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275 articles from FRIDAY 3.9.2010

• FRIDAY 3. SEPTEMBER, 2010
• 00:23 Facebook's new security feature: remote logouts

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  (AP) -- Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.  

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• 00:23 God did not create Universe: Hawking

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  God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published Thursday from a new book.  

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• 00:23 Models suggest treatments for fractures that won't heal

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  New models, reinforced by in vivo experimentation, show why 5-10% of bone fractures don't heal properly, and how these cases may be treated to restart the healing process. Results of the model, published September 2 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, may benefit the ageing population in which the occurrence of bone fractures is expected to rise substantially in the near future.  

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• 00:23 NASA catches heavy rainfall happening in Category 4 Earl as it approaches the US

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  Hurricane Earl is still a powerful category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale as it approaches the North Carolina coast today. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite observed the high rates rain was falling within Earl, in some areas more than 2 inches per hour. Today, the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is also flying into the eye of Hurricane Earl at altitudes of 60,000 feet to gather information about the storm.  

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• 00:23 NASA satellite sees Tropical Storm Kompasu transitioning over Korea and China

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  NASA's Terra satellite captured the changing Tropical Storm Kompasu over Korea and China very early today, as it makes its way east to northern Japan. It is becoming extratropical.  

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• 00:23 NASA sees Depression Nine become Gaston then back to a depression

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  Tropical Depression Nine strengthened yesterday into Tropical Storm Gaston, but today it ran into dry and stable air and weakened back into a depression again.  

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• 00:23 New model may simplify high-dose radiosurgery planning

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  There is yet no straightforward way to determine the optimal dose level and treatment schedules for high-dose radiation therapies such as stereotactic radiation therapy, used to treat brain and lung cancer, or for high-dose brachytherapy for prostate and other cancers.  

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• 00:23 New warning signs may predict kidney transplant failure

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  Kidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).  

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• 00:23 Report: Discovery networks hostage-taking a rare terror event

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  A new report by terrorism researchers at the University of Maryland concludes that the deadly hostage-taking incident at the Discovery Communications headquarters in suburban Washington, D.C. meets the criteria of a terrorist act - a rare one for media organizations and the nation's capital region. Hostage-taking, though, is a familiar pattern in capital-region terror, the researchers add.  

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• 00:23 Research: Climate change affecting mussel survival

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- Warmer air and water temperatures along the U.S. East Coast are shrinking the geographic region where blue mussels can survive, according to findings by University of South Carolina researchers published in the August Journal of Biogeography.  

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• 00:23 Researchers map spread of invasive reed in Great Lakes basin

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  Phragmites australis is an uncommon term for an increasingly common sight in the wetlands and along the beaches of the Great Lakes. It`s the scientific name for the common reed, a fast-growing perennial wetland grass. An immigrant from Europe, it`s an exotic species that has a reputation for taking over any wetland real estate it visits.  

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• 00:23 Researchers pave the way for a better understanding of HIV infection and AIDS

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  Dr. Eric A. Cohen, Director of the Human Retrovirology research unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM), and his team published yesterday, in the online open-access journal PLos Pathogens, the results of their most recent research on the role of the Vpr protein in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).  

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• 00:23 Serendipity contributes to MRSA susceptibility findings

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  Duke University Medical Center researchers have found two genes in mice which might help identify why some people are more susceptible than others to potentially deadly staph infections.  

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• 00:23 Solar Probe Plus mission to plunge directly into Sun's atmosphere

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  NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before. The unprecedented project, named Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch no later than 2018.  

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• 00:23 Spitzer Finds a Flavorful Mix of Asteroids

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth objects, are a mixed bunch, with a surprisingly wide array of compositions. Like a piñata filled with everything from chocolates to fruity candies, these asteroids come in assorted colors and compositions. Some are dark and dull; others are shiny and bright. The Spitzer observations of 100 known near-Earth asteroids demonstrate that the objects` diversity is greater than previously thought.  

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• 00:23 Tire-pressure monitors vulnerable, researchers say

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- Wireless tire pressure monitoring systems designed to alert drivers to problems with low tire pressure can be intercepted or forged, causing possible security or privacy threats, according to research at the University of South Carolina and Rutgers University.  

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• 00:23 Toshiba to Launch the World`s Fastest SDHC Memory Card

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  Toshiba today announced the launch of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB SDHC UHS-I cards compliant with the SD Memory Card Standard Ver. 3.0 (SD 3.0), UHS104. These new SD cards offer the world`s fastest SDHC data read and write speeds.  

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• 00:23 A New Tool for Tracking Oil Spills

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  Model predicted where and when BP spill would hit Gulf Coast shores  

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• 00:22 Deepwater Horizon spill: New method successfully predicted how oil would spread

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  Prompted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a scientist has come up with a new way of predicting how contaminants like oil will spread. He was able to forecast several days in advance that oil from that spill would wash ashore in particular parts of the Gulf of Mexico.  

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• 00:16 Mariner Energy oil rig fire extinguished, no sign of oil spill in Gulf (The Christian Science Monitor)

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  The Christian Science Monitor - A fire on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been extinguished, and officials say oil does not appear to be leaking from the facility.  

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• 00:09 Obama Advisers Call for Greater Emphasis on STEM Education

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  A new report to President Barack Obama from his science advisers urges the federal...  

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• 00:06 What's a Gumby Suit? (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - The Mariner oil platform explosion off the Louisiana coast created a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico and forced 13 crew members to jump into the water wearing protective Gumby suits. Just what exactly is a Gumby suit?  

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• 00:00 NASA selects investigations for first mission to encounter the Sun

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  The Solar Probe Plus will plunge directly into the Sun's atmosphere to learn why it's so much hotter than our star's visible surface and what propels the solar wind.  

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• 00:00 New Hubble observations of Supernova 1987A reveal composition of "star guts" pouring out

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  The new observations of the "String of Pearls" surrounding the remnant not only tell scientists what elements are being recycled into the Large Magellanic Cloud, but also how the dwarf galaxy changes its environment on human timescales.  

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• 00:00 Spitzer finds a flavorful mix of asteroids

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  Near-Earth objects seem to be more varied in color and composition than previously thought.  

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