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Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome
11 03 2010 It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.

Dogs That Detect Bedbugs
11 03 2010 Bedbug-sniffing dogs are the new and furry front line in an escalating domestic war.

Neighbors Oppose Green Label for the Software Mogul Mitch Kapor’s Big House
11 03 2010 When the software mogul Mitch Kapor won planning approval for his 10,000-square-foot house in Berkeley, Calif., neighbors were surprised that it will qualify as “green.”

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New Scientist / Breaking news


Global network of specialist correspondents providing comprehensive coverage of science and technology news.

Natural history museums - a photographer's playground
11 03 2010 What is it about the museums that seems to draw art photographers to them? New Scientist asked three to explain why in an online gallery of their work

World's oldest rivers mapped under huge desert dunes
11 03 2010 Ancient waterways buried beneath Australia's Simpson desert have been traced – even though massive dunes make remote sensing impossible

The green revolution sweeps into the bathroom
11 03 2010 The humble toilet is set for a techno upgrade that could reduce pollution and save water, says Helen Knight

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Up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives.

Thalidomide effect mystery solved
11 03 2010 The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.

Scientists to review climate body
10 03 2010 The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban
10 03 2010 EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

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Reuters / Science news

"Personal" study shows gene maps can spot disease
11 03 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA.

SpaceX aborts rocket engine test
10 03 2010 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.

SpaceX fires rocket engines in quest to fly cargo
10 03 2010 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies fired up the engines of its debut Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.

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Translational research key to HIV vaccine
11 03 2010 New funding mechanisms to support translational research are vital to develop a successful HIV vaccine, says Wayne C. Koff.

Temperature rise spreads malaria, scientists insist
11 03 2010 The hotly contested idea that climate change is increasing the spread of malaria has been supported by a review of recent studies.

Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 10–24 March 2010
10 03 2010 Fund targets research for African small famers, maize for poor soils, researchers study East Coast fever, and more.

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More orthodontics visits for kids whose first teeth are slow to erupt?
11 03 2010 Writing in the open-access journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) Genetics, British and Finnish geneticists pinpointed five genes linked with the time the first milk tooth emerges from a baby's gums. Although this tooth is temporary, the scientists hypothesised that it is an extremely important part of the baby's overall health and well-being. Their hunch turned out to be correct. The study's findings are part of the EURO-BLCS ('Biological, clinical and genetic markers of future risk of cardiovascular disease'), which received EUR 1.4 million under the 'Life quality' Thematic area of the EU's Fifth Framework Programme (FP5).

Europeans set to crack chronic kidney disease puzzle
10 03 2010 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent disease that affects 1 in 10 Europeans. Despite research into CKD, early-stage diagnosis and personalised treatment need improvement. Another burning issue is the lack of information on the pathophysiology of the disease. Enter the SYSKID ('Systems biology towards novel chronic kidney disease diagnosis and treatment') project, which is determined to resolve these issues. The 60-month project is supported under the Health Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP6) to the tune of EUR 11.8 million.

EU and EECA push for better research ties
09 03 2010 Building better research relations between the EU and EECA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) nations is an important objective for everyone, and the EECAlink project, which has received EUR 600 000 under the Health Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), is determined to make this happen.

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Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough
11 03 2010 Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors' poor advice, scientists said on Thursday.

The balance between legal liability and altruism
11 03 2010 Last week the US Ambassador visited the Medical School to meet with Maltese doctors to discuss the US health plan. He came across as a humble person, actually asking us about our system and how they, as Americans, can learn from Europeans, who have managed to create health care systems, which are based on a social justice system different from that in the US.

New tool lets patients call the shots at end of their lives
11 03 2010 Doug State entered hospice care two years ago knowing exactly how he wanted to die: at home in Cambridge, Minn., with his wife, Carol, and his dog, Teddy.

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Blog - The Puzzle of 21 Lutetia
11 03 2010 21 Lutetia has puzzled astronomers since its discovery. Now they have made a daring set of predictions about what the Rosetta spacecraft will find when it flies past this mysterious asteroid in July On 10 July, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will fly within a few thousand kilometres of 21 Lutetia, a main belt asteroid that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

Teaching an Old Polymer Memory Tricks
11 03 2010 A polymer takes on four shapes depending on the temperature. Researchers have uncovered shape-memory properties in a commercially available polymer that's widely used to make fuel-cell membranes. The polymer, Nafion, can take on four different shapes in response to temperature changes--researchers have made triple-shape polymers before. "It's the most versatile smart polymer ever discovered," says Tao Xie, a polymer scientist at the GM Research and Development Center in Warren, MI, who published his findings in this week's Nature.

Toyota Applies the Brakes
11 03 2010 The company hopes a "smart pedal" will help defuse criticism. In the wake of a massive public-relations nightmare involving brake problems in its cars, Toyota is investigating two more reports this week of unintended acceleration in its vehicles. Both cases involved Priuses: one in Harrison, NY, that resulted in a crash, and the other on an interstate east of San Diego.

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Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 10–24 March 2010
11 03 2010 Fund targets research for African small famers, maize for poor soils, researchers study East Coast fever, and more.

Are new biofuels the ethical answer?
10 03 2010 New biofuels offer a sustainable source of energy but we must consider the ethical and social implications, say Joyce Tait and Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka.

China must boost its global science impact, study finds
10 03 2010 China's global science influence is failing to match its increased investment in science, say researchers.

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American Scientist / Magazine


An illustrated bimonthly magazine about science and technology

Few Studies Compare the Efficacy of Medical Treatments
11 03 2010 The forward momentum of medical progress is manifest, it could be argued, in the $50 billion spent in 2008 on pharmaceutical research and development in the quest to bring new drugs to market. But little scientific or governmental infrastructure exists to ensure that each new treatment is actually an improvement over existing therapies--and to tease out what therapies are best for which patients... from Scientific American

Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal
11 03 2010 Wind power has made incredible inroads into the U.S. energy system thanks to big, efficient machines standing hundreds of feet tall. But the future of wind power may be underground... from Wired

Keeping Tabs on Biological Clocks
11 03 2010 On Sunday, when daylight-saving time takes effect, people will spring forward to turn their alarm clocks ahead one hour. Adjustments to their biological clocks might take a bit longer... from the San Diego Union-Tribune (Registration Required)

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