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Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel Click Here to Open in a New Window
Materials scientists have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.
03/12/2010 07:00 PM

Scientists identify microRNA as possible cause of chemotherapy resistance Click Here to Open in a New Window
Scientists may have uncovered a mechanism for resistance to paclitaxel in ovarian cancer, microRNA-31, suggesting a possible therapeutic target for overcoming chemotherapy resistance.
03/12/2010 07:00 PM

Proposed mission would return sample from asteroid 'time capsule' Click Here to Open in a New Window
Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.
03/12/2010 07:00 PM

Contraceptive pill not associated with increased long-term risk of death, study finds Click Here to Open in a New Window
Women in the UK who have ever used the oral contraceptive pill are less likely to die from any cause, including all cancers and heart disease, compared with never users, according to new research.
03/12/2010 07:00 PM

High-tech armrest: Computer-controlled hand and arm support devise developed for doctors, artists Click Here to Open in a New Window
Engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise possible, and with less fatigue.
03/12/2010 07:00 PM

R-rated movies increase likelihood of underage children trying alcohol Click Here to Open in a New Window
R-rated movies portray violence and other behaviors deemed inappropriate for children under 17 year of age. A new study finds one more reason why parents should not let their kids watch those movies: adolescents who watch R-rated movies are more likely to try alcohol at a young age.
03/12/2010 07:00 PM

Cassini data show ice and rock mixture inside Saturn's moon Titan Click Here to Open in a New Window
By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior. The subtle gravitational tugs they measured suggest the interior has been too cold and sluggish to split completely into separate layers of ice and rock.
03/12/2010 04:00 PM

Seaweed extract may hold promise for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment Click Here to Open in a New Window
Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research. Seaweeds containing fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide similar to heparin in chemical structure, have been reported to have anti-tumor activity in mice and some cell lines.
03/12/2010 04:00 PM

How electricity moves through cells: Finding has implications for improving energy efficiency Click Here to Open in a New Window
Researchers have created a molecular image of a system that moves electrons between proteins in cells. The achievement is a breakthrough for biology and could provide insights to minimize energy loss in other systems, from nanoscale devices to moving electricity around the country.
03/12/2010 04:00 PM

Research points to way to improve heart treatment Click Here to Open in a New Window
Current drugs used to treat heart failure and irregular heartbeat have limited effectiveness and have side effects. New basic science findings suggest a way that treatments could potentially be refined so that they work better and target only key heart-related mechanisms.
03/12/2010 04:00 PM

More maize ethanol may boost greenhouse gas emissions Click Here to Open in a New Window
Mandated increases in the production of maize-derived ethanol will lead to land-use changes that boost carbon dioxide emissions enough to make the fuel a worse environmental option than burning gasoline, according to a new analysis.
03/12/2010 04:00 PM

After a fight with a partner, brain activity predicts emotional resiliency Click Here to Open in a New Window
Neural activity in the lateral prefrontal cortex can predict whether an individual will still be upset on the day after a conflict with his or her partner, according to new research. The findings point to the brain region's role in emotion regulation, and suggest that greater activity in this area might lead to improvement in day-to-day mood.
03/12/2010 04:00 PM



Reuters: Top News
Iraq's election race tight as results delayed again Click Here to Open in a New Window
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a modest lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results from Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead among Iraqi Sunnis.
03/12/2010 01:11 PM

Obama to tap Yellen for Fed vice chair: source Click Here to Open in a New Window
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a source familiar with the process said on Thursday.
03/12/2010 01:03 PM

Leave yuan to us, China tells Obama Click Here to Open in a New Window
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime.
03/12/2010 08:12 AM

Toyota discounts boost sales Click Here to Open in a New Window
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures.
03/12/2010 04:18 AM

New York's "Ground Zero" workers reach deal on claims Click Here to Open in a New Window
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of workers who suffered health problems after the September 11 attacks in 2001 have reached a settlement worth up to $657.5 million with an insurer representing the city of New York, city officials and lawyers said on Thursday.
03/12/2010 07:57 AM

Old and new converge in rising British Conservative Click Here to Open in a New Window
STAINES, England (Reuters) - A son of Ghanaian immigrants who was educated at Eton, Britain's most exclusive private school, parliamentary candidate Kwasi Kwarteng embodies both change and continuity in the Conservative Party.
03/12/2010 01:27 PM

Suicide blasts in Pakistan's Lahore kill 45 Click Here to Open in a New Window
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.
03/12/2010 01:27 PM

Greek jobless rate eases but recession entrenched Click Here to Open in a New Window
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's gross domestic product shrank slightly less than feared at the end of 2009 and unemployment eased, but the economy looked set to deteriorate as the government imposes major cutbacks.
03/12/2010 11:20 AM

China calls U.S. a hypocrite over human rights Click Here to Open in a New Window
BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused Washington of hypocrisy on Friday for its criticism of Beijing's restrictions on the Internet and dissent, blaming the United States for the financial crisis and saying its own rights record was terrible.
03/12/2010 10:51 AM

Sen. Reid's family injured in car accident Click Here to Open in a New Window
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were seriously injured on Thursday when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck on a highway, the senator's office said.
03/12/2010 03:53 AM



Yahoo! News: Science News
Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating (AP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2007, file photo released by the University of Wisconsin Medical School shows a virtual colonoscopy, a 3-D image that was computer-generated from a series of X-rays taken by a CT scanner. Virtual colonoscopies are just one of the many costly medical tests that recent reports have said are being done too often. (AP Photo/ Courtesy of Dr. Perry J. Pickhardt/ University of Wisconsin Medical School, file)AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.
03/12/2010 12:04 PM

Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget (AP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during the opening session of the international conference on major forest areas, in Paris, Thursday March 11, 2010. Sarkozy opened daylong conference of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)AP - A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests — a key defense against global warming.
03/11/2010 08:14 PM

Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

FILE - In this May 15, 2007 file photo, a loggerhead sea turtle swims at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. The turtle was first discovered as a hatchling straggler left behind by his nest mates, and was later released back into the Atlantic Ocean. The federal government recommended Wednesday, March 10, 2010, that the loggerhead turtle be listed as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)AP - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.
03/11/2010 05:29 AM

Breakups Cloud Sense of Self, Study Finds (LiveScience.com) Click Here to Open in a New Window
LiveScience.com - A breakup can turn your world upside down, making it feel like you don't know who you are anymore. And you might not, according to a new study.
03/12/2010 01:36 PM

Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers (AP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

** SPECIFIES THE ZOO WHERE TIGERS DIED ** FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, an endangered Siberian tiger runs away with a chicken tossed by tourists at the Harbin Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at the cash-strapped Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in Liaoning province in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday March 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country, where activists say profiteering off the carcasses of endangered species sometimes drives over-breeding.
03/12/2010 01:09 PM

Italy to host Europe's biggest solar plant: company (AFP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace hold banners reading, AFP - Europe's most powerful solar power plant is set to start operations in Italy later this year, the US company building the installation on an area as large as 120 football pitches said on Thursday.
03/11/2010 07:04 PM

Yemen seizes Arab satellite TV gear over southern unrest (AFP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

Southern Yemeni protesters raise their automatic rifles in the air during a demonstration in the Radfan district north of the Red Sea port of Aden, 2009. Yemeni authorities have seized the transmission gear of Arab satellite news channels over their coverage of deadly unrest in the south of the country.(AFP/File/Khaled Fazaa)AFP - Yemeni authorities have seized the transmission gear of Arab satellite news channels over their coverage of deadly unrest in the south of the country.
03/12/2010 12:18 PM

Scientists Find Stem Cells in Hair That Can Become Skin (HealthDay) Click Here to Open in a New Window
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found a type of stem cell tucked away in hair follicles that is capable of morphing into all three types of skin cells.
03/12/2010 04:49 AM

Starving sea lion pups wash up on Calif. beaches (AP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

A sea lion is shown on the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam Monday, March 8, 2010, in North Bonneville, Wash. Wildlife officials have tried everything to keep sea lions from eating endangered salmon, dropping bombs that explode under water and firing rubber bullets and bean bags from shotguns and boats. Now they are resorting to issuing death sentences to the most chronic offenders. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers.
03/12/2010 05:40 AM

Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship (AP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2010, file photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, captain Peter Bethune poses onboard the MV Steve Irwin, in the Southern Ocean. Japan's coast guard says it has arrested the anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on suspicion of intruding onto a whaling ship. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Barbara Veiga, File) ** NO SALES **AP - Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.
03/12/2010 10:06 AM

Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds (AFP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

A man holds an egg from an extinct elephant bird. In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.
03/10/2010 12:10 AM

Ocean pollution contaminating China shellfish: report (AFP) Click Here to Open in a New Window

A vendor is pictured waiting for customers behind trays of shrimps and prawns at a Beijing market. China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, according to state press.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported Friday.
03/12/2010 05:57 AM



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