AP – Facebook agreed Thursday to give users more control over the information they share…
Month: August 2009
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Anti-Obesity ‘Wonder Drug’ May Harm Liver
The Food and Drug Administration is looking into reports that orlistat, a drug used to…
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Nasa rocket motor test postponed
The test firing of the first-stage rocket motor Nasa hopes will one day launch its…
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Man charged in record ID theft case in plea talks (AP)
AP – An accused computer hacker charged with stealing millions of credit and debit card…
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Skin-disease Patients Show Brain Immunity To Faces Of Disgust
People with psoriasis — an often distressing dermatological condition that causes lesions and scaly patches…
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‘Metabolic Engineering’ Could Herald The End Of Fossil Fuels In Industrial Chemical Production
A team of South Korean scientists have succeeded in engineering the bacterium E. coli to…
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New Treatment Option For Ruptured Brain Aneurysms
Researchers in Finland have identified an effective new treatment option using stent-assisted coil embolization on…
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Nuisance Or Nutrient? Kudzu Shows Promise As A Dietary Supplement
Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United…
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‘Hedgehog’ Pathway May Hold Key To Anti-cancer Therapy
Scientists in Switzerland have discovered a way to block the growth of human colon cancer…
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Extrasolar Hot Jupiter: The Planet That ‘Shouldn’t Exist’
A planet has been discovered with ten times the mass of Jupiter, but which orbits…