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Majority of US hospitals will have smoke-free campuses by end of year

While hospital buildings are often smoke-free, a new study finds that by February 2008, 45 percent of US hospitals had adopted "smoke-free campus" policies, meaning that all the property owned or leased by the hospital, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

(AP) -- Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex ...

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Sudden wealth part of Silicon Valley's everyday

(AP) -- In Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt.

Technology / Business

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Study examines nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem

A recent paper by Kathleen Eggleson, a research scientist in the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) at the University of Notre Dame, provides an example of a nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem that ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Green jail to demonstrate power of microgrids

(PhysOrg.com) -- When the next “big one” hits northern California, chances are good that the power will be knocked out across large swaths of the Bay Area. But one place that is likely to stand unaffected ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Lessons for the northwest: Japanese death toll could have been worse

(PhysOrg.com) -- An estimated 20,000 people died or are missing after a massive earthquake-induced tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011, yet some 200,000 people were in the inundation zone at the time.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Protein structures give disease clues

Using some of the most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance equipment available, researchers at the University of California, Davis, are making discoveries about the shape and structure of biological molecules ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tiny protein helps bacteria 'talk' and triggers defensive response in plants

Scientists have discovered a new signal that helps invading bacteria communicate but also helps targeted rice plants coordinate defensive attacks on the disease-causing invaders, a finding that could lead to new methods of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making germs glow: New test helps save lives and cuts costs

(Medical Xpress) -- Replacing conventional laboratory tests with a new DNA sequence-based technology to identify pathogens causing bloodstream infections dramatically lowered mortality and health-care costs, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New laser could treat acne with telecom technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- A laser developed at the University of Michigan is designed to melt fat without burning surrounding tissue. It could potentially be used to treat acne, researchers say.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wireless network in hospital monitors vital signs

A clinical warning system that uses wireless sensors to track the vital signs of at-risk patients is undergoing a feasibility study at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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