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Cancer news articles may contribute to confusion about cancer

New research from North Carolina State University shows that most online news stories about cancer contain language that likely contributes to public uncertainty about the disease – a significant finding, given that ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AP proposes new article formatting for the Web

(AP) -- The Associated Press is proposing that publishers attach descriptive tags to news articles online in hopes of taming the free-for-all of news and information on the Web and generating more traffic for established ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Review: Netflix and Hulu's new scripted originals

Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New crime-fighting tools aim to deter and nab terrorists

Fingerprints, ballistics, DNA analysis and other mainstays of the forensic science toolkit may get a powerful new crime-solving companion as scientists strive to develop technology for "fingerprinting" and tracing the origins ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Visual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds

Researchers have long known that specific parts of the brain activate when people view particular images. For example, a region called the fusiform face area turns on when the eyes glance at faces, and another region called ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New web-based tool details greenhouse gas emissions for 6,700 facilities nationwide

How many tons of greenhouse gases are coming out of that smokestack? For the first time, people around the U.S. can get answers to that question instantly with a new online interactive tool — the topic of an article ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quality medical journal news releases can help newspapers do a better job informing public

Medical journal press releases are the most direct way that journals communicate with the news media about new research. According to a study in the British Medical Journal, press release quality appears to have an import ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Are we bad at forecasting our emotions? It depends on how you measure accuracy

(Medical Xpress) -- How will you feel if you fail that test? Awful, really awful, you say. Then you fail the test and, yes, you feel bad—but not as bad as you thought you would. This pattern holds for most people, research ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund

(AP) -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Capsules that clean: New-look laundry detergents head for supermarket shelves

Consumers who remember laundry detergents from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are about to get that déjà vu feeling — and younger people quite a surprise — as detergent manufacturers once again try a major ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Generation X: How young adults deal with influenza

Only about one in five young adults in their late 30s received a flu shot during the 2009-2010 swine flu epidemic, according to a University of Michigan report that details the behavior and attitudes of Generation X.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google to allow some nicknames on Plus service

Google is relaxing a requirement that real names be used on its Plus social network.

Technology / Internet

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