Taking and sharing digital photos has reached the mainstream, and it’s causing old-school companies to…
Month: November 2010
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AirPlay’s Sadly Missing Piece
I firmly believe that one of the reasons Apple has enjoyed such generally excellent customer…
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Leveraging Linux for Supercomputing
High-performance computing applications such as numerical simulation — whether for forecasting, mechanical and structure simulation,…
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Microsoft Files for Patent on Touchy-Feely Screens
Microsoft has filed a patent application for a display screen that would dynamically give users…
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Clarity in short-term memory shows no link with IQ
One person correctly remembers four of eight items just seen but is fuzzy on details….
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California’s controlled fires boost biodiversity
In certain ecosystems, such as the mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada region of the…
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New approach may help dialysis patients fight anemia
A new drug called FG-2216 can stimulate production of the hormone erythropoietin in dialysis patients…
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Moderate alcohol consumption lowers the risk of metabolic diseases, study suggests
With the emergence of an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes (DM) throughout the…
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New genomic technique reveals obesity gene variants
Obesity is highly heritable, but so far genetic association studies have only explained a small…
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Antibacterial soaps: Being too clean can make people sick, study suggests
Young people who are overexposed to antibacterial soaps containing triclosan may suffer more allergies, and…