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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
FDA Has Sweet News for Consumers of Sugar Substitutes

FDA Has Sweet News for Consumers of Sugar Substitutes

"No Calories� Sweet!"

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
Germans Set Up an Apartheid-Like Society in Britain

Germans Set Up an Apartheid-Like Society in Britain

An apartheid-like system existed in early Anglo-Saxon Britain, which wiped out a majority of original British genes in favor of German ones

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  • By Alexandra Lupu
  • July 20th, 2006
Spontaneous Human Combustion - Can People Suddenly Burst into Flames?

Spontaneous Human Combustion - Can People Suddenly Burst into Flames?

How does the strange phenomenon happen and what could be some of its explanations

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
Team Invents Fast, Flexible Computer Chips on Plastic

Team Invents Fast, Flexible Computer Chips on Plastic

New thin-film semiconductor techniques promise to add sensing, computing and imaging capability to an amazing array of materials

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
Discovering Why Study Groups Are More Effective

Discovering Why Study Groups Are More Effective

"What happens in the study group setting is that through these interaction dynamics that we identified, students could absorb the lecture notes and make them their own."

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
Book Traces the Meaning of Intelligence from the Early Greeks to Today

Book Traces the Meaning of Intelligence from the Early Greeks to Today

The history of intelligence from its earliest forms in Greek culture to artificial intelligence

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
Scientists Put "Allergy-Friendly" Hotel Rooms to the Test

Scientists Put "Allergy-Friendly" Hotel Rooms to the Test

The project is expected to provide data applicable to other environments where indoor air quality is critical, such as in health-care facilities and aboard airplanes

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
Scientists Discover a Genetic Code for Organizing DNA

Scientists Discover a Genetic Code for Organizing DNA

A discovery that may aid scientists in the future in understanding the mechanisms underlying many diseases

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  • By Alexandra Lupu
  • July 20th, 2006
UV Radiation - What UVA, UVB and UVC Rays Are and How They Affect Us

UV Radiation - What UVA, UVB and UVC Rays Are and How They Affect Us

All you need to know about UV sun rays and their effect upon our body and health

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
Why Is Academic Testing Leaving Children Behind?

Why Is Academic Testing Leaving Children Behind?

Study suggests low scores may arise from developmental issues

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 20th, 2006
Scientists Develop SARS Vaccine with Common Poultry Virus

Scientists Develop SARS Vaccine with Common Poultry Virus

The genes of a common poultry virus may hold the key to giving humans immunity to diseases such as avian influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

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  • By Alexandra Lupu
  • July 20th, 2006
Co-enzyme Q10 - The Powerful Natural Ally of Human Body

Co-enzyme Q10 - The Powerful Natural Ally of Human Body

The vitamin-like compound can help us preserve our general health and fighting against almost any kind of mild or severe disorder

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 19th, 2006
Amnesia-Inducing Drug Offers New Clues About Memory

Amnesia-Inducing Drug Offers New Clues About Memory

A Carnegie Mellon study has shed light on how we form new memories

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 19th, 2006
Your Outlook in Life Is Forged in Childhood

Your Outlook in Life Is Forged in Childhood

The influence of childhood experiences on optimism and pessimism

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 19th, 2006
Nutritional Knowledge Improves Lunch Lady Image

Nutritional Knowledge Improves Lunch Lady Image

And improves the healthy choices made by students

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 19th, 2006
Direct Link Established Between Tropical Tree and Insect Diversity

Direct Link Established Between Tropical Tree and Insect Diversity

Higher tree species diversity leads directly to higher diversity of leaf-eating insects

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • July 19th, 2006
Computer Card Game Detects Cognitive Changes

Computer Card Game Detects Cognitive Changes

OHSU scientists say FreeCell can be adapted to spot early signs of dementia