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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. http://www.physorg.com/news177440471.html Space & Earth 2009-11-14T17:02:27-07:00 China can become the world's top exporter of "green technology" if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news177394676.html Space & Earth 2009-11-14T04:40:02-07:00 A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable. http://www.physorg.com/news177394319.html Space & Earth 2009-11-14T04:40:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain. http://www.physorg.com/news173621893.html Technology 2009-11-14T04:30:04-07:00 (AP) -- Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated. http://www.physorg.com/news177394231.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-14T04:20:02-07:00 (AP) -- Hawaii officials are appealing to the state's tourism authority for funds to restore part of world-famous Waikiki Beach. http://www.physorg.com/news177394157.html Space & Earth 2009-11-14T04:10:08-07:00 (AP) -- The seals can stay and play at a La Jolla swimming cove. http://www.physorg.com/news177394065.html Biology 2009-11-14T04:09:45-07:00 (AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier objections of antitrust regulators. http://www.physorg.com/news177333573.html Technology 2009-11-14T04:06:47-07:00 Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system. http://www.physorg.com/news177359909.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T19:10:01-07:00 Satellite imagery and weather ground station readings today along the Mid-Atlantic indicate "Ida the coastal low pressure area" is finally moving away from the U.S. east coast. http://www.physorg.com/news177359826.html Space & Earth 2009-11-13T19:00:03-07:00 Whether rallying the crowd at a sporting event or participating in competition, cheerleading can be both fun and physically demanding. Although integral to cheerleading routines, performing stunts can lead to injury. Stunt-related injuries accounted for more than half (60 percent) of U.S. cheerleading injuries from June 2006 through June 2007, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news177359641.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T19:00:02-07:00 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have identified a molecular mechanism that allows two powerful signaling pathways to interact and begin a process leading to colorectal tumors. http://www.physorg.com/news177359577.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T18:50:02-07:00 Security cameras in hallways, double locked doors and strict confidentiality clauses, Ubisoft employees are working in a veritable bunker in downtown Montreal to create their latest 3D video game. http://www.physorg.com/news177359310.html Technology 2009-11-13T18:50:01-07:00 A new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota shows that patients who have acute leukemia and are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB) have significantly reduced risk of the disease returning. This finding has the potential to change the current medical practice of using one unit of UCB for treatment of patients who are at high risk for recurrence of leukemia and other cancers of the blood and bone marrow. http://www.physorg.com/news177359380.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T18:40:01-07:00 Cyclone Phyan broke a 43 year record when it made landfall north of the city of Mumbai, India during the evening hours on November 11. NASA's Aqua satellite captured Phyan's landfall with one instrument, and a day later, another of Aqua's instruments show the storm's remnants raining Tibet as Phyan continues to dissipate. http://www.physorg.com/news177359486.html Space & Earth 2009-11-13T18:32:30-07:00 Combination drug therapy has become a staple for treating many infections. For instance, doctors treat extensively drug resistant forms of tuberculosis with one drug that breaks down the pathogen's protective barriers and opens the door for another to deliver the deathblow. http://www.physorg.com/news177359451.html Chemistry 2009-11-13T18:31:58-07:00 The Dutch government said Friday it wants to introduce a "green" road tax by the kilometre from 2012 aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent and halving congestion. http://www.physorg.com/news177358842.html Technology 2009-11-13T18:21:41-07:00 NFL players and other athletes who suffer serious or multiple concussions may benefit from ground-breaking research being conducted by scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. The scientists are developing a surgical technique that involves hypothermia in specific regions of the brain. http://www.physorg.com/news177358670.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T18:19:48-07:00 Despite minimal exposure to the regular geometric objects found in developed countries, African tribal people perceive shapes as well as westerners, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news177358579.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T18:17:07-07:00 Curiosity plays a big part in preschoolers' lives. A new study that explored why young children ask so many "why" questions concludes that children are motivated by a desire for explanation. http://www.physorg.com/news177318529.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T16:40:01-07:00 Switzerland-based Logitech is buying video-conferencing equipment firm LifeSize Communications in a 405-million-dollar deal expected to close next month. http://www.physorg.com/news177347836.html Technology 2009-11-13T15:50:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Unfortunately for retailers, the Grinch will be pushing the shopping cart again this holiday season, says Arun Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research in the University at Buffalo School of Management. http://www.physorg.com/news177347634.html Other Sciences 2009-11-13T15:43:07-07:00 How much is nature worth? £1 billion? £100 billion? £1 trillion? The loss of our forests and biodiversity in general could cost us between £1.2-2.8 trillion a year, according to Pavan Sukhdev, who is giving this year`s Annual Science Lecture at the Natural History Museum on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news177347346.html Space & Earth 2009-11-13T15:30:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that people can train their minds to stay focused. http://www.physorg.com/news177347438.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T15:12:26-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ionic liquids are molecular solutions that have a wide range of potential applications, including next-generation solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells and lithium batteries. http://www.physorg.com/news177346176.html Chemistry 2009-11-13T15:10:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum. http://www.physorg.com/news177347142.html Other Sciences 2009-11-13T15:06:11-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and curiosity seekers who want to know what a partially or completely cloaked object would look like in real life can now get their wish -- virtually. A team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany has created a new visualization tool that can render a room containing such an object, showing the visual effects of such a cloaking mechanism and its imperfections. http://www.physorg.com/news177268469.html Physics 2009-11-13T15:00:19-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Images and data taken just before closest approach were downloaded this morning, and they show the lights of North America in the night and a glowing Southern Hemisphere. http://www.physorg.com/news177345195.html Space & Earth 2009-11-13T14:50:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis. http://www.physorg.com/news177345802.html Space & Earth 2009-11-13T14:43:54-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- The amount of fatty acids in the brain varies between healthy people and those with Alzheimer's according to new research from the University of Bristol, UK, supported by the Alzheimer's Research Trust. http://www.physorg.com/news177345567.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-13T14:40:37-07:00