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[Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Thinking Makes It So: Science Extends Reach Of Prosthetic Arms
A technique allowing a prosthetic arm to respond directly to brain signals has the potential to provide more arm and hand movements, beyond the four the technique has already achieved, a new study shows. The researchers have begun work with two US Army medical centers to help soldiers who have lost limbs. Enhancing The Healthful Properties Of Silkworms
The search for a food that can be enriched with healthful conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) has taken an unlikely twist -- straight toward the silkworm. An international group of scientists is reporting success in producing high-CLA silkworms. Although silkworm soufflé may not sound like the most appetizing dish, people in Asian countries treasure powdered silkworm as a nutritional supplement and traditional treatment for diabetes. Green Detergents Clean Up As Environmentally Friendly Consumer Product
"Green"laundry detergents have taken the leading role in a new effort by retailers and industry to market mainstream, environmentally friendly consumer products, according to an article scheduled for the Jan. 29 issue of ACS' weekly newsmagazine, Chemical &Engineering News. New Life for Stem Cell Bills
A new, Democrat-controlled Congress plans to reintroduce stem cell legislation as one of its first priorities. In Bodyhack. Norway Won't Sing Jobs' Tune
Apple bears the ultimate responsibility for making iTunes compatible with rival music players, says the agency leading a European effort to make it happen. By the Associated Press. Chemical In Red Wine, Fruits And Vegetables Counters Unhealthy Effects
Just as additives help gasoline burn cleaner, a research report shows that the food industry could take a similar approach toward reducing health risks associated with fatty foods. These "meal additives"would be based on work of researchers who discovered that consuming polyphenols (natural compounds in red wine, fruits, and vegetables) simultaneously with high-fat foods may reduce health risks associated with these foods. New Findings May Help Preserve Rare Gutenberg Bibles
Using modern analytical techniques, researchers in England say they have for the first time precisely identified the pigments used to illustrate seven Gutenberg Bibles located in Europe. The findings provide chemical data that could ultimately help preserve and restore these rare historic treasures as well as provide insights into the printing practices of early Europe, they say. How an Obscure Collection of Japanese Action Figures Changed the Way W
Transformers is a movie in 2007 because of the toy-media industrial complex invented in the 1980s. That's when sprawling lines of figures started to be marketed as characters in a ready-mixed narrative, making them must-have collectibles. Purdue Method To Help Engineers Design Systems For Mars, Moon Missions
Purdue University researchers, in the culmination of a four-year NASA-funded project, have created a method that will enable engineers to design more efficient systems for heating, cooling and other applications in spacecraft for missions to Mars and the moon.
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