Why do we grow old and what can we do to stop it? This is the question asked by many, but it appears that we are now closer to an answer thanks to new research published by Monash University researcher Dr Damian Dowling.
Biotechnology
Aug 5, 2010
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verbal and nonverbal behaviors that convey insulting, hostile and degrading attitudes to women - is just as distressing for women victims as sexual advances in the workplace. According to Emily Leskinen, Lilia Cortina, and ...
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2010
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(AP) -- T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier, said Thursday that it added crucial contract-signing customers even though it lost subscribers in the second quarter as prepaying subscribers fled to other ...
Business
Aug 5, 2010
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Stormy summer? Believe it or not, there are apps for that, too. Last night during a deluge, I found myself going to my iPhone 4 many times for many reasons, and that got me thinking about handy apps to peruse while watching ...
Software
Aug 5, 2010
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Boulders deposited by an ancient glacier that once covered the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii have provided more evidence of the extraordinary power and reach of global change, particularly the slowdown of a ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 5, 2010
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By combining origami and electrical engineering, researchers at MIT and Harvard are working to develop the ultimate reconfigurable robot -- one that can turn into absolutely anything. The researchers have developed algorithms ...
Engineering
Aug 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the fields of great interest to scientists and researchers is that of using the quantum world to enhance various aspects of our lives. Advances in quantum cryptography make headlines, and scientists ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- South Dakota State University livestock research is trying to determine whether the genes cattle inherit help determine the way they respond to vaccinations.
Other
Aug 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Family violence, physical abuse or parents divorcing can play a role in keeping a girl from becoming an entrepreneur later in life. That’s according to new research led by Zhen Zhang, assistant professor ...
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2010
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Inside caves near Mossel Bay, South Africa, a team of explorers have been piecing together an account of survival, ingenuity and endurance -- of the species known as Homo sapiens. Team leader Curtis Marean, a paleoanthropologist ...
Archaeology
Aug 5, 2010
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