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• Employers often more interested in hiring potential friends than the very best candidates
• Consumers develop complex relationships with celebrities to construct identity: Identity formed by relationships influences purchasing decisions
• Diabetes prevalence 20 percent higher in countries with higher availability of high fructose corn syrup, analysis finds

Employers often more interested in hiring potential friends than the very best candidates Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:30 AM PST Employers are often more focused on hiring someone they would like to hang out with than they are on finding the person who can best do the job, suggests a new study.

Consumers develop complex relationships with celebrities to construct identity: Identity formed by relationships influences purchasing decisions Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:30 AM PST A new study suggests that consumers take an active role in using celebrities to construct identity and self-image.

Diabetes prevalence 20 percent higher in countries with higher availability of high fructose corn syrup, analysis finds Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:13 AM PST Large amounts of high fructose corn syrup found in national food supplies across the world may be one explanation for the rising global epidemic of type 2 diabetes and resulting higher health care costs.

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Dust grains highlight path to planet formation Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:31 AM PST Astronomers have captured a clear image of the protoplanetary disk of the star UX Tauri A. The team's subsequent, detailed study of the disk's characteristics suggests that its dust particles are large in size and non-spherical in shape. This exciting result shows that these dust grains are colliding with and adhering to each other, a process that is expected to eventually lead to planet formation.

Employers often more interested in hiring potential friends than the very best candidates Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:30 AM PST Employers are often more focused on hiring someone they would like to hang out with than they are on finding the person who can best do the job, suggests a new study.

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• X-ray analysis deciphers master regulator important for skin cancer
• Long-term research reveals how climate change is playing out in real ecosystems
• Extended sleep reduces pain sensitivity
• Lung cancer patients with pockets of resistance prolong disease control by 'weeding the garden'

X-ray analysis deciphers master regulator important for skin cancer Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:59 AM PST Scientists have uncovered the molecular structure of a master regulator central to the most deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma. The results throw new light on the workings of the so-called Microphthalmia-associated Transcription Factor MITF, that is not only connected to skin cancer, but also to a variety of hereditary diseases.

Long-term research reveals how climate change is playing out in real ecosystems Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:59 AM PST Around the world, the effects of global climate change are increasingly evident and difficult to ignore. However, evaluations of the local effects of climate change are often confounded by natural and human induced factors that overshadow the effects of changes in climate on ecosystems. Now, scientists report a number of surprising results that may shed more light on the complex nature of climate change.

Extended sleep reduces pain sensitivity Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:59 AM PST A new study suggests that extending nightly sleep in mildly sleepy, healthy adults increases daytime alertness and reduces pain sensitivity.

Lung cancer patients with pockets of resistance prolong disease control by 'weeding the garden' Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:59 AM PST This study of 65 patients showed that continuing either crizotinib or erlotinib after the treatment of resistant pockets with focused radiation ("weeding the garden") was associated with more than half a year of additional cancer control.

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The Cynical Girl: Day Off

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Day Off Posted: 01 Dec 2012 03:46 AM PST

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ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

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Dust grains highlight path to planet formation Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:31 AM PST Astronomers have captured a clear image of the protoplanetary disk of the star UX Tauri A. The team's subsequent, detailed study of the disk's characteristics suggests that its dust particles are large in size and non-spherical in shape. This exciting result shows that these dust grains are colliding with and adhering to each other, a process that is expected to eventually lead to planet formation.

One step closer to 'space climate' forecasting Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:37 AM PST The Sun determines the course of the planets. But the planets may also exert an influence on the Sun. Their configurations appear to be responsible for long-term cycles of increased solar activity. Scientists have compared cycles of solar magnetic activity over the past 10,000 years – as reconstructed from ice cores – with the action of the planets. The agreement observed is very striking, raising hopes that our ability to forecast periods of intense solar activity may ultimately be improved. This is becoming increasingly important as our society is ever-more dependent on technologies such as satellite communications and navigation systems – as well as power grids – which can be disabled by major solar eruptions.

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