Adding nucleic acid testing to HIV screening may help identify more people with HIV

Community-based HIV testing programs generally use only HIV antibody testing, but nucleic acid testing (NAT) can detect the presence of HIV earlier. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine studied more than 3,000 patients who sought HIV testing in community-based clinics in or near San Diego to examine the yield of testing with a rapid test plus NAT and to see whether patients would be willing to access their results by phone or computer.

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Control of cancer cell pathways key to halting disease spread, study shows

Oncogenes are like friends who’ve gone off the deep end. Normally steady, reliable members of the cellular workforce, these genes become very bad influences when mutated or expressed at high levels — urging a cell to divide uncontrollably and become cancerous.

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Patriot Bolt 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive with 256-bit AES encryption

If you’re constantly on the go and need to carry your confidential data with you consider a Patriot Bolt Flash Drive with AES Encryption. The Patriot Bolt USB Flash drive is perfect for everyone who needs their data on-the-go. Built with hardware based 256-bit AES encryption to protect your sensitive data, you can carry work or personal files wherever you go secure in the knowledge that your data is safe.

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Lingering lessons of Enron fiasco: Auditors’ concern for reputation can backfire

New research shows that concern about preserving their good reputation can lead auditors to conceal the kind of irregularities that brought down not only Enron but the auditing firm Arthur Anderson, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, a flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

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Colors of Butterfly Wing Yield Clues to Light-Altering Structures

(PhysOrg.com) — At the very heart of some of the most brilliant colors on the wings of butterflies lie bizarre structures, a multidisciplinary team of Yale researchers has found. These structures are intriguing the team’s scientists and engineers, who want to use them to harness the power of light.

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Daily Dispatch: Does iPhone 4 have a retinal display; Insurance companies may mine social media to set your rates

Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.

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A moment of perspective

OK, most people here are sick of the discussion regarding the NCAA sanctions against USC. It’s not like sanctions are going to follow Pete Carroll to the NFL, after all, and whether he knew about Reggie Bush’s relationship with a would-be sports agency isn’t going to have a thing to do with his success — or lack thereof — with the Seahawks

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One Night With Evelyn Evelyn, Amanda Palmer’s Conjoined-Twin Creation

On Saturday, the last day of their five-night residency at the Lucille Lortel theater, the conjoined Neville twins, a.k.a. Evelyn Evelyn, woke up in two different beds. To be precise, Amanda Palmer (the singer who plays Evelyn Evelyn’s right hand, arm, shoulder, leg and head) woke up at downtown legend John Cameron Mitchell’s apartment in the West Village

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Ratings Good for Bad, Bad for Tonys

1.6 million people tuned into last night’s Breaking Bad season-three finale, up a whole 17 percent from last year’s final episode. Meanwhile, not even Scarlett Johansson, Denzel Washington, and the cast of Glee could save the Tony Awards from an 8 percent decline in viewership from 2009′s NPH-emceed ceremony. This is a clear mandate to give next year’s Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play to a meth-head instead of a movie star

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See the New Gorillaz Video, ‘On Melancholy Hill’

The Jamie Hewlett–directed aquatic animation also features a few surprise celebrity cameos. [ Some Kind of Awesome ] Read more posts by Edith Zimmerman Filed Under: music , clickables , gorillaz , jamie hewlett , music video , video

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Sigmar Polke Remembered by William Powhida, Dave Hickey, Chrissie Iles, and Others

When Sigmar Polke, giant of the postwar art world , passed away on Friday, New York ’s Jerry Saltz asked artists, critics, and curators to remember him.

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App Store Freebies: Goaaal, VideoUpLink, ElementZ, Simple2Do, more

Below are downloads of several free applications available for a limited time from Apple’s App Store, with price drops from $1 to $5. These apps are created for the iPhone and iPod touch, and are compatible with the iPad but will run at a significantly low…

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United in their mission, line following robots gather to secure world record

United in their desire to break the world record, approximately 50 line following robots gathered in Kansas City last Saturday to simultaneously demonstrate their prowess as following painted paths. According to robots dreams , their official results were 50 robots for 2 seconds and 15 robots for 1 full minute

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FBI files reveal Ted Kennedy death threats, plots

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – Late Senator Edward Kennedy was subject to scores of death threats before and after the assassinations of his brothers, according to FBI files released on Monday that also revealed efforts by the Kennedy family to fight rumors that he had links to Communists.

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The Check is in the Mail? Not anymore.

In another hit to decreasing mail piece volumes, Matthew Jaffe of ABC News just posted that the Obama administration will announce that all payments from the government will now be made to consumers electronically. Once direct deposit becomes standard with an even greater portion of the US population — will this start a trend for electronic business-to consumer-payments? What does this mean for the future of check printing

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Audi A9 Concept Car Could Be The Luxury Saloon Car of The Future [Audi A9 A Luxury Concept Car You Can Have In Whatever Colour You Want!]

Somewhat reminiscent of a Ford GT40, a Lamborghini, or a gull-wing Mercedes this latest concept car from Audi, the A9, is absolutely stunning. The Audi A9 is Audi’s rather futuristic proposal for a luxury sports saloon. Pitched higher than their current Audi A8 flagship it would be up against other luxury saloons such as Porsche and Lamborghini

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Asus Eee PC 1201K Brings In AMD Hardware [Asus' New Netbook Has A Big Processor but Not Much Else]

Just a couple days ago, we mentioned the Asus Eee PC 1016P Netbook, but here’s a little surprise following hot on its heels. Turns out the boys at Asus have been busy with the netbooks, calling in their buddies at AMD for the Asus Eee PC 1201K.

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Insignia Infocast Internet Media Display [The Insignia New Release Looks A Lot Like The Sony Dash]

You’ve heard about the Sony Dash here a few times , but a new product from the Best Buy house brand, Insignia, is looking to get a piece of that market too. You’re looking at a picture of the new Insignia above–dubbed the Infocast Internet Media Display–and it seems to do a lot of the same stuff that a Sony Dash can do, and looks a lot like it besides.

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The Chocolate iPad [An iPad was Frozen in a Slab of Chocolate, Delivered as a Gift, and it Survived]

For those concerned about the durability of the iPad, man, do I have a story for you. A South African gent by the name Stefan Magdalinski was looking for a birthday gift for his wife. And much like that episode of The Simpsons where Apu wooed Manjula with dozens of impressive Valentine’s Day gifts, Stefan wasn’t about to go the standard route of dinner out and flowers.

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Pandigital Novel eReader Recalled For Firmware Update [The Pandigital Novel eReader Is Being Recalled, But A Fix Is In Process]

If you’ve bought a Pandigital Novel eReader, it’s possible you’re having some problems with it. And if you’re not, you likely will be, so the Kohl’s stores that sold them (JC Penny stores don’t seem to have this issue, though) are staging a recall on the eReader. If you bought the Pandigital Novel eReader at a Kohl’s store, you’ll be able to take it back for a full refund and come back for an updated model later

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