times Co. said Thursday that a print advertising revenue slide and weaker results at advice website About.com dragged down net profit in the fourth quarter.

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Typhoid outbreak hits Zimbabwe

At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists aboard Iberian coast ocean drilling expedition report early findings

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mediterranean bottom currents and the sediment deposits they leave behind offer new insights into global climate change, the opening and closing of ocean circulation gateways and locations ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK

A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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