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Advanced Micro Devices has decided to use a rather unusual marketing tactic in order to raise awareness about its upcoming Cape Verde GPU and the Radeon HD 77xx video cards. As this special website will be all too eager to show, the Sunnyvale, California-based company has begun sending pills to Internet websites. ... |
10 February 2012
05:47 GMT |
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We don't know how we managed to miss this encouraging news when it came out about a week ago, but better late than never, especially for a decision that could genuinely improve lives.
FCC decided to allocate a segment of the radio spectrum for wireless devices that could lead to giving paralyzed patients the a... |
7 December 2011
05:14 GMT |
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Samsung is showing that it's not about to stick to whatever confines it is limited to right now, so it figured it may as well give some extra work to a lesser known branch.Samsung Biologics will partner with Biogen for the setting up of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing business.“At Samsung, one of our go... |
6 December 2011
21:21 GMT |
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GPUs may have big parallel processing performance, but that ultimately doesn't matter if applications don't support it, so it is understandable that NVIDIA would eagerly announce if an important software gained such support, not to mention four.
Indeed, according to its new press release, LAMMPS, GROMACS,... |
10 November 2011
16:21 GMT |
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People will probably feel a bit wary of any machine handling their eyes, or any other body part, but a researcher from the Netherland's University of Technology thinks robots, or the particular robot he made, will assist with such things very well.
Researcher Thijs Meenink at TU/e said that the new eye surge... |
29 October 2011
03:51 GMT |
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Bacteria-based computing is not exactly a new concept, but people probably didn't spend much time envisioning the possibilities that researchers from the Imperial College London thought of.E.Coli is a common occurrence in the lower intestines of warm-blooded organisms, including humans.As such, it probably woul... |
24 October 2011
03:27 GMT |
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HP collaborates with hospitals on a variety of projects, in this case the advancements of patient status system recording and updating, the partner being Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.As consumer technology progresses, it only makes sense that IT and gadgets make their way to other fields as w... |
18 October 2011
09:45 GMT |
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Crème de canna at High Scream in California is the place to be if you have a doctor’s prescription for medical marijuana, because the dispensary / store has now come up with a new way of serving pot. If brownies, bread and even cooked meals are not enough to satiate your appetite, then perhaps a pot-infu... |
20 September 2010
13:31 GMT |
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An ancient Chinese herbal medicine used for treating intestinal disorders could reduce the intestinal side effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients, a new study in mice suggests.This centuries-old traditional Chinese medicine is called Huang Qin Tang (pronounced Hu-ang Chin Tong) and it contains peonies, a purple f... |
19 August 2010
08:36 GMT |
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One aspect of the IT industry is that it is always evolving. The other is that it has always been among the primary sources of toxic waste, otherwise known as e-waste. Electronics have a certain lifespan, after which they get defected and inevitably end up in garbage dumps. Some products get recycled, but there is a ... |
24 June 2010
08:43 GMT |
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Molecular computing and robotics are at this point two of the main emerging fields of research in electronics, and numerous research teams around the world are currently working on improving them. Such was the case with a team of US scientists, featuring experts from the Columbia University, the Arizona State Univers... |
13 May 2010
03:49 GMT |
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The Drug Information Association (DIA) will be conducting its 22nd annual EuroMeeting in Monaco, between March 8-10, organizers announce. According to the program that was made available, and detailed in a press release, a large number of topics will be covered by an extensive audience. A variety of hot topics of wid... |
21 January 2010
04:11 GMT |
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In spite of their massive observation capacities, today's telescopes are still limited in the amount of data they can observe. There are structures obscured or partially out of sight and analyzing them is just as important to our knowledge of the Universe as looking at the way the Sun works. But the process can ... |
24 November 2009
04:37 GMT |
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According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which manages the most famous awards in the scientific community, the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry will be shared jointly by three experts, “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.” In their amazing work, the trio managed to use X-ra... |
7 October 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Working in a line of research that is among the most commendable of all, researchers Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak, from the United States, managed to further humankind's knowledge of aging, cancer and stem cells. In their studies of the human chromosomes, the vessels that carry our genetic... |
5 October 2009
07:03 GMT |
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The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) is one of the most ambitious projects of the 21st century, one that makes use of the technological and scientific knowledge that we've gained so far in order to recreate a replica of the human body in computer simulation. In this never-ending and increasingly complex process... |
30 June 2009
08:58 GMT |
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In the not-so-distant future, getting a flu shot or another vaccine could be as easy as drinking a cup of yogurt. Naturally, it won't be just yogurt that you're eating, but a very potent chemical mix that will feature all the active ingredients your immune system will need to recover. Naturally, creating su... |
18 March 2009
09:57 GMT |
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While IVF has been hailed as the best method to conceive when chances of a natural pregnancy are slim to none, doctors advise that couples wait for nature to run its course before heading to the doctor’s. A new study has shown that chances for women who have tried for a year to have a baby and turn to IVF to ge... |
25 February 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, the number one spot for this year's Top Scientific achievement is the discovering of cellular reprogramming techniques, which offer experts an invaluable tool in studying, understanding, and, potentially, curing such diseases as Parkinson's and diabetes. Sick cells can now be programmed into vi... |
19 December 2008
06:26 GMT |
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Patients who need surgery, especially those suffering from prostate-related illnesses, will be happy to know that technology has made a great step forward towards the incision-free, robot-controlled surgery. New devices will use natural orifices and the vast inner-body network to find the ailing spot and perform pre... |
7 November 2008
03:43 GMT |
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A new study based on text comparison demonstrated that an enormous percentage of the scientific medicine texts were almost identical. This brings into attention the fact that there are too many scientific publications for this plagiarism to be spotted. The consequences of this discovery are still to be weighed. ... |
18 October 2008
05:07 GMT |
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The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine went to the two French researchers who discovered the HIV virus and to a German one for his work in the discovery of the cervical cancer-causing virus. Half of the prize, consisting of $650.000 (about 367.500 pounds or 468.500 Euros), went to the two French scientists,... |
6 October 2008
11:07 GMT |
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We all believe that, by leading as healthy a lifestyle as we can, combined with plenty of exercise and, why not, even a little bit of help from plastic surgery or at least modern cosmetics (for those for whom the former is still too expensive to be a viable option), we actually stand a good chance in the constant fig... |
8 September 2008
03:20 GMT |
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a very aggressive and painful condition that affects a large number of people worldwide and is among the leading causes of disability in developed countries. This form of arthritis is the second largest cause of work disability after heart disease in the US and the first such cause in the UK, ... |
16 June 2008
06:47 GMT |
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Imagine the possibilities of having a holodeck. One moment you're in your house and the next you can be anywhere in the world, at any time, doing anything you want. For now, the concept is still very much science fiction, albeit European researchers seem to have taken the first step towards bringing it to realit... |
5 June 2008
05:08 GMT |
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Manchester United is the most important football club these days after it managed to win Champions League, a competition which involves teams from all around Europe. As you probably know, United won the cup against Chelsea after a dramatic penalty shootout. Because the Champions League final was one of the most expec... |
23 May 2008
03:13 GMT |
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We call them yuccas, but in their native areas of Central America, they are rather known under the names of itabo, izote or daguillo. Their closest relative is the famous Agave from which tequila is made. There are about 40 species of yucca (in the genus Yucca), from southwestern US and Mexico to South America and th... |
24 November 2007
02:06 GMT |
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Supposing you want to advertise a product on the Internet, you have two options: you do it legally using partnerships and deals or illegally. The second one is not the smartest move but you can do it without any cost. Most users who want to advertise something on the web choose to do it by spamming other consumers th... |
5 November 2007
05:56 GMT |
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Pornography is back in its well-deserved place. Earlier this year, shares and other financial subjects have been beating porn in the spam race, but adult movies and pictures are now once again filling up inboxes as a torrent of spam hits us harder than ever.I've seen a lot of statistics about how spam is doing t... |
25 September 2007
09:40 GMT |
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"Many people don't bother to brush or floss their teeth properly!". I'm guessing that's what you hear in Colgate "close-up" ads. Not very convincing, eh? Well, maybe this will change the shape of things... and teeth (hopefully). The Ultreo is another milestone in the evolution of the modern toothbrush.... |
9 May 2007
04:58 GMT |
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There are all sorts of devices for sale on this forsaken planet. I don't like saying this, but most of them are useless. But some can actually save your life. Here's an example. At just 3 $, the LifeStraw is a water purifier designed by the Swiss-based company Vestergaard Frandse that can clean up to 700 L... |
7 May 2007
03:06 GMT |
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Japanese researcher Yoshiuki Sankai of the University of Tsukuba has developed a robotic exoskeleton to help the elderly and disabled walk and even lift heavy objects like a jug of water for instance. It's called the Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL (like the name of the computer from "2001: A space Odyssey"). Its ... |
23 April 2007
15:46 GMT |
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Patients who lose the doctors' hand written prescription or the ones that forget when to take the compulsory pill will probably find this a real boon. The Med-eMonitor reminds, educates, monitors and reports on up to 25 medications. This portable device can be programmed remotely via the Internet. Patient medic... |
23 April 2007
05:29 GMT |
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Here's a truism you probably heard before: "We live in a mass consumers society!". And bad things could happen when we buy "buckets" of stuff that don't offer a real consumer protection. Here's an example. According to shrinks, buying higher value items such as cars or jewelry could lead to the buyer&#... |
19 April 2007
04:39 GMT |
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A group of researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a pair of molecular-scale scissors that open and close in response to light. "They measure just three nanometers in length, small enough to deliver drugs into cells or manipulate genes and other biological molecules", says Takuzo Aida, Ph.D., professor... |
26 March 2007
05:11 GMT |
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All the Internet users and especially the e-mail owners are assaulted every day with millions of spam messages. Although there are numerous antispam utilities currently available, some of them are quite useless and let spam messages invade our inbox. Usually, the unwanted messages advertise medicines or watches but I... |
6 March 2007
06:12 GMT |
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