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Scientists unlock the secrets of C. difficile's protective shell

The detailed structure of a protective 'jacket' that surrounds cells of the Clostridium difficile superbug, and which helps the dangerous pathogen stick to human host cells and tissues, is revealed in par ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Amazon teams with Fox ahead of tablet launch

Amazon is beefing up its movie and television catalog ahead of the expected launch of a tablet computer on Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Android phones to pit vampires against slayers

Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.

Technology / Software

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

You've come a long way on film, baby!

A female director wins best director at the Oscars. A female-driven movie wins two Academy Awards, including best adapted screenplay. It may not be a huge sign, but it signals a huge shift in what the general public is watching ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Hollywood adds money, talent to made-for-Web shows

(AP) -- Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vampire mania a perpetual fad in pop culture

(PhysOrg.com) -- They're everywhere. Like knee boots, capes and cloaks, vampires are trendy again. In books and movies, on magazine covers, TV and the Internet -- it's hard to avoid blood suckers in the media lately.

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Killing cancer like a vampire slayer

Like vampires, cancer tumors require an ample supply of blood to stay alive. Without fresh blood for sustenance, cancer cells shrivel up like raisins and die.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google Health: A time saver, but privacy slayer?

Two giants in the online world, Microsoft and Google, have released web-based applications to manage health records. And while these programs could make managing your health records easier, experts wonder about the effect ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Professor says today's vampires are more about style than gore

The real Count Dracula wasn't quite the pretty face that today's vampires boast in books, movies and at Halloween parties, says a Purdue University classics professor.

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created Oct 18, 2005 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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