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ABC News: Astronauts Battle Robot Glitch, Install Hands (Science/Technology, 10 articles)
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Astronauts got power flowing to the international space station's new robot Friday night, overcoming a problem that had threatened to disrupt shuttle Endeavour's construction mission. Working from inside, the astronauts used the space station's mechanical arm to grab onto the robot named Dextre and energize the sleeping giant, which had been lying dormant outside the orbiting complex for nearly two days. Flight controllers plan to use the International Space Station's robotic arm to grapple a newly installed Canadian-built robot in an effort to provide power to the machine. Canadian astronaut Julie Payette said the Canadian Space Agency engineers suspect the problem is due to a power cable connecting the robot's temporary carrier to Dextre. LONGUEUIL, Que - Astronaut Julie Payette says Canadarm2 will come the rescue of a $200-million Canadian space robot in need of an electrical boost. By GINA SUNSERI March 14, 2008 - Early this morning astronauts completed the first of five planned spacewalks at the International Space Station. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is now docked to the International Space Station for an ambitious 16-day mission with a demanding five spacewalks, the most NASA has ever tried to accomplish during one space station mission.
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Watch out for viruses in new gadgets (Science/Technology, 5 articles)
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Someone plugging electronic gadgets such as an iPod or digital picture frame into the computer runs the risk of picking up a pre-installed virus, according to industry consultants. Experts believe the problem stems from lax quality control, often in Chinese factories that are trying to keep costs low, through workers who plug an infected device into a factory computer used for testing. Recent cases reviewed by the Associated Press include some of the most widely used tech devices: Apple iPods, digital picture frames sold by Target and Best Buy stores and TomTom navigation gear.
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Blu-ray is victorious after Toshiba drops HD DVD :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Personal Finance (Science/Technology, 5 articles)
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Alright, first of all, of course Microsoft is going to look at adding Blu-Ray to the XBox - the format war is over, the winner has been decided. Wireless is sketchy and internet connections that are actually fast enough to download whole movies are still really expensive - plus, most people simply do not want to wait days for a movie to be ready. Just as DVDs replaced VHS tapes, two new formats capable of displaying high-definition video will begin the drive to consign DVDs to bargain bins and yard sales.
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Vitamin D 'cuts risk of diabetes' (Science/Technology, 4 articles)
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The researchers examined data on 16,630 Hispanic, black and white adults aged 19 and older with insulin-treated diabetes to come to this conclusion. " Efforts to improve diabetes control, including the collection and use of SMBG data in Hispanic and black populations with diabetes particularly those on insulin, are warranted given that Hispanics and blacks have a higher frequency of diabetes-related complications compared to whites. The study found that among those with annual household incomes of $20,000 and higher, SMBG rates were 85 percent for whites, 78 percent for Hispanics, and 77 percent for blacks.
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Severe Menopause Symptoms Raise Heart Risks (Science/Technology, 4 articles)
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Certain health issues may be helping the rapid spread of heart disease in developing nations, suggests a study that looked at 1,593 black and white cardiovascular disease patients in South Africa. But the researchers noted other factors in these patients, including HIV infection and tuberculosis, late diagnosis, and a tendency to seek medical care only after consultation with a traditional healer failed to help, Agence France-Pressereported. An accompanying commentary noted that the study's findings are " relevant to many areas of the world that face similar threats and the emergence of epidemics of heart disease.
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Obesity Linked to Poor Prognosis for Some Breast Cancer Patients (Science/Technology, 5 articles)
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The researchers also found that obese patients are more likely than overweight, normal or underweight patients to be diagnosed with a rare, aggressive and deadly form of locally advanced breast cancer, known as inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC), which is cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes, accounts for about 5 percent of all breast cancers in the United States. At the launch of the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research, Bush and Margarita Zavala spoke of improving education and doing away with stigmas attached to breast cancer so women will not be afraid to get medical help.
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