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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Indonesia, Bodies of Water, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Oceans
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Nemours patients help firefighters 'Fill the Boot' for muscular dystrophy fundraiser
Starting today, community members will begin seeing firefighters holding out their yellow boots at many local intersections as part of the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Fill the Boot Campaign. This year area firefighters have some back up...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Muscular Dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Fires
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Pursuing her passions
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Mary Bevilacqua couldn't imagine giving up her art to pursue science, or sacrificing her science for an art career. "I was so passionate about art and science, I just couldn't see going through life without both," she says. As it turns...Tags: U.S. Army, Purdue University, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology
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Scientists search for insect that carries bacteria infecting Florida's citrus trees
Orlando SentinelCitrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB) is one of the most severe plant diseases in the world, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Getty photographer Joe Raedle spent a day with scientists in Fort Pierce searching Florida...Tags: Science and Technology
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Sanofi says will keep Toulouse research site
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi said it would overhaul rather than exit its Toulouse research site, as it seeks to break an impasse with the French government which opposed the drugmaker's reorganization plans and the loss of jobs. Sanofi has been regrouping...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs, Paris (France), France
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Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face trial if Assad does
ReutersBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel commander who rose to international notoriety for footage of him cutting out and eating the organ of a slain soldier said he was willing to face trial for his actions if President Bashar al-...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Death Penalty, Civil Rights, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Breast Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Fatigue, Internal Medicine, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Manchester High School Student's Project On Trailblazing Local Runner Heads To National History Day Competition
The Hartford CourantWhen Rosie Medynski arrives in Maryland to compete in the National History Day competition, she will be the first Manchester High School student to do so in nearly a decade. Medynski, a 16-year-old junior, chose to make an exhibit on Julia Chase-Brand,...Tags: Students, University of Maryland, College Park, Minority Groups, Manchester Road Race, Teaching and Learning
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Moms' love for libraries anchors future
What Lee Rainie and his team of researchers discovered about public libraries is less than a mind-blowing epiphany. Even he admits that. Yet, the subtle context in that discovery probably is key to keeping the nation's 16,000-plus libraries relevant...
Tags: Libraries, Humboldt Park, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Chicago Public Library
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The specter of human cloning
A breakthrough in stem cell research has again raised the specter of human cloning. The discovery by a team at Oregon Health and Science University moves the world incrementally closer to that result, but its more immediate effect will be to spur...
Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Science, Food and Drug Administration
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
DETROIT SHOOTING String of Detroit shootings leaves 1 dead, 12 hurt DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a 54-year-old woman was killed and four other people wounded in an argument and shooting on the city's west side. Chief Chester Logan says the...Tags: Prisons, Christianity, Compuware Corporation, Newspaper and Magazine, Police Arrests
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Growers should plan ahead for energy beet production
Farmers considering energy beet production in the future should assess what herbicides they use during this growing season due to potential residue impact. “Many growers across North Dakota are looking hard at a new industrial crop called energy beets,...Tags: Genetic Engineering, Biofuels, Agricultural Research and Technology, Syngenta AG, Environmental Issues
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