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PC sales expected to benefit from Windows 7 release

Technology / Business

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Last week's launch of Windows 7 by Microsoft Corp. is widely expected to ignite a boost in sales of PCs after the company's last operating system failed to ignite much excitement.


Cornell releases predator beetle to battle hemlock pest

Cornell releases predator beetle to battle hemlock pest

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers released a well-studied beetle predator to test its ability to ward off a hemlock-killing aphid-like insect.


Professor: 'Depression is like the worst disease you can get' (Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Depression must be understood on both a biological and psychological level, says Robert Sapolsky.


Pesticides exposure linked to suicidal thoughts

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

A new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The study was carried out by Dr Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College ...


Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you -- bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you mi ...


Exposure to young triggers new neuron creation in females exhibiting maternal behavior

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Maternal behavior itself can trigger the development of new neurons in the maternal brain independent of whether the female was pregnant or has nursed, according to a study released by researchers at Tufts University's Cummings ...


Researchers find a weak link in cancer cell armor

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Robert Weiss has found that when two particular genes are inhibited, cancer cells are destroyed at a greater rate. The study is published in the Nov. 9 issue of PNAS.


Immediate, aggressive spending on HIV/AIDS could end epidemic

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Money available to treat HIV/AIDS is sufficient to end the epidemic globally, but only if we act immediately to control the spread of the disease. That was the conclusion of a study just published in the open-access journal, ...


A woman watches the trailer for the upcoming movie about Michael Jackson on a computer

Video spurs explosion of Internet traffic

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday.


A man walks his dog in the snow in the East Village

Polluting pets: the devastating impact of man's best friend

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (25) | comments 24

Man's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle.



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