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Study shows common pain cream could protect heart during attack

Study shows common pain cream could protect heart during attack

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that a common, over-the-counter pain salve rubbed on the skin during a heart attack could serve as a cardiac-protectant, preventing ...


Temp work strains employee mental health

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Workers hired for temporary, contract, casual or fixed-term positions are at risk for increased mental health problems, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological ...


How Temporary Help Agencies Impact the Labor Market

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Temporary help agencies place nearly 3 million Americans in jobs each day -- but the temp industry's very success may embolden some managers to view all workers as impermanent, jobs scholar Vicki Smith argues ...





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Jupiter captured comet for 12 years in mid-20th Century

Jupiter had temporary moon for 12 years

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu was captured as a temporary moon of Jupiter in the mid-20th century and remained trapped in an irregular orbit for about twelve years.


Women who exit welfare just as likely to marry as women never on welfare

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that women who exit welfare (under TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), are as likely to marry as women of similar socioeconomic backgr ...


TV stations struggling with viewer loss on DTV

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- The government is helping two dozen TV stations that became difficult to receive by antenna when they switched to new frequencies as part of the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday.


Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships

Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Partner switching between fungus farming ants and their fungal clones during nest establishment may contribute to the stability of this long-term mutualistic relationship.


Vitamin supplements may protect against noise-induced hearing loss

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Vitamin supplements can prevent hearing loss in laboratory animals, according to two new studies, bringing investigators one step closer to the development of a pill that could stave off noise-induced and perhaps even age-related ...


Microsoft's vendors, temps nearly equal regular staff numbers

Technology / Business

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It's widely known Microsoft has a large contingent work force in addition to its 96,000 direct, regular employees worldwide. But the company has never publicly quantified these people, who typically work through third-party ...


New Transient Radiation Belt Discovered at Saturn

New Transient Radiation Belt Discovered at Saturn

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists using the Cassini spacecraft's  Magnetospheric Imaging instrument (MIMI) have detected a new, temporary radiation belt  at Saturn, located around the orbit of its moon Dione at about 377 000 km ...


Some short-term memories die suddenly, no fading

Some Short-term Memories Die Suddenly, No Fading

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The human brain stores some kinds of memories for a lifetime. But when our eyes are open and looking at things, our gray matter also creates temporary memories that help us process complex ...


Research says modern work-related stress damages national output more than 1970s strikes

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research presented by Bernard Casey of the University of Warwick’s Institute for Employment Research shows that work-related stress today damages national output even more than the loss to national output ...


Judge rejects AT&T's bid to pull Verizon ads

Technology / Business

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by AT&T Inc. to force competitor Verizon Wireless to pull its "There's a Map for That" commercials.



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