Novel mechanisms controlling insulin release and fat deposition discovered May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have in two recent studies shown that a receptor called ALK7 plays important roles in the regulation of body fat deposition as well as the release of insulin ... | |
Britain complains to EU about Microsoft file system May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A British watchdog agency said Tuesday it had complained to European Union regulators that Microsoft Corp.'s new file format for storing documents discouraged competition. | |
 Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official ... | |
Middle class relaxing with marijuana May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A variety of middle-class people are making a conscious but careful choice to use marijuana to enhance their leisure activities, a University of Alberta study shows. | |
Colonel suggests using hackers' tool against them May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic. | |
 Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave (Update) May 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer ... | |
Want to lose weight? Study suggests a liquid lunch May 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A "liquid lunch" could no longer mean a few pints down the pub, but instead a healthy way to lose weight, according to a study presented Thursday by scientists from food giant Unilever. | |
Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the ... | |
Women, minorities more prone to filing grievances May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Many employees often do not file grievances even when presented with the opportunity to do so. A new study in Industrial Relations sought to assess the degree to which certain minority groups may be more or less prone ... | |
Religion and the narrative of biological science May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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There exists much ethical controversy brought about by advances in biology and medicine and the relationship to religion. In a new essay in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Laurie Zoloth takes an approach to ... | |
 MIT students show power of open cell phone systems May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(AP) -- What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them ... | |
 Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth. | |
 EU says car pollution targets unworkable: report May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A senior EU official has said that a European Union deadline to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars by 2012 was unrealistic, according to an interview with a German newspaper. | |
Researchers find natural section favors parasite fitness over host health May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Why do parasites harm their hosts? Classic evolutionary theory predicts that parasites become more virulent because they must transmit themselves between hosts, yet scientists have found little data to support this idea, ... | |
Chemical compound prevents cancer in lab May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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While researching new ways to stop the progression of cancer, researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, have discovered a compound that has shown to prevent cancer in the laboratory. The research appears ... | |
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