Archive: 06/12/2008
We can be serious: Researchers dispute Hawk-eye's Wimbledon line call
Ahead of Wimbledon fortnight (23 June to 6 July), researchers from Cardiff University are advising that sports decision aids such as the Hawk-Eye system should come with a 'health' warning attached.
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Tsunami in the brain
After a stroke, even unaffected areas of the brain are at risk – depolarization waves arise at the edges of the dead tissue and spread through the adjacent areas of the brain. If these waves are repeated, more cells die. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Delaying school start time by one hour positively affects adolescents' cognitive performance
Delaying an adolescent’s school start time by one hour has a positive effect on his or her cognitive performance, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Thursday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting ...
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Toshiba's New 1.8-inch SATA HDD Achieves 160GB
Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of 1.8-inch hard disk drives adopting a serial ATA interface, including the industry's first drive of this type with a capacity of 160 gigabytes. The new 160GB ...
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Researchers discover significant efficacy of travelers' diarrhea vaccine
Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health have found that patients given a travelers' diarrhea vaccine were significantly less likely to suffer from clinically significant diarrhea than those who received ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Vitamin supplement little more than 'snake oil'
A popular vitamin supplement is being advertised with claims that are demonstrably untrue, as revealed by research published in the open access journal BMC Pharmacology.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 12, 2008 |
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US still leads the world in science and technology
Despite perceptions that the nation is losing its competitive edge, the United States remains the dominant leader in science and technology worldwide, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.
Jun 12, 2008 |
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UT Southwestern investigators test groundbreaking depression research in real-world setting
UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatry researchers have taken what they learned from their groundbreaking research on treating depression and are applying it to real-world clinical settings.
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Frequent self-cutting linked to risky sexual behavior in teens
Teens who repeatedly cut themselves are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, increasing their chances of possibly contracting HIV, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pe ...
Jun 12, 2008 |
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