Cats and dogs reduce risk of cancer

Pets are very important to many people with cats and dogs often talked about as members of the familly.This research shows that people that own pets such as cats and dogs are less likely to develop the cancer...

An Army of Women for Breast Cancer Research

Dr. Susan Love and The Avon Foundation cooperatively launched the Love/Avon Army of Women because scientists haven't been able to find enough women to participate in much needed breast cancer research studies. ...

Milk, Can it harm you? "Research"

By, Uwe Paschen.(Based on research still being under way)Milk Can it harm you? Well Yes, would be the short anther! How ever not because of TB nor due to expiry dates being over looked.No the problem is one that has...

Brazil sets 10 bln real ship building credit line

Dilma Rousseff is the favorite Lula da Silva's candidate for his succession. Dilma has little popular support, recent pools has shown Dilma with less than 10% of the voting intentions.  Will this "little" help...

'Intelligent' computers put to the [Turing] test

Comedian/Game Show Host Jeff Foxworthy wants to know if you're smarter than a 5th grader, but are you smarter than a computer? October 12, humans and 6 AI will face off to see if the programs can fool human judges into not being able to tell them apart from human beings. Ray...

Scientist: Holographic television to become reality

700 TV channels of crap, plus commercials; available in 3D!!!"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Picture this: you're sat down for the Football World Cup final, or a long-awaited sequel to the "Sex and the City" movie and you're watching all the action unfold in 3-D on your coffee...

Is sleep healthy, or hurtful?

Methought I heard a voice cry, "Sleep no more!Macbeth does murder sleep!" the innocent sleep,Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care,The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath,Balm of hurt minds, great...

This is your grid on brains [Real-Life Prototype for The Matrix]

Human jobs are being eliminated by computers and robots, who work without complaints or demands, in exchange for electricity and maintenance. In the future, if the rat-brain research described in this article pays off, perhaps we will be able to rent brain-hours to our local...

American Association for Cancer Research: Clinical Trial Awareness

American Association for Cancer Research Aims to Raise Awareness about the Importance of Clinical Trial Participation. Most Americans with cancer would be receptive to participating in clinical trials if they knew...

Pioneer of cancer at work studies dies at 95

Frances Lomas Feldman who died last week at 95 was not a scientist but a social worker and her contribution to work to support cancer surviviors in the workplace was important and still relevant. More than 30 years...

4.2 million new 'green' jobs predicted

New study shows that shifting to 40% renewable electricity production and 30% biofuel by 2038 will create 4.2 million jobs."WASHINGTON - A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2...

Indian shares fall more than 2 pct in early trade

Indian stock markets have opened on monday sharply lower following weak global cues. Selling pressure is seen in metal, realty, telecom, power, capital goods, oil & gas and banking stocks. Nifty is trading at lowest level since March 20, 2007."Indian shares fell more than...

Unfashionable Cancers Receive Less Funding

A report by the UK National Cancer Research Institute reveals that unfashionable cancers receive less research money and attention from scientists, despite increased funding over a 4 year period towards cancer-based...

The Family Guy Goes Online

Mr. Seth MacFarlane has become a multimedia mogul as he is cooperating with Google to bring a bunch of his short cartoons to a variety of sites. The creator of Family Guy hopes to revoluntionize the way entertainment...

Plants in Forest Emit Aspirin Chemical to Deal with Stress

In a new study released today, it has been found that plants respond by producing an amount of a chemical form of aspirin. The study was conducted by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR),...

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