Cell Removal Technique Could Lead To Cheaper Drugs

Costly drugs to treat conditions such as cancer and arthritis could be manufactured more cheaply with a new technique. Researchers have pioneered a simple way to remove dead cells from cell cultures used to make protein-based drugs, which are increasingly prescribed to treat a range of illnesses.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Bone Parts Don't Add Up To Conclusion Of Hobbit-like Palauan Dwarfs

Misinterpreted fragments of leg bones, teeth and brow ridges found in Palau appear to be an archaeologist's undoing, according to researchers at three institutions. They say that the so-called dwarfs of these Micronesian islands actually were modern, normal-sized hunters and gatherers.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Men Defy Stereotypes In Defining Masculinity

Men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their idea of masculinity than being seen as attractive, sexually active or successful with women.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Java Gives Caffeine-naive A Boost, Too

Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost as those who sip it regularly.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Climbing Out Of Victoria Crater

NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock layers.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Caesarean Babies More Likely To Develop Diabetes

Babies delivered by Caesarean section have a 20 per cent higher risk than normal deliveries of developing the most common type of diabetes in childhood, according to a study led by Queen's University Belfast.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm

Fishing Technology Letting Turtles Off The Hook

Alternative fishing technology has been shown to save turtles while not affecting fish catches, according to a new report.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Is Extinction Or Diversity On The Rise? Study Of Islands Reveals Surprising Results

It's no secret that humans are having a huge impact on the life cycles of plants and animals. UC Santa Barbara researchers decided to test that theory by studying the world's far-flung islands. Their research sheds surprising light on the subject of extinction rates of species on islands.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

New Oral Vaccine May Protect Against Bubonic Plague

Researchers have used a less virulent ancestor to the highly infectious bubonic plague to develop a potentially safe, efficient and inexpensive live oral vaccine.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Bones Get Mended With High Tech Glass-of-milk

Scientists at the new Nuclear-Magnetic Resonance unit at the University of Warwick have discovered how a high-tech glass of milk is helping bones mend.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Consumers Predict Inflation as Accurately as Economists (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Consumers are just as good as professional economists at predicting the rate of inflation, a new survey finds.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 12:25 pm

Consumers Predict Inflation as Accurately as Economists

By watching everyday prices, consumers estimate inflation rate.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 12:15 pm

Tropical Storm Gustav dumps rain on Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav stalled over Haiti on Wednesday, dumping torrential rains on the impoverished country, and forecasters warned it could regain hurricane strength once it moves out to sea.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 12:05 pm

Noel Sharkey: Children should not have taken part in MoD's Grand Challenge

In its Grand Challenge competition, the Ministry of Defence encouraged children to get involved in the development of what was effectively one component of a weapons system. Can this ever be justified, wonders robotics professor Noel Sharkey
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:53 am

Gustav weakens to tropical storm after killing 5 in Haiti (AFP)

People huddle in the rain in Martissant, an area of Port-au-Prince, as Gustav approaches on August 26. Tropical Storm Gustav stalled over Haiti, lashing the impoverished island with heavy rain after striking it with hurricane force and killing five people.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)AFP - Tropical Storm Gustav stalled over Haiti on Wednesday, lashing the impoverished island with heavy rain after striking it with hurricane force and killing five people.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 11:23 am

NSF Taps Tiny CubeSats for Big Space Science

The NSF is looking to tiny satellites for big science in space.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:47 am

University of Central Lancashire homeopathy degree suspended after criticism

The undergraduate degree in homeopathic medicine at the University of Central Lancashire has been put on hold after "relentless attacks from the anti-homeopathy league"
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:44 am

Pole trek needs last explorer

Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team search for a final explorer to complete their South Pole trek.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:28 am

Computer viruses make it to orbit

Laptops taken to the International Space Station were infected with a computer virus, Nasa confirms.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am

Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record (AP)

AP - Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:40 am

Japan celebrates birth of panda (AFP)

This video clip shows mother giant panda Dan Dan looking at her baby (bottom) at Oji Zoo in Kobe, western Japan, on August 26. The giant panda cub was born at the zoo, a first for the famously infertile animal in Japan through artificial insemination in two decades.(AFP/JiJi Press)AFP - A giant panda cub has been born at a Japanese zoo, the first to be successfully bred in Japan through artificial insemination in two decades, officials said Wednesday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 7:27 am

Japan's Mitsubishi plans big expansion in solar power (AFP)

An employee of Japanese electronics giant Mitsubishi displaying the world's highest efficiency solar power cell in Tokyo on August 27. The firm has said it will spend 50 billion yen (US$458million) to boost solar power cell production four-fold by early 2012(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Wednesday it will spend 50 billion yen (458 million dollars) to boost solar power cell production four-fold by early 2012 amid growing interest in renewable energies.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:47 am

New space telescope begins to comb the cosmos (AFP)

A US Delta 2 Heavy lifts off in June from Cape Canaveral, Florida carrying NASA's GLAST Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope into space. The new telescope revealed the glowing gas of the Milky Way, pulsating stars and a flaring faraway galaxy as it began its mission to unveil the mysteries of cosmic gamma rays, NASA said.(AFP/Carleton Bailie)AFP - A new space telescope revealed the glowing gas of the Milky Way, pulsating stars and a flaring faraway galaxy as it began its mission to unveil the mysteries of cosmic gamma rays, NASA said.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 6:19 am

How Tiny Life Could Power the Future

Genetic analysis of a bacteria found in a hot spring could help produce clean-burning hydrogen gas for fuel cell cars.
Source: Livescience.com | 27 Aug 2008 | 4:09 am

UK makes Atlantic sea bed claim

Britain is to formally present its case to the UN to extend its territorial rights around Ascension Island.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Aug 2008 | 2:17 am

Party Platform, McCain Differ on Immigration, Climate (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican Party released a draft of its 2008 platform that differs from candidate John McCain on issues including immigration, stem-cell research and climate change, while endorsing his ideas for economic growth and free trade.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Aug 2008 | 12:08 am

DNA testing: Doctors search for 100,000 at risk of early heart attack

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommends major DNA testing programme
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:14 pm

James Randerson: Can humans sense the Earth's magnetic field?

James Randerson: Very precise electro- magnetic stimulation can have some interesting and useful effects on the brain
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:13 pm

Obituary: Chris Curtis

Obituary: His research into tropical diseases saved thousands of lives
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:13 pm

Ayurvedic medicine: Toxic metals in remedies for sale on internet

Team randomly selects 193 remedies and detects lead, mercury or arsenic in 20.7% products
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:13 pm

Letter: Tory hypocrisy over teenagers' health

Letter: Allegations that the government neglects wellbeing of adolescents reek of hypocrisy and poor judgment
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:13 pm

Pre-Incan female Wari mummy unearthed in Peru

LIMA (Reuters) - Archeologists working at Peru's Huaca Pucllana ruins pulled a mummy from a tomb on Tuesday, thought to be from the ancient Wari culture that flourished before the Incas.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:08 pm

Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk

A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:02 pm

Scientists Learn How Nemo Finds His Way Home

How does the orange clownfish — aka Nemo from the movie "Finding Nemo" — really find its way home?
Source: Livescience.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 11:01 pm

Mars Rover Begins Climb Out of Vast Crater

The Mars rover Opportunity begins its ascent out of Victoria crater.
Source: Livescience.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:54 pm

'Complexity' of Neanderthal tools

Early stone tools developed by modern humans were no more advanced than ones used by the Neanderthals, research shows.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 9:50 pm

'Ayurvedic' Medicines May Contain Lead, Mercury or Arsenic

Over a fifth of products purchased on Internet tainted with toxic metals, study finds
Source: Livescience.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 8:15 pm

Why Do We Get Baggy Eyes?

As we age, our eyes inevitably take on a baggy look. Now scientists think they know why.
Source: Livescience.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 7:56 pm

Infections may cause many premature births: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Undiagnosed infections may be causing a significant number of premature births, researchers reported on Monday after finding bacteria or fungi in 15 percent of the amniotic fluid samples taken from women in pre-term labor.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 26 Aug 2008 | 6:44 pm

Wiggling Plastic at River Bottom to Generate Electricity

Plastic strips on the bottom of a Pennsylvania river could soon generate green energy.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 26 Aug 2008 | 6:11 pm

Neanderthals Matched Brawn With Brains

Contrary to popular thought, Neanderthals were sophisticated tool-makers.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 26 Aug 2008 | 6:11 pm

Chimp for sale

Rangers tackle the wildlife trade in DRC's gorilla park
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 6:08 pm

FDA Allows Irradiation of Your Vegetables

The FDA has approved irradiation of spinach and iceberg lettuce to kill food-borne pathogens, a Band-Aid approach to food safety that may ultimately hurt small, local farmers.
Source: Livescience.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 5:30 pm

The Key to Fundraising: Guilt Trips

Pledge drives do best when laden with guilt-trips, a new study finds.
Source: Livescience.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 5:16 pm

Human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 26 Aug 2008 | 5:14 pm

Deer, cattle have true animal magnetism: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grazing cattle and sleeping deer tend to align their bodies along the North-South axis of the Earth's magnetic field, European researchers said on Monday, giving new meaning to the phrase animal magnetism.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 26 Aug 2008 | 4:01 pm

Dawkins and the 'fart of god'

A rare glimpse into Richard Dawkins' inbox. His detractors really are a charming bunch
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Aug 2008 | 3:01 pm

Python kills Venezuelan zookeeper

A three-metre (10-foot) python kills a student zookeeper who let the snake out of its enclosure in Caracas, Venezuela.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

Noel Sharkey: Don't dismiss robot surgeons

Noel Sharkey: There's no doubting that patients need human contact, but in many situations, robot technology is the most effective option
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm

What Is Baking Powder?

It's something that didn't exist until the mid-19th century
Source: Livescience.com | 26 Aug 2008 | 2:46 pm

Monkeys Reward Friends, Family

Capuchin monkeys show they almost always opt to share with friends and family.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 26 Aug 2008 | 1:55 pm

MPs call for energy windfall tax

Gordon Brown faces pressure from Labour MPs for a windfall tax on energy firms who have recorded huge profits.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 1:41 pm

Face of empire

Gallery of statues depicting Roman rulers is unearthed
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 1:28 pm

Monkeys experience joy of giving, too, study finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monkeys can experience the joy of giving in much the same way as humans do, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 26 Aug 2008 | 1:15 pm

Cows Use Inner Compass to Point North-South

Cows seems to have an inner compass that orients them north-south.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 26 Aug 2008 | 12:55 pm

Neanderthals: not stupid, just different

Scientists challenge the theory that Homo sapiens was more intelligent
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm

Wind farms put pressure on bats

Wind turbines are a hazard to bats because changes in air pressure can cause fatal internal injuries, a study reveals.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Aug 2008 | 12:07 pm