Archive: 08/07/2009
Anti-Kadeer hackers mistakenly hit Australian arts site
Hackers protesting against the Australian visit of exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer mistakenly crashed the website of an arts festival with a similar name, organisers said Thursday.
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Bladder cells feel stretch
Japanese research group led by Prof. Makoto Tominaga and Dr. Takaaki Sokabe (National Institute for Physiological Sciences: NIPS), and Prof. Masayuki Takeda, Dr. Isao Araki and Dr. Tsutomu Mochizuki (Yamanashi Univ.), found ...
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Sonoro Elements W Wi-Fi Internet radio works without a computer
The Sonoro Elements W Wi-Fi Internet radio ($499.99, sonoro-audio.com) is a smallish, glossy black or white clock radio with some standout features.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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Researchers develop innovative method to detect genetic causes of complex diseases
Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an analytical technique to detect the multiple genetic variations that contribute to complex disease syndromes such as diabetes, asthma and cancer, which ...
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Scientists discover new Alzheimer's gene
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UC Irvine study has found that a gene called TOMM40 appears twice as often in people with Alzheimer's disease than in those without it. Alzheimer's, for which there is no cure, is the leading ...
Aug 07, 2009 |
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GM to launch plug-in hybrid SUV in 2011
General Motors will launch a plug-in hybrid sport utility vehicle under the Buick brand in 2011, the automaker said Thursday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder national meeting draws past, present sufferers
(AP) -- Ashley Bystrom was terrified of germs. Jared Kant worried his own thoughts could hurt other people.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Gigabit Powerline Networking offers speedy solutions
Although we've always been able to see and hear in "High Definition," we think of that phrase as belonging to the 21st century. High Definition or HD devices such as television sets, Blu-Ray DVD players, digital still and ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Transplant patient had chest organs in opposite positions
For much of his life, Jack Eigel endured ribbing about his heart being in the wrong place. But the jokes stopped early Tuesday when doctors performed an extremely rare and complicated heart transplant.
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Research breakthrough will lead to more accurate weather forecasts
More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in prospect thanks to a breakthrough by engineers at Queen's University Belfast's Institute of Electronics, Communications ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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