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Robotic Surgery Provides Reduced Pain and Quicker Recovery for Kidney Cancer PatientsClinical research is helping bring the advantages of robotic surgery, including reduced pain and quicker recovery, to kidney cancer patients.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am South African Epidemic Of Schoolboy Sexual AbuseBy the age of 18 years, two in every five South African schoolboys report being forced to have sex, mostly by female perpetrators. A new study, reported in BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal for Equity in Health, reveals the shocking truth about endemic sexual abuse of male children that has been suspected but until now only poorly documented.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Gallbladder Removed Through Uterus Without External IncisionsIn April of last year, surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center made headlines by removing a women's gallbladder through her uterus using a flexible endoscope, aided by several external incisions for added visibility. Now, they have performed the same procedure without a single external incision in what surgeons report may be the first surgery of its kind in the United States.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard WasteUniversity of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available nonfood crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass -- and even yard waste.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Insect Biodiversity In Amazon May Be Result Of Ice Age Climate Change And Ancient Flooding, Not River BarriersIce age climate change and ancient flooding -- but not barriers created by rivers -- may have promoted the evolution of new insect species in the Amazon region of South America, a new study suggests. The Amazon basin is home to the richest diversity of life on earth, yet the reasons why this came to be are not well understood.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am How Secure Is Your Network? New Program Points Out Vulnerabilities, Calculates Risk Of AttackTo help IT managers safeguard valuable information most efficiently, computer scientists are applying security metrics to computer network pathways to assign a probable risk of attack, calculating the most vulnerable points of attack.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Inheritance Of Hormonal Disorder Marked By Excessive Insulin In DaughtersElevated levels of insulin could be an early sign that girls whose mothers suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome -- or PCOS -- may also be susceptible to the disease, according to gynecologists who have found evidence of insulin resistance in young children.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Study Provides Clues To Preventing And Treating Cancer SpreadResearchers have demonstrated for the first time that normal cells, possibly fibrocytes, may travel to distant organs to create pre-metastic niches for the spread of cancer.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Organic Pest Control: Mustard -- Hot Stuff For Natural Pest ControlResearchers, growers and Industry specialists from 22 countries are sharing the latest research into the use of Brassica species, such as mustard, radish, or rapeseed, to manage soil-borne pests and weeds -- a technique known as biofumigation.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Unexpected Key To Flowering Plants' DiversityNew research may help explain the amazing diversity in the world's flowering plants, a question that has puzzled scientists from the time of Darwin to today. The findings, published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that the ability of flowering plants -- known as angiosperms -- to quickly and efficiently move sperm from pollen to egg through a part of the plant was the key to their evolutionary diversity.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm John McCain Stumps for SunscreenRepublican Sen. John McCain said Monday he had had a small patch of skin removed from his face and biopsied as part of a regular checkup with his dermatologist.Source: Livescience.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 2:18 pm Theft Prevention Invention: Cars Band TogetherCars in a parking lot could soon keep track of each other and, like sheep, complain if one of their numbers is stolen or meets a bad end.Source: Livescience.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:58 pm BP profits jump as oil prices smash record highs (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:55 pm Russia claims world-record diveRussian scientists claim to have reached the bottom of the world's deepest body of fresh water - Lake Baikal in Siberia.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:20 pm Over 600,000 evacuated as tropical storm hits China: reports (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:13 pm Ice Remained Even When Earth Was HotSeas were much warmer, yet ice remained.Source: Livescience.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:13 pm The Truth About Cell Phones and Cancer (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, shocked just about all law-abiding scientists (abiding by laws of physics, that is) with his warning last week to his faculty and staff that cell phones might pose a cancer risk.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:02 pm Coral Reef 'Glue' Damaged by Climate ChangeThe cement that binds the skeletons of reef structures is lost under climate change.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:01 pm The Truth About Cell Phones and CancerThere is no plausible biological or physical reasoning for why it cell phones would cause cancer.Source: Livescience.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da VinciLONDON (Reuters) - Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of machines are uncannily similar to Chinese originals and were undoubtedly derived from them, a British amateur historian says in a newly-published book.Source: Reuters: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:39 pm The tiny tree-shrew that could drink the average human "under the table"A tiny tree-shrew that lives on alcoholic nectar could - pound for pound - drink the average human under the table.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 29 Jul 2008 | 11:35 am Russians dive to bottom of world's deepest lakeABOARD THE METROPOLIA PLATFORM, Russia (Reuters) - Russian explorers plunged to the bottom of the world's deepest lake on Tuesday in a show of Moscow's resurgent ambitions to set new records in science.Source: Reuters: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 11:28 am There's life in space, says someone who's been thereTOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. commander of space shuttle Discovery believes life probably exists somewhere in outer space, but there is a simple reason why aliens have not visited earth -- the journey is too tough.Source: Reuters: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 11:15 am Rocket Racing League Set for First Flight DemonstationThe Rocket Racing League is set for the first demo flight of its new Rocket Racer.Source: Livescience.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 10:55 am Living on Mars Time: Scientists Suffer Perpetual Jet LagPhoenix team lives on Mars schedule with lander, like being constantly jet-lagged.Source: Livescience.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 10:55 am There's life in space, says someone who's been there (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 10:44 am Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 10:22 am Rare new Tanzania monkey "at risk of extinction" (Reuters)Reuters - A new species of Tanzanian monkey is threatened with extinction just two years after it was formally identified, conservationists have warned.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:45 am Rare new Tanzania monkey "at risk of extinction"NAIROBI (Reuters) - A new species of Tanzanian monkey is threatened with extinction just two years after it was formally identified, conservationists have warned.Source: Reuters: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:45 am Truckers sue over access to Los Angeles-area ports (AP)AP - A trade group representing truckers filed a lawsuit claiming plans to clean up the air around the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach place unfair restrictions on their members.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 9:08 am Ian Sample on why scientists are demanding better security for GM crop trialsIan Sample looks at why scientists are demanding better security for GM crop trialsSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 29 Jul 2008 | 6:43 am Statins 'may cut dementia risk'Scientists have found further evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins may protect against dementia and memory loss.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 29 Jul 2008 | 5:58 am Fishy diet may protect against clogged arteriesMexico City (Reuters) - A diet rich in oily fish, which contains omega 3 fatty acids, may be why middle-aged men in Japan have fewer problems with clogged arteries than white men and men of Japanese descent in the United States, a study has found.Source: Reuters: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 5:07 am Apollo Astronaut Believes in Aliens, Psychics and MysticsFormer Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell made news recently with claims about UFOs and alien cover-ups.Source: Livescience.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 1:31 am Rapid Evolution Gives Sperm the AdvantageCompetition between male fruit flies could drive fast evolution of proteins in their semen.Source: Livescience.com | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:37 am Scientists aim camera at fossilized dino tracks (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:25 am Georgia's lab apes languish in post-Soviet limboSUKHUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - In the capital of Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia, cracked steps lead up to a battered 1970s monument featuring a baboon.Source: Reuters: Science News | 29 Jul 2008 | 12:25 am Branson unveils mothership in latest step towards putting tourists into spaceOver 250 space tourists have placed deposits or paid £100,000 each for a seat aboard Virgin's SpaceShipTwoSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 28 Jul 2008 | 11:11 pm Fuel harvestIn spite of global fears, Brazil hails its ethanol revolutionSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Jul 2008 | 11:05 pm How the brain is wired for painMichael Lee's winning entry for the competition that gives PhD students funded by the MRC the chance to explain the relevance of their researchSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 28 Jul 2008 | 11:04 pm Max Perutz science writing prize runner-up Clare WatkinsonClare Watkinson, from the MRC Epidemiology Unity at Cambridge University, was a runner-up in the annual Max Perutz science writing competition with her paper on promoting physical activity for healthSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 28 Jul 2008 | 11:04 pm Max Perutz science writing competition: The cold that 'never goes away'Sophie Farooque from Guy's hospital, London was a runner-up in the annual Max Perutz science writing competition with her paper on understanding aspirin-sensitive respiratory diseaseSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 28 Jul 2008 | 11:04 pm Food: Scientists want top security for GM crop testsScientists claim repeated attacks on their trials are stifling vital research into the environmental impact of farmingSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 28 Jul 2008 | 11:04 pm Letters: Birth control is about choice not coercionLetters: As your leader (July 25) makes clear, population control is plain wrong. It is an attack on human rights and in particular on women's reproductive rightsSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 28 Jul 2008 | 11:01 pm Branson unveils plane that will launch spaceshipMOJAVE, California (Reuters) - Entrepreneur Richard Branson on Monday unveiled the plane intended as the launch aircraft for a Virgin Galactic spaceship full of paying passengers.Source: Reuters: Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 10:45 pm In picturesCalifornia debut for Virgin's space tourism jetSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Jul 2008 | 9:37 pm Tree shrews thrive, hangover-free, on alcoholWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tree shrews that thrive on fermented nectar suck up amounts that would inebriate a human but seem to have no such ill-effects themselves, researchers reported on Monday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 9:14 pm Tree Shrew Lives on Nature-Brewed BeerTree shrews can apparently drink anyone under the table, find researchers.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 28 Jul 2008 | 9:10 pm Skull of Large Extinct Primate ReconstructedScientists virtually reconstruct the skull of an extinct lemur.Source: Livescience.com | 28 Jul 2008 | 9:03 pm Tree Shrew Sober Despite Drinking All DayMalaysian pen-tailed tree shrews drink more alcohol than fratboys, yet don't seem to get drunk.Source: Livescience.com | 28 Jul 2008 | 9:02 pm Brazil Indians see threat in army deploymentBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's plan to deploy army troops to native Indian reservations is causing a stir among tribal leaders and human rights groups, who say the move flouts the law and undermines the autonomy of indigenous peoples.Source: Reuters: Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 8:59 pm Branson unveils space tourism jetUK business tycoon Richard Branson unveils an aircraft to be used in his space tourism project in California.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Jul 2008 | 8:42 pm Submarines to Plunge to Deepest Lake BottomTwo submarines will plunge more than 5,000 feet to the bottom of Lake Baikal.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 28 Jul 2008 | 7:34 pm Canada regulator, nuke firm blasted over isotopesOTTAWA (Reuters) - Widespread sloppiness at both Canada's nuclear regulator and government-owned Atomic Energy Canada Ltd prompted the damaging closure of a reactor which made medical radioisotopes, a report said on Monday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 6:57 pm BLOG: The Debut of Spaceship 2.0From the creators of the first privately developed spaceship comes its commercial cousin.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 28 Jul 2008 | 6:10 pm Total Solar Eclipse to Fall on ChinaA rare solar eclipse, known in China as the "sun-eating dragon," will fall again this Friday.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 28 Jul 2008 | 6:10 pm SKorea mulling research request for disgraced cloning expert (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 5:05 pm GM crop trials 'should be secret'Senior researchers have called for the location of small open-air trials of GM crops to be kept secret.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Jul 2008 | 4:50 pm 'Dinosaur Eel' Inspires Body Armor of FutureAn ancient African fish could be the model for light, bomb-proof body armor.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 28 Jul 2008 | 2:43 pm Warp Drive Engine Would Travel Faster Than LightPhysicists outline how to manipulate the fabric of space to accelerate a craft.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 28 Jul 2008 | 2:43 pm Supercontinent Pangea Gets Climate RethinkEarth's famous supercontinent Pangea may have been far colder than thought.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 28 Jul 2008 | 1:40 pm Obama's biofuels policy tensionUS presidential hopeful Barack Obama is coming under increasing pressure to change his policies on biofuels.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Jul 2008 | 1:08 pm Phoenix tries again for ice testNasa's Phoenix lander will try a different way to get icy Martian soil into its onboard oven for testing, after problems last week.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 28 Jul 2008 | 12:34 pm
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