Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction. A mechanical and aerospace engineering professor has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft design reminiscent of the spaceships seen in countless Hollywood films. The proposed prototype is small -- the aircraft will measure less than six inches across -- and will be efficient enough to be powered by on-board batteries. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
The next time you use garlic for its renowned antibacterial effects, consider fresh garlic instead of those bottles of chopped garlic. Researchers report that fresh garlic maintains higher levels of a key healthy ingredient than preserved versions and may be better for you. In the new study, scientists point out that allicin is one of the main active ingredients in garlic. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
A new stud suggests the release of lipids from abdominal fat, which drains directly to the liver, increases overnight, providing additional insight as to how abdominal fat is associated with type 2 diabetes risk. The findings suggest that the increase of lipids released overnight from abdominal fat may cause insulin resistance. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Researchers have identified a panel of proteins linked to early development of pancreatic cancer in mice that applies also to early stages of the disease in humans -- a breakthrough that brings scientists a significant step closer to developing a blood test to detect the disease early, when cure rates are highest. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Caloric intake negatively influences sleep patterns in healthy adults. Positive and statistically significant correlations were found between total energy intake and late-night snack energy intake and awakenings during sleep. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Inspiring campaign rallies. Whistle-stop stump speeches. Intense debates. This year's presidential elections have already exhibited a number of time-honored traditions in American democracy. Unfortunately, recent presidential elections have included a new ritual --questions and controversies over the accuracy of voting technologies Americans use to cast and count their ballots. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
While consumers are increasing demand for pork produced without antibiotics, more of the pigs raised in such conditions carry bacteria and parasites associated with food-borne illnesses, according to a new study. A comparison of swine raised in antibiotic-free and conventional pork production settings revealed that pigs raised outdoors without antibiotics had higher rates of three food-borne pathogens than did pigs on conventional farms. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
British scientists are developing a new type of glass that can dissolve and release calcium into the body. This will enable patients to regrow bones and could signal a move away from bone transplants. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
Researchers have just shown that the entire class of non-magnetic materials, such as those used in some computer components, could have considerably more uses than scientists had thought. The findings are important because they reveal previously unknown information about the structure of these materials, expanding the number of properties and uses that they potentially could have. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
Children with bigger age-adjusted neck sizes may be at increased risk for a sleep-related breathing disorder, as well as increased severity of the disease. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new-style bird flu vaccine made using monkey cells instead of chicken eggs appears to be safe and effective, corporate researchers reported on Wednesday.
The government invites communities to host a nuclear waste site and invites firms to build new reactors. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 1:25 pm
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A volcano that started spewing hot mud in Indonesia two years ago displacing more than 50,000 people was triggered by tectonic activity, experts working for the energy firm blamed by some for the disaster said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States retains its global preeminence in science and technology, with a big boost from foreign students, scientists and engineers, a RAND Corporation report issued on Thursday said.
VAKHDAT, Tajikistan (Reuters) - Under a scorching sun, an exhausted Tajik woman looks at a drying trickle of irrigation water running across her cotton field.
Marine conservationists want a ban on mass balloon releases because of the damage they can do to wildlife. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:28 am
AFP - London shares rose on Thursday, shrugging off heavy share-price falls in Asia and on Wall Street which were driven by another spike in oil futures and inflation worries.
SPACE.com - I don't
keep a Top 40 list of SETI questions, but if I did, this one would be
perennially on the charts: "Could our experiments pick up Earth?" Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:15 am
While we wait for the potential McCain-Obama election scandals to unfold, test yourself on these historic election controversies. Source: LiveScience.com | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
Bikinis and other sexy stimuli can make men more prone to seek immediate gratification - leading to blown diets, budgets and bank accounts. Source: LiveScience.com | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
LiveScience.com - Global warming is forcing 30 species of reptiles and amphibians to move uphill as habitats shift upward, but they may soon run out of room to run.
The shift could cause at least two toad species and one species of gecko in Madagascar to go extinct by the end of this century, a biologist says.
Uphill movement is a predicted response to increased temperatures, researcher Christopher Raxworthy of the American Museum of Natural History says. Earlier studies in Costa Rica have provided evidence of how tropical animals respond to climate change. ... Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:03 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch its third manned space mission in October with a crew of three, state media said on Thursday of the latest milestone in an ambitious space program.
Astronomy's official naming organisation says objects like the former ninth planet should be known as "plutoids" Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 8:50 am
AP - NASA gave shuttle Discovery's astronauts some well-deserved time off Thursday as their flight wound down and the international space station was left farther and farther behind.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pluto, demoted from planet status in 2006, got a consolation prize on Wednesday -- it and other dwarf planets like it will be called plutoids.
AP - Conservationists raised the alarm Thursday that lions in Kenya's Amboseli National Park face extinction within a few years unless action is taken to help them. Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 12 Jun 2008 | 4:15 am
AP - Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship. But outside experts expressed caution about the claim.
The proposed Severn Barrage is not the best option financially or environmentally, a report says. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:53 am
AP - The world's largest land-based census of wildlife began Wednesday across a huge swath of northwestern Namibia, World Wildlife Fund officials said. Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 11 Jun 2008 | 10:16 pm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After days of struggling with sticky Martian dirt, the Phoenix Mars Lander has unexpectedly succeeded in getting its first soil sample into an onboard laboratory for analysis, jubilant NASA scientists said on Wednesday.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery backed away from the International Space Station on Wednesday, leaving behind a Japanese research laboratory, a new crew member and high hopes for the outpost's completion by 2010.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Delta rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday to put a gamma ray telescope into orbit to probe the most energetic form of light.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to go to space and has made a $5 million down payment to book a seat on a future orbital space flight with Space Adventures, the space tourism company said on Wednesday.
How the Environment Agency used new tactics to capture the men behind 'industrial scale' fly-tipping. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Jun 2008 | 7:10 pm
AP - A deer with a single horn in the center of its head much like the fabled, mythical unicorn has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.
The first private manned mission to the International Space Station will go ahead in 2011. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Jun 2008 | 6:08 pm
A human egg has been filmed, in close-up, emerging from the ovary - the first time such an event has been captured. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
A Nasa space telescope launches on a mission to explore the Universe with "gamma-ray glasses". Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Jun 2008 | 4:06 pm
Professor Robert Langer, one of the most prolific inventors in medicine, wins the Millennium Technology Prize. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Jun 2008 | 2:45 pm
A Nasa telescope due for launch today will enable scientists to "look under the hood and see how the universe works" Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:29 pm
AFP - London shares rose on Thursday, shrugging off heavy share-price falls in Asia and on Wall Street which were driven by another spike in oil futures and inflation worries.
AP - NASA gave shuttle Discovery's astronauts some well-deserved time off Thursday as their flight wound down and the international space station was left farther and farther behind.
AP - Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship. But outside experts expressed caution about the claim.
AP - A deer with a single horn in the center of its head much like the fabled, mythical unicorn has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.