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USA Today tests online edition at colleges

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.





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Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks (AP)

Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks

Technology / Internet

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.


Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects

Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers.


Using new technique, scientists find 11 times more aftershocks for 2004 quake

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremor, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas ...


Researchers discover antibody receptor identity, propose renaming immune-system gene

Researchers discover antibody receptor identity, propose renaming immune-system gene

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the immune system's first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light on ...


Researchers Begin to Decipher Metabolism of Sexual Assault Drug

Researchers Begin to Decipher Metabolism of Sexual Assault Drug

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate (4-HB). Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug.


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Down Syndrome becoming more prevalent in the U.S.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study, aimed at estimating the prevalence of Down Syndrome in newborns, children and teenagers in 10 areas of the U.S., has found an increase in prevalence of more than 30 percent over ...


Researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

Researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (42) | comments 25

(PhysOrg.com) -- The genetically modified cyanobacterium consumes carbon dioxide and produces the liquid fuel isobutanol by using energy from sunlight.


Scientists find new link between insulin and core body temperature

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a direct link between insulin—a hormone long associated with metabolism and metabolic disorders such as diabetes—and core body temperature. While ...


Web sites aim to survive with hyperlocal focus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding a financially viable way to provide local news is a challenge large metropolitan newspapers are confronting. But a Coral Gables, Fla., Web site is among a few locally with faith it can succeed.



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