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DVD Jon: Zune's Getting a Bad Rap
Microsoft's music player isn't the lame duck some critics have called it, says Jon Johansen, the guy who cracked DVD encryption. In Listening Post. Keep Your Eyes On The Puck: Hockey Goalies With The Quiet Eye Have A B
Researchers at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Kinesiology may have found the secret to dazzling goaltending, after they discovered the exact spot a goalie needs to watch to be successful. China's One-child Policy Could Backfire On Its Elderly
A geriatrician who has studied in China predicts that the country's population control program will create a new social problem -- fewer family members to care for an aging society. The researcher says that by 2030, 336 million Chinese will be over the age of 60. If the burden of care for senior citizens shifts from family to facilities, such as nursing homes, the country would be unprepared. Vanquishing Infinity: Old Methods Lead To New Approach To Finding Quan
Quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity are both extremely accurate theories of how the universe works, but all attempts to combine the two into a unified theory have ended in failure. Now physicists have found a way to carry out a new set of gravity calculations with the help of an older theory that has been around since the 1980s. The Continuous Commitment: African Americans in the American Red Cross
This exhibit highlights "a small portion of the contributions made by African Americans yesterday and today"to the American Red Cross. Some of the topics include abolitionist Frederick Douglass' participation with Clara Barton in the founding and continued efforts of the American Red Cross, African American involvement in the Red Cross during World War II, and the development of the African American HIV/AIDS Program. From the American Red Cross. Some antiviral drugs could make diseases worse, new study suggests
New research raises concerns about an emerging strategy for stopping viral infections. According to the study, medications that cause viruses to die off by forcing their nucleic acid to mutate rapidly might actually, in some instances, cause them to emerge from the process even more virulent than before drug treatment. Cancer Treatment: Radiation Seed Implant Decreases Risk Of Death Over
Prostate cancer patients cut their risk of dying of the disease in half when they receive radiation seed implants to treat their cancer, compared to those who don't receive active treatment, within six months from being diagnosed with localized prostate cancer, according to a new study. Leveling The Field For Babies With Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
If he can figure out which babies will be born unable to breathe properly, Dr. Stephen M. Black thinks he can help change that. "When these kids are born, you have a short amount of time to intervene or you get brain damage,"says Dr. Black, cell and molecular physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia Vascular Biology Center. Computer Vision System Detects Foreign Objects In Processed Poultry An
Although metal detectors help commercial food processors keep metal fragments from ending up in finished products, these detectors can't identify plastic and other foreign objects. And as plastic becomes more widespread, used in everything from conveyor belts to latex gloves, plastic contamination is a growing concern for many food processing operations. For the past year, John Stewart, a research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, has been leading a development team in building a computer-vision system that identifies plastic and other unwanted elements in finished food products. Suite Of Instruments Helps Researchers Calculate 3,000-year Cycle For
The deep, cobalt-blue waters of Lake Tahoe can mean different things to different people. For scientists, the lake's depth and rich color are an impediment to studying several important geological characteristics beneath the lake's basin. Now, a team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has used a novel combination of scientific instruments to produce the first estimates for earthquake activity of several faults in the region.
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