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Two more genes linked to common skin cancer (12 October 11:34) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found two new genetic variations that appear to increase the risk of the most common skin cancer among people of European descent.
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Researchers find easier way to make stem cells (12 October 10:40) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers trying to find ways to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells said on Sunday they found a shortcut by "sprinkling" a chemical onto the cell... |
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AIDS vaccine focus shifts after disappointments (12 October 05:49) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large... |
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U.S. space tourist blasts off in Russian rocket (12 October 02:47) |
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space... |
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Russian spaceship blasts off with U.S. tourist (12 October 12:37) |
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a U.S. space tourist blasted off on Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.
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U.S. space tourist set for blast-off (12 October 04:35) |
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott will blast off into space aboard a Russian spaceship on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into... |
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Scientists sequence giant panda's genome: report (11 October 11:25) |
| SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Scientists have sequenced the genome of the giant panda, an achievement which may aid efforts to protect the endangered species, the official Xinhua news agency reported... |
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Google founder Brin visits Russian space cosmodrome (11 October 09:57) |
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin, considering going into space on a private flight, made a surprise visit to Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Saturday to wish go... |
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Russia says Soyuz space landings will be safe (11 October 05:20) |
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Russian space authorities said on Saturday they had improved safety measures for spaceships returning to Earth from the International Space Station after a s... |
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NASA gives budget-busting Mars probe a reprieve (11 October 03:38) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA needs more money to resolve problems with its next Mars mission and keep it on track for launch next year, and is gambling that the U.S. Congress wil... |
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Doctors, investors get latest data on heart devices (10 October 08:34) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - After years of controversy and concern over the safety and overuse of drug-coated heart stents, physicians and investors attending a cardiology meeting next week will get... |
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U.S. space tourist confident ahead of blast-off (10 October 05:37) |
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Richard Garriott, a U.S. space tourist due to travel to space on a Russian spaceship on Sunday, said he was unfazed by the prospect of a bumpy ride back to E... |
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Virgin shark got pregnant in Virginia aquarium (10 October 10:45) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using DNA testing have confirmed the second-known instance of "virgin birth" in a shark -- a female Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit that produced a bab... |
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New method generates stem cells safely from mice (10 October 03:12) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese researchers who invented a way to make powerful stem cells out of ordinary cells say they have now found a safer way to do it.
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Ginkgo extract offers promise to cut stroke damage (10 October 02:00) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree offers promise to minimize brain damage caused by a stroke, scientists said on Thursday.
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Gecko-like glue is said to be stickiest yet (10 October 01:17) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new type of dry glue designed to mimic gecko feet is 10 times stickier than the gravity-defying lizards, and three times stickier than other gecko-inspired glues, U.S. ... |
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Microscope shows first hours of developing embryo (10 October 12:15) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A new high-powered microscope has allowed scientists to watch a zebrafish develop from a single cell into an embryo with a beating heart, the first time this has been poss... |
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Volcano in lab may help predict real eruptions (09 October 11:34) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have recreated conditions found in an erupting volcano in the laboratory, offering a new way to understand and forecast future damaging eruptions.
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Georgia villages "torched," satellite study shows (09 October 07:58) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of houses in ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia were torched in August, after Russian troops took control of the area, according to an analysis of sate... |
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Satellite images document South Ossetia destruction (09 October 06:43) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite images taken just after a battle between Georgia and Russia over the region of South Ossetia show fresh damage to villages continued for days after the initi... |
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Scripps to study lifestyle impact of gene testing (09 October 09:47) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - San Diego's Scripps Translational Science Institute said on Thursday it will conduct the first study to assess whether people undergoing genetic testing ultimately ch... |
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Cocaine addicts' brains predisposed to abuse: study (09 October 03:01) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cocaine addicts may have brain deficits that predispose them to drug abuse, and abusing drugs appears to make matters worse, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Mice overcome fear, depression with natural Prozac (09 October 01:32) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The brain can produce antidepressants with the right signal, a finding that suggests that meditating, or going to your "happy place," truly works, scientists reported ... |
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Scientists make ultrathin superconducting films (09 October 12:23) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of fast, power-saving elect... |
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Scientists find key protein helps people hear (08 October 11:57) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A protein in the inner ear helps people differentiate between sounds and understand speech, French researchers reported on Wednesday in a finding that could help treat the... |
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Scientists map genomes of two malaria parasites (08 October 11:51) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the genomes of the parasite that causes most cases of malaria outside Africa and a monkey parasite that is emerging as an important cause of mal... |
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Green jellyfish protein scientists win Nobel (08 October 06:53) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Americans and a Japanese researcher won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for the discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein that makes cells, tissues an... |
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Trio wins chemistry Nobel for protein breakthrough (08 October 04:23) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Americans and a Japanese researcher won the 2008 Nobel prize for chemistry on Wednesday for the discovery of a glowing protein in jellyfish that helps scientists sp... |
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DNA fingerprinting could reveal your surname (08 October 01:54) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Police could one day predict the surname of male suspects or victims of crime from DNA alone, British researchers said on Wednesday.
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Two Japanese, American win 2008 physics Nobel (08 October 02:19) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics for helping to explain the behavior of subatomic particles, work that has help... |
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Climate change seen aiding spread of deadly diseases (08 October 12:53) |
| BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on T... |
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Two Japanese and American win physics Nobel (07 October 06:31) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics for discoveries in sub-atomic particles, the prize committee said on Tuesday.
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Two Japanese, one American win 2008 physics Nobel (07 October 04:59) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics for discoveries in sub-atomic particles, the prize committee said on Tuesday.
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Gene discovery may help hunt for blindness cure (07 October 12:57) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a gene mutation linked to the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, holding out the prospect of better treatments and perhaps e... |
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India's first moon mission to take off on October 22 (07 October 12:15) |
| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will launch a locally built rocket for the country's first unmanned mission to the moon on October 22, the head of the project said on Tuesday. "If at all there i... |
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Indonesia raises alert level of Sulawesi volcano (07 October 10:37) |
| JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has raised the alert level for a volcano on Sulawesi island after it began spewing hot clouds and lava, a vulcanology official said on Tuesday.
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Asteroid to burn up before hitting Earth (07 October 03:13) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tiny asteroid discovered earlier Monday by an Arizona observatory will hit Earth's atmosphere over Sudan in a few hours but will burn up before it can hit the ground... |
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Safer prenatal Down's syndrome test found in U.S (07 October 02:33) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A prenatal blood test can be used to determine if an unborn baby has Down's syndrome without the small risk to the fetus posed by invasive testing methods such as amni... |
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ADHD drugs cut risk of drug abuse, smoking: study (07 October 01:38) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Girls who take stimulants to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are less likely than others with the condition to start smoking or to abuse alcohol or drugs, ... |
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NASA spacecraft zooms above surface of Mercury (07 October 12:43) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A car-sized NASA spacecraft zoomed above the surface of Mercury on Monday, viewing rocky terrain never before seen up close on our solar system's sun-baked innermost p... |
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Genes may explain racial disparities in asthma (06 October 11:27) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma patients who are black tend to have more severe disease than asthma patients who are white, leading to more asthma control problems, higher rates of emerge... |
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AIDS pioneers and cancer scientist win Nobel prize (06 October 08:05) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who bucked conventional wisdom to find a cause of cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for... |
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AIDS pioneers and cancer researcher win Nobel prize (06 October 06:52) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physi... |
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One in four mammals risks extinction (06 October 06:28) |
| BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - A quarter of the world's mammals are threatened with extinction, an international survey showed on Monday, and the destruction of habitats and hunting are the ma... |
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Three Europeans win 2008 Nobel for medicine (06 October 04:30) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for their discoveries of two viruses that cause severe human diseases, the priz... |
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Some Antarctic scientists train in British mud (06 October 12:54) |
| YELD FARM (Reuters) - There hasn't been a glacier in England since the Ice Age so Antarctic scientists flock to a muddy field here to learn how to survive on the world's coldest continent.
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Shanghai highrises could worsen threat of rising seas (06 October 06:56) |
| SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai, China's most populous city and an aspiring global financial center, is also among the world's most vulnerable urban areas to a rise in sea levels as global war... |
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Scientists develop solar cells with a twist (05 October 10:32) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to t... |
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CERN computer grid links 7,000 scientists (04 October 12:56) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - CERN, the world's biggest particle physics laboratory and creator of the Worldwide Web, on Friday unveiled a new computer network allowing thousands of scientists around t... |
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CERN unveils computer grid linking 7,000 scientists (03 October 08:02) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - CERN, the world's biggest particle physics laboratory and creator of the Worldwide Web, on Friday unveiled a new computer network allowing thousands of scientists around t... |
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