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WHO to send swine flu vaccine to poor countries

Medicine & Health / Medications

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(AP) -- The World Health Organization plans to start shipping swine flu vaccine to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Mongolia in the next few weeks, flu chief Keiji Fukuda said Thursday.


BlackBerry users dealing with e-mail outage

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- BlackBerry users in North America faced delays in receiving e-mail on their devices Thursday.


The volume of garbage dumped in landfills every year in Japan has shrunk to roughly one third of 1990 levels

Japan mines toxic e-waste for precious materials

Space & Earth / Environment

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Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.


New gene linked to congenital heart defects

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the UC San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a new gene, ETS-1, that is linked to human congenital heart defects. The landmark study, recently published online in the ...


Major breakthrough may pave the way for therapeutic vaccines

Medicine & Health / Research

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It should be possible to use therapeutic vaccines to create both cheap and effective drugs for diseases like cancer and allergies. One problem in developing such vaccines has previously been the lack of adjuvants, substances ...


Organic flash memory developed

Organic flash memory developed

Technology / Semiconductors

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.


Fertilizer use not always helpful in revegetation efforts

Space & Earth / Environment

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Companies and communities trying to restore vegetation on damaged northern landscapes should think twice about using fertilizer to stimulate growth according to new research published in the November issue of Arctic, Antarctic an ...


More effort needed to crack down on 'secret remedies'

Medicine & Health / Other

created 18 hours ago | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

The medical establishment and politicians must do more to crack down on alternative medicine, argues a senior scientist on BMJ.com today.


Study on Great Lakes erosion dredges up controversy

Space & Earth / Environment

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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 ...


JooJoo

A new generation of computer tablets is on its way

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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I may have caught a glimpse of the future last week. In San Francisco, a startup company called Fusion Garage showed off the JooJoo, a touch-screen device that looks like the iPhone's big brother. The JooJoo ...



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