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383 articles from THURSDAY 26.1.2012
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THURSDAY 26. JANUARY, 2012
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FCC accepting objections to Verizon's planned spectrum buy
Those opposed to Verizon Wireless' deal to purchase wireless spectrum from Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks for $3.6 billion must file objections with the Federal Communications Commission by Feb. 21. -
21:25Anyone who has a close relative with Alzheimer's shares the same worry: Am I next? However, a growing body of research indicates that our lifestyles - particularly what we eat and whether we're obese - play a greater role than our genes in determining our brain health as we age.
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21:25Graphene is one of the wonders of the science world, with the potential to create foldaway mobile phones, wallpaper-thin lighting panels and the next generation of aircraft. The new finding at the University of Manchester gives graphene's potential a most surprising dimension – graphene can also be used for distilling alcohol.
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21:25Japan used seawater to cool nuclear fuel at the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant after the tsunami in March 2011 -- and that was probably the best action to take at the time, says Professor Alexandra Navrotsky of the University of California, Davis.
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21:25(AP) -- Israel is often referred to as "Startup Nation," thanks to its long history of high-tech breakthroughs produced by scrappy little companies. But in one critical area, the speed of Internet connections, Israel has fallen behind other tech-savvy countries.
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21:25Discoveries made in some underwater caves by Texas &M University at Galveston researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perhaps give hints of what types of marine life could be found on distant planets and moons.
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21:25While residents of the United States and much of Europe think of locust plagues as biblical references, locust swarms still have devastating effects on agriculture today, especially in developing countries in Asia and Africa.
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21:25(PhysOrg.com) -- The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.
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21:25A key feature of human and animal brains is that they are adaptive; they are able to change their structure and function based on input from the environment and on the potential associations, or consequences, of that input. For example, if a person puts his hand in a fire and gets burned, he learns to avoid flames; the simple sight of a flame has acquired a predictive value, which in this case, is repulsive. To learn more about such neural adaptability, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have explored the brains of insects and identified a mechanism by which the connections in their brain change to form new and specific memories of smells.
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21:25Priscilla Laws' love of learning almost came to an abrupt end very early on—when she left kindergarten, where learning was by doing, and entered first grade, where learning was rote. "They promoted me to first grade, and it was dreadful," says Laws, a research professor of physics at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. "I was sitting in a seat and copying letters from a board."
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21:25It will be New York Giants vs. New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, now the only thing left to do is prepare for your big game celebration.
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21:25(AP) -- The founder of Wikipedia hailed the online encyclopedia's role in helping halt U.S. legislation aimed at cracking down on Internet piracy, saying the proposed bills needed to be stopped because they were flawed.
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21:25Location matters for birds on the hunt for caterpillars, according to researchers at UC Irvine and Wesleyan University. Findings suggest that chickadees and others zero in on the type of tree as much as the characteristics of their wriggly prey.
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Believing the impossible and conspiracy theories
Distrust and paranoia about government has a long history, and the feeling that there is a conspiracy of elites can lead to suspicion for authorities and the claims they make. For some, the attraction of conspiracy theories is so strong that it leads them to endorse entirely contradictory beliefs, according to a new study.
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21:21Japan used seawater to cool nuclear fuel at the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant after the tsunami in March 2011 -- and that was probably the best action to take at the time, say experts. But researchers have since discovered a new way in which seawater can corrode nuclear fuel, forming uranium compounds that could potentially travel long distances, either in solution or as very small particles.
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21:21Scientists have shown that insect nutrition and agricultural land management practices may partially explain modern day locust outbreaks.
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21:21The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.
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20:59
Simon Cowell reaches for the stars
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20:57
Google Privacy Changes Part of Push to Integrate Portals
On one hand, Google's new unified privacy policy will make it easier for users to know where they stand: They only have to read the small print once.On the other hand, critics say, it's the latest in an effort to catch members of the public off-guard and opt them unwittingly into sharing details of their lives.
The new terms, which cover 60 services with one document and take effect March 1, make clear just how integrated that Google's many services, from search to Maps to social networking via Google+ and photo sharing via Picasa, are, and how behavior on one affects the other.
Share and Share Alike As the Mountain View, Calif., search giant works to spread adoption of its Facebook-rival Google+, it has begun adding updates to users' search results, to the consternation of critics who say the posters didn't intend for their updates to be shared outside the network, even with people they are connected to.
Google will launch an e-mail campaign to inform users about the changes and has already launched an ad campaign to educate the public about online privacy.
But authorities in Europe expressed wariness over the changes, and James Steyer, CEO of San Francisco-based Common Sense Media, said the announcement "is pretty frustrating and potentially frightening from a kids and family and teenager standpoint and an overall consumer privacy standpoint," according to The Washington Post. The paper also said the Federal Trade Commission, which has been locking horns with Google and Facebook over privacy concerns, would also look at Google+, according to its sources.
'Make Services Even Better' The stakes are high as not only Google and Facebook, but other major players in modern technology vie to be the primary portals to the Internet both at home and on-the-go. At the end of the rainbow is a multibillion-dollar advertising...
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20:44
Life After Death for Deep Sea Vents
Submarine vents provide a substrate for life well after the vents themselves become inactive. -
20:36Psychologists have found that buying experiences makes people happier than possessions, but who spends their spare cash on experiences? Extraverts and people who are open to new experiences are more likely to make a habit of "experience shopping" and are happier as a result, according to new research.
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20:36Location matters for birds on the hunt for caterpillars, according to researchers. Findings suggest that chickadees and others zero in on the type of tree as much as the characteristics of their wriggly prey.
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20:36Patients with head and neck cancers who have been treated with newer, more sophisticated radiation therapy technology enjoy a better quality of life than those treated with older radiation therapy equipment, a study has found.
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20:36Medical researchers reports that newly discovered mutations in an evolved assembly of genes cause Joubert syndrome, a form of syndromic autism.
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20:34
Near-Extinct Spider Monkey Spotted (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Researchers have spotted one of the rarest primates on Earth in a national park in Colombia.
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