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Month: May 2010
BP wrestles with oil spill hitch
Oil company BP scrambles to find a way to contain oil gushing from a blown-out…
Sponsoring by the pharmaceutical industry can bias the results of drug studies, study suggests
Drug studies financed by pharmaceutical companies frequently show positive results in favor of the sponsor….
How does ice flow? First results of a new measurement method in Antarctica
Researchers in Germany report results from an environmentally friendly measurement method used on an Antarctic…
Whole body MRI is highly accurate in the early detection of breast cancer metastases
Whole body magnetic resonance imaging should be the imaging modality of choice for the detection…
GOCE satellite determines gravitational force in the Himalayas
Researchers report the first interim results of the ESA mission GOCE, the Gravity Field and…
Gender specific disease risks start in the womb
Pregnancy places competing demands on a mother’s physiology: Her body wants to produce a healthy…
Brain’s master switch is verified
The protein that has long been suspected by scientists of being the master switch allowing…
Obama bemoans ‘diversions’ of IPod, Xbox era (AFP)
AFP – US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era,…
Canada: British consumers unwitting users of fuel from tar sands, study says
Guardian: British motorists are unwitting users of diesel and petrol derived from the Canadian tar…