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-NEW- The Power of Biological Light in Healing
27 August 2010 - A Russian scientist, Pjotr Garjajev, has managed to intercept communication from a DNA molecule in the form of...
 

 
-NEW- Scientists create liver cells from patients' skin
Aug 25, 2010 6:31pm EDT (Reuters) - Scientists have created liver cells in a lab for the first time using reprogrammed cells from human...
 

 
-NEW- Bugs in orbit unlock secret to life in space
24 August 2010 -Microbes taken from a cliff in a small fishing village in Britain have survived the hostile conditions of space and could...
 

 
-NEW- UN hopes science review eases climate scepticism
30 August 2010 - A review due on Monday (US time) can help restore public faith in the United Nations panel of climate scientists and its...
 

 
-NEW- Telescope Detects Possible Earth-Size Planet 
26 August 2010 - Scientists working with NASA's Kepler satellite reported Thursday that they might have spotted a planet just 1.5 times...
 

 
Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer's
9 August 2010 - Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory...
 

 
Colonise space or perish, Hawking warns
10 August 2010 - Mankind's only chance of long-term survival lies in colonising space, as humans drain Earth of resources and face a...
 

 
New UN online tool detects global fire hotspots in real time
11 August 2010 - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today unveiled a new online portal to help countries...
 

 
Experts Opine on Building Homes in Outer Space
VALENCIA, Spain, JULY 27, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A recent conference on space architecture brought together astronomers, architects...
 

 
Atom smasher closing in on 'God particle'
27 Jul - The world's biggest atom smasher has scaled up in power even faster than hoped for and may soon unlock some of the...
 

 
First-of-Its-Kind Map Details the Height of the Globe's Forests 
ScienceDaily (July 21, 2010) — Using NASA satellite data, scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map that details the height of...
 

 
'Sniff code' device controls wheelchair
30 Jul - Scientists have developed a device that allows people with severe disabilities to control a wheelchair by sniffing.
 

 
US lab eyes more time to hunt Higgs boson particle
22 July, 2010 - A US "atom smasher" may get three more years of life in order to continue its hunt for the so-called God particle...
 

 
Unusual electrons go with the flow
July 15, 2010 - Scientists on a quest to discover new states of matter have found that on the surfaces of certain materials, charged...
 

 
Strange crystals found to twist as they grow
July 18, 2010
Chemists have created crystals that can twist and untwist, pointing to a much more varied process of crystal growth than was previously...
 

 
New Plan For NASA Keeps Shuttles On The Job (For Now)
July 15, 2010 - A NASA oversight committee unanimously passed a plan to postpone the space shuttles' retirement and build a new U.S...
 

 
Senior UN, private sector officials define vision for globally connected society 
12 July 2010 - Meeting at a United Nations forum, leaders from the private sector, civil society and the creative world have underscored...
 

 


Worldʼs first solar-powered plane lands safely
8 July, 2010 - Solar Impulse has become the worldʼs first solar-powered plane to make it through the night, landing safely at 9am.
 

 
Group of genes may predict longevity with 77% accuracy
July 2, 2010 - Researchers have identified a group of genes that they say can be used to predict with 77 percent accuracy whether...
 

 
“Standard model” safe as physicists can't find misbehaving light particles
June 29, 2010 - Physicists say they have confirmed to a near certainty that particles of light obey a basic distinction between two...
 

 
Drug found to thwart mental decline, grow brain cells in rodents
July 8, 2010 - Scientists have discovered a chemical that they say restores memory-forming capacity in aging rats, likely by promoting...
 

 
Clues of Britain's First Humans
7 July, 2010 - The last time the British Museum claimed that the earliest known human was British, some 98 years ago, its evidence was...
 

 
Moon water sheds light on Earth's development
6 July, 2010 - NASA scientists say their latest findings from the moon shed light on the Earth's development...
 

 
Scientists Cite Fastest Case of Human Evolution 
1 July, 2010 - Tibetans live at altitudes of 13,000 feet, breathing air that has 40 percent less oxygen than is available at sea level...
 

 
First pics of faraway planet confirmed
1 July, 2010 - Scientists led by Dr David Lafreniere from the University of Montreal in Canada say the planet, about eight times the size... 
 

 
Monster Moby Dick chomped on whales
1 July, 2010 - Scientists have reported the discovery of an extinct predator sperm whale with jaws and teeth so huge it probably hunted...
 

 
Test to predict menopause age a step nearer
27 June 2010 - Doctors are a step closer to accurately predicting the age at which a woman will hit the menopause...
 
Study examines scientists' 'climate credibility' 
22 June, 2010 - Some 98% of climate scientists that publish research on the subject support the view that human activities are warming...
 

 
LHC smashes beam collision record
28 June, 2010 - Scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) say they have moved a step closer to their aim of unlocking the... 
 

 
Aussie research spices up organ transplants
21 June, 2010 - Researchers believe a spice extract could be used as a treatment to improve the life of transplanted organs...
 

 
Ocean covered a third of Mars, study concludes
June 13, 2010 - Some 3.5 billion years ago, a vast ocean likely covered more than one-third of Mars and was part of an Earth-like... 
 

 
Sense of direction may be innate
June 17, 2010 - Are we born with a sense of direction, or is it learned? New research suggests the brain comes hard-wired with...
 

 
Oil spill threatens iconic fish with saw-like snout
May 27, 2010 - The oil spill caused by the collapse of a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico threatens to kill off a critically endangered...
 

 
Study seeks to show how acupuncture really works
May 30, 2010 - Scientists are presenting a new theory on the mechanism of acupuncture—a traditional Chinese healing technique that...
 

 
Diversity within species may be as important as among them
2 June 2010 - For the health and resilience of a natural environment, it may be as important for each species to have genetic diversity...
 

 
Comets may have come from other solar systems
June 10, 2010 - Many of the best known comets, including Halley, Hale-Bopp and McNaught, may have been born orbiting other stars...
 

 
Japanese space probe crashes to Earth
14 June, 2010 - Japanese scientists say they have located the space capsule Hayabusa after a helicopter search over Woomera in...
 

 
Squirrels found to adopt orphans
June 1, 2010 - Those squirrels you often see fighting over food may not seem altruistic, but new research has found that the critters...
 

 
Exploding star spews out calcium
20 May 2010 - Astronomers have discovered a new type of exploding star that spews huge quantities of calcium and defies the two...
 

 
LHC's particle search 'nearing'
17 May 2010 - The Large Hadron Collider could soon begin a search for new sub- atomic particles, a leading physicist says...
 

 
New clue to anti-matter mystery
19 May 2010 - A US-based physics experiment has found a clue as to why the world around us is composed of normal matter and...
 

 
Palestinian girls nab science prize in Silicon Valley, praise at UN headquarters 
18 May 2010 - Three Palestinian girls educated in a United Nations-funded school in a refugee camp have made history by winning a...
 

 
Star caught eating its offspring
21 May 2010 - For the first time, scientists are seeing a distant planet being slowly eaten by its parent star...
 

 
Radical treatment gives MS patient his life back
18 May 2010 - A new stem cell treatment has saved the life of a young Australian with multiple sclerosis, but MS Australia still warns...
 

 
Can a mother's voice spur coma recovery?
May 11, 2010 - Karen Schroeder's recorded voice spoke to her son, Ryan, trying to remind him of the time he had decided to raise...
 

 
Why is breast milk best? It's in the genes, scientists say
May 13, 2010 - Is breast milk so different from infant formula? Yes, say scientists, who in a new study have compared breast-fed and...
 

 
Mom's hugs in youth may help keep doctor away later
May 18, 2010 - While poverty has been associated with higher risk for illnesses, receiving plenty of maternal warmth during childhood...
 

 
US team creates first 'synthetic life'
21 May 2010 - WASHINGTON (AFP) - US researchers have developed the first self-replicating bacteria cell controlled by a synthetic...
 

  
Black hole 'hurled out of galaxy'
12 May 2010 - A supermassive black hole may have been observed in the process of being hurled from its parent galaxy at high speed...
 

 
Broadband internet can spur anti-poverty efforts, UN agency says
10 May 2010 - Information and communication technologies, such as high-speed internet, can help drive social and economic...
 

 
Robot arm controlled by the mind
12 May 2010 - Every morning Christian Kandlbauer wakes up, dresses himself, and gets in his car to drive to work.
 

 
...Detailed studies of the ways bats and dolphins use sound to echo-locate...
11 May 2010 - The research could also help robots improve how they find their way around hazardous environments. 
 

 
Telescope finds hole in space
12 May 2010 - A gaping hole in the clouds surrounding a batch of young stars has been found by the Herschel Space Observatory.
 

 
'Starving yogi' astounds Indian scientists
11 May 2010 - An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team...
 

 
Rocks record early magnetic field
4 May 2010 - Scientists have managed to push back the date for the earliest known presence of a magnetic field on Earth by about...
 

 
Palestinian girls take science project from UN school to Silicon Valley
28 April 2010 - Three teenagers studying in a United Nations-funded school in a refugee camp in the West Bank have been chosen to...
 

 
Whatever Happened to the Hole in the Ozone Layer? 
6 May 2010 - Three British scientists shocked the world when they revealed on May 16th, 1985 — 25 years ago — that aerosol... 
 

 
UN-backed initiative welcomes website's effort to promote rural jobs in India
6 May 2010 - A United Nations-supported global initiative today welcomed the efforts of an international recruitment website to...
 

 
Audio slideshow: Hubble's first 20 years
23 Apr 2010 - The world's most famous space telescope has been peering into some of the deepest recesses of the universe for...
Indonesia hosts world's biggest geothermal energy forum
April 25, 2010 - The congress in Bali is an attempt to look at how to better develop  geothermal power as an environmentally friendly...
 

 
Dreams 'can help with learning'
23 April 2010 - Napping after learning something new could help you commit it to memory - as long as you dream, scientists say. 
 

 
Soil Production of C02 May Decline As World Warms 
27 April 2010 - Contradicting earlier studies showing that soil microbes will emit more carbon dioxide as global warming intensifies... 
 

 
Protected Reef Offers Model for Conservation
April 26, 2010 GLOVER'S REEF, Belize — As Alex Tilley powers his 15-foot skiff over the turquoise surface, a dark form slips across...
 

 
Southern Ocean current flows faster than Amazon
26 Apr 2010 - Scientists have measured the most powerful current that helps drive the circulation of the Southern Ocean, paving the way...
 

  
'Hot' substance in chilli peppers key to killing pain
27 Apr 2010 - Studying chilli peppers is helping scientists create a new type of painkiller which could stop pain at its source...
 



Nasa readies jumbo eye in the sky
April 22, 2010 - The US space agency Nasa has unveiled a powerful new tool in its quest to unravel the mysteries of the Universe.
 

 
Site chosen for super-telescope
26 April 2010 - Europe has chosen the place it wants to build the world's biggest optical telescope.
 

 
Brain circuits for empathy, violence may overlap
April 18, 2010 Human brain circuits involved in empathy and in violence may overlap, scientists have found. They say the discovery...
 

 
First Light for the Solar Dynamics Observatory
21 Apr 2010 - April 21, 2010: Warning, the images you are about to see could take your breath away.
 

  
Hubble's role in search for aliens
22 Apr 2010 - The powerful vision of the Hubble Telescope - which turns 20 this week - has expanded our cosmic horizons and brought...
 

  
Spectacular images from Sun probe
 22 Apr 2010 - Scientists are seeing the violent and dynamic processes of the Sun in unprecedented detail thanks to a new...
 

  
Scientists find it difficult to predict volcano behavior
April 21, 2010; 10:23 AM - The year of the earthquake has suddenly become the year of the volcano.
 

 
'Gigantic' scorpion fossil found
20 April 2010 - A cast is being made of tracks left by a two-metre long ancient animal in north east Fife. 
 

 
Ocean census uncovers microbe world
19 April 2010 - An ocean census has revealed a "new world" of richly diverse marine microbe life that could help scientists...
 

 
Giant 'UFO' balloon lifts off in Alice
Fri Apr 16, 2010 - It looks like an giant elongated jelly fish floating towards the edge of space - and as it drifts from Alice Springs...
 

 
Trial of bionic eye within three years
30 Mar - Melbourne researchers have developed a prototype for a bionic eye which they hope to implant in a person within three years.
 

 
How caterpillar walk became talk
13 April 2010 -Communication in caterpillars evolved from the simple act of walking, according to scientists.
 

 
HP outlines memory of the future
8 Apr 2010 - The fundamental building blocks of all computing devices could be about to undergo a dramatic change that would allow...
 

  
New species of human found in 'death trap'
9 April 2010 - Remains of new species of early human have been found in South Africa at the base of what was once a network of...
 

 
Venus 'still volcanically active'
9 Apr 2010 - Data from Europe's Venus Express probe suggests that Earth's neighbour may still be able to erupt volcanoes.
 

  
'World needs a barometer of life' 
9 April 2010 - The world needs a "barometer of life" to prevent ecosystems and species being lost forever, scientists have warned.
 

 
Scientists link low birth weight and diabetes
7 Apr 2010 - British researchers have found two genetic variants that affect a baby's size at birth and say one of them is also linked...
 

  
Lasers could create clean nuclear energy
6 April 2010 - An Australian-led team of scientists may have found a way of creating a cheap and abundant source of clean energy...
 

 
Discovery lifts off for space station
5 Apr 2010 - Space shuttle Discovery with seven astronauts aboard has blasted off on one of NASA's final servicing missions to the...
 

  
Agile 'roadrunner' dinosaur fossil discovered in China
30 March 2010 - One the most agile dinosaurs so far discovered has been unearthed in China.
 

   
Cern LHC sees high-energy success
30 March 2010 - Scientists working on the European machine have smashed beams of protons together at energies that are 3.5 times...

 
Bizarre “quantum” behavior noted in device large enough to see
March 22, 2010
A device large enough to be seen with the unaided eye has been made to show “quantum” behavior, a possibility that previously applied
 

   
“Artificial leaves” could help power machines of future
March 26, 2010
Scientists are presenting a design strategy for a long-sought artificial leaf, which they say could harness Mother Nature's ability to produce

 
It seems we're all more human than average
March 14 , 2010 - For many, it's almost a truism that most people think they're “better” than average, and a good deal of past research
 

   
Repeated anesthesia may affect kids' learning
March 11, 2010, A study with young rodents shows repeated anesthesia wipes out memory-forming brain cells, scientists say.

 
DNA identifies new ancient human
24 March 2010 - Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human through analysis of DNA from a finger bone 

 
Switzerland: Green Light for a Proton Collision Course 
23 March 2010 - After spending $10 billion and making preparations for 16 years, scientists hope to start the world's biggest physics...
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Scientists hide gold with 3D "invisibility cloak"
19 March 2010 - LONDON (Reuters) - German scientists have created a three-dimensional "invisibility cloak" that can hide objects by
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CSIRO chief defends climate science
19 March 2010 - The head of Australia's peak science body has spoken out in defence of climate scientists, saying the link between 
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Scientists go 'gaga' to find creatures beneath 180 metres of ice
16 March 2010 - WASHINGTON - In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like
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'It's the Magna Carta of physics!' Albert Einstein's original theory of relativity manuscript goes on display for the first time
9 March 2010 - The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity has gone on display in its entirety for the
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Collider to shut down for a year
March 10, 2010, The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) must close at the end of 2011 for up to a year to address design issues, according
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New UN satellite standards to boost communications in emergencies
10 March 2010 - New radiocommunication standards for satellite services that could be used to save greater lives in the wake of
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Collider to shut down for a year
March 10, 2010, The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) must close at the end of 2011 for up to a year to address design issues, according
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Exotic antimatter finding may clarify cosmic symmetries
March 4, 2010, Physicists say they have detected the heaviest “anti-nucleus” to date, a rare specimen of a sort of mirror-image form
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Nanometre 'fuses' for high- performance batteries
9 March 2010, Minuscule tubes coated with a chemical fuel can act as a power source with 100 times more electrical power by weight

 
Ban urges students to find common ground at UN forum on bioethics
4 March 2010 - Bioethics increasingly has implications for many areas of people's lives and it is important to identify common ground

 
Nasa finds vast water ice deposits at Moon's north pole raising prospect of manned base 
3rd March 2010, Nasa has discovered vast quantities of water on the Moon, rekindling dreams of a manned lunar base.
 

 
Polar bears survived previous ice thaw... but they won't be so lucky this time, warn experts
2nd March 2010, When it comes to bears, the polar species is the new kid on the block. A rare fossil jaw found in Norway has
 



'It's the Magna Carta of physics!' Albert Einstein's original theory of relativity manuscript goes on display for the first time
10 Mar 2010, The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity has gone on display in its entirety for the first time.
 

 
Geophysicists Push Age of Earth's Magnetic Field Back 250 Million Years
4 Mar 2010, Earth's magnetic field existed about 250 million years earlier than previously thought, new research suggests,
 

 
Shields Up: Magnetized Rocks Push Back Origin of Earth's Magnetic Field
4 Mar 2010, CLASSIC ROCK: Barberton Mountain Land in South Africa preserves relatively pristine rocks formed just a billion years
 

 
DNA test 'could predict most effective diet'
5 Mar 2010, A simple DNA test may predict whether someone is more likely to lose weight on a low fat or a low carbohydrate diet,
 

 
Days 'shorter after Chilean earthquake'
The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile probably shifted the Earth's axis and shortened the day, Bloomberg reported.
 

 
Nose scanning techniques could sniff out criminals
2 Mar 2010, We already have iris and fingerprint scanning but noses could be an even better method of identification, says a study
 

  
“Quantum chemistry” a new window into lives of molecules 
Feb. 12, 2010, Physicists have detected molecules interacting with each other near the coldest possible temperature,
 

 
Vitamin cocktail found to extend youthfulness in mice
Feb. 15, 2010
A complex cocktail of ingredients available in many drug stores helps keep mice youthful into old age, judging by their physical
 

 
Child obesity: It's the TV food ads, not the TV, study finds
Feb. 9, 2010, To head off obesity in your kids, you don't have to prohibit TV, some scientists are advising. Instead, they say,
 

 
PONTIFF: BIOETHICS NEEDS NATURAL LAW
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is affirming that bioethics, with all of the scientific developments it
 

 
Stride toward quantum computer reported
Feb. 6, 2010, Researchers are reporting that they have passed a major hurdle in the quest to create a radically new kind
 

 
Sat-nav devices face big errors as solar activity rises            
Feb 10, Researchers say the Sun is awakening after a period of low activity, which does not bode well for a world ever more
 

 
Excessive Internet use linked to depression           
Feb. 3, 2010, People who spend a lot of time on the Internet are more likely to show depressive symptoms, according to the first
 

 
Quantum trick for pressure-sensitive mobile devices            
Feb 9, Hand-held devices could soon have pressure-sensitive touch-screens and keys, thanks to a UK firm's material that exploits
 

  
'Vegetative state' man responds to questions
Feb 4, London, England (CNN) -- A man presumed to have been in a vegetative state for five years has communicated with the
 

 
Space UFO baffles scientists            
Feb 4, Astronomers are at a loss to explain a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids.
 

 
Fish oil supplements' beat psychotic mental illness'             
Feb 2, Taking a daily fish oil capsule can stave off mental illness in those at highest risk, trial findings suggest.
 

 
Stress may cause cancer, study suggests
Jan. 13, 2010 - Stress may cause cells to become cancerous, Yale University scientists have found, in a study that also suggests
 

 
Post-traumatic stress diagnosed using magnetism
Jan. 21, 2010 - The thicket of anxiety, recurring nightmares and related problems that envelops some war veterans and other trauma
 

 
Some dino feather colors identified 
Jan. 27, 2010 - The colour of some feathers on dinosaurs and early birds has been identified for the first time, reports a paper published
 
Study: recognition of facial expressions not universal
Jan. 26, 2010 - Caucasians and Asians don't examine faces in the same way, according to new research.
 

 
Report: cancer studies used wrong cells 
Jan. 14, 2010 - More than 100 published studies and two clinical trials involving esophageal cancer are based partly or wholly on
 

 
Supernovae linked to gamma ray bursts 
Posted Thu Jan 28, 2010 - Scientists have discovered a new way of detecting gamma ray bursts while using radio telescopes
 
Dark matter 'beach ball' unveiled
6 Jan 2010 - The giant halo of dark matter that surrounds our galaxy is shaped like a flattened beach ball, researchers say.