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Rice responsible for Asians' alcohol flush reaction
The mutation responsible for the alcohol flush reaction, an unpleasant response to alcohol that is relatively common in people of Asian descent, may have occurred following the domestication of rice. Researchers writing in ...
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Asia Ascending in Science and Engineering
(PhysOrg.com) -- This morning, the National Science Foundation in the United States released its regular report on science and engineering indicators. Not surprisingly, Asia appears to be ascending -- and ...
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Influenza in Africa should not be ignored
Influenza is circulating in Africa, but virtually no information or attention is evident, says a new essay in this week's PLoS Medicine. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that the lack of adequate surveillance means ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Genetic ancestry highly correlated with ethnic and linguistic groups in Asia
Several genome-wide studies of human genetic diversity have been conducted on European populations. Now, for the first time, these studies have been extended to 73 Southeast Asian (SEA) and East Asian (EA) populations.
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Cisco and British Telecom head for the 'cloud'
Cisco and British telecom giant BT Group on Wednesday announced a partnership aimed at a growing hunger by businesses worldwide for Internet-based communications services.
Dec 09, 2009 |
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South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week
(AP) -- Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 22, 2009 |
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PC sales in Asia-Pacific rise to 23.4 million in Q3: report
Sales of personal computers (PCs) in the Asia-Pacific region rose 17 percent from a year ago to 23.4 million units in the third quarter, an industry monitor said Tuesday.
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Long feared extinct, rare bird rediscovered
Known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, a critically endangered crow has re-emerged on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island thanks in part to a Michigan State University scientist.
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Portuguese award goes to Helen Keller nonprofit
(AP) -- The Helen Keller International nonprofit organization has won a $1.4 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for its work in preventing blindness in the developing world, the foundation said Friday.
Sep 05, 2009 |
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Last chance to save the saola from extinction?
Conservation biologists based in four countries gathered for an emergency meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, August 19, to address the peril of extinction facing one the world's most enigmatic mammals, the Saola.
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Cradle and birthday of dog identified
Previous studies in the field have indicated that East Asia is where the wolf was tamed and became the dog. It was not possible to be more precise than that. But now researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Facial expressions show language barriers too
(PhysOrg.com) -- People from East Asia tend to have a tougher time than those from European countries telling the difference between a face that looks fearful versus surprised, disgusted versus angry, and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 13, 2009 |
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China announces first panda from frozen sperm
(AP) -- China announced the first successful birth of a panda cub from artificial insemination using frozen sperm, giving a new option for the famously unfertile endangered species, officials said Friday.
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Asia-Pacific computer sales rebound in Q2: report
Personal computer sales in Asia ended two consecutive quarters of contraction to post robust growth in the second quarter of 2009, a report released Monday said.
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Study: SE Asia will be hit hard by climate change
(AP) -- Southeast Asia will be hit particularly hard by climate change, causing the region's agriculture-dependent economies to contract by as much as 6.7 percent annually by the end of the century, according ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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