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World-first device may help solve child language mystery

World-first device may help solve child language mystery

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are one step closer to understanding why children can learn languages far more easily than adults, thanks to a world-first device that allows scientists to measure the magnetic ...





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Toxic chemicals found in a third of children's toys: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A third of the most popular children's toys in the United States this year contain harmful chemicals including lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, a US consumer group said Wednesday.


Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review (AP)

Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Comcast Corp. will likely have to accept substantial conditions if the cable TV provider wants to win regulatory approval for control of NBC Universal's broadcast network, cable channels and movie ...


STPSat-1 successfully completes extended mission

STPSat-1 successfully completes extended mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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The STPSat-1, built for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program (STP) and operated by the DoD STP for the first year then transitioned to NRL for the last 16 months, was decommissioned on October ...


Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers

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Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.


AT&T, Verizon end lawsuits over cell ads

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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless agreed Wednesday to end lawsuits accusing each other of lying in TV ads, taking their rivalry out of the court system for now.


Researchers demonstrate a better way for computers to 'see' (w/ Video)

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Taking inspiration from genetic screening techniques, researchers from Harvard and MIT have demonstrated a way to build better artificial visual systems with the help of low-cost, high-performance gaming hardware.


Research shows some plants can remove indoor pollutants

Research shows some plants can remove indoor pollutants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some plants have the ability to drastically reduce levels of indoor pollutants, according to new research at the University of Georgia. Researchers showed that certain species can effectively ...


Researchers take part in DNA sequencing for entire Pacific island

Researchers plan DNA sequencing for entire Pacific island

Biology / Plants & Animals

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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Florida researchers are collecting marine invertebrates on the French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of a massive effort to inventory the DNA sequence of every living species ...


Obesity will snuff out health benefits gained by smoking declines

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If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the ...


Nida getting knocked by winds, and 97W piquing interest

Nida getting knocked by winds, and 97W piquing interest

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Nida is now a tropical storm, and is being knocked around by wind shear in the Western Pacific. Satellite imagery has confirmed Nida's center of circulation is exposed and the storm is losing its circular ...



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