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Experts: Colon cancer deaths could make big drop

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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(AP) -- Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers.


New platinum compound shows promise in tumor cells

New platinum compound shows promise in tumor cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT chemists have developed a new platinum compound that is as powerful as the commonly used anticancer drug cisplatin but better able to destroy tumor cells.


Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Google has joined Twitter

Google CEO joins Twitter

Technology / Internet

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Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, who took some flak earlier this year for calling Twitter a "poor man's email system," has joined the hot micro-blogging service.


At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)

At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created 6 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.


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Swipe Your Credit Card on a Cell Phone

Technology / Hi Tech

created 6 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a small card reader that attaches to a cell phone, a new company is making it easier for small businesses and even individuals to accept credit card payments. The San Francisco start-up, ...


With amino acid diet, mice improve after brain injury

Medicine & Health / Research

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Neurology researchers have shown that feeding amino acids to brain-injured animals restores their cognitive abilities and may set the stage for the first effective treatment for cognitive impairments suffered by people with ...


New technology could boost disease detection tests' speed and sensitivity

New technology could boost disease detection tests' speed and sensitivity (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a way to rapidly manipulate and sort different cells in the blood using magnetizable liquids. The findings, which will be published the week of December ...


In cancer-ridden rats, loneliness can kill

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Socially isolated female rats develop more tumors -- and tumors of a more deadly type -- than rats living in a social group, according to researchers at Yale University and the University of Chicago.


EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health (AP)

EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health

Space & Earth / Environment

created 11 hours ago | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 8

(AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment.


Facebook creates online safety board

Technology / Internet

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(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.



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