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UAB researchers link calorie intake to cell lifespan, cancer development

Researchers link calorie intake to cell lifespan, cancer development (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that restricting consumption of glucose, the most common dietary sugar, can extend the life of healthy human-lung cells and speed ...


IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

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Today, IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years.


ROV Jason images the discovery of the deepest explosive eruption on the sea floor (w/ Video)

Oceanographers image the discovery of the deepest explosive eruption on the sea floor (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the seafloor.


Beaming in on Warm Dense Matter (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment II (NDCX-II) now under construction at Berkeley Lab will deliver a high-current pulse of lithium ions to a foil target almost simultaneously, momentarily heating ...


Supermarket robot to help the elderly

Supermarket robot to help the elderly (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Robovie-II, a retail-assistant robot designed to help elderly and disabled people shop in supermarkets, is being tested in Kyoto, in Japan.


MIT's big wheel in Copenhagen

Biking 2.0: MIT's big wheel in Copenhagen (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 6

Yesterday, Dec. 15, at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, MIT researchers debuted the Copenhagen Wheel -- a revolutionary new bicycle wheel that not only boosts power, but can keep track of friends, ...



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