New research shows a potential signature of nitrate and ammonia that can be found in…
Month: December 2009
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Minimally invasive surgery removes sinus tumor without facial disfiguration
With the advances in sinus endoscopy, many tumors can now be removed directly through the…
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New kind of micro-mobility: Microscopic system for moving tiny objects inside a microfluidic chip
A new microscopic system could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a…
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Myopia appears to have become more common
Myopia (nearsightedness) may have been more common in Americans from 1999 to 2004 than it…
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Coconut-carrying octopus: Tool use in an invertebrate
Scientists once thought of tool use as a defining feature of humans. That’s until examples…
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Analysts Question How Google’s Nexus One Would Work
There are more questions — many more — than answers about the Nexus One smartphone…
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Top Court To Rule on Employee Privacy on Work Devices
Racy text messages from a SWAT team sergeant in California are at the heart of…
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Microsoft Shuts China Site Amid Plagiarism Accusations
Just a month after launching a beta micro-blogging web site in the Chinese market, Microsoft…
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Neon Targets IBM with Unfair-Competition Suit
On Monday, IBM came under legal fire from Neon Enterprise Software. The company filed a…
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Hack Turns Barnes & Noble’s Nook Into a Web Tablet
According to comments posted at the nookDevs forum, developers have come up with a method…