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Education slowing AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Increased schooling across sub-Saharan Africa may be lowering new HIV infections among younger adults, according to sociologists, suggesting a shift in a decades-long trend where formal education is considered an AIDS risk ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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Hollow gold nanospheres show promise for biomedical and other applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new metal nanostructure developed by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has already shown promise in cancer therapy studies and could be used for chemical and biological ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

US economic stimulus money fuels 'smart' power grid surge

Electric grids are getting smarter in an IBM lab in Texas as the promise of billions of US economic stimulus dollars fuels a drive to make power delivery more efficient and greener.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

City buses turn to sewage for 'clean' fuel

Can the key to "clean" energy be found down in the sewer? That's the idea in Oslo, where city officials soon plan to introduce buses that run on biofuels extracted from human waste.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Astronauts get Sunday morning off after busy week

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting station-shuttle complex are finally getting a break.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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