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Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups

(AP) -- It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Just like us: Immigrants embrace 'distinctly American' values

Much of the fervor fueling the anti-immigration debate is shaped by the belief that immigrants—legal and otherwise—are somehow a threat to our national identity. Americans, some critics believe, venerate a set of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nasa receives widespread concepts for future Mars missions

NASA's call to scientists and engineers to help plan a new strategy to explore Mars has resulted in almost double the amount of expected submissions with unique and bold ideas.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Using graphene, scientists develop a less toxic way to rust-proof steel

(Phys.org) -- University at Buffalo researchers are making significant progress on rust-proofing steel using a graphene-based composite that could serve as a nontoxic alternative to coatings that contain hexavalent ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

What will Facebook do with all its cash?

What's Facebook going to do with all that money? Depending on the price it sets for its shares, the company is on track to raise $6.1 billion to $6.8 billion in its initial public offering. Facebook's new wealth will be added ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brazil's threatened Awa tribe outnumbered, group says

Brazilian authorities have admitted that the Amazon's Awa, "Earth's most threatened tribe," are outnumbered 10 to one in just one of their reserves, Survival International said Thursday.

Other Sciences / Other

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo soap opera features new cast of leaders

(AP) -- Yahoo's dysfunctional turnaround efforts have morphed into a Silicon Valley soap opera, one that has taken another strange twist with the Internet company's ousting of CEO Scott Thompson just four ...

Technology / Business

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New point for dew point

Peter Huang of the Sensor Science Division’s Temperature and Humidity group has devised a new humidity generator that enables dew-point measurements up to 98 °C – a substantial extension above ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The absence of elephants and rhinoceroses reduces biodiversity in tropical forests

The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and rhinoceroses puts the structural integrity and biodiversity of the tropical forest of South-East Asia at risk. With the help of Spanish ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US military to pack more BlackBerry smartphones

Research In Motion (RIM) on Wednesday announced that the US Department of Defense staff and partners have been given the go-ahead to use more of the Canadian firm's BlackBerry OS 7 smartphones.

Technology / Business

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New Vermont law: Researchers to measure 'genuine progress'

"What you measure is what you get," said Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Soon Vermont may measure its economic well-being somewhat differently.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3


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