(AP) -- Some questions and answers about foreign countries planning to ban the use of BlackBerry's messaging and Web services:

Technology - Business

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Use of estrogen alone did not increase lung cancer mortality in postmenopausal women, according to a study published online August 13 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Medicine & Health - Cancer

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Scientists from Boston University's Center for Space Physics (CSP) announced that they have sub-visual evidence of the onset of a new cycle of solar-terrestrial activity. The key results being reported deal ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

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Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

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On Aug. 5, 2010, an enormous chunk of ice, about 251 square kilometers (97 square miles) in size, or roughly four times the size of Manhattan, broke off the Petermann Glacier along the northwestern coast of ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

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Muslim countries are caught between developing their tourism industries and making sure their culture is not eroded in the process, a leading researcher from The University of Queensland says.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

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A combination of fungal spores and chemical insecticides are an effective way of combating insecticide-resistant malaria mosquitoes. Researchers at Wageningen UR and from Benin, West Africa, have shown that fungi and insecticides ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

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Online dating profiles may serve an important role in the grieving process, say two University of Delaware communication professors. Their new study, published in the August issue of the journal Death Studies, chronicles ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Geologists at the University of California, Davis, are getting a close-up look at the effects of recent catastrophic earthquakes in Haiti and Baja California — without setting foot off campus. ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

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A novel approach to teaching forensics at the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Forensic Anthropology Field School is using global positioning systems (GPS) and geographical information systems (GIS) to examine complex ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

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The ability to remember is not just to glimpse into the past; a sharp memory can help with creativity, productivity and even the ability to imagine the future, according to several psychologists.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

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At Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, Calif., a fierce battle is taking place under the oblivious, peeling noses of beachgoers.

Biology - Ecology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its new iMedEd Initiative, the medical school has developed a comprehensive, iPad-based curriculum, reinventing how medicine is taught in the 21st century and becoming the first in the nation to ...

Medicine & Health - Other

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New collaboration and strategic innovation tools developed by European researchers will help fast-track creative ideas by networking the most competent people to tackle the job.

Technology - Software

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Computer scientists from the University of Bristol are collaborating with shark researchers to build an international visual biometrics database of Great White Sharks.

Biology - Plants & Animals

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