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Periodic post
Mosts chemists get to see some wacky periodic tables during their careers - circular ones, spiral ones, ones that rearrange all the elements etc etc. Then there are the foody ones and then there are the giant periodic tables, the arty farty ones, the online version, the flash table.And, then ... [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... America and the Holocaust
Companion to a PBS American Experience documentary about what "social and political factors shaped America's response to the Holocaust,"including the temporary "'paper wall,' a bureaucratic maze that prevented all but a few Jewish refugees from entering the country."Includes details about one man's struggle against the bureaucracy, a guide to people and events of the Holocaust (such as Raoul Wallenberg, the Bermuda Conference, and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising), interview transcripts, and primary sources. Steroid Injections Do Not Provide Long-term Relief From Tennis Elbow,
Physiotherapy or a "wait and see"approach are both more effective in tackling tennis elbow than corticosteroid injections, a British Medical Journal study reveals. Researchers in Australia tested different treatments on three separate groups of patients with tennis elbow. One group of participants were allocated the "wait and see"approach -- they were reassured that the condition would eventually settle down and encouraged to wait. They were also given specific instructions on modifying their daily activities so to avoid aggravating their pain. Wired Test 2007: Videocams: Accessories
Wired scoops and reviews the latest videocam add-ons just in time for appeasing your favorite geek this season. Obese Athletes At Risk For Obstructive Sleep Apnea
More research is emerging that sheds light on a serious problem affecting student-athletes nationwide: the number of children and teens who are considered obese is rising dramatically. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, obesity raises the risk of cardiovascular disease and other health problems, and also increases the likelihood of developing obstructive sleep apnea. OSA causes a child or teen to stop breathing during sleep and can disturb his or her sleep several times on any given night. Computer Program Learns Language Rules And Composes Sentences, All Wit
Shimon Edelman of Cornell University and colleagues have developed a method for enabling a computer program to scan text, infer the grammar behind it and generate new sentences. It works for different languages, music and protein sequences. (PNAS: Vol. 102:33, 2005) Asleep In The Deep: Model Helps Assess Ocean-injection Strategy For Co
In searching for ways to counteract the greenhouse effect, some scientists have proposed capturing the culprit--carbon dioxide--as it is emitted from power plants, then liquefying the gas and injecting it into the ocean. But there are pitfalls in that plan. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Penn Researchers Use The Abdomen To Deliver Oxygen To Assist Ailing Lu
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have helped develop a technique in animal models for using the abdominal cavity to exchange gas, supplementing the function normally performed by the lungs.
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