Briefs: Nokia launches open-source Web site
Nokia Wednesday launched a Web site for open-source software projects that the company sees as encouraging new advances in wireless technology.
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Blair: Science will solve climate change
British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a meeting of energy and environment ministers Tuesday in London science holds the key to climate change.
Nov 2, 2005
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The Web: Online psychotherapy effective
Therapy for mildly depressed patients delivered over the Internet can be as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy, but experts told UPI's The Web that a relationship of trust must exist between patient and doctor for the ...
Nov 2, 2005
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Investigators release preliminary findings of levee failures at Senate hearing
Many of the New Orleans levee and floodwall failures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina occurred at weak-link junctions where different levee or wall sections joined together, according to a preliminary report released today ...
Nov 2, 2005
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Mars Express PFS spectrometer back at work
The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft is now back in operation after a malfunction, reported a few months ago. The instrument had been successfully investigating the chemical composition ...
Nov 2, 2005
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Deutsche Telekom to slash 19,000 jobs
Deutsche Telekom said Wednesday it will slash about 19,000 jobs over the next three years.
Nov 2, 2005
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Sensors, a smart dose of medicine for cancer treatment
New sensor systems being developed will help treat cancer and improve the accuracy and reliability of existing radiation treatments. They should help improve patient care and outcomes. The results will go straight to commercialisation ...
Nov 2, 2005
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Nano World: 150 nanodrugs on horizon
While only two kinds of nanoparticle therapies against cancer are now clinically available in the United States, roughly 150 more lie in various stages of development, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nov 2, 2005
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Stem cells: forgotten by evolution?
Max Planck scientists show that adult stem cells are possibly just the remnants of evolution For a fairly long time, adult stem cells have been a point of scientific interest. Besides the question of how to use them therapeutically, ...
Nov 2, 2005
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Brown Bears: The Guile and Wile of Reproduction
Female brown bears are driven to having many partners - not because of lust but as part of a sophisticated strategy for protecting future offspring. This surprising discovery is the result of a large-scale project by the ...
Nov 2, 2005
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