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Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels (AP)

Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.





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Nokia sues top LCD, CRT display makers

Technology / Business

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday it has filed suits against several leading liquid crystal display makers - including Philips, Toshiba, Sharp and Samsung - for alleged price fixing.


Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.


Review: Two new 3-D laptops still feel shallow (AP)

Review: Two new 3-D laptops still feel shallow

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- In its search for another technology to excite us, the consumer electronics industry is reaching deep - into the third dimension. The big push for 3-D TV won't happen until next year, but already ...


Media execs make case for online fees at FTC panel (AP)

Media execs make case for online fees at FTC panel

Technology / Internet

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (6) | comments 11

(AP) -- Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to paying for material online, news executives said Tuesday at a government-sponsored ...


Poisonous Poisson

Poisonous Poisson

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

In contrast to the exhaustive research into venom produced by snakes and spiders, venomous fish have been neglected and remain something of a mystery. Now, a study of 158 catfish species, published in the ...


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Scientists Create World's Smallest Snowman (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (17) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- David Cox, a scientist in the Quantum Detection group at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK, is an expert in nanofabrication techniques. Recently, using the tools of his trade and ...


Beverage can stay-tabs pose swallowing risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Three decades ago, a study revealed that beverage can pull-tabs were being swallowed by children, prompting a switch by U.S. manufacturers to stay-tabs. But a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...


Scientists gain new understanding of disease-causing bacteria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of scientists from The Forsyth Institute, the University of Connecticut Health Center, the CDC and the Wadsworth Center, have used state-of-the-art technology to elucidate the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, ...


Stellar family portrait takes imaging technique to new extremes

Stellar family portrait takes imaging technique to new extremes

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Noted for harbouring Eta Carinae -- one of the wildest and most massive stars in our galaxy -- the impressive Carina Nebula also houses a handful of massive clusters of young stars. The youngest of these stellar ...


CT imaging taken post avastin may predict survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Using routine computed tomography (CT) imaging to analyze form and structural changes to colorectal liver metastasis after bevacizumab and chemotherapy may predict overall survival, according to research from The University ...



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