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Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 16 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors ...


Human guinea pigs link pay and risk levels

Medicine & Health / Other

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Human guinea pigs do their homework before volunteering for high-paying clinical trials. New research shows that people equate large payments for participation in medical research with increased levels of risk. And when they ...


Keeping Mars Contained

Keeping Mars Contained

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

When robotic spacecraft bring a sample of Mars back to Earth, scientists will need specially-designed facilities to study the samples and prevent them from escaping to the outside world.


CDC: Swine flu less widespread; only in 25 states

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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(AP) -- Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups.


Popular diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of heart failure and death

Medicine & Health / Medications

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sulphonylureas, a type of drug widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, carries a greater risk of heart failure and death compared with metformin, another popular antidiabetes drug.


Fishing the online stream

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On West Lancaster Avenue in Wayne, Pa., local businessman Robert Lail runs what he calls "YouTube for business."


'Doughnut hole' unites seniors wary of health bill (AP)

'Doughnut hole' unites seniors wary of health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" - a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year.


Global warming may require higher dams, stilts (AP)

Global warming may require higher dams, stilts

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(AP) -- With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.


Turning genetic trash to treasure

Turning genetic trash to treasure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- John Rinn, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Broad Institute, overcame a rocky start in life through a passion for biology and discovered ...


New software to simulate future financial crises

New software to simulate future financial crises

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers ...



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