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AP unveils 'treasure trove' of historical footage

Technology / Internet

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Associated Press is digitizing and has begun to release a "treasure trove" of historical film footage from the 1960s and '70s that had been sitting in Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's former World War II headquarters ...





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Researchers developing new drug class to combat Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy has received a four-year, $1.87 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue research into discovering a new drug class that will treat Alzheimer's ...


Shifting blame is socially contagious

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Merely observing someone publicly blame an individual in an organization for a problem - even when the target is innocent - greatly increases the odds that the practice of blaming others will spread with the tenacity of the ...


Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Pest-control specialist Gene Scholes even gets bugged by them - legions of ladybugs lately swarming his rural Missouri home and other stretches across the country, exploiting gaps in door and window seals for cozier ...


Extremists more willing to share their opinions, study finds

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

People with relatively extreme opinions may be more willing to publicly share their views than those with more moderate views, according to a new study.


More clarity needed on law of assisted suicide

More clarity needed on law of assisted suicide

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors need more clarity on what they can and cannot do within the current law on assisted suicide, according to an editorial by Dr Richard Huxtable and Professor Karen Forbes in this week's ...


A turning point in the struggle against cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For the past 40 years, cancer research at MIT has focused on identifying the molecular mechanisms that cause the disease.


New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance

New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A recent AFOSR-funded technology should enable the Air Force to achieve advances in object and target detection technology by using sophisticated algebraic theories called groups, rings and fields.


TSMC said China's top chip maker will settle a long-running dispute over theft of trade secrets

China chip maker to pay $200 mln to settle TSMC claims

Technology / Business

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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said Tuesday China's top chip maker will pay it 200 million US dollars cash after they settled a long-running dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets.


Giant Skull of Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England

Giant Skull of 12m Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.


Rain, wind keep space shuttle flying extra day (AP)

Bad weather further stalls shuttle landing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

(AP) -- Bad weather in Florida has stalled space shuttle Discovery's landing once more.



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