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Fukushima Radiation Level Spikes
New reports have revealed that radiation levels over . . . 18 times higher than any previously reported at the plant, . . . were recently registered at one of the plant’s water storage tanks. Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi plant is expected...
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Beijing Clean Air Policy
Beijing has announced a 5 year plan to curb industrial pollution, . . . including tough new measures to limit coal burning, . . . in yet another sign that the world’s largest consumer of coal . . . is making serious efforts to limit its use. The Beiji...
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Us Honeybee "colony Collapse Disorder"...
Ben Hill Griffin Inc., one of Florida's largest citrus growers, . . . has been found to have illegally used pesticides on its crops, . . . state officials say, leading to the death of millions of bees. Allegations assert that, in an incident earlie...
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The Science Of Happiness
Everyone knows the things that make them unhappy, . . . but what if there was something you could do, . . . that would really work at making people happy.
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Bees: Neonicotinoids Are The New Ddt
Neonicotinoids are already the world's most widely deployed insecticides and . . . are already known as a major cause of the decline of . . . bees and other pollinators. Neonicotinoids are systemic chemicals, . . . that spread from the seed through...
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How Fat Is Your State?
The pie charts, are population size, . . . Gray = Normal . . . Orange = Overweight . . . Brown = Obese "Click" the play button (Bottom left conner) . . . . to see the changes from 1995 to 2011 Source: Map
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Water, Water Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, . . . but the real threat to our future is peak water. There are substitutes for oil, but not for water. . . . We can produce food without oil, but not without water. The world’s irrigated area: . . ....
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How To Convert Co2
Researchers at Université Laval have created a means of . . . converting carbon dioxide(CO2) directly into methanol fuel. CO2 to methanol catalysis requires a source of . . . hydrogen and chemical energy. Source: CO2
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Health: Skin Care
SkinVision app uses a smartphone’s camera to detect skin cancer and . . . keep track of the health of your skin. The app takes into account skin type, your local UV index, and . . . it allows users to send pictures of blemishes and moles in for instant...
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Virtual Therapist
Researchers at the University of Southern California’s . . . Institute for Creative Sciences (ICT) are developing a . . . virtual therapist that can identify signs of . . . . . . depression, . . . . . . anxiety, and . . . . . . post-traumatic stress di...
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"data-Powered Revolution" Cuts Costs
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, . . . Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, . . . has "catalyzed" the adoption of electronic health records. That is helping to unleash a "rising tide of inno...
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Iphone Biosensor
A portable iPhone cradle made up of about . . . US$200 worth of electronics is claimed to be as accurate of a biosensor as a . . . US$50,000 spectrophotometer that remains stuck in a lab. Source: iphone
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Health: Inhalable Drug Delivery Lung Cancer Tre...
American Cancer Society estimates, lung cancer will account for . . . 27% of all US cancer deaths in 2013 With intravenous delivery, the drugs tend to accumulate in the . . . liver, kidney and spleen, and . . . 23% reach the lungs. With Inhalation...
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Health: Tricorder
Scanadu's SCOUT Monitors Vitals Signs A demo of an updated version of the Scanadu SCOUT, . . . will soon be in the hands of real users. Design changes which are coming and . . . the Scanadu's 30 day Indiegogo campaign.
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Carbon Maps
Making sense of climate change, . . . by changing area sizes, based on data. Source: Maps
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What Makes People Happy?
Psychologist Dr Mathew White provides an insight into research . . . that finds people report improved wellbeing when ? ? ?
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Look Forward To A Really Hot Summer
WeatherBug, is forecasting a summer similar to 2012, . . . which was the 3rd-hottest summer on record. Temperatures will be particularly high in the . . . Great Plains region into the Rockies, and . . . in Western Texas and parts of the Southeast. Mo...
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Idoctor
Could a smartphone be the future of medicine? http://www.youtube.c...p?v=r13uYs7jglg
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Promising New Cancer Treatment
A clinical trial has proved to send some cancer patients' Leukemia into remission.
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Puremadi Filters Clean Water
The filter resembles a flower pot, and is used to both . . . mechanically remove particulate matter from the water, and to . . . kill microbes within it. The devices are made by the villagers, . . . starting with a mixture of locally-sourced . . . . ....
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New Diabetics Drug
Canagliflozin, is part of a new group of drugs, . . . that causes blood sugar to be excreted in the urine. The drug improved participants’ blood-sugar levels, . . . led to weight loss and . . . reductions in blood pressure. The drug would be taken onc...
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Health: Type 1 & 2 Diabetics
Associate Professor Mike Lawrence from the . . . Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, . . . explains how the research team captured the intricate way . . . in which insulin uses the insulin receptor to bind to the surface of cell...
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Blood Testing Done Instantly And Cheap
Scientists from Houston’s Methodist Hospital Research Institute and . . . MD Anderson Cancer Center, create volumetric bar-chart chip (V-chip) . . . blood test, that cost about US$10. V-chip is an inexpensive credit card-sized device, . . . tha...
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All Icu Core Vital Signs Captured In A Wrist Watch
The ViSi Mobile System is able to measure and display all core vital signs . . . . . . Blood Pressure, . . . . . . Heart Rate / Pulse Rate, . . . . . . 3-lead or 5-lead ECG, . . . . . . SpO, . . . . . . Respiration Rate, . . . . . . Skin Temperature ....
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