Archive: 09/22/2009
IMEC presents large area solar cells with 18.4% conversion efficiency, featuring Cu-plated contacts
At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a large-area solar with a conversion efficiency of 18.4%.
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Pancreatic fat levels may help predict diabetes, researchers say
Researchers have long suspected that overweight people tend to have large fat deposits in their pancreases, but they've been unable to confirm or calculate how much fat resides there because of the organ's ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 22, 2009 |
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EU court adviser backs Google in ads row with LMVH
An adviser to Europe's top court on Tuesday backed US Internet giant Google in a row with French luxury product maker LMVH over online advertising.
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Old red blood cells may double mortality in trauma patients
Severe trauma patients requiring a major transfusion are twice as likely to die if they receive red blood cells stored for a month or longer, according to research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Ca ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Targeted heat therapy offers new standard treatment option for soft tissue sarcoma
Patients with soft-tissue sarcomas at high risk of spreading were 30% more likely to be alive and cancer free almost three years after starting treatment if their tumours were heated at the time they received chemotherapy, ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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New report shows rising tide of fractures in Asia
A new audit report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) today shows that osteoporosis is a serious and growing problem throughout Asia.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 22, 2009 |
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A trillion triangles: New computer methods reveal secrets of ancient math problem
Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. The advance was made possible by a clever technique for ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Minimal training saves lives with airway mask
Virtually anyone has the skills to safely insert a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) to keep a patient's airway open during resuscitation, and medical expertise isn't required - perhaps just a familiarity with ER, House or Grey's ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Spontaneous and medically induced preterm births contribute equally to the rising rate of preterm births
Research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that the rising rate of preterm birth in Scotland is as much a result of an increase in spontaneous preterm birth as it is of preterm birth that i ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Whole-brain radiotherapy after surgery or radiosurgery not recommended for brain metastases
Berlin, Germany: Whole-brain radiotherapy should not be given routinely to all patients whose cancer has spread to the brain, say researchers who found that using it after surgery or radiosurgery in patients with a limited ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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