The brightness of the nightly sky glow over major cities has been shown to depend…
Month: March 2011
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Blood protein in lung cancer could improve diagnosis and treatment
Scientists are reporting discovery of a protein in the blood of lung cancer patients that…
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Scientists show how men amp up their X chromosome
Vive la différence? Not at the level of DNA. Men must increase gene expression on…
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Google’s Search Change Leads to Winners and Losers
Google’s top search engineers predicted when the company revamped its search rankings last week to…
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Street View Uses Tricycles To Go Where Cars Can’t
Google Inc. this week launched its largest-ever collection of Street View images taken by a…
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Retailers Hope iPad Will Inspire Shoppers
At a time when shopping has lost most of its glamor, the star power of…
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Royal Officials Launch Wedding Web Site
They’ve got the carriage, the abbey, and a national holiday in their honor. Now Prince…
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Senate Votes To Give Patent Office More Authority
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would gain power over the revenue it collects under…
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Distraction Alert: 19 Percent Use Web While Driving
About one in five drivers admitted in an informal online survey to surfing the Internet…
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Freedom to choose leisure activities benefits people with autism
Free time is not always a fun time for people with autism. Giving them the…