Archive: 12/06/2009
NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft
(AP) -- NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll
Almost half of Britons do not believe human behaviour is the main cause of global warming, a new poll showed Sunday, a day before world leaders begin crunch climate talks in Copenhagen.
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Rocket launches Air Force satellite from Fla.
(AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Google responds to newspaper critics
Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.
Dec 06, 2009 |
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You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner
(AP) -- AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike in the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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'Rational drug design' identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses
A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe
(AP) -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars. (Update: Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship) ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Wolf recovery at crossroads in the Southwest
(AP) -- A decade has passed since the federal government began releasing Mexican wolves into the wild in an effort to return the endangered animal to its historic range in the Southwest. It hasn't worked ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Scientists build 'single-atom transistor'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), University of New South Wales (Australia), and University of Melbourne (Australia) have succeeded in building a working transistor, ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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New drug shows promise for those with clotting disorders
A new study provides welcome news for patients with a common clotting disorder known as venous thromboembolism (VTE).
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Appetite, consumption controlled by clockwork genes at cross-purposes in flies
One of the pioneers in research on sleep:wake circadian genes, Amita Sehgal, Ph.D., has discovered that fruit flies' appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of clocks, one in neurons and the other in the ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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'Live' imaging reveals breast cancer cells' transition to metastasis
The spread, or metastasis, of individual breast cancer cells from the main tumor into the blood circulation to the lungs and other body tissues and organs is under the control of a growth factor abbreviated TGFb, according ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Multiple myeloma patients experience high response rate with new 3-drug combination
A new three-drug combination has shown in a phase 1/2 clinical trial that it is a "highly effective regimen" in the treatment of patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in bone marrow, ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood
Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that this kind of genetic alteration can cause obesity. The results are published ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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