Elderly people with damaged kidneys are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, such as heart…
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A Pest That Knows No Borders: Balkan States Consider Sterile Insect Technique Against Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Farmers in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina join forces to suppress one of the world’s…
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New Portable Device Detects Salmonella In Under An Hour
Scientists have designed a low-cost, rapid diagnostic device for detecting the presence of Salmonella spp….
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Smallest Possible Switch: Single Gold Atom Forms The Contact
The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type never seen before. That’s…
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Wall Street Beat: Recession Whacks IT Earnings (PC World)
PC World – Though Google, IBM and Apple offered scraps of good news this week,…
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Climate shift ‘killing US trees’
Old growth trees in the western US are being killed as a result of regional…
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IAEA to investigate Gaza uranium ammunition allegations
Vienna (AFP) Jan 21, 2009 – The UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it would investigate…
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US coast guard goes digital
Miami (AFP) Jan 22, 2009 – Starting next month the US coast guard only will…
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US Navy Flight Tests New Raytheon SM-2 Target Detecting Device
Point Mugu CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2009 – The U.S. Navy flight tested Raytheon’s new…
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Nasty worm wriggles into millions of computers
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 20, 2009 – A nasty worm has wriggled into millions of…