Christopher Null – There seems to be nothing in our world that is genuinely harmless….
Month: July 2010
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Ambitious timetable for electronic medical records (AP)
AP – The Obama administration on Tuesday rolled out an ambitious five-year plan for moving…
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Whisker stimulation prevents strokes in rats; Stimulating fingers, lips and face may also work in humans
Talk about surviving by a whisker. The most common type of stroke can be completely…
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Avatars as lifelike representations and effective marketing tools
It is predicted that 80 percent of active Internet consumers and Fortune 500 companies will…
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Salmon in hot water
Rearing juvenile salmon at the relatively high temperature of 16 C causes skeletal deformities in…
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New preimplantation genetic screening method can predict chromosomal abnormalities, study shows
The efficacy of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) has been one of the most hotly disputed…
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Magnets trump metallics: Magnetic fields can turn highly conductive nanotubes into semiconductors
Physicists have been studying the Aharonov-Bohm effect — the interaction between electrically charged particles and…
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Larger head size may protect against Alzheimer’s symptoms
New research shows that people with Alzheimer’s disease who have large heads have better memory…
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Why you should never arm wrestle a saber-toothed tiger
Saber-toothed cats may be best known for their supersized canines, but they also had exceptionally…
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Windows XP downgrade rights extended to 2020 (Christopher Null)
Christopher Null – Think Windows XP is going away? Think again. Microsoft has announced that…