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Scientist develop technique for eliminating reblockage of arteries

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An easily implementable technique to avoid reblockage of arteries that have been cleared through angioplasty and stent insertion has been developed by researchers led by Prof. Boris Rubinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.





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Google said publishers could limit to five the number of articles people can access for free through Google

Google responds to newspaper critics

Technology / Internet

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9

Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.


Some Facebook users are demanding that the social-networking service undo recent changes to its home page

Facebook users protest home page changes

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Legions of Facebook users united in protest, demanding that the world's most popular social-networking service undo recent changes to its home page.


FDA warns: Swine flu scams lurk on the Internet (AP)

FDA warns: Swine flu scams lurk on the Internet

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu.


Senate panel OKs middle-of-the-road health plan (AP)

Senate panel OKs middle-of-the-road health plan

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant ...


Calif. advances tough flat-screen energy standards

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- Energy regulators on Friday moved forward with a plan that could ban the sale of the most power-hungry televisions from California retail stores.


Movie theaters cut print show times as Web gains

Technology / Internet

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Filmgoers who have long turned to the local newspaper to find theaters and show times for movies may have to start looking elsewhere as theater chains rethink the value of paper and ink in a digital age.


Researcher sheds light on 'man-eating' squid; finds them timid, non-threatening

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

News reports last week about scuba divers off San Diego being menaced by large numbers of Humboldt's or jumbo squid have raised the ire of University of Rhode Island biologist Brad Seibel. As a leading expert on the species ...


Engineering stereotypes drive counterproductive practices

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 9

To engineering students, scenes like these might sound familiar: students splitting up group projects so they don't have to work together. One student bragging that he did the problem without following the directions but ...


Negative emotion more likely to cause false memories, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Remembering negative events tends to result in more false memories than remembering neutral events, according to Cornell professor of human development Charles Brainerd.


Study: Rap Music Linked to Sexism

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 21, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Rap music brings out sexism in college students, but it doesn't necessarily cause the students to be sexist.



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