News tagged with international
Pilot study relates phthalate exposure to less-masculine play by boys
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A study of 145 preschool children reports, for the first time, that when the concentrations of two common phthalates in mothers' prenatal urine are elevated their sons are less likely to play with male-typical toys and games, ...
NASA fuels space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(AP) -- NASA is fueling space shuttle Atlantis for its afternoon liftoff.
Geeky 'tweeters' to report on space shuttle launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(AP) -- Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.
NASA on track for Monday space shuttle launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts.
Goddard Team Develops New Carriers for ISS
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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In a partnership that exemplifies the One NASA theme, Goddard Space Flight Center engineers teamed up with the External Payloads Group at Johnson Space Center and the ISS Payload Ground Processing support ...
Atlantis Launch Countdown Begins Today
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At today's launch countdown status briefing held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, managers reported space shuttle Atlantis, its payload and crew are ready for launch at 2:28 p.m. ...
Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Space station gets new research module
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.
Rocket with new module for space station blasts off
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.
Approved Lymphoma Drug Shows Promise in Early Tests Against Bone Cancer
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A drug already approved for the treatment of lymphoma may also slow the growth of the most deadly bone cancer in children and teens, according to an early-stage study published online today ...
Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the ...
Green is cool, but US land changes generally are not
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Most land use changes occurring in the continental U.S result in raised regional surface temperatures, says a new study by scientists at the University of Maryland, Purdue University and the University of ...
Atlantis 'Go' For Launch to Station on Nov. 16
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled ...
Biofield therapies: Helpful or full of hype?
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Biofield therapies, which claim to use subtle energy to stimulate the body's healing process, are promising complementary interventions for reducing the intensity of pain in a number of conditions, reducing anxiety for hospitalized ...
NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.
