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FCC to use phone subsidy fund to pay for broadband
(AP) -- Government regulators are planning to overhaul the $8 billion federal program that subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas in order to pay for high-speed Internet connections.
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Study: Consumers value safer food more than current analyses suggest
Government regulators could more realistically assess the value of improving food safety if they considered the fact that consumers typically want to avoid getting sick – even if it means they have to pay a little extra ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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A second pathway for antidepressants: New fluorescent assay reveals TREK1 mechanism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a unique and relatively simple cell-based fluorescent assay they developed, scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Research uncovers key to understanding cause of lupus
Potentially impacting future diagnosis and treatment of lupus, an immune illness affecting more than 5 million people worldwide, researchers at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Researchers identify mediator of blood pressure regulation in the liver
For 60 years, scientists have puzzled over the possibility of a hepatic osmoreceptor that influences blood pressure regulation. Now, researchers of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, the Experimental ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Blood pressure control system found in kidney's structural units
A new finding shows how the million working units in the kidney regulate salt handling. This identifies a new possible therapeutic target for treating high blood pressure.
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Commission won't be last word on Gulf oil spill
(AP) -- A presidential commission's conclusion on the largest offshore oil spill in history that decisions meant to save time and money created an unreasonable amount of risk won't be the final word on the ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Scientists identify elusive neuronal targets of deep brain stimulation
Shooting steady pulses of electricity through slender electrodes into a brain area that controls complex behaviors has proven to be effective against several therapeutically stubborn neurological and neuropsychiatric ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2010 |
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App lets you snap photo to see game content detail
(AP) -- Video games come with ratings similar to movies, but plenty of parents buy games rated M for Mature for their kids under 17.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Relationship-strengthening class improves life for new families
Expectant parents who completed a brief relationship-strengthening class around the time their child was born showed lasting effects on each family member's well being and on the family's overall relationships, according ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Colorado weighs difficulties of pot regulations
(AP) -- What's in that joint, and how can you be sure it's safe?
Nov 26, 2010 |
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In Brief: Guiding cancer cells to their fate
It is often said that the best way to spur change is to work within the system. Here, researchers create control devices based on RNA, which can be used to synthetically rewire cellular behavior, making the cells more sensitive ...
Nov 26, 2010 |
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Feds are investigating drinking glasses with lead
(AP) -- Federal regulators launched an investigation Monday into lead levels in drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters, declaring that the items are subject to standards for "children's ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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The impact of sleep deprivation in children
We all know kids, especially, need a good night's sleep in order to thrive. After studying thousands of children, psychologist Mona El-Sheikh, a professor of child development, says children who don't get ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Companies yank cord on residential phone books
(AP) -- What's black and white and read all over? Not the white pages, which is why regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop mass-printing residential phone books, ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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