AP – Leading Internet companies, long criticized by human rights groups for their business dealings…
Month: October 2008
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Enabling The Blind To Find Their Way
“Eyes on the future” is the mantra of the ‘World Sight Day’ held this month…
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How To ‘Stamp’ Nanodevices With Rubber Molds
By manipulating the way tiny droplets of fluid dry, researchers have created an innovative way…
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Newly Discovered Mechanism Can Explain Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
Researchers have discovered a mechanism that silences several genes in a chromosome domain. The findings,…
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Bumblebees Learn The Sweet Smell Of Foraging Success
Bumblebees use flower scent to guide their nest-mates to good food sources, according to new…
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Eating Whole Grains Lowers Heart Failure Risk, According To New Study
About 5 million people in the United States suffer from heart failure (HF). While some…
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Orange Peel Can Help Clean Up Dirty Water
Highly colored industrial waste water is a serious environmental problem as it seriously discolors waterways…
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GM, Chrysler request $10 billion in aid: sources (Reuters)
Reuters – General Motors Corp and Cerberus Capital Management have asked the U.S. government for…
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Arctic ice thickness ‘plummets’
Arctic sea ice thickness “plummeted” last winter, thinning by as much as 49 centimetres in…
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Tennis call ‘brain bias’ found
Tennis line judges are more likely to make mistakes when they call balls “out” rather…