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Mozilla Extension Would Tap Into
Typed Commands
PC World Aug. 26, 2008
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Ubiquity, an experimental extension
to Mozilla Firefox, lets people
substitute simple text commands for
complex Web tasks such as putting
links to maps in e-mail messages.
The commands that users type in
Ubiquity, such as "map" and
"e-mail," find resources on the Web
and can gather information from
those sources in one place....
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Air Storage Is Explored for Energy
New York Times Aug. 26, 2008
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Energy Storage and Power, a new
company, plans to use wind turbines
to produce compressed air that can
be stored underground or in tanks
and released later to power
generators during peak hours....
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A Stem-Cell Revolution
Technology Review Aug. 27, 2008
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Doug Melton, co-director of the
Harvard Stem Cell Institute, says
that distributing induced
pluripotent stem cells to
researchers around the world will
advance the study of degenerative
diseases like Parkinson's and...
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Scientists unmask brain's hidden
potential
PhysOrg.com Aug, 27, 2008
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The normally developed visual
system quickly becomes engaged to
process touch in response to
complete loss of sight, researchers
at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center have found in experiments
with Braille tests. The speed and
dynamic nature of the changes they
observed suggest that rather than
establishing new nerve connections
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Google Rolls Out Tool That Suggests
Search Queries
New York Times Aug. 26, 2008
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The new Google Suggest feature aims
to help users to better formulate
queries, reduce spelling errors, and
save keystrokes by suggesting
queries as uses type letters and
words. The suggestions are based on
an aggregate of Google searches.
Yahoo Search Assist and Microsoft
Live Search offer similar services....
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Ayurvedic medicines laden with
toxic heavy metals
New Scientist news service Aug. 26, 2008
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21% of 193 traditional Indian
Ayurvedic medicines bought on the
Internet from US or Indian sources
contained high amounts of lead,
mercury or arsenic, with some heavy
metals deliberately added, Boston
University School of Medicine
researchers have found....
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'Autistic' mice offer hope of
genetic clues
New Scientist news service Aug. 27, 2008
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National Institute of Mental Health
scientists have created a "BTBR"
strain of mice with autistic-like
behaviors, using an extra human gene
thought to be involved in the
condition. The mice show symptoms
normally used to diagnose human
autism: repetitive behavior,
restricted social interaction, and
certain sound behaviors. The mice
may...
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How to vote for anti-aging research
KurzweilAI.net August 27, 2008
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Aubrey de Grey's Methuselah
Foundation could receive a grant of
up to $1.5 million from a student
group that has applied to American
Express for an "Undergrads Fighting
Age Related Disease" project -- if
the project gets more than 2000
votes by September 1 (anyone can
vote). Instructions are on the
Methuselah Foundation website. The...
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