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Internet Searches Can Identify Drug Safety Issues Well Ahead of Public Alerts
March 6, 2013 Internet searches on health symptoms can be used to identify drug side effects and could be used to develop a new kind of early warning system to boost drug safety, a new study ... > full story -
Pharmaceutical Advertising Down but Not out
March 4, 2013 The pharmaceutical industry has pulled back on marketing to physicians and consumers, yet some enduring patterns persist. According to a new study, advertising peaked in 2004, with industry promotion ... > full story -
Netradar Reveals the Quality of Mobile Internet Connections
March 4, 2013 Netradar is a free service that provides neutral, accurate information about the quality of mobile Internet connections and mobile devices collected by end users themselves throughout the world. ... > full story -
Big Data: Searching Large Amounts of Data Quickly and Efficiently
March 1, 2013 Not only scientific institutes but also companies harvest an amazing amount of data. Traditional database management systems are often unable to cope with this. Suitable tools are lacking in ... > full story -
Eating Junk Food While Pregnant May Make Your Child a Junk Food Addict
February 28, 2013 A healthy diet during pregnancy is critical to the future health of your children. New research suggests that pregnant mothers who consume junk food cause developmental changes of the opioid ... > full story -
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Creating Your Own Animated 3-D Characters and Scenes for the Web
February 28, 2013 To show spatial animations on websites, developers so far have had only two options: to use special software or to implement it from scratch. Computer scientists have developed a declarative markup ... > full story -
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Praising Children for Their Personal Qualities May Backfire
February 27, 2013 Praising children, especially those with low self-esteem, for their personal qualities rather than their efforts may make them feel more ashamed when they fail, according to new ... > full story -
Sweet News for Stem Cell's 'Holy Grail'
February 26, 2013 Scientists have used sugar-coated scaffolding to move a step closer to the routine use of stem cells in the clinic and unlock their huge potential to cure diseases from Alzheimer’s to ... > full story -
Spiderman's Webbing Would Be Strong Enough to Stop a Moving Train, Say Physics Students
February 25, 2013 In Spiderman 2, the superhero uses his webbing to bring a runaway train to a standstill moments before it plummets over the end of the track. But could a material with the strength and toughness of ... > full story -
Should Grandma Join Facebook? It May Give Her a Cognitive Boost, Study Finds
February 21, 2013 Preliminary research findings suggest learning to use Facebook may help give adults older than 65 a cognitive boost. The study shows that seniors who learned to use Facebook saw improvements in their ... > full story
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