Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have demonstrated broadband terahertz (THz) wave generation using metamaterials. The discovery may help develop noninvasive imaging and sensing, and make possible THz-speed ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Gadget lovers are slipping on fitness bands that track movement and buckling on smartwatches that let them check phone messages. Some brave souls are even donning Google's geeky-looking Glass eyewear. For the technology industry, this ...
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The management of Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VSR) (the "Company") announces that it has obtained from the Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources its permit for 124 additional drill holes on the Liam showing, that was recently ...
Health organisations around the world recommend a form of psychotherapy, known as cognitive-behavioural therapy or CBT, for patients with schizophrenia. Now, however, the most extensive study ever undertaken into its effect on the symptoms ...
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Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) announced today the successful results of the first production tests in the CPE-6-1X exploration well and the CPE-6-H2 appraisal well, two new wells drilled during ...
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Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its 5% interest and transportation rights in the Oleoducto Central S.A. ("OCENSA") oil pipeline in Colombia for a ...
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The management of Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VSR) is pleased to announce that each of the 3 drill holes recently completed on the Liam gold showing, returned significant gold grades on intervals ranging from 20 to 35 metres ...
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A meta-analysis found exercise may be as effective as drugs in helping patients with strokes, diabetes and heart disease, British and U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Harvard ...
The difference between the healthiest diets and the least healthy diets is $1.50 a day, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Mayuree Rao, a junior research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, ...
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Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) is pleased to announce that today it closed the acquisition of Petrominerales Ltd. (TSX: PMG) (BVC: PMGC) ("Petrominerales") by way of a plan of arrangement (the ...
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Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) is pleased to announce that the proposed acquisition of Petrominerales Ltd. (TSX: PMG) (BVC: PMGC) ("Petrominerales"), as previously announced (the "Arrangement"), has ...
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Kids today are 15 percent less heart fit than their parents were as youngsters, and this does not bode well for their adult health, Australian researchers say. Lead author Grant Tomkinson, a senior lecturer in the University of South ...
New and undiagnosed cases of diabetes continue to rise at epidemic rates, with as many as one in three men, women and children projected to be affected by the metabolic disorder by 2025. The high circulating blood sugar levels associated ...
Despite downright silly and inaccurate headlines just a few weeks ago proclaiming that fish oil supplements rich in omega-3 fatty acids are a waste of money, now comes research that reveals the opposite. Taking enough of these supplements ...
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A study just published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has resulted in a flurry of articles proclaiming the uselessness of omega-3 fatty acids in the prevention of heart disease. A USA Today headline declared: Fish ...