School-based health and exercise programs have positive outcomes despite having little effect on children’s weight…
Month: January 2009
Silicon Chip Manufacture: Flat Fixtures For EUV Exposure
Exposing silicon wafers to light during chip manufacture requires special fixtures called chucks. Novel electrostatic…
Genetic Testing Not Cost-effective In Guiding Initial Dosing Of Common Blood Thinner
New analyses show that genetic testing used to guide initial dosing of the blood-thinner warfarin…
MIRI Method Reduces Water Use In Rice Field Tests
Scientists are studying a system that, in rice field tests, cuts water use by 24…
Lou Gehrig’s Disease In Humans Genetically Linked To Dog Disease
Researchers have found that the genetic mutation responsible for degenerative myelopathy (DM) in dogs is…
Baffling The Body Into Accepting Transplants
An unexpected discovery has potential to alter the body’s response to anything it perceives as…
Senate nears deal to delay digital TV transition (AP)
AP – The Senate appeared close to agreement late Thursday on a bill to delay…
Upstart challenges Chinese state TV New Year show (AP)
AP – A Beijing-based wedding videographer will debut his homespun Lunar New Year gala Sunday…
Google delivers good-looking 4Q in ugly recession (AP)
AP – Google Inc.’s fourth quarter wasn’t picture perfect, but the results looked good in…
NetApp tops ‘Best Companies to Work For’ list (CNET)
CNET – Storage maker NetApp ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine’s list of the top…