Archive: 10/18/2009
Windows 7 to salvage Vista 'train wreck'
Microsoft releases Windows 7 to the world on Thursday as the US software giant tries to regain its stride after an embarrassing stumble with the previous generation operating system Vista.
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LCROSS Captures All Phases of Centaur Impact
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a smashing success, returning tantalizing data about the Centaur impact before the spacecraft itself impacted the surface ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Dutch, making peace with water, tackle overcrowding
About a hundred houses float on a lake in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Ijburg --a testament to how the Dutch are trying to turn their traditional enemy, water, into an ally against overcrowding.
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Cargo craft docks with space station
(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Drug could provide first treatment for scleroderma
Investigators have identified a drug that is currently approved to treat certain types of cancer, Gleevec, that could provide the first treatment for scleroderma, a chronic connective tissue disease for which a treatment ...
Oct 18, 2009 |
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New therapy for vasculitis will help patients avoid infertility and cancer
Researchers have identified that Rituxan, a drug previously approved for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's B cell lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, can treat severe ANCA-associated vasculitis as effectively as cyclophosphamide, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Performance reviews are raising council standards, say researchers
Performance assessment schemes aimed at making local authorities into more effective organisations are having the desired effect, according to new research released by the Economic and Social Research Council. The project ...
Oct 18, 2009 |
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