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Side Blind Zone Alert in Buick LaCrosse Can Help Avoid Lane Change Mishaps
08 04 2010 It has happened to every driver at one time or another; another vehicle hiding in your blind spot when you are trying to change lanes. Even when no crash results, your heart pounds from the adrenaline rush of the close call.
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Study: Social influence playing role in surging autism diagnoses
08 04 2010 (PhysOrg.com) -- Social influence plays a substantial role in the surging number of autism diagnoses, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sociology.
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Majority of mentally ill inmates don't get treatment
08 04 2010 Roughly 65 percent of Michigan prisoners diagnosed with a severe psychiatric illness did not receive treatment while incarcerated, a new University of Michigan study found.
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Scientists Use Atomic Physics Codes to Study Coronal Mass Ejections
08 04 2010 (PhysOrg.com) -- Giant eruptions of ionized gas, or plasma, from the Sun called coronal mass ejections [CMEs] produce solar energetic particles that cause spacecraft anomalies and communication interruptions, and can have significant adverse effects on Global Positioning Systems. Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory's Space Science Division are studying CMEs in an effort to better understand and predict their impact on instrumentation.
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Palm shares soar on takeover rumors
08 04 2010 Palm shares soared Wednesday on Wall Street amid rumors the struggling US mobile device maker may be an acquisition target.
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Ordinary T-shirts could become body armor
08 04 2010 (PhysOrg.com) -- A simple cotton T-shirt may one day be converted into tougher, more comfortable body armor for soldiers or police officers.
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Columbia to offer journalism-computer science degree
08 04 2010 As the Internet transforms the US media landscape, a top American university announced plans on Wednesday to offer a dual master's degree in journalism and computer science.
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'Near-death experience' explained by carbon dioxide: study
08 04 2010 People who have "near-death experiences," such as flashing lights, feelings of peace and joy and divine encounters before they pull back from the brink may simply have raised levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood, a study suggests.
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Hawaiian submarine canyons are hotspots of biodiversity and biomass for seafloor animal communities
08 04 2010 Underwater canyons have long been considered important habitats for marine life, but until recently, only canyons on continental margins had been intensively studied. Researchers from Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) and the Universtiy of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) have now conducted the first extensive study of canyons in the oceanic Hawaiian Archipelago and found that these submarine canyons support especially abundant and unique communities of megafauna (large animals such as fish, shrimp, crabs, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins) including 41 species not observed in other habitats in the Hawaiian Islands The research is published in the the March issue of the journal Marine Ecology.
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Review of polls suggests new health care law's implementation likely to be dogged by politics
08 04 2010 A comprehensive review of national opinion polls taken before and after Congressional voting and when President Obama signed into law a major healthcare reform bill last month has found that the law's signing did not lead the country to come together in support of this landmark legislation. Partisan differences are stark, according to researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) who analyzed 33 independent opinion polls in an effort to gauge public support for healthcare change. These political differences have implications for the implementation of the legislation and for the 2010 Congressional elections as many potential voters want the law to be scaled back while many others want the law changed to expand government's future role.
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US may seek to block Google-AdMob purchase: WSJ
08 04 2010 The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may seek to block Google's purchase of mobile telephone advertising company AdMob on anti-trust grounds, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
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Vitamin C and E supplements do not reduce risk for blood pressure disorders of pregnancy
08 04 2010 Taking vitamin C and E supplements starting in early pregnancy does not reduce the risk for the hypertensive disorders and their complications that occur during pregnancy, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health research network.
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Signs of recovery for online ad market in US
08 04 2010 Online advertising revenue hit a record 6.3 billion dollars in the United States in the fourth quarter of the year, a bright spot in an otherwise dismal year, according to a report on Wednesday.
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Hiding Out Behind the Milky Way
08 04 2010 (PhysOrg.com) -- A leggy cosmic creature comes out of hiding in this new infrared view from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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Retreating patients with hepatitis C: Telaprevir boosts cure rate
08 04 2010 Adding the investigational drug telaprevir to standard treatment for hepatitis C infection cures about half the patients willing to give therapy a second try. That compares to a cure rate of just 14 percent among those who were retreated with the standard regimen, according to researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).
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Educate individuals to prevent sky-rocketing health care costs
08 04 2010 Educating individuals about the costs of healthcare could save money and lead to a more efficient use of the healthcare system, report policy researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Boston University School of Public Health. The study is the first to assess the effect of knowledge and perceptions of cost-sharing levels (the percentage of cost borne by individuals out of total healthcare costs) on self-reported and actual behavior. The study points to a need to examine how changes to cost-sharing might change consumer behavior to contain costs while still getting appropriate care.
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Research into Nigerian 419 Scam Could Lead to Improved Anti-Phishing Technologies
08 04 2010 Chances are you have received one at some point or another: an e-mail from someone in Africa asking for your help or informing you of a large inheritance from a deceased relative. Whatever the scenario, the sender always asks for a financial contribution. Thanks to the research of a former Kansas State University professor and her son, spam e-mails of this type may soon be a thing of the past.
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GOES-15 Opens Its 'Eyes' and Sees First Image of Earth
08 04 2010 (PhysOrg.com) -- From approximately 22,236 miles in space, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) newest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - GOES-15 - took its first full-disk visible image of the Earth on April 6 starting at 17:33 UTC (1:33 p.m. EDT).
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Getting heavier, younger: study shows generational shift in obesity
08 04 2010 It was a provocative prediction that due to the obesity epidemic Baby Boomers may outlive their children.
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Traditional Inuit knowledge combines with science to shape weather insights
08 04 2010 Using skills passed down through generations, Inuit forecasters living in the Canadian Arctic look to the sky to tell by the way the wind scatters a cloud whether a storm is on the horizon or if it's safe to go on a hunt.
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Hepatitis C infection doubles risk for kidney cancer
08 04 2010 Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital have found that infection with the hepatitis C virus increases the risk for developing kidney cancer.
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Research firm puts $499 iPad costs at $259.60
08 04 2010 (AP) -- The iPad may promise a computing revolution, but Apple's new gadget is also a pile of glass, metal and electronic innards - $259.60 worth, or about half the retail price, according to an independent estimate released Wednesday.
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IPhone update might address multitasking complaint
08 04 2010 (AP) -- Topping the wish list for the iPhone and the iPad: broader ability to run more than one program at a time.
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Does smoking compound other MS risk factors?
08 04 2010 A new study shows that smoking may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in people who also have specific established risk factors for MS. The research is found in the April 7, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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FDNY rescue workers show lasting lung damage from 9/11 World Trade Center dust
08 04 2010 A study of nearly 13,000 rescue workers from the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) shows that the significant proportion who suffered acute lung damage after exposure to World Trade Center (WTC) dust have not recovered normal lung function in the years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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