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 Stanford, Calif. (UPI) Oct 12, 2009 
U.S. medical researchers say they've identified a molecule that plays a key role in the formation of brain synapses.
The Stanford University Medical Center scientists said their discovery, based on experiments in cell culture and in mice, could advance science's understanding of how children's brains develop, as well as point to new approaches toward countering brain disorders in adults ... read more 
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 4, 2009In quake-hit Indonesia, the flooded Philippines and typhoon-ravaged Vietnam, troops are evacuating the wounded and stranded, distributing food and medicines - and gaining the public's admiration. As countries across Southeast Asia clean up and count the dead following a series of devastating natural disasters, the militaries engaged in relief work have seized the moment to burnish their som ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
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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Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2009Iran agreed in principle Thursday to ship most of its declared enriched uranium stockpile to Russia, where it would be refined as fuel for a small reactor producing medical isotopes, a US official said. The agreement came after seven and a half hours of talks between Iran and world powers just outside Geneva, where Tehran also agreed to grant the United Nations access to a newly-revealed cov ... more  
Padang, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 2, 2009Indonesia said Thursday it feared thousands had died in a major earthquake as exhausted rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble with their bare hands in a race to find survivors. The first rescue flights laden with food, medicine and body bags arrived in the devastated region on Sumatra island as another powerful quake struck further south, causing more injuries and sparking panic. ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 30, 2009 Israeli and German scientists say they've discovered moss might provide information allowing researchers to better program stem cells for medical purposes. Nir Ohad of Tel Aviv University and Professor Ralf Reski of the University of Freiburg said they discovered a new use for the polycomb group proteins found in moss. They said they determined the proteins play an important role in tel ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 22, 2009The World Health Organization said Tuesday it was worried that up to a quarter of the fatal swine flu cases in the Western Pacific were patients with no underlying medical condition. By September 19, an estimated 25 percent of the 352 death cases reported in the region had no prior medical problems, the WHO announced at its Western Pacific annual conference in Hong Kong. "That worries ... more  
Kinshasa (AFP) Sept 22, 2009Separate lightning strikes killed three women in the same region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after torrential rains began, a local chief said Tuesday. A 26-year-old cook at a convent in the Tshimbulu district died in hospital after being struck by lightning on Friday, chief Laudes Nkashama told AFP. A second woman was killed at her home in Tshidimba, five kilometres from Tshimbu ... more 
Yaounde (AFP) Sept 16, 2009Lightning killed five schoolchildren when it ripped through a classroom in northwestern Cameroon and caused around 50 others to be treated in hospital for trauma, authorities said Wednesday. The children were killed instantly when a bolt of lightning flashed through their classroom on Monday, North West Region governor Abakar Ahamat told AFP. Around 50 other children were traumatised by ... more |
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