AP – Chinese authorities shut down blogs, Internet forums and social media sites such as…
Month: June 2009
Time on social networks almost doubles in a year (Reuters)
Reuters – Spending more time on social networks and blogs? You’re not alone, with the…
Intervention Reduces Delinquent Teenage Pregancy Rates
A program aimed at reducing criminal behavior in juvenile justice teens has yielded a surprising…
Sugarcoating Fruit Fly Development: Sugar Tags On Nuclear Proteins Have An Important Developmental Function
Scientists have discovered that sugar tags on nuclear proteins have an important developmental function Proteins…
Vandetanib Shows Clinical Benefit When Combined With Docetaxel For Lung Cancer
When combined with standard chemotherapy, an international Phase III trial has shown that the oral…
Six New Genome Sequences And Fundamental Insights To The Candida Fungus Family Revealed
Scientists have defined six new genome sequences in the Candida fungus family and identified genetic…
Enzyme Involved In Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discovered
Researchers have discovered that the enzyme meprin has a key role in inflammatory bowel disease.
World First: Chinese Scientists Create Pluripotent Stem Cells From Pigs
Scientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells —…
Court orders EchoStar to pay TiVo $103 million (Reuters)
Reuters – Satellite service provider EchoStar is in contempt of a permanent injunction against using…
Microsoft ads say search is sick, Bing is the cure (AP)
AP – Microsoft Corp. is inventing a new malady for which its new Web search…