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Immune system’s bare essentials used to speedily detect drug targets

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:28:47 +0000

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have taken a less-is-more approach to designing effective drug treatments that are precisely tailored to disease-causing pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria, and cancer cells, any of which can trigger the body’s immune system defenses.

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Speed installation of system to monitor vital signs of global ocean, scientists urge

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:34:34 +0000

The ocean surface is 30 percent more acidic today than it was in 1800, much of that increase occurring in the last 50 years – a rising trend that could both harm coral reefs and profoundly impact tiny shelled plankton at the base of the ocean food web, scientists warn.

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Emotion processing in the brain is influenced by the color of ambient light

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:43:51 +0000

Researchers at the Cyclotron Research Centre (University of Liege), Geneva Center for Neuroscience and Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (University of Geneva), and Surrey Sleep Research Centre (University of Surrey) investigated the immediate effect of light, and of its color composition, on emotion brain processing using functional magnetic resonance imaging. The results of their study show that the colour of light influences the way the brain processes emotional stimuli.

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Phosphorus identified as the missing link in evolution of animals

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:32:36 +0000

(PhysOrg.com) — A University of Alberta geomicrobiologist and his PhD student are part of a research team that has identified phosphorus as the mystery ingredient that pushed oxygen levels in the oceans high enough to establish the first animals on Earth.

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Weekend NewsBytes: BT goes down the tube with wi-fi; Mass Effect 2 scoops game of the year; Survey says 35% would buy tablet over laptop

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:35:46 +0000

BT has announced that it will begin a trial of its wi-fi service at Charing Cross underground station. The trial will run for six months starting tomorrow, and will allow BT broadband customers with unlimited BT Fon wi-fi minutes and BT Openzone customers to partake of the new service

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35% of UK consumers would buy a tablet instead of a laptop

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:09:57 +0000

The debate over whether the tablet is set to kill the notebook market, or at least hamper it severely, rages on, with the latest shell fired being some research conducted by online shopping comparison website Kelkoo. Earlier this month, research from NPD in the States indicated that the iPad wasn’t cannibalising the laptop market, as

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Neural circuit ensures zebrafish will not bite off more than it can chew

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:05:46 +0000

(PhysOrg.com) — Whether it is alerting us to danger or allowing us to spot prey, vision helps keep humans and other animals alive. But how exactly does this special sense work, and why is it easier for us to spot movement of small objects in our field of vision than to notice other things?

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BT broadband fault leaves thousands disconnected

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:45:39 +0000

Around 20,000 BT customers across the UK found themselves without broadband last night due to a fault on a node in the Edinburgh area. The Courier.co.uk reports that BT said the fault hit customers “largely in the southern Scotland and northern England area with some in the Northern Ireland area also affected.” Although the BBC

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UN nature meeting agrees on land, ocean protection

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:40:20 +0000

(AP) — Representatives to a U.N. conference on biodiversity agreed early Saturday to expand protected areas on land and at sea in the hopes of slowing the rate of extinction of the world’s animals and plants and preventing further damage to its ecosystems.

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Microsoft will make a profit on every Kinect sold

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:20:39 +0000

The head of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment division, Don Mattrick, has revealed that the Kinect motion control system will make a profit for the company with every unit sold. In other words, Microsoft isn’t subsidising the spread of Kinect to consumers, something one might question given the noise made over the device’s price point of £130

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