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Entries from June 3rd, 2009

Obese Women Should Not Gain Weight During Pregnancy, Study Suggests

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Biology

Almost everyone believes that, during pregnancy, women should gain weight; approximately 25-30 pounds. Apparently this reduces risks of having pregnancy end in fatal death. However, for women who are overweight before pregnancy, they are already unhealthy so gaining that much weight will only decrease their health and worsen their struggle with weight even after the [...]

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World’s Highest-resolution Projector

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Physics

The company Evans and Sutherland of Salt Lake City Utah has come produced the world’s highest resolution projector.  You would have to combine sixteen of the world’s best high-definition projectors to reach its superiority.  Most projectors have two dimensional arrays of pixels.  However, E&S uses only a single column of 4,000 pixels which are powered [...]

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Most common brain cancer may originate in neural stem cells

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Biology

University of Michigan scientists have found that a deficiency in a key tumor suppressor gene in the brain leads to the most common type of adult brain cancer. The study, conducted in mice that mimic human cancer, points the way to more effective future treatments and a way to screen for the disease early. Much [...]

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