Individuals within a networked system coordinate their activities by communicating to each other information such…
Month: September 2010
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Traders: China halts rare earth exports to Japan (AP)
AP – China has halted exports to Japan of rare earth elements — which are…
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Psychotropic medication and youth in foster care report
A landmark report from a multi-state study calls for a national approach and resources for…
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Fuel treatments reduce wildfire severity, tree mortality in Washington forests
Scientists have found that fuel treatments — even of only a few acres — can…
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Shorter biological marker length in aplastic anemia patients linked to higher relapse, death rates
Among patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy for severe aplastic anemia (a condition in which the bone…
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Successful sludge-to-power research developed
An experiment to transform wastewater sludge to electrical power, dwarfed by the million-gallon tanks, pipes…
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Drug against AIDS could be effective against herpesvirus
Scientists have shown that raltegravir, the drug approved in 2007 for the treatment of AIDS…
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City living helped humans evolve immunity to tuberculosis and leprosy, new research suggests
New research has found that a genetic variant which reduces the chance of contracting diseases…
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Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe divorcing (Reuters)
Reuters – Heart rocker Nancy Wilson filed for divorce from her filmmaker husband Cameron Crowe…
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Anger amplifies clinical pain in women with and without fibromyalgia; Sensitizing effect of anger and sadness not limited to fibromyalgia patients
Researchers who studied the effect of negative emotions on pain perception in women with and…