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Engineer falls to death at NASA launch padCape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 14, 2011 An engineer fell to his death Monday at the launch pad where the shuttle Endeavour is set to launch next month, the US space agency said. "We had a United Space Alliance worker fall at the pad. NASA emergency medical personnel responded but were unable to revive him," spokeswoman Candrea Thomas told AFP. "The incident is under investigation." United Space Alliance chief executive Virginia Barnes identified the employee as engineer James Vanover. "Our focus right now is on providing support f ... read more |
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  Celebrating 400 Years Of Sunspot Observations In March of 1611, a German medical student named Johannes Fabricius left school at Leiden in Holland carrying several of the new-fangled telescopes that were beginning to appear in the Netherlands. ... more | .. |
  Age Affects All Primates For a long time it was thought that humans, with our relatively long life spans and access to modern medicine, aged more slowly than other animals. Early comparisons with rats, mice, and other short ... more | .. |
  Rains, floods threaten royal disaster tour Australian towns were cut off and scores of homes deluged by floodwaters Friday, as officials warned that torrential rain could disrupt Prince William's tour of the disaster zone. ... more | .. |
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  At least three exposed to radiation after quake: reports At least three residents evacuated from a Japanese town near a quake-hit nuclear plant have been exposed to radiation, media reports said Saturday. ... more | .. |
Celebrating 400 Years Of Sunspot Observations In March of 1611, a German medical student named Johannes Fabricius left school at Leiden in Holland carrying several of the new-fangled telescopes that were beginning to appear in the Netherlands. ... more | .. |
  Transmitting Data And Power Wirelessly Through Submarine Hulls Steel walls are no match for Tristan Lawry. The doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed and demonstrated an innovative new system that uses ultrasound to simultaneously tr ... more | .. |
  Method Developed To Match Police Sketch, Mug Shot The long-time practice of using police facial sketches to nab criminals has been, at best, an inexact art. But the process may soon be a little more exact thanks to the work of some Michigan State U ... more |
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Trump deploys nuclear submarines in row with Russia
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  Patients Are Willing To Undergo Multiple Tests For New Cancer Treatments Cancer patients are willing to undergo many tests to receive advanced experimental treatment in clinical trials, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational ... more | .. |
  Clashes as Libya rebels deny counter-offensive report Air strikes targeted rebel positions on Sunday and outgunned insurgents were forced to retreat but Libyan TV reports that Moamer Kadhafi's forces had retaken a swathe of key towns were swiftly denied. ... more | .. |
  New Frozen Smoke May Improve Robotic Surgery, Energy Storage A spongy substance that could be mistaken for packing material has the nanotechnology world buzzing. University of Central Florida Associate Professor Lei Zhai and postdoctoral associate Jianh ... more | .. |
 Surgeon creates new kidney on TED stage A surgeon specializing in regenerative medicine on Thursday "printed" a real kidney using a machine that eliminates the need for donors when it comes to organ transplants. ... more |
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  Germany, France with Cabinet reshuffle Germany and France both replaced their defense ministers in the past four days in decisions that could shake up an armed forces reform in at least one of the European countries. ... more | .. |
  In surprise appearance, Jobs unveils iPad 2 Apple chief executive Steve Jobs emerged from medical leave on Wednesday to unveil a new version of the iPad designed to tighten the company's grip on the booming tablet computer market. ... more | .. |
 Student Innovation Holds Key To Safer Remote Detection Of Dangerous Materials Benjamin Clough has developed a novel method for eavesdropping on terahertz information hidden in invisible plasma acoustic bursts. The doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has demon ... more | .. |
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 |
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Plagiarism affair puts Merkel in hot seat 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. ... 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 | .. |
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 |
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 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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