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Senate Democrats clear hurdle on health care bill (AP)

Senate Democrats clear hurdle on health care bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created 1hour ago | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation's medical ...


Buildings are engulfed in haze in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province

Climate scientists underwhelmed by Copenhagen Accord

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Top climate scientists said Saturday that the eleventh-hour political deal hammered out at UN talks in Copenhagen falls perilously short of what is needed to stave off catastrophic global warming.


It took Beijing 48 years for the number of vehicles to increase from 2,300 in 1949 to the first 1 mln in 1997

Beijing vehicles exceed four million: state media

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The number of registered vehicles in Beijing topped four million this week, state media reported, meaning a quarter of the 16 million permanent residents in China's capital have a car.


Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care (AP)

Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 19, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 7

(AP) -- Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation Saturday, putting President Barack Obama's signature issue firmly on a path ...


Fear of lawsuits may prompt some doctors to overprescribe antibiotics

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study led by a team of researchers at New York Medical College suggests that that medical liability concerns may be playing a role in the increase of MRSA in healthcare settings by encouraging clinicians to prescribe ...


Mutation leads to new and severe form of bacterial disease

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Everybody gets sick, but how sick you get is in your genes. New research now reveals a mutation on a gene that makes children susceptible to a severe form of mycobacterial disease. The work not only supports ...


Can Snowmobiles Adapt in the Age of Ethanol?

Can Snowmobiles Adapt in the Age of Ethanol?

Technology / Energy

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- By 2022, federal regulations will require a 400 percent increase in the amount of renewable fuel in America’s gasoline, from 9 billion to 36 billion gallons.


African leaf-eating monkeys are 'likely to be wiped out' by climate change

African leaf-eating monkeys are 'likely to be wiped out' by climate change

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Monkey species will become 'increasingly at risk of extinction' because of global warming, according to new research published this week.


Not easy being green

Not easy being green

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a battle to save a cherished piece of nature from the forces of economic growth. Preservationists formed groups to present their case, and public figures across the country spoke up ...


Hot electron solar cell

Hot Electrons Could Double Solar Cell Power Efficiency

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 2

Scientists have experimentally verified a theory suggesting that hot electrons could double the output of solar cells. The researchers, from Boston College, have built solar cells that successfully use hot ...



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