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January 06, 2010
Carbon Nanotubes Show Promise For High-Speed Genetic Sequencing
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jan 05, 2010
Faster sequencing of DNA holds enormous potential for biology and medicine, particularly for personalized diagnosis and customized treatment based on each individual's genomic makeup. At present however, sequencing technology remains cumbersome and cost prohibitive for most clinical applications, though this may be changing, thanks to a range of innovative new techniques. In the current is ... read more

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In bio attack, US Post Office could distribute aid
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East Timor's ticking AIDS timebomb
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Seeking lotto riches, South Africans smoke vulture brains
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Guinea's junta celebrates first year in power
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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Iran will pursue its nuclear activity 'normally:' FM
Beirut (AFP) Dec 21, 2009
Iran will pursue its nuclear drive in a "normal fashion" and will produce itself the fuel necessary for its Tehran medical reactor, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday. "Nuclear activity will continue in a normal fashion," Mottaki told a news conference as he wrapped up a brief visit to Lebanon. "Concerning the fuel needed for the Tehran reactor ... Iran will produce ... more

NATO air strike kills three Afghan civilians: officials
Kandahar (AFP) Dec 18, 2009
A NATO air strike against suspected militants in troubled southern Afghanistan killed three civilians and wounded one other, local government and hospital officials said Friday. The civilians were in a minibus travelling just before midnight on the main southern highway when they were attacked by helicopter gunships in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, the provincial governor's of ... more

New drug threatens India's endangered vultures
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 15, 2009
Scientists who helped secure a ban on a cattle medicine blamed for plummeting vulture populations in India are scratching their heads after a replacement drug also proved lethal to the birds. Vultures, which have almost mythical status across much of the world, have become an endangered species in India due to their vulnerability to drugs found in the carrion they eat. Their near total ... more

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Physicists predict cooler computers


Seoul to spend 15 million dollars on flu aid to N.Korea


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First Molars Provide Insight Into Evolution Of Great Apes And Humans

Mystery Of Golden Ratio Explained

More than 12 pct of China's population over 60: state media

AWI And DLR To Conduct Joint Health Research In The Antarctic

Vaccine Research To Continue On Atlantis Mission

Wyle Personnel Assist Important Studies On ISS

Chinese FM heads to Africa

CORRECTED: Congo warlord defence opens Thursday: ICC

Guinea unions threaten strikes against junta

Pakistan landslide kills 13, dozens missing: police

Nine dead in China firework factory blast: state media

2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer

France cancels half flu vaccine orders

Short-Term School Closures May Worsen Flu Pandemics

France on the defensive over flu vaccine surplus

Criticism soars as Sweden's wolf hunt ends

Evolution Caught In The Act

Prussian Blue And The Origin Of Life

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Guinea crisis talks must go ahead: PM
Conakry (AFP) Dec 11, 2009
Talks this weekend to break the political deadlock in Guinea must go ahead, Prime Minister Kabine Komara said Friday, even as junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara recovers from an attempt on his life. Speaking to journalists, Komara effectively overturned an earlier announcement that the junta would keep out of the talks until Camara -- shot in the head on December 3 -- returns from hospital in ... more

Turkey swine toll hits 353
Ankara (AFP) Dec 10, 2009
Swine flu claimed 112 more lives in Turkey in the past week, bringing the national toll to 353, the health ministry said Thursday. A total of 306 people remained in hospital, including 98 in intensive care, the ministry said in a statement on its website. Turkey began a nationwide vaccination campaign in November, but there are still widespread public concerns over the vaccine's safety d ... more

10,000 swine flu deaths in US: estimates
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2009
An estimated 10,000 people including 1,100 children died of swine flu in the United States in the seven months after the new strain of flu was first detected in April, a top US health official said Thursday. "By November 14th, many times more children and younger adults unfortunately have been hospitalized or killed by H1N1 influenza than happens in a usual flu season," Thomas Frieden, head ... more

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Astronomer Mines Spitzer Data For Massive Starbursts


Guinea junta talks hit impasse as junta pulls out


Scientists create instant nanobatteries
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Chinese FM heads to Africa

CORRECTED: Congo warlord defence opens Thursday: ICC

Guinea unions threaten strikes against junta

Electric car Think to be assembled in US in 2011: report

Geely Automobile mulls ways to collaborate with Volvo

GM China reports record sales in 2009

Hubble Telescope peers at oldest ever galaxies

2010 tech bug hits German credit cards

Astronomers Discover Waltzing Black Holes

Mini-Research Module MRM1 At Cape For Shuttle Processing

Astronauts Dock At ISS

Expedition 22 Keeps Busy While Awaiting Additional Crew Members

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Indian Cryogenic Engine Rocket Launch Put On Hold

Rocket-Motor Test Supports NASA, DOD And Commercial Missions

New Materials Designed To Deal With Hypersonic And Supersonic Hot Stuff

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Radio nodes may succeed RFID tags

Swine flu outbreak less severe than feared: study

Guinea junta chief improving, to return soon: spokesman

Snowflake Chemistry Could Give Clues About Ozone Depletion

Guinea foreign minister denounces military 'insubordination'

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