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Iridium launches Wi-Fi hotspot for extreme roaming

Want to get email on your iPhone or BlackBerry in the middle of the ocean, or in the Arctic? Now you can - but it'll cost you.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Researchers engineer metabolic pathway in mice to prevent diet-induced obesity

In recent years, obesity has taken on epidemic proportions in developed nations, contributing significantly to major medical problems, early death and rising health care costs. According to Centers for Disease Control and ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Operation makes dementia patients faster and smarter

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital are the first in the world to show that an operation can help patients with dementia caused by white matter changes and hydrocephalus.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New invention could improve treatment for children with 'water on the brain'

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists participated in a study with researchers from the University of Utah that could help find ways to improve shunt systems used to treat the neurological disorder hydrocephalus, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0