Overfertilizing corn undermines ethanol
Rice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less.
Feb 25, 2011
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Nintendo to launch 3-D console in Japan
Japanese entertainment giant Nintendo will on Saturday launch in its domestic market the world's first video game console with a 3-D screen that works without special glasses.
Feb 25, 2011
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Reseasrcher investigates new material grown from sugar
Ordinary table sugar could be a key ingredient to developing much lighter, faster, cheaper, denser and more robust computer electronics for use on U.S. military aircraft.
Feb 25, 2011
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Protein and microRNA block cellular transition vital to metastasis
Like a bounty hunter returning escapees to custody, a cancer-fighting gene converts organ cells that change into highly mobile stem cells back to their original, stationary state, researchers report online at Nature Cell Bi ...
Feb 25, 2011
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Mercury thermometers face final phase out
The mercury thermometer, long a fixture in household medicine cabinets and industrial settings, is going the way of the horse and buggy. The reason: Mercury released into the environment from a broken thermometer ...
Feb 25, 2011
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Free in-home kits help encourage STD testing in young people
Up to half of sexually active young people will get a sexually transmitted disease by the time they are 25, yet many don't seek testing because it may be difficult, costly or embarrassing.
Feb 25, 2011
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Low fat or low carb? Which is the better way to lose weight?
A low-fat diet will help you lose weight. Or is it a low-carbohydrate diet? Pore over decades of research and dozens of studies over this debate and you're likely to be confused about the best way to go about reducing your ...
Feb 25, 2011
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Treat yourself, in moderation: How much is enough?
Humans, perhaps Americans in particular, tend to share a certain creed that goes something like this: If one is good, two are better.
Feb 25, 2011
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ONR moves a modular space communications asset into unmanned aircraft for Marines
Successfully taking a small radio receiver intended for space applications and creating a full-featured radio frequency system, initially designed for a Marine Corps unmanned aircraft, would not have been possible without ...
Feb 25, 2011
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The Meka Robotics' M1: A customizable human-like bot at $340,000
(PhysOrg.com) -- San Francisco-based company Meka has introduced the Meka Robotics' M1. The Meka Robotics' M1 is a mobile robot that features a pair of dextrous arms with what is known as compliant force-control ...
Feb 25, 2011
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Archive of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing preserved
(AP) -- Papers relating to codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing will go to a British museum after the National Heritage Memorial Fund stepped in to help buy them for the nation.
Feb 25, 2011
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Injured astronaut aboard space shuttle 'in spirit'
(AP) -- An astronaut who was bumped from space shuttle Discovery's final flight following a bicycle crash told his orbiting friends Friday that he's with them "in spirit."
Feb 25, 2011
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Model for managing asthma in preschoolers leads to dramatic drop in ER visits and hospitalizations
Nearly one in eleven (8.6%) preschool children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with asthma and in some inner city neighborhoods, the figure is closer to one in seven. But, few asthma management programs are designed for parents ...
Feb 25, 2011
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Storytelling program improves lives of people with Alzheimer's
Nearly 16 million Americans will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia by 2050, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Symptoms include mood and behavior changes, disorientation, ...
Feb 25, 2011
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