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WHO chief does not raise swine flu alert level

(AP) -- The chief of the World Health Organization says she is not raising the world swine flu alert level just yet.

Medicine & Health / Health

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All set and ready to glow

A new technique that paves the way for manufacturing affordable LED light bulbs is to be exploited in the UK, in a deal that researchers say could have a dramatic impact on carbon emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Heart hormone helps shape fat metabolism

It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drugs targeting chromosomal instability may fight a particular breast cancer subtype

Another layer in breast cancer genetics has been peeled back. A team of researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center (KCC) led by Richard G. Pestell, M.D., PhD., FACP, Director of the KCC and Chair of the Department of ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Navy to begin tests on electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher

The Office of Naval Research (ONR)'s Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program will take an important step forward in the coming weeks when the first industry railgun prototype launcher is tested at a facility ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 78 | with audio podcast

New drug extends survival in patients with drug-resistant prostate cancer

A new drug, MDV3100, is improving the survival rate in men with advanced prostate cancer, results of a large, phase III clinical trial show. The drug is designed to block a type of cellular receptor that drives progression ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Large hospital successfully implements CPOE system with clinical decision support for radiology

In an effort to reduce the inappropriate use of medical imaging and improve quality of care, a large, tertiary-care hospital has successfully implemented a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system with clinical decision ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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

From cancer research to energy storage, Berkeley Lab scientist takes on big challenges

On a typical day, Rizia Bardhan walks through the doors of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Molecular Foundry and immerses herself in the tricky business of tweaking optical spectroscopy equipment ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Crater with dark and bright ejecta

(PhysOrg.com) -- This Dawn FC (framing camera) image is centered on a small, young, fresh crater with bright and dark ejecta rays extending from it. This image is a brightness image, which is taken directly ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Blue marble 2012: Amazing high definition image of Earth

A new high-definition version of the ‘Blue Marble’ has been taken from the newest Earth observation satellite. The just-renamed Suomi NPP satellite took numerous images on January 4, 2012 and this ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (23) | comments 14

Studies on smoking cessation in ethnic minorities

Telephone counseling services (also known as quitlines) are an effective intervention for Chinese-, Korean-, and Vietnamese-speaking smokers living in the U.S., and should be incorporated into current smoking cessation services, ...

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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