Gene defect prevents insulin from ever reaching bloodstream Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found that dysfunction in a single gene in mice causes fasting hyperglycemia, one of the major ...
Tags: dysfunction, type 2 diabetes, fasting hyperglycemia, MADD
Have you ever called your cellphone carrier to report poor signal strength? Sure you have. And did that carrier do anything significant to fix the problem? Of course it didn't—unless you live in South Korea. "I guarantee ...
Tags: mobile traffic, 4G, LTE-Advanced technology, wireless networks
Cotton plantings for 2014/15 will start in a few months in the northern hemisphere, which accounts for about 90% of world production. World area is expected to decline due mostly to the expected decline in China. In 2013/14, the ...
Tags: Cotton Market, Soybeans, Textile
Many children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have missed out on valuable counseling because of a widely touted study that concluded stimulants such as Ritalin or Adderall were more effective for treating the ...
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In many writeups of eco-friendly homes, particularly those built with carbon-neutral plans in mind, you'll read about how the setting was carefully chosen. Setting tends to matter when you're trying to take advantage of natural benefits ...
Tripling taxes on cigarettes around the world would reduce the number of smokers by one-third and prevent 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases this century, according to a review published today in the New ...
Tags: taxes on cigarettes, number of smokers, lung cancer, stop smoking
Soybeans were lower on fund and commercial selling. Near term weather forecasts for South America look generally non-threatening and there was some rain in parts of their soybean region over the weekend. Overall, trade will be fairly slow ...
Tags: Weaker Corn, Soy, Wheat
Budget WatchWhen choosing tiles, it is very easy to get carried away with the material, designs, and patterns they are available in. But before you go looking, keep an estimate in mind and then head out so that your heart doesn't break when ...
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Using the new capabilities of the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), scientists have discovered previously-unseen binary companions to a pair of very young protostars. The discovery gives strong support for one of the competing ...
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Not much on the Moon escapes the eyes of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and China's Chang'e-3 lander and Yutu rover are no exception! The pair touched down on the lunar surface on Dec. 14, and just over a week later on Dec. 25 LRO ...
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Tripling cigarette taxes worldwide would cut the number of smokers by one-third and prevent 200 million premature deaths this century, Canadian researchers say. Dr. Prabhat Jha, director of the Center for Global Health Research of St. ...
Negotiations for the January Asian Contract Price for paraxylene remained slow Friday, the final negotiation day, with neither buyers nor sellers revising their prices to narrow a wide gap, sources close to the talks said. There are four ...
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According to data released by the US Census Bureau, the country’s steel imports drop in November after hitting the highest level of 2013 in October. The imports of carbon, alloy and stainless steel totaled 2.34 million tons in ...
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Quintain Steel, one of the major carbon steel wire rod re-rolling mills in Taiwan, has calculated its net operating loss from this January to November totaled NT$129 million, the number of loss has narrowed down a lot from 2012. The ...
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Organic intermediates are downstream products of organic base materials and important raw materials, and they are also the important raw materials for production of fine chemical products.Organic intermediates play a very important role in ...