Tag: technology
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Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries on how cells break down and recycle parts of themselves in an internal garbage disposal process.
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Berlusconi has heart check-up in U.S., misses trial hearing: lawyers
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has flown to the United States for tests on his heart condition, meaning he could not attend the start of a new trial on Monday tied to his “bunga bunga” parties, his lawyers said. The lawyers said Berlusconi had checked into the Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center in New…
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Jewel thieves put gun to Kim Kardashian’s head, tie her up in Paris bathroom
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Masked men put a gun to reality TV star Kim Kardashian's temple, left her tied up in the bathroom of her luxury residence in Paris and stole millions of dollars' worth of jewelry in the early hours of Monday, police and her publicist said. Kardashian, wife of rapper Kanye…
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New Fitbit bands may soon double up as mobile wallets
Fitbit users could soon make payments with a flick of the wrist, as the maker of the simple yet hugely popular fitness bands races to pack in more features in its products. Fitbit Inc said on Wednesday it bought wearable payment technology assets from Silicon Valley startup Coin, which makes devices that use near-field communication…
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An Earthquake Strikes? A Flood Hits? Grab the Insulin!
Wars. Terrorist attacks. Earthquakes. Floods.They are the stuff of front-page news, the kinds of stories we associate with a scramble for health care workers whose expertise is emergency medicine – people who know how to stitch up lacerations, set bones, transfuse blood.Until recently, the more mundane health needs typically associated with…