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| Patagonian Sea Atlas Published Two conservation groups say they have jointly produced the first atlas of the Patagonian Sea -- a South American marine ecosystem. ... More |
| New Fossils Reveal A World Full Of Crocodiles New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodile. ... More |
| Company Seeks To Test Stem Cells For Blindness If approved, it would be the second U.S. approval to test human embryonic stem cells in human patients. ... More |
| Mummy Scans Reveal Unhealthy Pharaohs High-tech scans of mummies suggest ancient royal Egyptians over-indulged in unhealthy habits that brought on hardening of the arteries. ... More |
| Mouse Study Points To Treatment For Down Syndrome Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome that hinder learning and make it hard for the... ... More |
| Gene Protects Brain-Eaters From Mad Cow-Type Disease Villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protects them. ... More |
| Shuttle Atlantis Arrives At Space Station Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday to deliver spare parts needed to keep the outpost operational after the shuttles' retirement next year. ... More |
| Alzheimer's Brain Changes Studied By applying the techniques to the newly completed dataset of the multi institution Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative,... ... More |
| Drug Combination Efficacy Studied U.S. medical researchers say they have determined why some combination drug therapies do not work. ... More |
| Study Looks At Viruses Attacking Bacteria Scientists at Texas A&M University say they are investigating how some viruses, known for attacking humans and animals,... ... More |
| NASA Gives Hubble Hardware To Smithsonian NASA has given the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum two key instruments from the Hubble Space Telescope. ... More |
| Atlantis Docks With The Space Station Space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked with the International Space Station without incident late Wednesday morning. ... More |
| 'Star Trek-Like' Device Paralyzes Animals The researchers at Simon Fraser University say the animals remain paralyzed until they are exposed to ordinary light. ... More |
| Purdue Facility To Test Aircraft Engines Officials said the National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion, being funded with a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Air Force,... ... More |
| Infrared Telescope To Detect Dim, Dusty Objects NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant. ... More |