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Grokster Loss Sucks for Tech
Hollywood gets its happy ending: The studios and record labels win the Grokster case before the Supreme Court. But critics say the ruling will lead to more lawsuits that will hamper the development of new products. By Katie Dean. Toxicity Of Industrial Water Pollution Underestimated
A new study suggests that a holistic approach is needed in assessing the potential environmental and health effects of toxic effluent from industry. Studies of industrial effluent toxicity usually focus on a single contaminant, such as an environmental or marine pollutant, a potential carcinogen, or a toxic heavy metal. However, toxicity tests of effluent using bacteria generally underestimate the total toxicity. Norovirus Expert: Sanitation And Science Prevent Virus's Spread
Aaron Margolin, professor of microbiology and director of UNH's Virus and Waterborne Disease Laboratory, says that an increase in norovirus outbreaks may be due to better detection and identification of virus. Yet lax sanitation, combined with an aging population and our society's notions about sickness, are hastening the virus's spread. [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. High School Theater Program Helped Strengthen Adolescents'Emotional De
A unique study found that adolescents'emotional skills were strengthened through a high school theater program. The study, conducted among adolescents in a high school theater program, demonstrated how teens learned about how to employ positive emotions to motivate their work. Students also used strategies to manage their own and others'negative emotions. The research was conducted through interviews with the students during a three-month period of rehearsals. This study demonstrates how schools and programs can support the development of "emotional intelligence"of adolescents. Socioeconomic Position Associated With Effectiveness Of HIV Drugs
Socioeconomic position is a determinant of antiretroviral treatment effectiveness during initial therapy for HIV-1 infection. The effect was found even among subjects with high rates of drug adherence, according to a new study. The Ten Greatest Hoax Gadgets of All Time
Gadget lovers are susceptible to snake oil, too. How else to explain all the gadgets with bogus claims to cure cancer, block cellphone radiation or create perpetual motion? From dowsing rods to "DNA kits" that purport to find the location of anyone on Earth, we've got the ten most egregious examples of gadget hucksterism. Emory Researchers Offer New Approach For Testing Potential HIV Vaccine
Emory University researchers have proposed a new design for HIV vaccine trials in animals that would more closely mimic how humans are exposed to the virus -- potentially giving AIDS researchers a more effective tool in developing successful treatments to prevent HIV infection. Success Or Failure Of Antidepressant Citalopram Predicted By Gene Vari
Depressed people with a SNP in the GRIK4 gene were more likely to respond to the antidepressant medication citalopram (Celexa) than were people without the SNP. The results are from a follow-up of the NIMH-funded STAR*D clinical trial. Microbes Plus Sugars Equals Hydrogen Fuel?
Wanted: Bacterium that can eat sugar or sludge; must be team player or electrochemically active; ability to survive without oxygen, a plus. Thus might read the bacterial "job description"posted by scientists, who are collaborating on ways to make microbial fuel cells more efficient and practical.
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