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Japan experts design superelastic alloy, may resist quakes
Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:09 AM PDT
Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have developed a superelastic alloy, which can spring back to its original form in extreme temperatures, they said in a report on Friday, adding that they hope it may be used in buildings to absorb shocks from earthquakes. Full Story1
Israel to restore section of Dead Sea shore
Thu,30 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT
Reuters - photoJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel wants to harvest salt from the bottom of the Dead Sea in hopes of protecting its southern shore, but a $2 billion price tag has pitted the government against one of the country's largest companies.

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E.coli seen spawning biofuel in five years
Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT
Reuters - photoASPEN, Colorado (Reuters) - The bacteria behind food poisoning worldwide, the mighty E.coli, could be turned into a commercially available biofuel in five years, a U.S. scientist told technology industry and government leaders on Tuesday.

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NASA clears last space shuttle for July 8 blast-off
Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:23 PM PDT
Reuters - photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers cleared space shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday for a July 8 launch, approving it for a cargo run to the International Space Station and the final flight in the 30-year-old shuttle program.

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Near-Earth asteroid passes over Atlantic Ocean
Tue,28 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT
Reuters - photoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An asteroid with an estimated girth as large as a garbage truck soared within 7,500 miles of the Earth on Monday as it passed harmlessly over the Atlantic Ocean, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Benefit of mammograms even greater than thought
Mon,27 Jun 2011 10:35 PM PDT
Reuters - photoCHICAGO (Reuters) - The longest-running breast cancer screening study ever conducted has shown that regular mammograms prevent deaths from breast cancer, and the number of lives saved increases over time, an international research team said on Tuesday.

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Gene machines may help save endangered Tasmanian devil
Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:07 PM PDT
Reuters - photoCHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are using high-tech gene sequencing machines in a desperate attempt to save the Tasmanian devil from an infectious cancer called devil facial tumor disease that is threatening to wipe out the species.

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Tiny camera reveals inside of ancient Mayan tomb
Thu,23 Jun 2011 06:25 PM PDT
Reuters - photoMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A tiny remote-controlled camera peered inside the tomb of a Mayan ruler that has been sealed for 1,500 years, revealing red frescoes, pottery and pieces of a funerary shroud made of jade and mother of pearl.

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Scientists look for surviving Eskimo curlew birds
Thu,23 Jun 2011 03:34 PM PDT
Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Federal scientists are on the lookout for the Eskimo curlew, as they work to determine if the elusive shorebird last seen two decades ago still exists. Full Story1

New Mars rover arrives at Florida launch site
Thu,23 Jun 2011 02:52 PM PDT
Reuters - photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, a nuclear-powered, car-sized rover designed to assess the planet's suitability for life, reached the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations, officials said on Thursday.

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Astronauts practice for NASA's last shuttle launch
Thu,23 Jun 2011 01:39 PM PDT
Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Four U.S. astronauts in bright orange spacesuits climbed aboard their spaceship on Thursday to practice the launch of NASA's last space shuttle on a cargo run to the International Space Station. Full Story1

Ocean life on the brink of mass extinctions: study
Tue,21 Jun 2011 02:50 AM PDT
Reuters - photoOSLO (Reuters) - Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday.

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Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash
Mon,20 Jun 2011 04:31 AM PDT
Reuters - photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday.

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Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash
Sat,18 Jun 2011 09:04 AM PDT
Reuters - photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday.

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Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash
Thu,16 Jun 2011 01:41 PM PDT
Reuters - photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday.

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NASA bids farewell to "amazing" relic, the shuttle
Fri,1 Jul 2011 11:10 AM PDT
Reuters - photoMIAMI (Reuters) - When the United States embarked on its shuttle program decades ago, it set out to build a workhorse vehicle that would make space travel routine and beat the Soviets during the Cold War struggle for dominance in space.

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Government sues Apollo 14 astronaut over lunar camera
Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:57 AM PDT
Reuters - photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government has sued a former NASA astronaut to recover a camera used to explore the moon's surface during the 1971 Apollo 14 mission after seeing it slated for sale in a New York auction.

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Japan experts design superelastic alloy, may resist quakes
Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:09 AM PDT
Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have developed a superelastic alloy, which can spring back to its original form in extreme temperatures, they said in a report on Friday, adding that they hope it may be used in buildings to absorb shocks from earthquakes. Full Story1

Israel to restore section of Dead Sea shore
Thu,30 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT
Reuters - photoJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel wants to harvest salt from the bottom of the Dead Sea in hopes of protecting its southern shore, but a $2 billion price tag has pitted the government against one of the country's largest companies.

Full Story1

E.coli seen spawning biofuel in five years
Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT
Reuters - photoASPEN, Colorado (Reuters) - The bacteria behind food poisoning worldwide, the mighty E.coli, could be turned into a commercially available biofuel in five years, a U.S. scientist told technology industry and government leaders on Tuesday.

Full Story1

NASA clears last space shuttle for July 8 blast-off
Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:23 PM PDT
Reuters - photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers cleared space shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday for a July 8 launch, approving it for a cargo run to the International Space Station and the final flight in the 30-year-old shuttle program.

Full Story1

Near-Earth asteroid passes over Atlantic Ocean
Tue,28 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT
Reuters - photoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An asteroid with an estimated girth as large as a garbage truck soared within 7,500 miles of the Earth on Monday as it passed harmlessly over the Atlantic Ocean, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Full Story1

Benefit of mammograms even greater than thought
Mon,27 Jun 2011 10:35 PM PDT
Reuters - photoCHICAGO (Reuters) - The longest-running breast cancer screening study ever conducted has shown that regular mammograms prevent deaths from breast cancer, and the number of lives saved increases over time, an international research team said on Tuesday.

Full Story1

Gene machines may help save endangered Tasmanian devil
Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:07 PM PDT
Reuters - photoCHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are using high-tech gene sequencing machines in a desperate attempt to save the Tasmanian devil from an infectious cancer called devil facial tumor disease that is threatening to wipe out the species.

Full Story1

Tiny camera reveals inside of ancient Mayan tomb
Thu,23 Jun 2011 06:25 PM PDT
Reuters - photoMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A tiny remote-controlled camera peered inside the tomb of a Mayan ruler that has been sealed for 1,500 years, revealing red frescoes, pottery and pieces of a funerary shroud made of jade and mother of pearl.

Full Story1

Scientists look for surviving Eskimo curlew birds
Thu,23 Jun 2011 03:34 PM PDT
Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Federal scientists are on the lookout for the Eskimo curlew, as they work to determine if the elusive shorebird last seen two decades ago still exists. Full Story1

New Mars rover arrives at Florida launch site
Thu,23 Jun 2011 02:52 PM PDT
Reuters - photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, a nuclear-powered, car-sized rover designed to assess the planet's suitability for life, reached the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations, officials said on Thursday.

Full Story1

Astronauts practice for NASA's last shuttle launch
Thu,23 Jun 2011 01:39 PM PDT
Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Four U.S. astronauts in bright orange spacesuits climbed aboard their spaceship on Thursday to practice the launch of NASA's last space shuttle on a cargo run to the International Space Station. Full Story1

Ocean life on the brink of mass extinctions: study
Tue,21 Jun 2011 02:50 AM PDT
Reuters - photoOSLO (Reuters) - Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday.

Full Story1

Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash
Mon,20 Jun 2011 04:31 AM PDT
Reuters - photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday.

Full Story1

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