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The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think |
 ...and Enrique Cerda Villablanca of Universidad de Santiago de Chile, were awarded for finding the key to how sheets become wrinkled.
Chemistry
Japanese scientist Mayu Yamamoto of the International Medical Center of Japan managed to extract a vanilla fragrance and flavor from cow dung.
Nutrition
Brian Wansink of Cornell University, once questioned the limits of human appetite and studied the topic by feeding people ... |
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Tragic Human Error Lead to Transplantation of HIV-positive Organs |
 ...y the hospital in Florence. The doctors from the Careggi hospital said that the liver and kidneys of an HIV-positive woman were transplanted after a laboratory biologist mistakenly wrote on a woman's medical records that she tested negative for the virus.
The chief of Careggi hospital, Edoardo Majno, confessed that there has been a tragic human error. Doctors mentioned that the woman, although being HIV-positive, didn... |
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Surgeons Who Play Video Games are More Skilled |
 ... Recent studies showed that the surgeons who play video games are more skilled. It seems that video games contribute to a more precise technique of using different medical instruments. The February issue of Archives of Surgery states that there is a direct link between having video game skills and the abilities of a surgeon to perform a laparoscopic surgery.
The term laparoscopy refers to surgeries that are made by wat... |
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Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men |
 ..., shampoos, cosmetics, lubricants, paint and soaps, is strongly connected to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males. This scientific discovery was made by the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Scientists think that even in low doses the exposures to phthalates and several other common chemicals might reduce the levels of testosterone in men. Richard Stahlhut, A Preventive Medicine resident at the U... |
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A Trojan-horse strategy selected to fight bacteria |
 ...to defeat the bacteria, which become more and more resistant to drugs. A new method of fighting such bacteria was recently used and it proved to be successful on mice.
One of the problems of today's medical researches is the fact that bacteria become more and more resistant to antibiotics. The medicine cannot provide an effective drug to kill all the chronic infections occurring in wounds or in the lungs of people with c... |
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The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity |
 ... B.C in South-Western Iran);
- fifth discovery was named the invention of the optical microscope in the 17th century;
- invention of concrete by John Smeaton was placed on the sixth place among the inventions;
- the seventh invention in the list was given to the steel processing, found about year 300 B.C. in India;
- brass processing in about 5000 B.C. on the present territory of Turkey has taken the eighth entry in t... |
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2.3 million alcoholics live in Russia |
| ... alcoholics has tripled in comparison with 1991. In average the statistics show that one person in Russia consumes about 34 litres of vodka a year.
In his report, Gennadi Onichenko, Russia's chief medical officer, stated that the nation is currently facing a serious problem. Statistics show that in 2005 there were about 2,348,567 registered alcoholics in Russia. Besides drinking vodka and beer, Russiab alcoholics consu... |
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USA Workers Allowed to Use Marijuana? |
 ...At present day it is estimated that about 300,000 people in the USA smoke marijuana for medical purposes, according to ASA data on registered users. The list of states that allow marijuana use continues to grow. In April, New Mexico joined the list of 11 states allowing marijuana treatment.
The issue is rarely aroused in court, however more and more employers feel concerned about a worker smoking marijuana during his... |
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New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans |
 ...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power.
Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ... |
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Algerian woman gave birth to septuplets |
| ...erdes region by 27-year old woman.
Six girls and one boy appeared by Cesarean operation in the hospital of capital city of Algeria. Sadly, the boy didn't survive and the rest six children needed medical supervision. Newborn children are in good condition. The leightest of the children weighs about 1.5 lb (700 g) and the biggest - about 3 lb (1400g), Al-Khbar newspaper reported.
It was the first pregnancy of 27 yea... |
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Cartier Fights Fake Watch Business |
 ...As estimated by the World Customs Organization, counterfeit products' annual sale, including fake watches, compact discs, sneakers and even medical supplies, reaches an amazing number of about $540 billion. Luxury goods make up five per cent of the total number.
At present day piracy affects all aspects of the luxury goods industry, with watches and jewelry being its major components. All luxury watchmaking companies h... |
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Further escalation in the Estonian - Russian relationship |
 ...about the incident (ignored - probably because the majority of Russian speaking policemen quit their police service recently and none understood Russian speech?). It was also mentioned that calls for medical treatment were ignored too and there was no medical care received by Mr. Sorokin whatsoever.
The Russian consul was called for only on the next day and Mr. Sorokin was freed only with Russian embassy interfering.... |
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World's First 4D CAVEman to Help Treat Various Diseases |
 ...t object-oriented computer model of a human body was developed by scientists at the University of Calgary. Scientists that created the 4D human atlas named it CAVEman. With the help of translation of medical and genomic data into 4D images the computer model of human body allows scientists to make their experiments more accurately having a clearer inside view.
The 4D human atlas is located in the CAVE, which represent... |
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Rare Cancer After Collapsing Twin Towers 9/11 Tragedy |
 ...The head of Medical Monitoring Program taking the responsibility of post-traumatic treatment of World Trade Center workers who were on September 11, noticed they had a rare and strange cancer form.
Dr. Robin Herbert the head of this program claimed that workers had a rare blood and lymphatic cancer. More than 20,000 people were examined after experts found there were many cases of multiple myeloma in young people that... |
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