News tagged with united
LA hospital prepares to send tiny baby home
(AP) -- One of the world's smallest surviving babies is headed home.
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Researchers outline food security-climate change road map in Science
While last month's climate negotiations in Durban made incremental progress toward helping farmers adapt to climate change and reduce agriculture's climate footprint, a group of international agriculture experts, writing ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Risky sex, drug acts decline in US: survey
High-risk sexual behaviors and drug habits that can increase a person's likelihood of getting HIV/AIDS are on the decline in the United States, according to a government survey released Thursday.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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S. Korea approves sales of new stem cell drug
South Korea's government drug agency cleared the way Thursday for commercial sales of what it called the world's first approved medicine using stem cells collected from other people.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Study: One-quarter of high-tech jobs lost from US in decade
More than a quarter of the nation's high-tech manufacturing jobs were lost in the past decade, according to a new government study.
Jan 18, 2012 |
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New report outlines trends in U.S. global competitiveness in science and technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The United States remains the global leader in supporting science and technology (S&T) research and development, but only by a slim margin that could soon be overtaken by rapidly increasing ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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US joins effort to draw up space 'code of conduct'
The United States pledged Tuesday to join an EU-led effort to develop a space "code of conduct" that would set rules for orbiting spacecraft and for mitigating the growing problem of orbiting debris.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Denmark names first Arctic envoy
Denmark, which is planning to lay a claim to the North Pole sea bed, on Tuesday named its first permanent envoy to the resource-rich Arctic.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Study suggests junk food in schools doesn't cause weight gain among children
While the percentage of obese children in the United States tripled between the early 1970s and the late 2000s, a new study suggests that—at least for middle school students—weight gain has nothing to do with the ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Wanted: High-quality jobs and a skilled workforce
As the United States slowly recovers from the Great Recession, it needs to focus on creating not just more jobs but more high-quality jobs and providing workers with the skills necessary to perform those jobs, according to ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Comparing alcohol use and other disorders between the United States and South Korea
Hazardous alcohol use and depression are among the 10 leading causes of disability and premature death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Many low- to middle-income countries have begun to see a steady ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Brazil: Checking email after hours? It's overtime
(AP) -- Brazilian workers who find themselves answering work emails on their smartphones after the end of their shifts can qualify for overtime under a new law.
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Budweiser's decline will continue, strategy expert says
Coors Light has surpassed Budweiser as the No. 2 beer by shipments in the United States, foretelling a downward trend for full-calorie lagers that will continue, says a strategy expert at Washington University ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 12, 2012 |
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China looks at carbon tax, official says in US
China's lead negotiator on climate change said Wednesday that the world's largest emitter is considering imposing a tax on carbon to reduce the use of dirty energy as its economy grows.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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'Tiger mothers' should tame parenting approach
The Eastern view of parenting, as defined by best-selling author and self-described "tiger mother" Amy Chua, is that children should be pushed to excel at all costs. Parents needn't worry about their happiness, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 10, 2012 |
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