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• New online app aids women's clothing purchases

Shopping online for some women is frustrating

A UK web developer has created a new data visualization tool for women's fashion. She says that it makes it easy for people to compare different physical sizes between different clothing labels. [More »]

• Viewing the guts of the Earth from outer space

Carbon fiber satellites of the Swarm mission are reminiscent of a broomstick shape

Three German-built satellites will examine the Earth's little-known magnetic field. The research should deliver precise data that will help in predicting space weather, and tell us whether the poles are shifting. [More »]

• Berlin scientists develop cheap anti-malaria drug

Malaria may kill up to twice as many people previously estimated

Malaria kills more than a million people worldwide every year. Scientists in Berlin have developed a way to produce an effective anti-malaria drug cheaply and in large quantities by using a formerly discarded by-product. [More »]

• Blog awards focus on culture, education

The eighth annual Deutsche Welle blog awards begin and the BOBs are looking for the Internet’s best blogs, websites and social media campaigns. Submit the sites that impressed you before March 13. [More »]

• European Council president's blog becomes a hit in China

Many officials have started using online social networks. The president of the European Council uses Twitter and even has an account with its Chinese counterpart, with which he has become surprisingly popular. [More »]

• Making the Internet safer for young people

Safer Internet Day 2012 is urging families to work together to make the Internet safe for kids

Tuesday marked Safer Internet Day, an annual event sponsored by the European Commission to encourage people, especially the young, to use the Internet and digital devices more responsibly. [More »]

• Unravelling the mysteries of airplane emissions

How condensation trails, or contrails, affect climate remains a mystery

Airplane emissions make up about three percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. DW looks at the science behind these emissions in light of new EU regulations. [More »]

• Searching for treatment for Alzheimer's

Nerve cells with Alzheimer plaque deposit

Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia. The symptoms first show up when the disease has already reached an unstoppable stage. Although no effective medication has been found, science has reason to be hopeful. [More »]

• Malaria deaths higher than expected, study finds

Millions of people become infected with malaria each year

Recent findings show the number of malaria-related deaths is nearly twice as high as previously thought. But other experts have doubts about the methods used to produce these estimates. [More »]