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Grazing Animals Help Spread Plant Disease

Researchers have discovered that grazing animals such as deer and rabbits are actually helping to spread plant disease -- quadrupling its prevalence in some cases -- and encouraging an invasion of annual grasses that threaten more than 20 million acres of native grasslands in California.

Gene Expression And Splicing Vary Widely From One Tissue To The Next

Genes talk to themselves and to each other to control how a given cell manufactures proteins. But variation in the control of the same gene in two different tissues may contribute to certain human traits, including the likelihood of getting a disease, said a team of geneticists and neuroscientists.

Gold Nanoparticles For Controlled Drug Delivery

Using tiny gold particles and infrared light, MIT researchers have developed a drug-delivery system that allows multiple drugs to be released in a controlled fashion.

Naruto Shippuuden: Shinobi Retsuden 2 Unlockables (DS)

Naruto Shippuuden: Shinobi Retsuden 2 is a video game produced especially for the Nintendo DS, and released only in Japan. It is, as its name implies, the sequel to Naruto Shippuuden: Shinobi Retsuden, which was known in North America and Europe as Naruto: Ninja Destiny.... (read more)

Hugh Jackman Reveals Tricks to Staying Fit

While women might often be tempted to think that men drew the longer stick in life, in the sense that what they have to do in order to fit to certain standards or to ultimately be accepted by their peers pales in comparison with what they have to do, it’s famous cases like Hugh Jackman’s that come to prove us wrong. Not only does this parti... (read more)

New Electronic Windows OS Brains - From Submarines to Frigates

The implementation of Windows operating systems in military vessels of the Royal Navy has seen the platform go above and beyond the call of duty, and Bill Gates' initial vision that involved home desks beyond corporate infrastructures, which was nothing short of a stretch at the time. read more)

Increased Risk Of Pneumococcal Disease In Asthma Patients

Adults with asthma are at increased risk of serious pneumococcal disease caused by Streptococcus pneumonia, the most common bacteria causing middle ear infections and community acquired pneumonia.

Apple Store Down, Goodies Are (Likely) Up

As expected, Apple's online store is down. The company's staff is undoubtedly updating the venue with goodies yet to be announced at the Macworld Expo today. So, here's what you should expect.17-inch MacBook ProLast week... (read more)

The Australian Android Kogan Agora Comes to CES 2009

Kogan Agora, the only Australian Android smartphone, has been recently spotted in a series of live images, meant to show us that the device is a real thing, not only some sort of Photoshop rendering, as some voices suggested when the previous official images were released. The phone is a quite affordable handset and, although it may not look t... (read more)

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1a Finally Made It to the US

It seems that Sony Ericsson Xperia X1a can finally be purchased in the United States via Sony Style, although this comes with a delay of around a month. According to the latest news on the Web, the official Sony US store now has the high-end Xperia X1a Windows Mobile smartphone in stock, and it can be acquired not only online, but also from so... (read more)

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