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(AP) -- Broadcom Corp. said Tuesday it will pay more than $160 million in cash to settle a class action investor lawsuit related to stock option backdating, but did not admit wrongdoing. http://www.physorg.com/news181334783.html Technology 2009-12-29T19:00:01-07:00 Google announced plans on Tuesday to hold a press event next month about its Android mobile phone operating system amid speculation the Internet giant plans to release its own smartphone. http://www.physorg.com/news181334902.html Technology 2009-12-29T18:49:12-07:00 An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells. http://www.physorg.com/news181334699.html Biology 2009-12-29T18:45:55-07:00 NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $3.3 million for a detailed, one-year concept study for a lander mission to Venus to study the history of its surface, climate and atmosphere and to predict its ultimate fate in the solar system. http://www.physorg.com/news181334618.html Space & Earth 2009-12-29T18:45:29-07:00 Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) was not associated with an overall improvement in the risk of death or length of stay in the ICU or hospital, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news181327326.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T17:10:01-07:00 Current research suggests that TNF-receptor associated protein-1 (TRAP-1) may prevent cancer cell death. The related report by Leav et al, "Cytoprotective Mitochondrial Chaperone TRAP-1 as a Novel Molecular Target in Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer," appears in the January 2010 issue of the American Journal of Pathology. http://www.physorg.com/news181326270.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T17:00:07-07:00 A new study has found that chlorophyll and its derivative chlorophyllin are effective in limiting the absorption of aflatoxin in humans. Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that is a contaminant of grains including corn, peanuts and soybeans; it is known to cause liver cancer - and can work in concert with other health concerns, such as hepatitis. http://www.physorg.com/news181327385.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T17:00:06-07:00 A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history. http://www.physorg.com/news181327248.html Technology 2009-12-29T16:41:06-07:00 Older adults who used the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba for several years did not have a slower rate of cognitive decline compared to adults who received placebo, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news181327170.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T16:40:24-07:00 Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study. http://www.physorg.com/news181327070.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T16:38:21-07:00 Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Children's Research Institute, and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin have developed a rapid, automated system to differentiate strains of influenza. The related report by Beck et al, "Development of a rapid automated influenza A, influenza B, and RSV A/B multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay and its use during the 2009 H1N1 swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) epidemic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin," appears in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. http://www.physorg.com/news181326166.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T16:23:36-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemists believe they have for the first time explained how the main players in transcription -- RNA polymerase, RNA (red in illustration) and the DNA template (blue) -- come together and link tightly enough to create a stable complex while DNA unwinds to pass crucial genetic information to RNA, but not so tightly that they can't come apart easily once transcription is complete. This transcription process takes place in all cells and is essential for making the proteins that carry out almost every process important to life. http://www.physorg.com/news181325837.html Chemistry 2009-12-29T16:17:56-07:00 (AP) -- Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras. http://www.physorg.com/news181314685.html Technology 2009-12-29T15:20:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- It's going to take infrared eyes to see farther back in time than even the Hubble Space Telescope, and that's what the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI or Mid-Infrared Instrument detectors will do. Now there's a new short movie that shows what the MIRI detectors are all about and what they can do. http://www.physorg.com/news181320671.html Space & Earth 2009-12-29T15:10:05-07:00 (AP) -- The first box that arrived at Shirley Shupp's door was filled with braces to help with her arthritis. Then came a motorized scooter, just like the one the 69-year-old already owned. She hadn't asked for any of it - but Medicare was apparently footing the bill. http://www.physorg.com/news181320094.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T14:45:08-07:00 (AP) -- Many more people could become sick with swine flu this winter even though it has peaked in North America and some European countries, the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news181314833.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T14:20:06-07:00 (AP) -- Nokia Corp. is broadening a legal dispute it already has with Apple Inc. over the iPhone, saying almost all of the company's other products also violate the Finnish phone maker's patents. http://www.physorg.com/news181314766.html Technology 2009-12-29T13:50:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- A multi-disciplinary team of Penn researchers, including diabetes, weight loss and bariatric surgery experts, are conducting a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to determine if bariatric surgery, either gastric bypass or adjustable gastric banding surgery, is more effective than lifestyle modification to reduce weight and ultimately treat Type 2 diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news181315598.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T13:40:05-07:00 (AP) -- Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue - the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor. http://www.physorg.com/news181316313.html Space & Earth 2009-12-29T13:38:52-07:00 (AP) -- A Chinese novelist is suing Google Inc. for scanning her work into its online library. http://www.physorg.com/news181314043.html Technology 2009-12-29T13:30:04-07:00 (AP) -- Johnson & Johnson is expanding a voluntary recall of Tylenol Arthritis Caplets due to consumer reports of a moldy smell that can cause nausea and sickness. http://www.physorg.com/news181314248.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T13:20:04-07:00 (AP) -- A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their illegal trek through the harsh desert into the U.S. http://www.physorg.com/news181314578.html Technology 2009-12-29T13:11:09-07:00 Bangladesh has ordered a building freeze on its lone coral island in a bid to save its wildlife and natural beauty from a boom in construction fuelled by tourism, its environment minister said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news181314390.html Space & Earth 2009-12-29T13:07:09-07:00 (AP) -- For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer. http://www.physorg.com/news181312392.html Technology 2009-12-29T13:00:08-07:00 University at Buffalo biophysicists have found a protein in tarantula venom that shows promise as a potential therapy for muscular dystrophy (MD). They have formed a start-up biotech company in Buffalo -- Rose Pharmaceuticals -- to advance the drug to clinical trials. http://www.physorg.com/news181311942.html Biology 2009-12-29T13:00:06-07:00 The role of pharmacists hasn't received much attention in the debate on the cost of health care. But national and regional studies show that when pharmacists directly participate in patient care, they significantly reduce treatment costs and improve outcomes. http://www.physorg.com/news181311847.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T12:40:07-07:00 (AP) -- The head of mobile phone operator O2 has apologized to customers in the British capital who were unable to make calls after the group's network was swamped by people using smart phones such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone. http://www.physorg.com/news181312166.html Technology 2009-12-29T12:40:04-07:00 Not only is acupuncture as effective as drug therapy at reducing hot flashes in breast cancer patients, it has the added benefit of potentially increasing a woman's sex drive and improving her sense of well-being, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. http://www.physorg.com/news181311011.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T12:30:02-07:00 A gap exists between policy makers' expectations that current commercial electronic medical records (EMRs) can improve coordination of patient care and clinicians' real-world experiences with EMRs, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) published online in The Journal of General Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news181312087.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-29T12:28:49-07:00 We see the popular "captcha" security mechanism often ― wavy letters websites ask us to type into a box. It's used by web pages and newsletter sign-up forms to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. But these codes, which are becoming increasingly complicated for an average person to use, are not immune to security holes. http://www.physorg.com/news181311669.html Technology 2009-12-29T12:21:43-07:00