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1 hr ago | ABC 4

New study links air pollution with autism

It's a correlation many Utah physicians have been considering for years - that pollution in the air could be a leading cause of autism.

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Related Topix: Utah, Davis County, UT

5 hrs ago | ComputerWorld

3D printer creates lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand

Researchers have found a new application of 3D printing that produces lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand.

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Related Topix: Printers, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Illinois, Entomology, Science / Technology, Robots, Science

8 hrs ago | PhysOrg Weblog

A shot in the arm for old antibiotics: Silver boosts antibiotics

Silver unlocks new potential for four common antibiotics, allowing them to kill bacteria that previously withstood their effects.

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12 hrs ago | The Heartland Institute

The Magic, Fairy Dust Naivete That Is Progressive Economics

Let's proclaim the Good News: Government money is free. No, not just to the beneficiaries of government programs.

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13 hrs ago | Estes Park Trail-Gazette

Life is good when you feel good

Eli Roehl, left, receives a relaxing essential oil treatment from Leila Sun of Sun Health and Wellness.

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Related Topix: Estes Park, CO, Medicine, Health, Massage Therapy, Reflexology, Herbalism, Biofeedback

17 hrs ago | Brush News-Tribune

Lyne graduates from Harvard

Stacey Melissa Lyne of Brush graduated from Harvard University with honors on May 30. She received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences with a specialization in mechanical engineering and material science from Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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Related Topix: Brush, CO, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Science

22 hrs ago | The Legal Record

ISU Math Professors Discover Missing Pages from Abraham Lincoln's Ciphering Book

In 2009, Nerida Ellerton and her husband Ken Clements, both professors in the Department of Mathematics at Illinois State University, were very excited when they discovered, in the archives of the Houghton Library at Harvard University, a leaf comprising two pages from a ciphering book prepared by a teenage Abraham Lincoln.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, Illinois State University, Springfield, IL

Tue Jun 18, 2013

China Daily

Chinese, US researchers study Tibetan medicines

A Chinese medical laboratory Tuesday launched a joint program with Harvard University to study Tibet an herbal medicine s, in an effort to see how they can help fight cancers.

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Related Topix: Herbalism, Medicine, Cancer, Health

The Baltimore Sun

Foose unveils new strategic plan for Howard schools

For years, the Howard County Public School System has had two goals: that each student meet rigorous academic standards and perform at or above grade level, and that each student will do so in a safe and nurturing environment.

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Related Topix: Education

Science Daily

Printing tiny batteries

The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet provide enough stored energy to power them.

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Related Topix: Hybrid, Electric Vehicle, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Illinois, Science / Technology, Robots

WTAJ

Possible Autism/Pollution Link

A new Harvard University study finds pregnant women who are exposed to high air pollution levels may be at increased risk of having an autistic child.

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Examiner.com

Smog reported to increase autism risk

Los Angeles is known for its sunny climate, fine beaches-and smoggy air. A new study has found that mothers' exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder on their child.

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Related Topix: UC Davis, Columbia University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Montreal Gazette

McGill University's fundraising tops $1 billion

McGill University obliterated its goal of a $750 million fundraising campaign and succeeded in raising more than $1 billion over the last nine years to boost support to students and research - an historic achievement for the university and the most raised by a Canadian university in that amount of time.

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Burnaby News Leader

Burnaby Mountain city's top-ranked public school: Fraser Institute

When it comes to public schools, Burnaby Mountain secondary is the top-ranked high school in the city, according the Fraser Institute's annual rankings.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education

Tech Review

Redesigning Product Design

The Media Lab's Neri Oxman, PhD '10, wants designers not just to dream up new products but to change the way they're made.

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Related Topix: Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design), Tufts University

Bangkok Post

US study links pollution to autism risk

Pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of air pollution were twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in low pollution areas, a US study said.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Major Study Examines Meat-Diabetes Link

People who increased their consumption of red meat during a four-year period were more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes in a subsequent four-year period, according to an analysis involving about 150,000 people.

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Related Topix: Diabetes, Health, Medicine, Life, Food, Meat, Indonesia, World News, Beef

The Independent

Whitey Bulger 'broke my heart', former hitman tells Boston court

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Related Topix: Santa Monica, CA

Wall Street Journal

Testing Asthma Drugs on a Microchip

Forget lab rats. Some researchers are now testing medicines on a silicon chip that could provide a better read on how a drug will work.

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Related Topix: Cornell University

WIAT-TV Birmingham

MGN Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Utah say merely thinking about money can lead to unethical behavior.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, University of Utah