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• Opioid painkillers may stimulate cancer growth

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 137
  Two studies were presented at “Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics” in Boston, Massachusetts that highlighted the mu opiate receptor as a potential therapeutic topic. This was a joint meeting of the National Cancer Institute, the American Association for Cancer Research and the European Organization for ...
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• Celebrate astronomy at Science Center on Saturday – The Daily News Online

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 162
  PhysOrg.comCelebrate astronomy at Science Center on SaturdayThe Daily News OnlineROCHESTER — A big afternoon of astronomy is planned Saturday at the Rochester Museum and Science Centers Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Ave. …Three Telescopes Combine for Stunning Space PhotoFOXNewsTriple delight in the Milky ...
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• Cancer mortality rates seen falling across Europe

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 553
  Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Deaths from cancer have been falling across Europe, mainly due to the reduced consumption of tobacco, reveals a new study published 30 November in the Annals of Oncology . One of the lead authors is Fabio Levi of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at Lausanne’s Chuv. Cancer ...
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• Bioengineers Succeed in Producing Plastics Without the Use of Fossil Fuels

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Image via Wikipedia A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This groundbreaking research, which may now allow for the production of environmentally ...
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• Hydrogen-Economy on the Way? New Hydrogen-Storage Method Discovered

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Image via Wikipedia Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to approach the hydrogen-storage problem. The researchers found that the normally unreactive, ...
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• Low Carbon Straw House Passes Fire Safety Test

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  BaleHaus@Bath — built of pre-fabricated straw-bale and hemp panels — has fire resistance as good as houses built of conventional building materials according to new research. Researchers at the University of Bath tested a pre-fabricated panel, as used in the construction of Balehaus@Bath, for fire safety by ...
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• Energy-Saving Powder May Allow Exploitation of Unused Reserves of Natural Gas

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Image via Wikipedia It is currently estimated that natural gas resources will be exhausted in 130 years; however, those reserves where extraction is cost-effective will only flow for another 60 years or so. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and ...
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• Polyphenols and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Boost the Birth of New Neurons, Study Finds

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 439
  You can now add consuming healthy fats and fruits to the exercise as a way to increase neurogenesis, the creation of new neurons in the brain. However, I will want to see these results reproduced by independent researchers - this study was funded and conducted by the people making the "functional food" under review. ...
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• Customizing Electric Cars for Cost-Effective Urban Commuting

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Image via Wikipedia Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicle design, conversion and operations. The vehicle is part of a new research ...
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• Glimpsing a Greener Future: Computer Model Foresees Effects of Alternative Transportation Fuels

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Image by PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via Flickr It’s the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor. Look into Shane Stephens-Romero’s crystal ball — a computer model called STREET — and find ...
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• Talking to Ourselves: How Consumers Navigate Choices and Inner Conflict

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 439
  Fascinating - a new way of looking at parts theory, but not really at that new at all. I love it when science confirms intuition. Unfortunately, a bunch of marketing folks have figured this out, so expect commercials and advertisements to be targeted to your anxious and socially conscious parts, among others. ...
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• A Challenge To Autism Researchers

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Autism research.  Having a vested interest, I watch it closely.  But the looking at the latest batch of "newsworthy" releases -- I find myself frustrated.  Is this the best we can do? The latest to get the lions share of attention, is the Kennedy Krieger Institute study documented in the latest issue of ...
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• Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide to Hidden Animals and Their Pursuers

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 162
  Product DescriptionOn every continent and in every nation, animals unrecognized by modern science are reported on a daily basis. People passionately pursue these creaturesthe name given to their field of study is cryptozoology. Coined in the 1950s, the term literally means the science of hidden animals. When the ...
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• Green Heating and Cooling Technology Turns Carbon from Eco-Villain to Hero

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in some extremely green heating products for our homes and in air conditioning equipment for our cars. Most ...
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• Inexpensive ‘Dipstick’ Test For Pesticides In Foods

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Image by summerrunner2009 via Flickr Scientists in Canada are reporting the development of a fast, inexpensive “dipstick” test to identify small amounts of pesticides that may exist in foods and beverages. Their paper-strip test is more practical than conventional pesticide tests, producing results in ...
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• Cell Phones Become Handheld Tools For Global Development

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Image via Wikipedia Mobile phones are on the verge of becoming powerful tools to collect data on many issues, ranging from global health to the environment. Computer scientists at the University of Washington have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone ...
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• Harvesting Energy From Nature’s Motions

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  By taking advantage of the vagaries of the natural world, Duke University engineers have developed a novel approach that they believe can more efficiently harvest electricity from the motions of everyday life. Energy harvesting is the process of converting one form of energy, such as motion, into another form of ...
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• Boat Tail Reduces Truck Fuel Consumption By 7.5 Percent

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  A boat tail, a tapering protrusion mounted on the rear of a truck, leads to fuel savings of 7.5 percent. This is due to dramatically-improved aerodynamics, as shown by road tests conducted by the Dutch PART (Platform for Aerodynamic Road Transport) public-private partnership platform. Public highways A boat tail ...
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• New Plastic Optical Fiber Technology May Revolutionize High Speed Last-Mile Communication Networks

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Image via Wikipedia It may look like little more than fishing line, but plastic optical fibre or POF promises to revolutionise high-speed last-mile communications networks. Its evolution is being aided by groundbreaking research in Europe. Plastic optical fibre (POF) for data transmission is often described ...
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• Interesting switch: Requiring companies to prove no harm

  
  Later On — Authority: 160
  Companies that despoil our society and our environment usually demand that others prove that they are causing harm before they will curtail their activities (usually temporarily). But here’s a better approach : Researchers from Australia and the UK are calling for a new approach to the debate over whether alcohol ...
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