Huge project to restore Everglades to be suspended 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Construction on a huge reservoir meant to help restore the Everglades will be put on hold over a lawsuit brought by a group that fears the water could be diverted for other purposes. | |
 EchoStar to showcase first product for cable 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Former satellite TV provider EchoStar Corp. on Sunday will demonstrate its first product for cable companies at the industry's trade show: a unit that can tune in television and act as a cable modem. | |
Routine conduct at risk with MySpace suicide case 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime. Federal prosecutors turned to a novel interpretation of computer hacking law to indict ... | |
FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women. | |
 Rochester's Omega Laser Receives 50-Fold Power Increase to Become 'Petawatt' Laser 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The University of Rochester will mark another important step in the effort toward attaining sustainable fusion, the ultimate source of clean energy, Friday, May 16. | |
Thirty-Meter Telescope Focuses on Two Candidate Sites 7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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After completing a worldwide survey unprecedented in rigor and detail of astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one ... | |
Bone drug could help prevent the spread of breast cancer 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Maintaining bone density could be a key to decreasing the spread of cancer in women with locally advanced breast cancer, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. | |
Disabling mouse enzyme increases fertility 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Changing the sugars attached to a hormone produced in the pituitary gland increased fertility levels in mice nearly 50 percent, a research group at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found. The change ... | |
Pioneering landscape-scale research releases first findings 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The May issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research presents the preliminary findings of 23 scientists involved in one of the first landscape-scale experiments on how forest management affects western Ponderosa ... | |
Biosensor for measuring stress in cells 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Cancer, nervous system disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, cardiovascular disorders and old age have one thing in common: Both in afflicted tissue and in aging cells, scientists have observed oxidative changes in important ... | |
New research tracks effects of addictive drugs on brain 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Mount Sinai researchers may have unlocked the key to better understanding the effect addictive drugs have on the human brain. Researchers have just published the new breakthrough study, “Design Logic of a Cannabinoid Receptor ... | |
Precision control of movement in robots 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country’s Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, Spain, led by Victor Etxebarria, is investigating the characteristics ... | |
Separation from mom, dad linked with learning trouble in kids 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In the wake of divorce, illness, violence and other problems that can unsettle homes, countless young children are liable to experience temporary separations from one or both parents before packing their knapsack for kindergarten. ... | |
More cancer patients having whole breast removed 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A growing number of women with early stage breast cancer seem to be choosing to have the whole breast removed instead of just the cancerous lump, doctors are reporting. | |
Infineon CEO to quit: report 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The chief executive of troubled German chipmaker Infineon, Wolfgang Ziebart, is to quit after losing the confidence of the board, a newspaper report said Friday. | |
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