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- WHO says only limited human H5N1 spread in Pakistan
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-21-2007 08:14 AM -0800
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) suspects there has been only limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Pakistan, but international test results are pending, an...[more]
- WHO suspects limited human H5N1 spread in Pakistan
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-21-2007 04:38 AM -0800
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) suspects there has been only limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Pakistan, but international test results are still...[more]
- University to scrap relic of atomic age
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-20-2007 04:10 PM -0800
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the oldest artifacts of America's first experiments with nuclear power, a 70-year-old atom-busting machine, will be junked, Columbia University said on Thursday.
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- Snakey smells help squirrels stay safe
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-20-2007 08:02 AM -0800
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's scary being a little, tasty squirrel, but some species of the rodents have come up with an intimidating camouflage -- snake smells.
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- Pakistan urges safer culling after bird flu outbreak
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-20-2007 01:24 AM -0800
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is urging provincial authorities to obey health guidelines to stop any bird flu outbreaks after fears lapses in poultry culling methods led to eight people being...[more]
- Whales may have evolved from raccoon-sized creature
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-19-2007 04:08 PM -0800
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In the search for a missing evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with the body of a small deer.
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- Energy law pulls plug on Edison's light bulb
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-19-2007 02:12 PM -0800
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The light bulb Thomas Edison invented 125 years ago is getting more than a make-over. The government is pulling the plug on it.
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- "Virgin" birth stem cells may offer tissue bank
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-19-2007 10:47 AM -0800
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human egg cells can be tweaked to give rise to valued stem cells that match the tissue types of many different groups of people, U.S. and Russian researchers reported on...[more]
- Gene engineering corrects Fragile X in mice
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-19-2007 10:18 AM -0800
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetic engineering can correct the worst symptoms in mice of Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation and autism, U.S. researchers reported...[more]
- Gene engineering corrects retardation in mice
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-19-2007 09:59 AM -0800
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetic engineering can correct the worst symptoms in mice of Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation and autism, U.S. researchers reported...[more]
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