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Scientists prepare the Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM 2) "Poisk"

Rocket with new module for space station blasts off

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.





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Researchers show brain waves can 'write' on a computer in early tests

Medicine & Health / Research

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Neuroscientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Fla., have demonstrated how brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. By merely focusing on the "q" in a matrix of letters, ...


Prioritizing low-cost, simple health measures would save 2.5 million child lives a year

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Almost a third of the children under age five who die each year could be saved if governments rebalance health spending to ensure low-cost, simple interventions such as safe water and hygiene, bed nets and basic maternal ...


New 'finFETS' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers ...


Why can't some people give up cocaine?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score ...


Early intervention for toddlers with autism highly effective, study finds

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A novel early intervention program for very young children with autism - some as young as 18 months - is effective for improving IQ, language ability, and social interaction, a comprehensive new study has found.


No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive

Spirit Mars Rover: No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sol 2095 (Tuesday, Nov. 24), Spirit performed a set of diagnostic actions related to a stall of the right-rear wheel on the previous drive, three days earlier.


Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit experienced a wheel stall with the right-rear wheel during the second step of a two-step drive on Sol 2092 (Saturday, Nov. 21). This is not the same wheel that stalled on Sol 1899 (May ...


UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem ...


Study shows modest improvement in advanced lung cancer overall survival rates

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research released in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology sought to determine whether the survival improvement among patients with metastatic lung cancer has improved over the last two decades as rep ...


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News Corp's Murdoch warns he may block Google

Technology / Internet

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp. empire, and warned he may block the search engine from accessing its content.



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