951. Rising production and profits enhance china's gold powerhousestatus
June 29, 2012
MUMBAI (MINEWEB) - Gold production in China and the profits of Chinese gold producershave continued to see a major upswing this year. Given the manifoldincrease, China could also be well poised to become the world'sbiggest gold market in 2012 as demand for the precious metalcontinues to surge. It...
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952. First oral agent to quell invasive macular degeneration, restorelost vision
June 29, 2012
There may be new found hope for patients whose vision is threatenedwhen medicine injected directly into the eyes fails to causeabnormal blood vessels to recede. While injectable drugs calledangiogenesis (an-gee-oh-jen-esis) inhibitors are considered amodern miracle and have become the standard of c...
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953. Genetic pathway of rare facial malformation in children
June 29, 2012
Researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute and theircollaborators have discovered a pair of defective genes that causea rare congenital malformation syndrome that can make it impossiblefor the child to breathe or eat properly without reparativesurgery. In a study led by Michael L. Cunnin...
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954. Woman who lost arkansas lotto ticket entitled to $1 million
June 26, 2012
SEARCY, Ark. -- An Arkansas woman who cashed a $1 million lotteryticket may have to give up the winnings to a woman who threw awaythe ticket after she bought it, according to a judge's rulingTuesday. The judge decided that Sharon Duncan was entitled to the prizemoney, not Sharon Jones, who cla...
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955. Responsiblechina podcast: caroline campbell of the green dragonmedia project
June 25, 2012
(Photo courtesy of Caroline Campbell) Caroline Campbell first fell in love with nature while growing upon a pig farm in rural England. Since then, she has traveled theworld, telling stories about the importance of the environment,climate change and sustainability. Originally trained as azoologis...
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956. Altering attitude to an ailment may result in less day-to-day pain
June 24, 2012
Evidence of a study published in the journal Pain reveals that people with chronic pain who learn to divert the focus away fromtheir ailments may sleep better and experience less day-to-daypain. Research leader, Luis F. Buenaver, Ph.D., an assistant professor ofpsychiatry and behavioral science...
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957. In mouse model, halting an enzyme can slow multiple sclerosis
June 24, 2012
Researchers studying multiple sclerosis (MS) have long been looking for the specific molecules in the bodythat cause lesions in myelin, the fatty, insulating cells thatsheathe the nerves. Nearly a decade ago, a group at Mayo Clinicfound a new enzyme, called Kallikrein 6, that is present inabun...
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958. New study links air pollution and early death in the u.k.
June 23, 2012
The researchers found that emissions originating elsewhere inEurope cause an additional 6,000 early deaths in the U.K. annually;U.K. emissions that migrate outside the country, in turn, cause3,100 premature deaths per year in other European Union nations. In some areas on the periphery of the U...
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959. Apple announces new ipad with 3.1m-pixel retina display, 4g lte,voice dictation
June 22, 2012
Apple on Wednesday officially took the wraps off of its next iPad,featuring a 2,048-by-1,536-pixel resolution Retina Display thatpacks 3.1 million pixels into its 9.7-inch display, along withvoice dictation and LTE 4G, coming on March 16 to 10 countries. Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide...
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960. Notes of interest from apple's q2 2012 conference call
June 22, 2012
Apple got off to a record start to the year in 2012, with sales of35.1 million iPhones propelling the company to its best-ever secondfiscal quarter. Following the release of its second-quarterresults, Apple executives participated in a conference call, andnotes of interest follow. Profits grew ...
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