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The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, however, is a matter of debate.
Keeping up with your peers, securely
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) applications allow a team or group to create new levels of ad hoc co-operation and collaboration around a specific, real-time goal. But developing compelling and secure applications is a challenge. ...
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Preventing Prostate Cancer to Bone Metastasis
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In new research on prostate cancer to bone metastasis, Dr. Phillip Trackman of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine explains that the lysyl oxidase pro-peptide (LOX-PP) inhibits prostate ...
Natural gut hormone offers hope for new obesity drug
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 15, 2007 |
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A hormone found naturally in the gut is the basis of a new drug to tackle obesity, one of three inaugural awards under the Wellcome Trust's Seeding Drug Discovery initiative. The drug is being developed by one of the world's ...
6 environmental research studies reveal critical health risks from plastic
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly associated with adverse health effects on humans and laboratory animals. A special section in the October 2008 issue of Environmental Re ...
Self-validating thermocouples based on metal-carbon eutectic fixed points
Oct 02, 2009 |
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When used at high temperatures (above 1100 °C) thermocouples are prone to substantial calibration drift. To gauge the extent of the drift, for example, in an industrial setting, it is highly desirable for ...
Biological selenium removal: The solution to pollution?
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Selenium has been referred to as an "essential toxin" due to the fact that it shows only a marginal line between the nutritious requirement and toxic effects upon exposure. The steep dose response curve due to bioaccumulation ...
Nano-twinned copper: Chinese-Danish scientists develop super strong nanometals
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Research shows that it is possible to produce copper about 4 times stronger than commercial material - and doing so while also having a ductile material. As the thermal and electrical conductivity are also good, the manufacturing ...
Integral satellite disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working with data from ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has disproved theories that some form of dark matter explains mysterious radiation in the Milky Way.
African sleeping sickness could be eliminated say tropical disease experts
Feb 26, 2008 |
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While the annual number of new detected cases of African sleeping sickness has been falling since the late 1990s, there could still be a resurgence of the disease unless control efforts are maintained, say tropical disease ...
SKoreans demonstrate spin-injected field effect transistor
Sep 18, 2009 |
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South Korean scientists said Friday they had demonstrated a spin-injected field effect transistor in a high-mobility InAs heterostructure.
'Combinatorial' approach squashes software bugs faster, cheaper
Dec 12, 2007 |
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A team of computer scientists and mathematicians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Texas, Arlington is developing an open-source tool that catches programming errors by using an ...
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