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'Love handles' repurposed for breast reconstruction in women without enough belly fat

A new technique using tissue from those below-the-waist "love handles" improves cosmetic breast reconstruction in slim, athletic cancer patients without adequate fat sources elsewhere, a small Johns Hopkins study has found. ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Small is good in quest to resolve water crisis

Can Peepoo stop the flying toilet? A small Swedish company believes so. At the World Water Forum in Marseille, it is promoting a cheap, smart fix for the world's billion slumdwellers.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Oil versus fish in idyllic Norwegian islands

Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect of the black gold has sparked heated debate.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Acidic Europa may eat away at chances for life

The ocean underneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be too acid to support life, due to compounds that may regularly migrate downward from its surface, researchers find.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Noble false widow spider marches north in the UK

The noble false widow spider, a species often mistaken for the black widow spider in the UK, is spreading north, Natural History Museum enquiry records show.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Caught in the act: Study discovers microbes speciating

Not that long ago in a hot spring in Kamchatka, Russia, two groups of genetically indistinguishable microbes decided to part ways. They began evolving into different species – despite the fact that they ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Dating sites become mainstream and focus on more niche markets

Online dating has brought romance to millions of men and women. And now, a new website for Jewish singles, Jewcier.com, operated by Miami Beach-based Avalanche, is geared to help even more people find love through the Internet.

Technology / Business

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

From buskins to brothel-creepers: our love affair with shoes

Tomorrow Cambridge historian Dr Ulinka Rublack will give a public talk that will set footwear at the centre of her argument that in neglecting to explore the history of things we miss a golden opportunity ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader

When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there's a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

What happens to your Facebook when you die? Digital assets oft forgotten

When most people think about bequeathing their belongings, it's the obvious: the house, the car, bank accounts, the sentimental family mementos.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Rose torture: severe heat in Texas yields better varieties for research

At least one person admits that the extreme heat in Texas this year was beneficial.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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