In 2004, a form of cancer known as neuroblastoma claimed the life of Alexandra (Alex) Scott, a little girl who gained national attention for using her lemonade stand to raise money for cancer research. Now, the organization established in ...
Tags: neuroblastoma, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, University of Maryland
Among cigarette smokers, combining the smoking cessation medications varenicline and bupropion, compared with varenicline alone, resulted in higher smoking abstinence rates for one outcome but not the other at three and six months; rates ...
Tags: cigarette smokers, smoking cessation, varenicline, bupropion
XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and 'CIGSolar' manufacturing processes, has provided business development updates to its ...
Researchers at Korea's Chonbuk National University and Korea Institute of Science and Technology have improved the contact of graphene with p-type gallium nitride (p-GaN), resulting in improved near-ultraviolet (NUV) light-emitting diodes ...
Tags: Near-ultraviolet LEDs, Graphene GaN MOCVD, Gallium Nitride
Agilent Technologies Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA has announced the latest release of its GoldenGate RFIC simulation, verification and analysis software. GoldenGate 2013.10 provides RFIC designers with easy-to-use EVM-, BER- and ACPR-type ...
What is Cryptosporidium parvum and where is it found? Cryptosporidium parvum is one of the most common enteropathogens to affect humans in the world. The protozoan parasite causes a gut infection referred to as cryptosporidiosis. The ...
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March CBOT corn futures retreated Tuesday amid speculation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will raise its production estimate for the 2013-2014 crop that was harvested in the fall, in a report due out this Friday. Technically, ...
Tags: USDA, Bearish for Corn
Immunocore Limited, the Oxford-based biotechnology company developing novel biological drugs to treat cancer and viral disease, today announced that it has entered into an oncology research collaboration and licensing agreement with ...
Tags: Immunocore, oncology research, collaboration and licensing agreement
Foodborne illness outbreaks result when two or more persons develop similar symptoms of illness (gastroenteritis) after eating a common food, or become ill after consuming food from a common source. Such events occur relatively frequently ...
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Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to harden plastics, has been used since the 1960s to make a number of consumer goods such as bottles and cans. In the past several years, potential health risks associated with the chemical have come to ...
"Both corn rootworm resistance to Bt corn and unexpected damage to Bt corn are primary concerns for corn producers and will have significant impact on corn production in the coming years," points out Ada Szczepaniec, an Assistant Professor ...
Tags: Corn Rootworms, Manage Corn Rootworms, Agriculture News, Farming News
Sichuan Province-based Chinese miner Panzhihua Iron and Steel Mining Company (Pangang Mining Co.), a subsidiary of Pangang Group, has announced that in 2013 its iron ore concentrate output totaled 12.07 million mt, up 1.5105 million mt or ...
Armbands that track how much you move have become popular ways to motivate people to get fit. But how fit are your teeth? Are you lazy about brushing them? Never fear: An inventor is on the case. An electric toothbrush senses how long and ...
Tags: electric toothbrush, Kolibree toothbrush, International CES gadget show
Wheeled toy and safety gear developer has utilised advice and experience of industry mentors to achieve year on year growth Kiddimoto is gearing up for a strong 2014 following 25 percent growth in year-on-year sales figures in 2013. The ...
Tags: Kiddimoto, sales figures, growth, toy sector
Has made $80,000 of $5,000 goal with a week still to go A Rubber Band Machine Gun has well surpassed its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter. The toy, created by Alex Shpetniy, needed to raise $5,000, but has managed $80,259 with nine ...