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Impulsive eater? Remembering failures may help curb eating

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Remember when you pigged out on birthday cake? If you're an impulsive eater, that memory might help you choose a fruit salad next time around.





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Scientists develop technique to determine ethnic origin of stem cell lines

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells.


UMass Amherst Chemists Discover How Cells Create Stability During Critical DNA-to-RNA Information Transfers

Chemists Discover How Cells Create Stability During Critical DNA-to-RNA Information Transfers

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemists believe they have for the first time explained how the main players in transcription -- RNA polymerase, RNA (red in illustration) and ...


San Jose police mount cameras on officers' heads

Technology / Hi Tech

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras.


Senior-citizen volunteers fight Medicare fraud

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The first box that arrived at Shirley Shupp's door was filled with braces to help with her arthritis. Then came a motorized scooter, just like the one the 69-year-old already owned. She hadn't asked for any of it ...


WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues (AP)

WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Many more people could become sick with swine flu this winter even though it has peaked in North America and some European countries, the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday.


Study Puts Bariatric Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes to the Test

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A multi-disciplinary team of Penn researchers, including diabetes, weight loss and bariatric surgery experts, are conducting a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to determine if bariatric ...


Phone points illegal border crossers to water (AP)

Phone points illegal border crossers to water

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their illegal trek through the harsh desert into the U.S.


UK's O2 apologizes for smart phone service trouble

Technology / Business

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The head of mobile phone operator O2 has apologized to customers in the British capital who were unable to make calls after the group's network was swamped by people using smart phones such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone.


Moving video to 'captcha' robot hackers

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

We see the popular "captcha" security mechanism often ― wavy letters websites ask us to type into a box. It's used by web pages and newsletter sign-up forms to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. ...


Judge not lest ye be judged? Researchers explore 'moral hypocrisy' in powerful people

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 28

2009 may well be remembered for its scandal-ridden headlines, from admissions of extramarital affairs by governors and senators, to corporate executives flying private jets while cutting employee benefits, and most recently, ...



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