431. Ombra in london's east end offers a taste of venice
April 27, 2013
Venetian chef Andrea Michelon and partners made the right move toset up their restaurant in gritty Hackney. London, May 23, 2012 On the surface the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site Venicemay seem to have little in common with Hackney, a gritty butrapidly regenerating district in east Londo...
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432. How a drug-lead compound kills cancer cells by 'starving' them ofenergy, preventing tumor formation
April 26, 2013
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore's(NUS) Department of Biological Sciences and MechanobiologyInstitute have discovered how a drug-lead compound - a compoundthat is undergoing preclinical trials as a potential drug - candeprive cancer cells of energy and stop them from gr...
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433. Severe asthma with fungal sensitization may be cause of childrenfailing asthma therapy
April 26, 2013
"Severe Asthma With Fungal Sensitization In Children:Characterization Of A New Pediatric Asthma Sub-Phenotype" (SessionC27, Tuesday, May 22, 2012: 8:15-10:45 a.m., Room 2010-2012,Moscone Center; Abstract 28785) * Please note that numbers in this release may differ slightly fromthose in the abst...
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434. Non-invasive test promises rapid, pain-free diagnoses without theuse of fluorescent dyes
April 26, 2013
Blood tests convey vital medical information, but the sight of aneedle often causes anxiety and results take time. A new device developed by a team ofresearchers in Israel, however, can reveal much the sameinformation as a traditional blood test in real-time, simply byshining a light through th...
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435. In china, public outcry softens sentence for wu ying
April 25, 2013
Previously, Chinese courts have tended to respond to publicpressure to impose a death penalty, often in especially brutalmurder cases, rather than to pressure to reverse it. Wu s is arare case of the Chinese public demanding clemency. Wu had been convicted, and sentenced to death, by the Zhej...
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436. Aristocratic eco-warrior charged over gm wheat vandalism
April 24, 2013
Hector Christie, of Tapeley Park Lodge, Instow, in Devon, willappear at St Albans Central Magistrates Court on July 13,Hertfordshire police said. Mr Christie, an old Etonian and the son of Sir George Christie,head of the Glyndebourne opera family, has been described as aneccentric and well-kn...
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437. The ice goes, fire comes and new species redefine minnesota's northwoods.
April 24, 2013
That boundary, according to Frelich, also represents an importantdividing line between warm and cool, dry and wet, fire and ice.According to recent research published in the Ecological Society ofAmerica's Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment , climate change is pushing all the former condit...
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438. Space: telerobotics offers third way for exploration
April 24, 2013
But there is a hitch in trying to control from Earth a robot that'sexploring another planet: the huge time lag as the signals travelback and forth. Real-time reactions are needed for it to work. Forexample, surgeons can perform operations well as long as the robotresponds to their actions within ...
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439. Dufner closes with 25 foot birdie to win byron nelson championship
April 23, 2013
IRVING, Texas -- Jason Dufner sank a 25-foot birdie putt on thelast hole to win the PGA Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday,taking his second title of the year only three weeks after ending a163-event win drought. Dufner fired a final-round 67, 3-under par, to finish on 11-under269 and edge fell...
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440. Overarching reasons for investing in the junior resource sector
April 22, 2013
COQUITLAM, BC (Ahead of the Herd) - While it might not look like it now, the most investable trend overthe next 20 years is going to be in the resource sector, therenewable and non-renewable resources, the minerals, ores, fossilfuels and biomass a wealthier and growing global population isincr...
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