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The impact of the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had.


Popular diet product recalled in US amid bacteria fears

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Millions of cans of a popular ready-to-drink diet product are being recalled in the United States after tests showed the liquid meals could be tainted with bacteria, the manufacturer said Friday.





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CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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(AP) -- Health officials say winter flu is just starting to show up in the U.S. while swine flu infections continue to wane.


CDC: Swine flu is widespread only in 25 states (AP)

CDC: Swine flu is widespread only in 25 states (Update)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups.


Facebook creates online safety board

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- Social networking site Facebook on Monday said it is creating a global safety advisory board to protect its users against online predators such as sex offenders.


Reaching the summit of protein dynamics

Reaching the summit of protein dynamics

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Understanding the incredibly speedy atomic mechanisms at work when a protein transitions from one shape to another has been an elusive scientific goal for years, but an essential one for elucidating the full ...


CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu (Update)

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created 23 hours ago | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.


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US residents gorging on data bytes: study

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If the data devoured in the United States last year were converted to text there would be enough books to bury the country under a pile seven feet (two meters) deep, according to a study released Wednesday.


For low-income families with special needs kids, where you live matters (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family — particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income ...


Toshiba develops essential technology for spintronics-based MOS field-effect transistor

Toshiba develops essential technology for spintronics-based MOS field-effect transistor

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed MOSFET cell based on spin transport electronics, or spintronics, an advanced semiconductor technology that makes use of the spin and ...


New science estimates carbon storage potential of US lands

Space & Earth / Environment

created 18 hours ago | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that U.S. forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change.


Association of tight glycemic control with road crashes in diabetic patients

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study from Canada published this week in PLoS Medicine suggests an association between tighter glycemic control and an increased risk of a motor vehicle crash in diabetic adults. Using a population-based case control analys ...



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