Archive: 11/06/2009
Judge orders US music website to drop Beatles songs
A judge on Thursday ordered a California online music service to stop delivering Beatles songs to users, according to a copy of the ruling posted online.
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The first casualty of war: Study finds news reports match misperception of civilian deaths
Researchers reporting in BioMed Central's open access journal Conflict and Health found that the discrepancy in media reporting of casualty numbers in the Iraq conflict can potentially misinform the public and contribute to dis ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Florida grapples slippery giant snake invasion
Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.
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New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues
The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Perceived parent-pressure causes excessive antibiotic prescription
Antibiotic over-prescription is promoted by pediatricians' perception of parents' expectations. Research published in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics shows that pediatricians are more likely to inappropriately prescr ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Magnetic nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose, monitor and treat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target specific nerve channels ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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