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Biofuel Cells In Future

Battery-like "biofuel cells" could in the future run on an energy drink or even vegetable oil, says a researcher. A prototype cell has been described at a meeting of the American Chemical Society ...


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Good Hope For Vision Loss Patients

Corneas made in the laboratory have markedly improved the sight of 10 Swedish patients with significant vision loss. Produced entirely from synthetic collagen, the implants offer the tantalising p...


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Broccoli May Prevent Stomach Problems

Extracts of broccoli and banana may help in fighting stomach problems, research suggests. Laboratory studies show fibres from the vegetables may boost the body's natural defences against stomach i...


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Gmail Offers Free Calls

Google is taking on internet telephone companies like Skype by allowing users to call from its free web-based email service. For the moment only users in the US will be able to make calls from ins...


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Prehistoric Skeleton Removed From Cave

The remains of a prehistoric child were removed from an underwater cave in Mexico four years after divers stumbled upon the well-preserved corpse that offers clues to ancient human migration. The ...


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3D Television Soon

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba plans to market the world’s first 3D television that does not need special glasses later this year, a report said. Toshiba will unveil three models of the te...


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Dinosaur Bones Found

Canadian workers have unearthed large dinosaur bones while digging a sewer tunnel in the city of Edmonton. A tooth and limb bone, which experts believe belong to the Albertosaurus and the Edmontos...


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Smell Detector Technology

Researchers in Japan have created a highly accurate sensor that can detect smells and gases using genetically engineered frog eggs. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...


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Alcoholism Treatment

An extract of the kudzu vine being developed to treat alcoholism may also help treat cocaine addiction, researchers at Gilead Sciences Inc reported. Tests on rats showed the drug could stop them...


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Ocean Waves Power

Waves crashing on to Australia's southern shores each year contain enough energy to power the country three times over, scientists said in a study that underscores the scale of Australia's green ene...


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Green Veg May Lower Diabetes Risk

A diet rich in green leafy vegetables may reduce the risk of developing diabetes, UK research says. In an analysis of six studies into fruit and vegetable intake, only food including spinach and c...


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Pirate Party To Host WikiLeaks Server

A Swedish political party dedicated to copyright reform and privacy rights says it has agreed to host several new servers for the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks. The Pirate Party said it agreed ...


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Sunbed Eye Damage

Sunbed users are risking their eyesight by failing to wear protective goggles, experts warn. Some people refuse to use the goggles provided for fear of "panda eyes" but the College of Optometrists...


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Human Links To Giant Turtle Extinction

Humans helped drive a species of giant turtle to extinction almost 3,000 years ago, according to a study in PNAS. It is one of the first cases that clearly shows that humans played a role in the ...


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Tea Bag Sized Filter

Amid concerns about the quality and quantity of South African water, a South African university has unveiled a method to help overcome risks, China's Xinhua news agency reported. The University o...


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Dark Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart

Older women who eat dark chocolate once or twice a week could be lowering their risk of heart failure, says a US study. It found those eating chocolate once or twice a week cut the risk of develop...


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BlackBerry Codes Partially Released To India

Research In Motion has assured India of limited access to BlackBerry instant messages by September 1, and promised talks this week on monitoring its more secure corporate email, a government source ...


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iPod Turns Into iPhone

Have you ever wished that your iPod Touch was an iPhone? Now it can be, thanks to a new device called the "Apple Peel 520" and created by a Chinese company. Invented by a 22-year-old programmer wh...


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Wireless Security ATM

AmBank (M) Bhd (AmBank) has bagged the award for Enterprise Security Excellence in the SHARE/GUIDE Association (M) (SGAM) ICT Awards 2010. The award recognised AmBank's commitment to provide secured...


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Final Spacewalk To Repair Cooling

International space station astronauts are aiming to finish repairing a faulty cooling system in a third spacewalk that will begin at 1155BST on Monday. Astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Douglas...


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Apple Manager Charged Over Selling Secret

A manager at Apple Inc has been charged in California with taking kickbacks he received after leaking corporate secrets to Asian companies that supplied iPhone and iPod accessories, court documents ...


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Warning Of Childhood Stress

Adversity and stress early in life leads to long-term ill health and early death, a group of psychologists warn. A series of studies suggest that childhood stress caused by poverty or abuse can le...


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Leptospirosis In Dogs

Dogs are not spared the scourge of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease caused by exposure to infected rat urine which had claimed eight human lives in Pahang and one in Kedah in two months. Veteri...


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Astrobiology Studies

A lake in Argentina's remote, inhospitable northwest may offer clues on how life got started on Earth and how it could survive on other planets, scientists say. Researchers have found millions of ...


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Largest Tidal Turbine

A device thought to be the largest tidal turbine of its type to be built in the world has been described by its developer as "simple and robust". Atlantis Resources unveiled its AK-1000 at Invergo...


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Oracle Sues Google

Business software maker Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the search engine giant of infringing patents on its technology. Oracle says Google infringed patents on its Java softwa...


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Vampire Bat Rabies

Peru's health ministry has sent emergency teams to a remote Amazon region to battle an outbreak of rabies spread by vampire bats. Four children in the Awajun indigenous tribe have died after bein...


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Premature Withdrawal

Iraq's top army officer has criticised as premature the planned US troop withdrawal by the end of next year. Lt Gen Babaker Zebari warned that the Iraqi military might not be ready to take control...


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Relaxation Leads To Pregnancy Success

A scientific study has shown for the first time that high stress levels may delay pregnancy. Oxford University experts measured stress hormones in women planning a baby naturally and found the mo...


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American Prefers "Slow" Internet

The majority of Americans do not favor making affordable high-speed Internet access a government priority, according to a study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. In a nationa...


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