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Web wizardry: CS 50 Fair spotlights students’ programming for the Web

Web wizardry: CS 50 Fair spotlights students’ programming for the Web

Other Sciences / Other

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The observation became a question and finally an application.


Kidney injury in hospital increases long-term risk of death

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 12 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with sudden loss of kidney function, called acute kidney injury (AKI), are more likely to die prematurely after leaving the hospital—even if their kidney function has apparently recovered, according to an upcoming ...


Cancer survival disparities for most minority populations increase as cancers become more treatable

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival are greatest for cancers that can be detected early and treated successfully, including breast and prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's ...


Study on Great Lakes erosion dredges up controversy

Space & Earth / Environment

created 20 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Great Lakes aren't as great as they once were. A U.S.-Canadian study released Tuesday reveals that unexpected erosion in the St. Clair River following a 1962 dredging project has permanently lowered Lakes Michigan and ...


Study reveals chemo's toxicity to brain, possible treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.


Brain surgery evolves to destroy rogue blood vessels

Medicine & Health / Research

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over three decades, a world-recognized medical team at UC San Diego Medical Center has spurred the evolution of a complex surgery to destroy dangerous clusters of arteries and veins in the brain. Integrating ...


Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in ...


Researchers take the inside route to halt bleeding

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blood loss is a major cause of death from roadside bombs to freeway crashes. Traumatic injury, the leading cause of death for people age 4 to 44, often overwhelms the body's natural blood-clotting process.


How do we understand written language?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

How do we know that certain combinations of letters have certain meanings? Reading and spelling are complex processes, involving several different areas of the brain, but researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the ...


Marking of tissue-specific crucial in embryonic stem cells to ensure proper function

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tissue-specific genes, thought to be dormant or not marked for activation in embryonic stem cells, are indeed marked by transcription factors, with proper marking potentially crucial for the function of tissues derived from ...



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