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Dartmouth professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked

Professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 72

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Farid, a pioneer in the field of digital forensics, digitally ...


Growth factor predicts poor outcome in breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The response to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) in breast cancer cells predicts an aggressive tumor that is less likely to respond to treatment, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears ...





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Smokeless tobacco safer than smoking

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Smokeless tobacco products, as used in Europe and North America, do not appear to increase cancer risk. A large meta-analysis, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that snuff as used in Scandinavia has no ...


Puppies born from the world's first cloned dog will be offered to good homes later this year

Pups from 1st cloned dog to be distributed to public

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Puppies born from the world's first cloned dog will be offered to good homes later this year, South Korean researchers said on Thursday.


Executive who led Google's China expansion leaving (AP)

Executive who led Google's China expansion leaving

Technology / Business

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The executive who led Google Inc.'s expansion in China after being hired away from Microsoft Corp. following a high-profile court battle is leaving to start his own business, the U.S. search engine ...


Risks of sharing personal genetic information online need more study, bioethicists say

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With just $399 and a bit of saliva in a cup, consumers can learn about their genetic risk for diseases from breast cancer to diabetes. Now, thanks to social networking sites set up by personal genomics companies, they can ...


Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock

Technology / Internet

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.


Smoking rates significantly higher among homosexual men, women

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Men and women who are gay or lesbian are more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to smoke, according to findings from a review study carried out by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


South Korean customs officials handle cloned sniffer dogs checking baggage at Incheon International Airport

South Korean customs deploy six cloned sniffer dogs

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

South Korea customs has deployed what it claims to be the world's first cloned working sniffer dogs, officials said Sunday.


1st US 2-hand transplant patient yearns to feel (AP)

1st US 2-hand transplant patient yearns to feel

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The nation's first double hand transplant patient can wriggle his new fingers a litte bit now and grab a tennis ball, but what he really wants to do is be able to feel his wife's hands when he holds ...


Scientists review deep brain stimulation to treat psychiatric diseases

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers ...


Bioengineers succeed in producing plastic without the use of fossil fuels

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0

A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This groundbreaking research, ...



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