Polymers show promise for lab-on-a-chip technology

Seeded on Fri Sep 1, 2006 11:33 AM EDT ()

Researchers are touting the use of liquid crystalline polymers (LCP) as a viable tool for use in devices such as the sought-after lab-on-a-chip technology.

technology, chip, lab, lab-on-a-chip

Linspire Does Away with Annual Fee for "Click 'N Run" Linux Service

Seeded on Fri Sep 1, 2006 6:42 AM EDT ()

Popular One-Click Digital Software Management System Now Free for Desktop Linux Users

technology, linux, linspire, annual-fee, click-and-run, click-n-run, linux-service, desktok

Iron critical to ocean productivity, carbon uptake

Seeded on Fri Sep 1, 2006 2:35 AM EDT ()

A new study has found that large segments of the Pacific Ocean lack sufficient iron

technology, pacific-ocean, iron, carbon, phytoplankton, carbon-uptake, phytoplankton-growth

Deep-sea oil rigs inspire MIT designs for giant wind turbines

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:28 PM EDT ()

Four hundred huge offshore wind turbines are providing onshore customers with enough electricity to power several hundred thousand homes, and nobody standing onshore can see them

technology, power, turbine, wind-turbine, deep-sea, oil-rigs

Yahoo! Real Estate Introduces New Tools and Services

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:17 PM EDT ()

Over 3 Million Listings, Instant Home Valuations, Interactive Maps and More

yahoo, business, home, real-estate, property, rent

The Girl in the Cafe wins at 58th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:34 PM EDT ()

The Girl In The Cafe took home three accolades at last night's 58th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards including the prestigious Outstanding Made For Television Movie award.

entertainment, emmy-awards, emmy, girl-in-the-cafe, television-movie

Sgt Pepper tops the nation's favourite albums list

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:22 PM EDT ()

The Beatles' 1967 seminal album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has been overwhelmingly voted the British public's favourite number one album of all time as part of a poll to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The Official UK Album Chart.

entertainment, beatles, sgt-pepper, lonely-hearts, club-band, hearts-album, uk-album-chart

Zookeeper Tops List as Children's Ideal Career

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:38 AM EDT ()

Zookeeper Tops List as Children's Ideal Career

children, zoo, choice, career, home-garden, zookeeper

New polymer-coating process developed

Seeded on Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:37 PM EDT ()

Used in a variety of industries, including protecting battleships from freeloading barnacles, polymers are materials made from long chains of molecules.

technology, battleship, molecule, polymer, polymer-coating, barnacles

Modified home video game shows promise for stroke rehabilitation

Seeded on Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:14 AM EDT ()

System opens door for economical alternatives to expensive equipment in clinical settings; promotes home rehabilitation possibilities.

video-game, stroke, home-video, stroke-rehabilitaion

Pest control research leads to pain control discovery

Seeded on Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:28 AM EDT ()

A newly discovered enzyme inhibitor, identified by researchers originally looking for biological pest controls, may lead to pain relief for sufferers of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.

pest-control, pani-relief, enzyme-inhibitor, arthiritis, inflammatory-disease

Could super furry animals provide clues for baldness?

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:29 PM EDT ()

Could super furry animals provide clues for baldness?

mice, men, bald, baldness

Sunscreens can damage skin, researchers find

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:09 PM EDT ()

Filters in sunscreens that keep out ultraviolet radiation can generate compounds that attack skin cells.

sunscree, ultraviolet-radiation, skin-cell, damage-skin

Snapfish by HP Boosts Online Photo Sharing and Services

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:32 AM EDT ()

Snapfish by HP today announced several new online photo services and products that enable its members – which now number more than 30 million – to share and create digital stories in new ways.

digital-photo, online-photo-sharing, digital-stories

Even Superman couldn't win battle with pressure ulcers

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:18 AM EDT ()

Even Superman couldn't win battle with pressure ulcers

health, superman, ulcers, pressure-ulcers

Oxygen deprived brains repaired and saved

Seeded on Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:13 PM EDT ()

Scientists from Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute have found special proteins that protect the brain after it has been damaged by a lack of oxygen, which occurs in conditions such as stroke

brain, oxygen