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Learning To Cover Up Reduces Risk Of Skin Cancer
Educating children in primary school and adults at the beach about the benefits of wearing sun-protective hats and clothing can effectively motivate them to cover up and reduce their exposure to cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation, according to a systematic review of evidence. Serving Up Suds A Hazardous Task
A joint study published in the September edition of Applied Ergonomics by the University of Alberta and Napier University of Scotland, shows that servers, cooks and bartenders risk serious injuries while doing their everyday jobs serving up suds and finger foods. Painkillers May Threaten Power Of Vaccines
With flu-shot season in full swing and widespread anticipation of the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, a new University of Rochester study suggests that using common painkillers around the time of vaccination might not be a good idea. Children Would Need Different Medical Care In Wake Of Dirty Bomb
If terrorists were to attack with a dirty bomb, medical authorities should be prepared to treat children differently than adults because their developing bodies would absorb and respond to the radiation exposure in distinct ways, according to a new study. Medieval Islamic Architecture Presages 20th-century Mathematics
Intricate decorative tilework found in medieval architecture across the Islamic world appears to exhibit advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry -- a concept discovered by Western mathematicians and physicists only in the 1970s and 1980s. If so, medieval Islamic application of this geometry would predate Western mastery by at least half a millennium. Brain Imaging Study May Hold Clues To Onset Of Schizophrenia In People
Images of brain activity may hold clues to the onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk for the disease, according to a study headed by psychiatry researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Shots of War: Photojournalism During the Spanish Civil War
Collection of photographs taken by photojournalists during the Spanish Civil War. Browsable by date, place, people (combatants and civilians), news agency, and war damage. Includes an introductory essay about the Spanish Civil War and war photography in the 1930s, and a bibliography. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. System Drastically Cuts Down Botulism Detection Time
One of the most lethal substances in the world -- botulism -- can be detected using special systems in about 20--25 minutes. Now, researchers at DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory can detect its presence in five minutes, using the lab's successful Biodetection Enabling Analyte Delivery System, or BEADS combined with optical detection. Nosespray Vaccine Using Aloe Vera Has Exciting Potential, Researcher S
Researchers are participating in developing a medicine that is worth sneezing about: a treatment for influenza that forms a jelly when sprayed into the nose. How Internet Search Engines Work
Describes how search engines find information, using software called robots (spiders) to gather words and notes and build an index. Discusses meta tags, ranking, and how an index may be built. Includes diagrams. From How Stuff Works.
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