A new article provides the most detailed assessment thus far of civilian deaths in the…
Month: February 2011
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Device enables remote explosion of improvised land mines
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new tool to eliminate improvised land mines by using…
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Surgery without incisions for heartburn
Millions of Americans, or 10 percent of the population, suffer from daily heartburn or other…
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Living fast but dying older is possible — if you’re a sheep
Modern humans may live longer than hunter gatherers, chimpanzees, mountain sheep or the European robin,…
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Scientists discover cell of origin for childhood muscle cancer
Researchers have defined the cell of origin for a kind of cancer called sarcoma. They…
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Astronomers identify thick disc of older stars in nearby Andromeda galaxy
Astronomers have identified for the first time a thick stellar disc in the nearby Andromeda…
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U.S. Preparing Cyberwar Strategy Before Threat Grows
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said Tuesday that the U.S. government is “moving aggressively” to…
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MS Dynamics Matches Code on Premises and in the Cloud
In a move to beef up its offerings to compete with Salesforce.com, Microsoft has released…
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Google’s One Pass Offers Content for Less Than Apple
In what looked like a case of digital good cop, bad cop, Google on Wednesday…
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Smart phone malware: The six worst offenders
Get ready for a case of the creepy crawlies, because we just got a list…