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Russia's Internet Award Was Given Away |
 ...n the Russia Internet is called "ROTOR"
This award is being presented by over 500 Internet activists, who have joined into an international union, called "EZHE" (from the Russian word "ezh" - hedgehog). The award has become a yearly event since 1999.
This year's contest had 2 rounds: in the period from 19 to 23 March the jury has elected the nominees and has also named the finalists in each category. The winners wer... |
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Road Hogs: Is it Speed, Size or Life that Matters? |
 ... the new television ads a young man roars past some ladies who look scornfully to their friends wiggling their little fingers. With this mocking gesture the ladies make it clear they believe the road hog compensates for his inadequate manhood.
The ads that counter the idea that speeding is cool belong to the New South Wales state Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA). The creators of "Speeding: No one thinks big of you" ca... |
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Innovative Cell-Based Sensors to Detect Danger Immediately |
 ...ze, being faster and more precise than today's biochemical detectors.
Researchers are working to integrate living cells into tiny chips that will be able to alert about chemical and biological pathogens. This will give the possibility to detect explosive materials, spoiled food and polluted water.
Depending on the task, the researchers can incorporate different types of cells on the microchips. For example, they ... |
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Raw Milk - Bless or Curse? |
 ...le, the US Food and Drug Administration strongly believes that the consumption of raw milk is unsafe no matter how carefully it is produced. They stress that unpasteurised dairy products can carry pathogens such as salmonella, listeria monocytogenes, and E.coli, killed during pasteurization.
In the period of 2005-2006, the FDA registered over ten illness outbreaks caused by the consumption of raw dairy products. Howe... |
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Scientists to Develop World's Smallest High Performance Sensor |
 ...r) approach has many limitations so we needed to find a new approach," said Pr. Mizuta.
After the opening of the new ECS Mountbatten building, scientists will be able to get a new electron beam lithography machine. The latter will help in making sensing devices to the nanoscale. "This sensor will be the smallest and use less power than any other on the market. The fact that it will be at the nanoscale means that it wil... |
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Biofilm Bacteria Protect Themselves With Chemical Weapons |
 ...produce highly effective substances which individual bacteria alone cannot produce," says Carsten Matz.
Researchers look forward to apply these molecules in order to deal with a certain group of pathogens: parasites living in human body and causing serious infections, including sleeping illness and malaria. It is worth mentioning that amoeba represent olden relatives of these pathogens, which is why weapons obtained by ... |
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HIV Woman with No Symptoms May Hold a Secret to the Virus Cure |
 ...take strong medications to control his virus.
Scientists have been long studied how her body works to suppress the virus, calling the woman "elite suppressor". It was proved that she has a fully pathogenic virus, not the defective one as it was earlier suggested, Dr. Joel Blankson at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore explained.
The husband and the wife were monogamous for at least 17 years and the tests revealed th... |
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