Friday, January 4, 2008 A new study amongst doctors in the United States on the use of placebos—pills with no medical effect—shows that almost half of the questioned practitioners prescribe placebos, most of them within the last year. The majority of 466 faculty physicians at Chicago-area medical schools interviewed by a research group of the…
Schools benefit from new California budget
Saturday, July 1, 2006 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bipartisan state budget Friday that invests a record $55.1 billion in education – an increase of $3.1 billion this year and $8.3 billion over the last two years – and allocates $4.9 billion to create a budget reserve and to pay down the state’s debt…
A380 makes maiden flight to US
Monday, March 19, 2007 The Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane, was set to land in the United States of America on Monday after a test flight. One of the A380s is flying from Frankfurt to Chicago via New York; the airplane will be carrying about 500 people. It is being billed as the…
X Ray Systems: Solution For Analysing Defected Organs
Here’s An Opinion On: X Ray Tech Salary California With the emerging technologies, the requirement for screening with an aim to find the results in different types of industries also increases. These systems are gaining momentum & proving their potential in all domains of technologies. Many people think that the presence ofX-ray devicesis only in…
Feverfew compound gets at leukemia roots
Wednesday, February 23, 2005A compound in the common daisy-like plant feverfew kills human leukemia stem cells and could form the basis for newer, more effective drugs for the disease. American researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York say that it could take months to develop a useable drug from the compound,…
Swan in Fife, Scotland dies with H5N1 bird flu virus infection
Thursday, April 6, 2006 It has been confirmed that tests done on a dead Mute Swan found in the village of Cellardyke in Fife, Scotland has tested positive for the deadly strain of H5N1 Bird Flu virus. The swan is believed to have been native to Scotland. Two other swans found in Richmond Park in…
Marble
Here’s An Opinion On: Regional Group Australia Marble is a kind of limestone that has undergone a proces which has made the structure of the rock more solid, making it able to withstand a high polish. It is generally formed when limestone is faced with extremes of pressure or temperature that cause it to undergo…
New South Wales government announces ‘Bradfield’ as name for third city of Greater Sydney
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Yesterday, the state government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia announced “Bradfield” as the name for the planned third city in Greater Sydney. Bradfield is located at west of City of Parramatta and Sydney, in vicinity of the then currently in construction Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport. The city is…
Euromillions lottery jackpot set to rise to £100m
Saturday, January 21, 2006 Despite lots of publicity and media attention causing a last minute rush to buy tickets, there was no winner of the £85m jackpot in this week’s ‘Euromillions‘ lottery. This is the tenth week that no-one has won the top prize, which has ‘rolled-over’ to create bigger and bigger jackpots each week.…
NASA mission finds water on the Moon
Saturday, November 14, 2009 “The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water,” says a press release from NASA. A Moon mission launched by the agency has confirmed the presence of water on the moon. The discovery comes a year after a NASA instrument on an Indian lander indicated there…