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Human egg cells grow to maturity in lab Chicago (UPI) Jul 13, 2009 ![]() First British swine flu death without other issues: official ![]() A patient at a hospital in southeast England has become the first person in Britain without underlying health problems to die from swine flu, officials said Friday. The patient died at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital in Essex, health authorities said, adding the individual's family had requested that no further details be released. "The patient had no underlying health ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano ![]()
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Scientists Find A Biological Fountain Of Youth![]() Scientists from Texas are batty over a new discovery which could lead to the single most important medical breakthrough in human history - significantly longer lifespans. The discovery, featured on the cover of the July 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal, shows that proper protein folding over time in long-lived bats explains why they live significantly longer than other mammals of ... more Asia's one-woman anti-tobacco campaign still going strong ![]() For most of the past 25 years, Hong Kong-based, British-born doctor Judith Mackay has been the tobacco control movement in Asia. She has pushed for tougher laws and higher tobacco taxes, lobbied for bans on advertising, and advised and cajoled governments in Hong Kong, Laos, China, Vietnam and most other Asian countries. She drafted Mongolia's first post-Soviet anti-smoking law in her ... more Second Briton with swine flu dies: govt ![]() A second Briton has died after contracting swine flu, the Scottish government said Sunday. The 73-year-old man died in hospital in Paisley, central Scotland, late Saturday and had "serious underlying health problems", having been in intensive care for two weeks. Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "Although it is concerning that the patient had swine flu, we are aware that ... more Two dead, 60 hospitalised after China factory brawl: media ![]() A brawl at a toy factory in China ended with two dead and 60 in hospital after a dispute flared between Han Chinese and Uighur workers from the Muslim Xinjiang region, media reported on Sunday. More than 400 police were called to break up the fight involving hundreds of people at the factory in Shaoguan, in the southern province of Guangdong, early Friday, the official Xinhua news agency ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Belgian space technology company EDGX has raised euro 2.3 million in seed financing to accelerate the rollout of its Sterna edge AI computer for satellites. The firm also confirmed a euro 1. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris, France (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Earth orbit is growing more congested, with over 11,000 active satellites and more on the way, plus more than 1.2 million debris fragments larger than 1 cm. This rising population makes collision ri ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 NASA is working with two American firms to study the feasibility of raising the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory's orbit, potentially extending its mission life and demonstrating new spacecraft servic ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Washington DC (UPI) Aug 15, 2025 NASA is accepting contest entries from student teams to design, build and test rovers on the moon and Mars. ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 NASA has awarded Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) a contract to investigate launching critical robotics technologies into orbit, marking a key step toward future autonomous operations in space. The U.S. ... more ![]() ![]() Manoa HI (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 A new artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa is making it easier for scientists to explore complex geoscience data-from tracking sea levels ... more ![]() ![]() |
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Intensive Program In Biorenewables Shows Students The Action![]() The students' talk after lunch was about lipids, double bonds and fuel standards. It was day seven of the first Intensive Program in Biorenewables at Iowa State University. Forty six students from across the country and the world, most of them graduate students or post-doctoral researchers, were filing in to hear Steven Fales, an Iowa State professor of agronomy, speak about "Next Generation ... more Meteorite Grains Divulge Earth's Cosmic Roots ![]() The interstellar stuff that became incorporated into the planets and life on Earth has younger cosmic roots than theories predict, according to the University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Philipp Heck and his international team of colleagues. Heck and his colleagues examined 22 interstellar grains from the Murchison meteorite for their analysis. Dying sun-like stars flung the Murchison ... more Australia raises swine flu alert level: health minister ![]() Australia raised its swine flu alert level Wednesday as the number of cases nationwide climbed above 2,000, Health Minister Nicola Roxon said. Roxon said the alert level would move to the newly-created "protect" level, meaning only the most vulnerable would receive anti-viral treatments such as Tamiflu and those with mild symptoms must rely on over-the-counter medicines. ... more Meteorite Grains Divulge Earth's Cosmic Roots ![]() The interstellar stuff that became incorporated into the planets and life on Earth has younger cosmic roots than theories predict, according to the University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Philipp Heck and his international team of colleagues. Heck and his colleagues examined 22 interstellar grains from the Murchison meteorite for their analysis. Dying sun-like stars flung the Murchison ... more |
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