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Mediterranean sea levels might rise by up to half a metre in next 50 years

Mediterranean SeaLondon, Jan 19: A new study by a team of Spanish scientists has wa

It took Sarkozy €35k worth of make-up to become the French Prez!

London, Jan 19: President of France Nicolas SarkozyPresident Nicola

Online travel guide gives UK visitors ‘chat-up warning’

Travel GuideLondon, Jan 19: If you ever plan to visit Britain, don’t forget to refer to the o

Dundee is the brainiest city in Britain

ComuterLondon, Jan 18 : The British city of Dundee is the brainiest town in the UK, and one of the

Teacher’s raunchy acting past lands her suspension order!

London, Jan 16: A teacher has been suspended from her job at a top British private school, after students spotted her in a raunchy Internet advert.

Google algorithm may help identify key routes of hospital superbugs

Google Search EngineLondon, January 5 : A method used by search engine Google to rank search results may help reduce the transmission of hospital acquired infections like the “superbug” MRSA, say researchers.

Clive Beggs, a Bradford University researcher who is studying prevention and control of hospital acquired infections, says that Google's PageRank algorithm may help identify key routes of infection and transmission by analysing data from wards. He says that his may in turn help focus preventive measures more accurately.

As for the web world, PageRank ranks web pages in terms of importance by analysing how many other pages link to them.

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