A new study analyzing the impact of hand-held cell phone legislation on driving safety concludes…
Month: February 2010
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Understanding cement, right down to the atomic scale
Two thousand years after the Romans invented cement, this material is still the most commonly…
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Obese teens who receive gastric banding achieve significant weight loss
A higher percentage of severely obese adolescents who received laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding lost more…
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High prevalence of atrial fibrillation found among cross-country skiers
At this year’s Birkebeiner ski marathon, 12,000 cross-country skiers will line up for the 54…
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Communication breakdown: What happens to nerve cells in Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have discovered a molecular link between Parkinson’s disease and defects in the ability of…
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Electrons on the brink: Fractal patterns may be key to semiconductor magnetism
Scientists have observed electrons in a semiconductor on the brink of the metal-insulator transition for…
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First video of clouded leopard
The Sundaland clouded leopard, a new recently described species of big cat, is caught on…
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Big Patch Tuesday Fixes Server-Side Vulnerabilities
Microsoft on Tuesday patched 26 vulnerabilities in 13 security bulletins. Eleven bulletins affect Windows and…
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How Not To Get Mugged Online
No, the Internet was not created so you could order cookies online. It came about…
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Hacker Cracks ‘Digital Fort Knox’ Security Chip
Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the…