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Govt. seeks to shed light on medical device pricing, finds black hole instead
In physics, a black hole is a region in space from which nothing — not even light — can escape. And that is exactly what the Government Accountability Office, the nonpartisan entity reporting to Congress, encountered when it tried to find out how hospitals could make better purchase decisions when it came to implantable medical devices [...]
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New Silica Rules Languish In Regulatory Black Hole
Last year it looked like stricter controls would be put in place to limit workers' exposure to dangerous silica dust. But for almost a year, the proposed regulations have been stalled at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Worker safety advocates are growing frustrated, but industry stakeholders say current regulations are sufficient.
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1 st Team All-"Bad Attitude" PG Monta Ellis- Next to the word ballhog in the dictionary is a picture of Monta Ellis. Just kidding. But in all seriousness, Monta is like a black hole; if you pass it to him, don't expect to get a return pass because, as Charles Barkley...
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Black hole radiation could provide insight into quantum gravity
Now, all we need is to observe it The evaporation of black holes could provide a way to what’s known as the “loop quantum gravity” theory.…
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Hubble Zooms in on Double Nucleus in Andromeda Galaxy
A new Hubble Space Telescope image centers on the 100-million-solar-mass black hole at the hub of the neighboring spiral galaxy M31, or the Andromeda galaxy.
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Corvus Gold-New Drill Results From LMS Project, Alaska
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Corvus Gold Inc. - is pleased to announce the results from the drilling undertaken by First Star Resources Inc. on the LMS property in Alaska in 2011 prior to returning ...
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Audit details how incinerator financing led Harrisburg into black hole of debt
There’s no smoking gun, but a forensic audit the Harrisburg Authority released Wednesday points plenty of fingers that could help provide accountability for reckless incinerator spending that buried the city in more than $317 million of debt , officials said.
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Hubble captures the sharpest-ever picture of the heart of another galaxy - a black hole with the mass of 200 million ...
The Hubble caught an unforgettable visible-light view of the 'dark heart' of next-door galaxy Andromeda - a one-off glimpse of how matter behaves in the enormous gravity of a supermassive black hole.
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Rare Ultra-Blue Stars Among Hubble Andromeda Finds
[ Watch the Video ] Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed both a cluster of rare ultra-blue stars and a "double nucleus" of old, reddish stars orbiting a 100-million-solar-mass black hole at the nearby Andromeda spiral galaxy, NASA officials announced on Wednesday. The discoveries, detailed by the U.S. space agency in separate press releases, were also presented Wednesday at ...
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How is African-American news media evolving?
The September, 2008 cover of Ebony Magazine. Last month, one of the oldest magazines to focus on the Black American community fast-forwarded to the future. Ebony magazine unveiled a redesigned website – with beautiful, bold graphics, a roster of A-list bloggers and multi-media content.
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