A specially modified, millimeter-thick, super-absorbent bed sheet solves delivery-room problems.
Month: September 2009
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Unique Cancer Profile Of Hispanic/Latino Americans
Report finds Hispanic/Latino Americans are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to develop and die from…
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Researcher Trips Amputees In Effort To Develop Improved Prosthetic Legs
An engineer has been tripping amputees in a laboratory study that seeks to improve the…
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Diabetes Drug Kills Cancer Stem Cells In Combination Treatment In Mice
In tumors formed by human breast cancer cells in mice, a diabetes drug was more…
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Sophisticated Telescope Camera Debuts With Peek At Nest Of Black Holes
Less than two months after they inaugurated the world’s largest telescope, astronomers have used one…
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To Wii or Not to Wii (PC World)
PC World – Pity that busy monster, gamers-unkindâ¦to Nintendo’s extraordinarily successful pint-sized hexahedral Gamecube-with-motion-control. Who…
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Adobe Will Buy Analytics Provider Omniture for $1.8B
Adobe Systems, the maker of Flash, Acrobat and Photoshop, plans to acquire Utah-based Omniture for…
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Seagate DockStar Creates a Personal Data Cloud
Seagate Technology has taken the wraps off a new storage adapter that promises to let…
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Distant world ‘has rocky surface’
A planet orbiting a star some 500 light-years away probably has a hard surface, astronomers…
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Unpatched Applications Are #1 Cyber Security Risk (PC World)
PC World – Unpatched client software and vulnerable Internet-facing web sites are the most serious…