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342 articles from THURSDAY 5.1.2012

• THURSDAY 5. JANUARY, 2012
• 20:54 Got a Cold? Don't Be Alarmed by the Mucus

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  We all get serious mucus when we're sick, but it's here to help. Learn how mucus fights to protect your body.  

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• 20:51 Low reporting of clinical trial data in key U.S. database, study shows

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  Many clinical trials in the United States are failing to report their findings in a publicly available database, despite a recent law that compels them to do so, say researchers.  

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• 20:41 Climate Machine: Steady as She Goes

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  Forecasters see the Atlantic's warm "conveyor belt" running steadily years into the future While...  

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• 20:41 Climate Machine: Steady as She Goes

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  Forecasters see the Atlantic's warm "conveyor belt" running steadily years into the future  

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• 20:40 Decision to Shoot Stray Dogs Under Review

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  A decision to have police in a Pennsylvania town shoot stray dogs raises an uproar -- and a review.  

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• 20:24 6 tech trends to watch for in 2012

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  For tech companies, 2011 was feast or famine.  

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• 20:24 Cells can influence their own destiny, research finds

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  In a major shake-up of scientists' understanding of what determines the fate of cells, researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have shown that cells have some control over their own destiny.  

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• 20:24 File sharing as religious community in Sweden

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  A file-sharing group in Sweden that considers itself a spiritual organization says the government has recognized it as a religious community.  

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• 20:24 Flatworms' minimalist approach to cell division reveals molecular architecture of human centrosome

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  Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have discovered that planarians, tiny flatworms fabled for their regenerative powers, completely lack centrosomes, cellular structures that organize the network of microtubules that pulls chromosomes apart during cell division.  

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• 20:24 French breast implant maker denounces 'untruths' in scandal

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  The founder of the French breast implant maker at the centre of a global health scare said Thursday much of the information emerging in the scandal was untrue but refused further comment.  

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• 20:24 Gartner lowers 2012 tech spending growth forecast

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  Research firm Gartner Inc. has lowered its global technology spending growth forecast because of the sluggish economy and the euro crisis.  

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• 20:24 Gestures improve language learning

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  (Medical Xpress) -- Learning a new language usually requires written and spoken instructions but a new study shows that the use of word-specific gestures may aid in the learning process and help students better retain new words.  

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• 20:24 Graphene rips follow rules: Simulations show carbon sheets tear along energetically favorable lines

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  Research from Rice University and the University of California at Berkeley may give science and industry a new way to manipulate graphene, the wonder material expected to play a role in advanced electronic, mechanical and thermal applications.  

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• 20:24 Graphene's piezoelectric promise

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  Engineers predict that graphene can be coaxed into acting piezoelectric, merely by punching triangular holes into the material.  

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• 20:24 High-tech devices leave users vulnerable to spies

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  "You could now listen in 100 percent completely undetected" - that's the promise one company makes on its website to anyone who wants to eavesdrop on someone else's cellphone.  

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• 20:24 Light makes write for DNA information-storage device

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  Researchers have demonstrated a write-once-read-many-times information-storage device, made of DNA embedded with silver nanoparticles, that uses ultraviolet light to encode data.  

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• 20:24 Location-based 'geo-fencing' apps raise privacy concerns

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  Someone who is in a mall or near a favorite restaurant might get a message on their cellphone about a sale at a store or specials on the menu. Or they could be alerted that their child has left the school grounds.  

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• 20:24 Majority of Americans say research and development are key to building US economy

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  The new edition of America Speaks, a compilation of public opinion polls commissioned by Research!America, demonstrates increasing public support for research and innovation to improve health, create jobs and boost the economy. However, nearly 60% of Americans don't believe we are making enough progress in medical research, and 54% don't believe the U.S. has the best health care system in the world.  

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• 20:24 Narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made show the same current capability as copper

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  The narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made – just four atoms wide and one atom tall – have been shown to have the same electrical current carrying capability of copper, according to a new study published today in the journal Science.  

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• 20:24 Novel brain tumor vaccine acts like bloodhound to locate cancer cells

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  A national clinical trial testing the efficacy of a novel brain tumor vaccine has begun at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the only facility in the Southeast to participate.  

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• 20:24 Paddlefish sensors tuned to detect signals from zooplankton prey

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  Neurons fire in a synchronized bursting pattern in response to robust signals indicating nearby food.  

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• 20:24 School pupils learn about practical philosophy

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  Children could learn valuable lessons in responsible citizenship, such as making moral judgements and informed choices, through taking part in philosophical dialogue, according to researchers at the University of Strathclyde.  

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• 20:24 Scientists 'hijack' bacterial immune system

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  The knowledge that bacteria possess adaptable immune systems that protect them from individual viruses and other foreign invaders is relatively new to science, and researchers across the globe are working to learn how these systems function and to apply that knowledge in industry and medicine.  

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• 20:24 Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease

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  British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease.  

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• 20:24 Study finds air pollution linked to diabetes and hypertension in African-American women

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  (Boston) -The incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension increases with cumulative levels of exposure to nitrogen oxides, according to a new study led by researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University. The study, which appears online in the journal Circulation, was led by Patricia Coogan, D.Sc., associate professor of epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health and the SEC.  

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