Positron
A positron is the antimatter equivalent of the negatively charged electron. A positron is equal to the electron in mass, but has a positive charge. In 1828, English physicist Paul Dirac advan...
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Electrodes implanted into the
brain to treat a man with a stubborn case of ringing in the ear
instead sparked an out-of-body sensation, doctors in Belgium
reported Wednesday. St...
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(Reuters) - A U.S. budget bill enacted by Congress in
December for fiscal 2008 cut funding to hundreds of science
projects and has caused job losses among scientists. Some of the affected projects...
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A new NASA space telescope will give scientists a peek at some of the most energetic objects and events in the universe. The new Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope to be launched next spring does...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The use of positron emission
tomography, known as PET scans, can improve the diagnosis of
people with lung cancer and better guide treatment decisions,
Canadian researchers ...
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The Pirates' hitting was very good for a change, even if their timing wasn't. On a day Ian Snell didn't figure to give the Atlanta Braves many runs, Pittsburgh's offense finally broke out.Snell too...
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Medco Health Solutions, a large pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) based in Franklin Lakes, NJ, reached a settlement over allegations that the PBM had submitted f...
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Positron
Brain stimulation sparks out-of-body experience
