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- Apples, bananas, and oranges are the most common fruits in both Western and Asian diets, and are important sources of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. A new study explores the additional health benefits of these fruits and reveals they also protect against neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. Full Article : ScienceDaily: |
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- The High Resolution Stereo Camera on board ESA’s Mars Express has returned striking scenes of the Terby crater on Mars. The region is of great scientific interest as it holds information on the role of water in the history of the planet. Full Article : ScienceDaily: |
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- It’s increasingly believed among scientists that nearly every cancer contains small populations of highly dangerous cells—cancer stem cell—that can initiate a cancer, drive its progression, and create endless copies of themselves. On the theory that targeting these cells might be an effective therapeutic strategy, researchers around the world have begun isolating stem cells from various kinds of cancers. |
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- ESA’s Cluster mission has, for the first time, observed the extent of the region that triggers magnetic reconnection, and it is much larger than previously thought. This gives future space missions a much better chance of studying it. Space is filled with plasma (a gas composed of ions and electrons, globally neutral) and is threaded by magnetic fields. These magnetic fields store energy which can be released explosively, in a process called magnetic reconnection. |
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- Human embryos that are discarded every day as medical waste from in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics could be an important source of stem cells for research. Some of the embryos created during IVF are deemed “clinically useless” because of imperfections, but it is possible to derive stem cell lines from these poor-quality embryos. Because poor-quality embryos are discarded everyday in the course of IVF, the scientists believe they represent an ethically acceptable source of stem cells for research. |
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- Some fresh news and old links for this 1st February Friday. And despite my being a fulltime blogger for over 2 years now, I still feel Friday?s are the best day of the week. In the local scene, some linky goodness: Join the … |
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- by Martin Dougiamas. This server has been having some unusual problems causing it to lock up every now and then. The loads have been high (lots of visitors!) but I don't think that's the whole issue here. |
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- Error reading source feed http://www. moneyshow. com/msc/traders…p? |
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- Comptroller General David Walker on Tuesday at a Senate Budget Committee hearing said that increased health care costs and an aging population have placed the federal budget on an “imprudent and unsustainable path” and that “passage of moment only serves to worsen that situation,” CongressDaily repo… |
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- A pharmaceutical plant in Uganda this week will begin production of generic antiretroviral drugs following an order from the Ugandan government for drugs worth 17 billion Ugandan shillings, or about $10 million, the East African Business Week reports (Etyang, East African Business Week, 1/28). |
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- The governors of Delaware and Georgia recently released their fiscal year 2009 state budget proposals. Summaries of health-related budget issues appear below.Delaware: Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D) on Thursday proposed a $3. |
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- Health care disparities remain between white and minority children, but the gaps narrowed over the past 20 years, according to a report sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development and released on Wednesday by the New America Foundation, CQ HealthBeat reports (Grimaldi, CQ HealthBeat, 1/29). |
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- Although search is important, Redmond sees growing opportunities in other areas, such as video, in-game, and mobile advertising, says former Aquantive CEO. |
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- Filed under: Windows Mobile, Mobile Minute There's an unofficial application floating around that may be a beta version of an update to HTC's TouchFLO interface for Windows Mobile. TouchFLO is basically a skin that replaces the default Windows mobile user interface with one that packs nice big icons that are easy to use with a finger rather than a stylus. Some folks at the XDA-Developers forum have managed to get the application, which bears the codename Manila, up and running. And while it's certainly pretty to look at, it's reportedly quite sluggish. |
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- Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 EA Sports sent us a tip on how we should bet on the big game this Sunday. According to EA's Super Bowl XLII simulation in Madden '08 the New England Patriots defeated the New York Giants with a final score of 38-30. EA Sports would also like to point out that over the last five years the group has had a perfect record of predicting the Super Bowl winner.The Madden '08 simulation used each team's current roster and player statistics. |
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