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Art collector finds Galileos lost tooth fingers (21 November 03:14) |
| ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum sai... |
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CERN restarts Big Bang collider for biggest test yet (21 November 12:09) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists are restarting a giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Frid... |
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Italy collector finds Galileos lost tooth fingers (20 November 10:47) |
| ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum ann... |
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Astronaut in space while wife giving birth (20 November 08:47) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby... |
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles (19 November 09:57) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, ... |
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Mouse study points to treatment for Down syndrome (19 November 08:35) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome that hinder learning and make it hard for ... |
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Gene protects brain-eaters from mad cow-type disease (19 November 04:51) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protect... |
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Shuttle Atlantis arrives at space station (19 November 01:00) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday to deliver spare parts needed to keep the outpost operational after the shu... |
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Infrared telescope to detect dim dusty objects (18 November 08:50) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or ... |
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In Amazon a frustrated search for cancer cures (18 November 12:41) |
| SAO SEBASTIAO DE CUIEIRAS, Brazil (Reuters) - The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbo... |
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Had flu You may have H1N1 protection (17 November 07:20) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on ... |
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Tests rule out BSE in Slovenia cow (17 November 05:11) |
| LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Laboratory tests ruled out mad cow disease in a 3-year-old Slovenian cow that died in September, the Slovenian Veterinary Administration said on Tuesday.
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NASA launches shuttle Atlantis to space station (17 November 01:16) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off its seaside launch pad on Monday, loaded with spare parts to keep the International Space Station flying after ... |
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Shuttle mission to extend life of space station (16 November 07:07) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis was poised for launch on Monday on one of the final missions to outfit the International Space Station so it can remain flying ... |
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Fishing body agrees to cut in Atlantic tuna quota (16 November 05:11) |
| RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - Fishing nations agreed on Sunday to cut by about a third the quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna, a giant fish prized by sushi lovers, numbers of which have been decim... |
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Man-made ponds linked to arsenic in Bangladesh water (15 November 11:52) |
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - Man-made ponds and rice fields irrigated using groundwater may be responsible for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh, a study has found.
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Mutant genes linked to Parkinsons in some study (15 November 11:50) |
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers h... |
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Chavez asking Cubans to bomb clouds amid drought (15 November 09:58) |
| CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public an... |
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Moon crash works - there is water there (14 November 12:02) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up, just as they had hoped.
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Welcome to the Clone Farm (13 November 06:54) |
| ENID, Oklahoma (Reuters) - To the untrained eye, Pollard Farms looks much like any other cattle ranch. Similar looking cows are huddled in similar looking pens. But some of the cattle here d... |
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Canada doctor uses glue to aid open-heart recovery (13 November 12:58) |
| TORONTO (Reuters) - A new surgical technique using glue to repair breastbones intentionally broken during open-heart surgery speeds up recovery time and is "substantially less painful" for p... |
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Record-high US temps outpace record lows study (13 November 12:37) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In another sign of a warming planet, there were twice as many record-high temperatures in the United States as record lows over the last decade, climate scientists rep... |
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Greenland ice loss accelerating study (13 November 12:34) |
| OSLO (Reuters) - Greenland's ice losses are accelerating and nudging up sea levels, according to a study showing that icebergs breaking away and meltwater runoff are equally to blame for the... |
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US science group seeks cooperation with Cuba (12 November 08:22) |
| HAVANA (Reuters) - A group led by the head of the United States' biggest science organization is in Cuba this week to discuss ways to rekindle scientific cooperation as U.S.-Cuba relations s... |
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Australian scientists plan to regrow breasts after cancer (12 November 07:12) |
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have developed a surgical technique that may allow cancer-suffering women to regrow their breasts after having a mastectomy, with human trials planne... |
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Gene therapy strengthens muscles in monkeys (12 November 01:12) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene therapy treatment that stops the breakdown of muscle appeared safe in monkeys and may build up muscle, too, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Why cant chimps talk Its more than just genes (12 November 01:07) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Why can humans talk and chimps cannot? Researchers said on Wednesday they have another clue and it lies not simply in the genetic code, but in how the genes function.
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South African find gives clue to dinosaur evolution (11 November 09:19) |
| JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A huge dinosaur discovered in South Africa is a previously unknown species that sheds light on the evolution of the largest creatures ever to walk the earth, a scien... |
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New solar-sail mission planned after 2005 failure (10 November 08:56) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Backers of a failed mission to launch the world's first solar-sail spacecraft unveiled plans on Monday to try again five years later with a smaller, swifter satellite... |
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Scientists want debate on animals with human genes (10 November 05:36) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A mouse that can speak? A monkey with Down's Syndrome? Dogs with human hands or feet? British scientists want to know if such experiments are acceptable, or if they go too... |
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Lab-grown penis helps rabbits mate like rabbits (10 November 04:38) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have engineered artificial penises in rabbits, using cells from the animals, who then used their new organs to father baby rabbits.
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Scientists devise early treatment for spine injury (09 November 02:14) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve damage that often follows such... |
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Soviet H-bomb scientist Ginzburg dies (09 November 02:13) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow la... |
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Genetic tests help track food web climate change (09 November 02:11) |
| BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - New uses of genetic testing can help track how animal diets may change due to global warming and are helping crack down on wildlife smuggling, experts said on Sa... |
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Another reason to cover your cough pets at risk (07 November 03:26) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who think they may have H1N1 flu need to stay away from work, avoid sneezing on their spouses and children and now, they have someone else to worry about infect... |
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Another reason to cover your cough - pets at risk (07 November 03:11) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who think they may have H1N1 flu need to stay away from work, avoid sneezing on their spouses and children and now, they have someone else to worry about infect... |
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WHO says pandemic flu on rise in China Japan (06 November 10:37) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the Wo... |
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Animals need to be closely watched for flu (06 November 04:57) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - Some pigs, turkeys and household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet appear to be spreading quickly among animals, the World H... |
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Hu says China seeks peaceful use of airspace (06 November 04:28) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China supports the peaceful exploration and use of space, President Hu Jintao said on Friday, days after its top air force officials sparked concerns with talk of a "Grea... |
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Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable (06 November 09:09) |
| JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesia-based study is showing carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market a... |
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Company sequences whole human genome for $1700 (06 November 05:54) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Want to know your entire DNA sequence? A California company has done it for as little as $1,700.
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Canada to investigate disappearing Pacific salmon (06 November 04:32) |
| VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada will launch an investigation into why far fewer sockeye salmon than scientists had predicted returned to the Fraser River on the Pacific Coast ... |
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Scientists halt brain disease with new gene therapy (06 November 12:32) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated version of the AIDS virus, a study published... |
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China says space plans peaceful (05 November 04:12) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry insisted on Thursday that the country's intentions in space were peaceful, after comments from top air force brass preparing to celebrate a 60th ... |
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Bypass surgery safer using heart-lung pump study (05 November 03:30) |
| BOSTON (Reuters) - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a heart-lung machine to keep the patient alive, researchers ... |
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Space junk storm will up mission costs experts (04 November 04:28) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will add greatly to the costs of future sp... |
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US eyes intent of Chinas space programs (04 November 04:02) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military needs to deepen dialogue with China to better understand the intent of its space programs, a U.S. general said on Tuesday, after a Chinese commander ... |
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Pentagon eyes crash analysis on 1300 satellites (04 November 01:01) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Tuesday said it met its goal of conducting collision analysis on 800 maneuverable satellites in September, and expects to be able to track 500 mor... |
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French anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies at 100 (03 November 11:52) |
| PARIS (Reuters) - French intellectual Claude Levi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology, has died at the age of 100, his publishing house Plon said on Tuesday.
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Pig DNA mapped may help with vaccines (03 November 03:09) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An international team of researchers said Monday it had mapped the DNA of a domestic pig, work they say could help lead to better breeding techniques as well as improv... |
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