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Belief Can Have Physical Effects According to New Book on Salem Witch Hysteria (Popularity:  )
http://www.shmartin.com
Self-help authors have sold millions of books touting the power of positive thinking. But negative thinking can have power, too, according to prizewinning author Stephen Hawley Martin in his new book, "A Witch in the Family," about the Salem witch trials. What it comes down to is belief "What it comes down to is belief," Martin said. "Belief is extremely potent. For example, the effectiveness of placebos has been demonstrated ...
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Authentication Connections Forum Returns for a Second Year to Promote Anti Counterfeiting Technologies (Popularity: )
http://www.acf-acd.com
The first Authentication Connections Forum, held in March 2006 in Florida established an invaluable opportunity for companies involved across the spectrum of anti counterfeiting -- from specifiers and users through enforcers and suppliers -- to connect with one another, and also set in motion the moves to establish the International Authentication Association (IAA). The IAA aims to advance the use of authentication technologies as part of effective anti counterfeiting strategies. ...
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Cambridge Who’s Who Selects Carl Freidhoff, Ph.D., as Professional of the Year in Aerospace Electronics (Popularity: )
http://www.cambridgewhoswho.com
Carl Baldwin Freidhoff, Ph.D., fellow engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Facility, has been named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year in Aerospace Electronics. While inclusion in Cambridge Who’s Who is itself an honor, only one member in each discipline is named Professional of the Year. The Cambridge selection committee hand picks these special honorees based on accomplishments, academic achievement, leadership, and service. Dr. Freidhoff is ...
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Disease Targeted Multivitamins Set Benchmark in Personalized Health Care (Popularity: )
http://www.mitamins.com
The launch of Mitamins.com, a new healthcare portal, allows consumers to design multivitamin supplement formulations that are customized to their individual health concerns and automatically screened for medication interactions. Orders are placed at the laboratory online and manufactured using the level of technology commonly associated with pharmaceutical clinical trials. “We are proud to be the first company to provide customized healthcare in this manner” said Mitamins’ Chief Medical Officer Dr ...
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Heroes for a Healthy Earth: Scientists, Engineers - and You (Popularity: )
http://www.scintillatingscience.com
Being science literate means that you're thrilled when you see a NASA photo of a supernova, and you know you're seeing that distant star's explosion from 10 billion years ago; it means you're fascinated by mysterious sun storms and how they affect Earth's communications systems, electrical grids, and weather. It means you're aware of today's environmental issues, and you're ready to take individual action on behalf of the wildlife, plant ...
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Is Six Year Old Child Prodigy, Ainan Celeste Cawley, The World's Youngest Science Teacher (Popularity: )
The one-hour chemistry talk entitled: "Acids And Alkalis In Everyday Life." was the brain-child of the young scientific child prodigy. Ainan Celeste Cawley, in making his first public lecture, was fulfilling an ambition he has nursed this past year: to teach children everywhere the beauty of science, by taking the role of the Professor, himself. The chemistry class was a great success - and Ainan's first contribution to science education.Ainan ...
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Light Analyzer with New Bi-Technology Sensor for LED, OLED and Light Source Measurement (Popularity: )
http://www.gigahertz-optik.com
Gigahertz-Optik’s latest light detection technology overcomes the inherent limitations of both the traditional photometric & radiometric detector and the diode array spectrometer by integrating them to form one instrument for absolute accurate photometric, radiometric and colorimetric measurement of LEDs, OLEDs and lamps.Filter radiometers and photometers offer high sensitivity and large dynamic range plus simplicity and low cost. However measurement uncertainties of up to 30 % can occur when testing near-monochromatic ...
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Mind Reality Announces Discovery of Seven States of Matter and the Universal Matter (Popularity: )
http://mindreality.com
The usual three states of matter that we all know are Solid, Liquid and Gas. Modern science has discovered three other states which are plasma, beam and BEC (Bose-Einstein Condensate). Plasma and beam are the fourth and fifth state of matter. The BEC is the zero state of matter. Mind Reality, a revolutionary mental science website explains the incompleteness of the theory by stating from first principles that it is ...
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Morrisville Continues to Grow with New Master-Planned Community Minutes From RTP (Popularity: )
K. Hovnanian Homes Raleigh Division announces the grand opening of Providence Place, a 491-home master-planned community located in the heart of Morrisville. Located just minutes from Research Triangle Park, I-40, I-540 and other major crossroads of the Triangle, Providence Place offers a wide collection of villas, single family and estate homes appealing to a wide range of income levels.Morrisville's Board of Commissioners supports Providence Place as part of the town's ...
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Spectacular Light Show Available in the US From 3 P.M. PST: The Gemenids Meteor Shower Will be Broadcast from Israel via the Internet on December 13, 2006 (Popularity: )
http://www.bareket-astro.com
A new, spectacular meteor observing & detection service, will be available, at no cost, to anyone in the world with an internet connection. Everyone can participate in this spectacular multi-viewer broadcast of the most spectacular meteor shower of the year. Weather permitting, the Gemenids meteor shower will be captured live from Israel from 3 pm until 6 pm PT on December 13, 2006. Interested viewers only need to log into ...
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