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Plagiarism affair puts Merkel in hot seatBerlin (UPI) Feb 28, 2011 Pressure is rising on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to sack Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who has come under fire for allegedly cheating in his 2006 doctoral dissertation. Nearly 30,000 academics, doctorate degree students and other Germans signed an open letter addressed to Merkel that denounces her handling of Guttenberg's alleged plagiarism. "The place of the sciences in Germany and the credibility of Germany as a country of ideas have suffered as a result of the triv ... read more |
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 Germany's political star falls from grace German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the man widely tipped to become Germany's next chancellor, resigned Tuesday because of evidence he cheated in his 2006 doctoral dissertation. ... more | .. |
  Reprogrammed Stem Cells Hit A Roadblock It's a discordant note in the symphony of good news that usually accompanies stem cell research announcements. Stem cells hold enormous promise in regenerative medicine, thanks to their ability to r ... more | .. |
  Bacteria Living On Old-Growth Trees May Help Forests Grow Biology researchers discover that bacteria living in mosses on tree branches twice as effective at 'fixing' nitrogen as those on the ground. A new study by Dr. Zoe Lindo, a post-doctoral fellow in t ... more | .. |
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Benghazi AIDS ordeal nurses hope for Kadhafi's ouster Five Bulgarian nurses, who were twice sentenced to death and jailed for eight years in Libya as scapegoats for a Benghazi hospital AIDS outbreak, said Thursday they hoped for the overthrow of Moamer Kadhafi. ... more | .. |
  Turning To Nature For Inspiration To build the next generation of sensors - with applications ranging from medical devices to robotics to new consumer goods - Chang Liu looks to biology. Liu, professor of mechanical engineerin ... more | .. |
  Specialist Japan team heads for New Zealand quake A 70-strong rescue team was due to leave Japan Wednesday for New Zealand's quake-hit city of Christchurch, where at least 23 of its citizens were missing, many feared trapped under rubble. ... more | .. |
  Quest For Designer Bacteria Uncovers A Spy Scientists have discovered a molecular assistant called Spy that helps bacteria excel at producing proteins for medical and industrial purposes. Bacteria are widely used to manufacture protein ... more |
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Deloitte launches Silent Shield system to monitor satellite cyber threats
Trump deploys nuclear submarines in row with Russia
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  Mind-moved bionic arm goes on display in US A bionic prosthetic arm that is controlled by its operator's thoughts and feels like the amputee's lost limb went on display Thursday at a major US science conference. ... more | .. |
  Researchers Working Toward Automating Sedation In Intensive Care Units Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Northeast Georgia Medical Center are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive care unit ... more | .. |
  Seven hurt as record snow buries S. Korea market Seven people were injured when an awning at a South Korean market collapsed Wednesday under the weight of record snowfall, the local fire brigade said. ... more | .. |
  The Astrobiology Of Cancer Despite decades of research and billions of dollars, cancer remains a major killer, with an uncanny ability to evade both the body's defenses and medical intervention. Now an Arizona State Universit ... more |
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  Walking On Mars Three crewmembers of the virtual flight to Mars have 'landed' on their destination planet and two of them today took their first steps on the simulated martian terrain. The highlight of the Mars500 ... more | .. |
  Chinese AIDS activist jailed for criminal damage A Chinese AIDS activist has been jailed for a year for criminal damage at the hospital where he believes he was infected as a child, his lawyer said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Mars 500: Landing On The Simulated Red Planet 'Half-time' for Mars 500; on 12 February 2011, after a 250-day simulated flight to Mars, three crewmembers will land on the Red Planet. They will climb out of their isolation pod two days later at t ... more | .. |
First French 'designer baby' born French doctors have announced the birth of a baby selected by genetic sampling who may offer a cure for a sibling affected by an incurable hereditary disease. ... more |
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 Future Surgeons May Use Robotic Nurse Surgeons of the future might use a system that recognizes hand gestures as commands to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation. ... more | .. |
Myanmar set for ex-general as president The next Myanmar president looks set to be another general after the new Parliament elected two former military men as vice presidents. ... more | .. |
'Tsunami' of obesity worldwide: study A "tsunami of obesity" is unfurling across the world, resulting in a near-doubling of the numbers of dangerously overweight adults since 1980, doctors warned on Friday. ... more | .. | |
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