The Terminator. The Borg. The Six Million Dollar Man. Science fiction is ripe with biological…
Month: October 2010
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Russian Hacker Builds 70 Terabyte Home Computer (PC World)
PC World – Ever find yourself deleting some files to make room for your overgrown…
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Amazon Extends Value of Kindle with New Lending Feature (PC World)
PC World – Amazon announced that it will soon update the Kindle software to allow…
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MySpace shared user data with advertisers: WSJ (AFP)
AFP – The Wall Street Journal on Friday reported that sister News Corp. property MySpace…
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For Apple, a Week of Hot Air and Market Share
Apple held its big Back to the Mac event this week, showing previews of software…
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Partners who had powerful faces in college lead profitable law firms, study finds
Law firms are more profitable when they are led by managing partners who have faces…
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Chemical engineers use gold to discover breakthrough for creating biorenewable chemicals
Chemical engineers have uncovered the key features that control the high reactivity of gold nanoparticles…
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Progress in the development of new Parkinson’s drugs
The side effects of the standard medication for Parkinson’s disease have long been a preoccupation…
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NOAA lists population of spotted seals as threatened
NOAA has listed the southern distinct population segment (DPS) of the spotted seal as threatened…
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Origin of immune cells in the brain discovered: Could lead to new treatments for degenerative brain diseases, autoimmune disorders
Researchers have discovered that microglia, the immune cells that reside in the brain, have a…