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“Thunder God Vine” Shows Promising Results Against Pancreatic Cancer

by China.new

“Thunder God Vine”, a staple of traditional Chinese medicine, has proven to be remarkably effective in destroying pancreatic cancer tumors in lab mice. Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Masonic Cancer Center state the next step is beginning clinical trials of the drug involving human pancreatic cancer patients.

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Can 'Romnesia' Be Used In 'Words With Friends?'

by Ron Callari

Words With Friends is a multi-player word game developed by Zynga. It's popularity got a boost from Alex Baldwin's infamous riff with a stewardess when he refused to turn off the game during take-off. Similar to the rules of Scrabble, players can choose to play with a friend or a random player found online. President Obama has chosen to play the game with undecided voters using a new word he coined this past week. . . called "Romnesia"

3D Printed Resin Clock Radio Features Retro Nixie Tube Display

by Steve Levenstein

Japanese designer electronics manufacturer Inter-Culture has introduced a trio of retrofuturistic nylon resin clock radios that combine cutting-edge 3D printing technology with the warm Cold War-era glow of high-voltage Nixie tubes.

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Attention Economy: Driver Behind Twitter's Acquisition of Video Firm Vine?

by Ron Callari

Remember the political refrain “it’s the economy, stupid!” first uttered in the 90′s by Bush the First and probably more applicable today then it was then, as evidenced by the vitriol spewing all over the current contentious presidential election campaigns?

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First Warning Systems Creates Early Cancer Warning Bra (Video)

First Warning Systems Self Examination Bra

by Myra Per-Lee

A fortunate set of circumstances put 24-year old nurse Nedra Lindsay in an investigative study linking non-circadean temperatures in breast cells to abnormal growths within the breasts At her age, breast cancer was the last thing she expected to be faced with, but her study results indicated a follow-up with mammography....

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Winning The Presidential Election, Gangnam Style: Obama v Romney [Videos]

by Ron Callari

Every generation has had its own dance craze, from the Charleston of the 1920s, the Jitterbug of the 1940s, the Twist (60s), the Hustle (70s) the Makarena (90s) to even the Chicken Dance still a staple at today's wedding receptions. Those that stood the test of time etch a notch into our global zeitgeist. Such is the case with "Gangnam Style," a song and dance created and popularized by South Korean Rapper Psy.

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Scientific First: Turtles That Pee From Their Mouths

by T Goodman

Biologists from the University of Singapore have discovered that a certain Chinese soft-shelled turtle, well-adapted to living at the bottom of brackish (salty) muddy swamps, coming to the surface to breathe the air, would immerse their heads in puddles when their swamps dry up. To you and I, such an observation might not cause even the slightest curiosity, but to Y. K. Ip and his team, it was curiosity that led them to discover a truly unique animal - a turtle that pees through its mouth.

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Students Make Transportation Energy Efficient In Viet Nam

Solar vehicle invented by Vietnamese students

by Myra Per-Lee

Many international universities are fostering students' natural curiosity and ingenuity to create new products to help their fellow citizens. Such is the case at HCM City University of Transport where, as the name implies, Vietnamese students focus on developing new, efficient forms of transportation. Recently, they revealed prototypes of the students' solar-run scooter and a new battery-operated wheelchair that can be produced at a much lower cost that those produced in western countries.

Researchers Develop Injection To Dissolve Body Fat At Site

by T Goodman

Are you still hoping for a pill that will instantly get rid of your spare tire, the fat under your arms, or your oversized thighs? This is not about a pill, but an injection scientists are working on, and it doesn't work instantly, but it does seem to work - at least on preliminary tests in mice.

Calling All Inventors! Edison Nation Launches Open Search For Innovative Products

by Myra Per-Lee

Have a unique and patentable idea that you've not been able to move off first base? Edison Nation has just the answer for you in its newest search for ideas. It's an open search! So, you can submit one or more of your ideas in any category of products - home, garden, office, etc. to the Open Innovative Product Search.

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Child Obesity Habits Begin At Home: Study Gives Tips On Parental Control

by T Goodman

A nation-wide study of more than 1100 pre-school children up to 5 years of age in Australia indicates that 20 percent of children are obese even before they enter school. Particular habits formed at home were identified as leading causes of a condition that is both physically and socially deleterious to kids and can continue all their lives - obesity....

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Innovative Program For Alzheimer's Patients With Sundowning Syndrome

by T Goodman

If you've had a loved one with advanced Alzheimer's disease, you likely know what sundowning syndrome is, even if you've never heard the term before. Alzheimer's patients with this syndrome either don't sleep at night or wake up after a short sleep and may create havoc, waking up caregivers and disturbing others in the home, possibly for hours. But a care center in New York City has an innovative program for night owl Alzheimer's patients, that lets them 'play,' while their caregivers sleep....

Wearable Tail Reads Your Brainwaves, Wags to Match Your Mood

by Steve Levenstein

Neurowear, the creators of those bizarre Necomimi cat ears, have taken the field of brainwave actuated mood indicators to a new, lower level with "Shippo", the world's first mind-controlled wearable tail!

The Effects Of 'Cute' On Human Behavior And Performance

by T Goodman

What about looking at this image could possibly affect your subsequent behavior? If you think this image is cute, look at some similar ones of baby animals; they might have a positive impact on your performance at work today.

Kit Kat & Strawberry McFlurry? Gimme A Break!

by Steve Levenstein

The trick to McDonald's Japan's latest sweet treat involves combining Kit Kat chocolate bars, crushed strawberries and luscious soft ice cream to create the sinfully delicious Kit Kat & Strawberry McFlurry! Boo hoo, it's only available through the end of October!

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Chinese Starbucks Coffeehouse Serves Lattes of Luxury

by China.new

Starbucks' success in China owes much to the global coffee company's strategy of harmonizing their stores and menu with local culture and customs. Take the new Starbucks Coffeehouse in Fuzhou, for example, which channels the ambiance of a classic thousand-year-old Song Dynasty garden.

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Human Brain Can Control Robot, Even At Great Distances

by T Goodman

What was once science fiction is becoming a reality faster than you might have thought thanks to the work of internationally-supported applied presence and applied cognitive neuroscience research. Just ask Tirosh Shapira who recently, from a laboratory in Israel, commanded a humanoid robot in a French laboratory to walk and pick up objects simply by imagining that he himself was walking and picking up objects.

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Silk May Be The Key To Dissolvable Electronics

Silk-silicon implant dissolves as programmed

by T Goodman

When I read about the dissolvable electronic medical implants created by Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto of Tufts University and John A. Rogers at the University of Illinois, my first thought was what about dissolving all my old cell phones packed up in my garage? And, sure enough...

UN Warns International Travelers Of New SARS Virus

by T Goodman

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global alert today, warning of a newly identified SARS virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) found in a Qatari patient now being treated in the United Kingdom. Although the WHO did not issue specific travel warnings yet, it is awaiting any evidence that this, the most deadly kind of upper respiratory infection you can get, poses a serious public health risk.

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Calling Out Apple: The iPhone 5 is NOT “The World's Thinnest Smartphone"

by China.new

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Phil Schiller, Apple's senior VP of worldwide marketing, may have wowed the faithful at the iPhone 5 keynote kickoff on September 12th but not all of the stats the suits were trumpeting stand up to scrutiny.

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10 Ig Nobel Prizes For 2012: Recognition Of Funny, Obscure Research

by Myra Per-Lee

You gotta love the Russian company SKN for converting old Russian ammunitions into diamonds, and didn't you always want to know how many steps you'd have to take to create the inevitable splash of coffee on your carpet? But the SpeechJammer in 2012? A machine that delays speech and makes one stutter is decades old, and it actually has the practical application of helping stutterers speak without stuttering.

Scores Dye Horribly in Violet Explosion

by China.new

Purple prose phrased headline aside, a slow leak in a large bag of powdered violet dye brought big trouble to a little Chinese village. The generically dark powder wasn't noticed as it spilled from a truck passing through town but when rain fell, villagers suddenly saw their world through rose-colored glasses.

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Houston Zoo First To Successfully Breed Big-Headed Turtles In Captitivity

by Lady Bee

The Houston Zoo proudly announced the birth of five Madagascan big-headed turtles today, the eighteenth most endangered species of turtle in the world. It was the first birth for zoos worldwide.

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Japanese Gulag For Social Media Activist Michael Q.Todd Spotlights Deportation Practices

by Ron Callari

His bio reads, "I aim to connect and promote great people who will make a difference by collaborating than individually. . . and my goals are eradication of poverty and a sustainable economy by 2015." One of his fervent passions and ongoing initiatives is to help save the Taiji dolphins from captivity and slaughter. Doesn't sound like a candidate for Japan's harsh immigration-and-detention system, does it? Yet Michael Q. Todd found himself taken into custody in the Shingu Jail on September 16h for a lapsed visa.

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As The World Burns, NIST Tries To Cool It Down

NIST's computational model for assessing GWP

by T Goodman

On the day the National Snow And Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced the dreary news that the level of ice in the Arctic Sea is the lowest it has been since such information was recorded, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) presented some positive news regarding its goal to reduce the global warming potential (GWP) of the refrigerants used in our homes and cars.

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