Archive: 06/11/2009
British private school pupils earn 30 percent more in later life
Students who attended independent schools go on to obtain an average of 30% higher earnings than state school students, according to a study published in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society. When ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Found: 1 in 3 billion
Vancouver scientists from the Ovarian Cancer Research (OvCaRe) Program at BC Cancer Agency and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have discovered that there appears to be a single spelling mistake in the genetic ...
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Off-label morning sickness drug deemed safe for fetuses
Metoclopramide, a drug approved in the U.S. for nausea, vomiting and heartburn poses no significant risks for the fetus according to a large cohort study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Scientists advance safety of nanotechnology
Scientists have identified for the first time a mechanism by which nanoparticles cause lung damage and have demonstrated that it can be combated by blocking the process involved, taking a step toward addressing the growing ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Cool plasma packs heat against biofilms
Though it looks like a tiny purple blowtorch, a pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a small probe remains at room temperature as it swiftly dismantles tough bacterial colonies deep inside a human tooth. But it's not ...
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Maybe it's raining less than we thought
It's conventional wisdom in atmospheric science circles: large raindrops fall faster than smaller drops, because they're bigger and heavier. And no raindrop can fall faster than its "terminal speed"—its speed when the downward ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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