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A new study from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that customers of eBay who participate in the company's online communities become more conservative buyers and more selective and efficient sellers. http://phys.org/news211801395.html Other Sciences Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:10:01 EST news211801395 Now that the 2010 election is over, here is something to consider for the 2012 race: If you want to fatten your company's profits, contribute to a political campaign. http://phys.org/news208693828.html Other Sciences Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:31:01 EST news208693828 (AP) -- The makers of high fructose corn syrup want to sweeten its image with a new name: corn sugar. http://phys.org/news203702538.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:40:04 EST news203702538 In the winter of 1979, the world celebrated the end of smallpox, a highly contagious and often fatal viral infection estimated to have caused between 300 and 500 million deaths during the 20th century. http://phys.org/news202463316.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:49:22 EST news202463316 (PhysOrg.com) -- Imposing a bit of sticker shock may prove to be the most effective way to encourage Americans to cool off their love affair with sugary soft drinks -- possibly helping to trim the nation’s growing waistlines, according a Harvard study appearing in the American Journal of Public Health. http://phys.org/news196067789.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:40:02 EST news196067789 (AP) -- Child pornography was allowed to remain on social-networking site Tagged.com for nearly two months after undercover investigators posed as users and reported the content to the site's administrators, the state attorney general's office charged Thursday. http://phys.org/news195413913.html Technology Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:38:52 EST news195413913 (PhysOrg.com) -- Marketers frequently rely upon surveys to gain insight into consumers' opinions and preferences. These results have important implications, ranging from the decision to add new product features to multi-million dollar rebranding efforts. http://phys.org/news194111817.html Other Sciences Wed, 26 May 2010 17:30:01 EST news194111817 The Pentagon would consider a military response in the case of a cyber attack against the United States, a US defense official said on Wednesday. http://phys.org/news192895636.html Technology Wed, 12 May 2010 15:07:26 EST news192895636 Yahoo! increased its share of the US search market by nearly a percentage point in April and Microsoft's new search engine Bing also recorded a slight gain, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news192817221.html Technology Tue, 11 May 2010 18:10:01 EST news192817221 (AP) -- Fears of swine flu helped boost vaccination for ordinary seasonal flu last year, with a record 40 percent of adults and children getting the vaccine, federal health officials said Thursday. http://phys.org/news191765162.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:20:01 EST news191765162 (AP) -- The health ministry says a polio vaccination campaign in the West African nation of Sierra Leone is being delayed because of European flight problems caused by volcanic ash. http://phys.org/news191142059.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:30:02 EST news191142059 The election campaign may be under way but new research from The University of Nottingham shows that the parties are in danger of immediately writing off at least four million young working class female voters. http://phys.org/news190562515.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:50:02 EST news190562515 Innovative mathematical models designed to calculate which sectors of the population need vaccinating during an infectious disease outbreak could save money and lives. http://phys.org/news190362119.html Other Sciences Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:22:30 EST news190362119 (AP) -- New England leads the nation in swine flu vaccinations, while the South has the lowest rates, U.S. health officials said Thursday in the first state-by-state report on turnout. http://phys.org/news189349376.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:30:01 EST news189349376 (AP) -- Nearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes - commonly given as gifts - are so tightly woven into the culture, some believe it's an impossible habit to kick. But a new report suggests the keys to quitting lie in the country's own backyard. http://phys.org/news188810636.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:24:19 EST news188810636 (AP) -- Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho. http://phys.org/news188148173.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:10:11 EST news188148173 Exposure to news media has long been thought to help create a more informed and politically educated citizenry, but a new University of Georgia study finds that media exposure did little to correct a significant misperception during the most recent presidential campaign. http://phys.org/news187442140.html Other Sciences Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:15:50 EST news187442140 (AP) -- Satellite TV provider DirecTV Inc. is suing its rival, Dish Network Corp., for running an advertisement claiming that Dish delivers the same programs for less money. http://phys.org/news185201870.html Technology Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:58:07 EST news185201870 Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing slightly increased its share of the US search market in January, the eighth month in a row of modest gains, online tracking firm comScore said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news185040826.html Technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:30:01 EST news185040826 Making flu shots mandatory in 2008 dramatically increased the vaccination rate among St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare's nearly 26,000 employees to more than 98 percent, according to a report now online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. http://phys.org/news184441767.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:50:01 EST news184441767 (PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email that content to their social network, say researchers from Ryerson University and Simon Fraser University. http://phys.org/news183389675.html Other Sciences Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:02 EST news183389675 A pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling could aggravate the influence of corporate campaign spending that already has skewed justice in some of the nation's courts, a University of Illinois labor law expert warns. http://phys.org/news182629421.html Other Sciences Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:00:01 EST news182629421 (PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans. http://phys.org/news180204630.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:15 EST news180204630 Google on Tuesday outlined a strategy for seizing a bigger share of online display advertising that has long been a key stronghold for rival Yahoo! http://phys.org/news180127735.html Technology Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:50:01 EST news180127735 (PhysOrg.com) -- As communities brace for rising wintertime influenza cases, scientists are developing a mathematical and visual analytic toolkit to help health officials quickly analyze pandemics and craft better response strategies. http://phys.org/news180028065.html Technology Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:04 EST news180028065 Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news177689414.html Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:10:54 EST news177689414 The effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns - like that now underway for H1N1 - could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated health events with the vaccines. http://phys.org/news176147112.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:45:53 EST news176147112 (AP) -- When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters. http://phys.org/news175882852.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:40:02 EST news175882852 (AP) -- An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. http://phys.org/news175178121.html Electronics Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:50:28 EST news175178121 In a city the size of New York, starting a vaccination campaign a few weeks earlier could save almost 600 lives and over $150 million, according to a study by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. http://phys.org/news173987291.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:09 EST news173987291