A review of an 18-year-old U.S. study of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by Vietnam veterans found sharply fewer were affected than originally reported.

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Aug 18, 2006 4 / 5 (6) 0

(AP) -- Atlantis' six astronauts were supposed to fly to the international space station more than three years ago. But the Columbia disaster in early 2003 and problems with the shuttle fuel tank kept the spacecraft ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Aug 18, 2006 1.9 / 5 (12) 0

The ability to sort cells or manipulate microscopic particles could soon be in the hands of small laboratories, high schools and amateur scientists, thanks to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School ...

Physics - General Physics

Aug 18, 2006 4.7 / 5 (21) 0

Scientists from the research center Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (Germany) use the survival mechanism of special bacteria to produce solid nanoclusters out of palladium. The tiny bullets, only a few billions ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Aug 18, 2006 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Researchers at Dartmouth, Cornell University, and the University of Wyoming have learned that the removal of just one important species in a freshwater ecosystem can seriously disrupt how that environment functions. ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 18, 2006 4.4 / 5 (11) 0

He's not the enemy of God, his name really isn't Lucifer and he isn't even evil. And as far as leading Adam and Eve astray, that was a bad rap stemming from a case of mistaken identity.

Other Sciences - Other

Aug 18, 2006 3 / 5 (290) 0

The Universe has guzzled its way through about 20 per cent of its normal matter, or original fuel reserves, according to findings from a survey of the nearby Universe by an international team of astronomers involving researchers ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Aug 18, 2006 4.2 / 5 (26) 0

The Bush administration is eagerly pushing nuclear power as a way to help solve the U.S. energy crisis. But in its new plan for nuclear waste management, the administration is taking the wrong approach, says an MIT professor ...

Other Sciences - Other

Aug 18, 2006 4.3 / 5 (7) 0

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry have further opened the door to the nanocosmos of the cell. The researchers have, for the first time, improved the resolution of STED microscopes ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Aug 18, 2006 4.1 / 5 (16) 0

The U.S. government and at least one major insurer are wondering why doctors in the small Ohio town of Elyria are performing so many angioplasties.

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Aug 18, 2006 1.9 / 5 (22) 0

Chemical engineers and others designing "green" industrial processes using new ionic liquid solvents now have an important new resource, an on-line database of physical properties developed by the National Institute of Standards ...

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Aug 18, 2006 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

University of Queensland researchers are using behavioural observations together with the latest molecular techniques to providing insights into the life of Australia's rarest coastal dolphins.

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Aug 18, 2006 5 / 5 (3) 0

Older white males have the highest suicide rate in the United States, said the Population Reference Bureau in Washington.

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Aug 18, 2006 3.8 / 5 (9) 0

Taking your Blackberry on vacation with you? Or to the kids' soccer game? How about the business cell phone? Technology keeps workers connected 24/7. If that sounds like an employer's dream come true, think again: according ...

Other Sciences - Other

Aug 18, 2006 4.7 / 5 (11) 0

Angiogenesis, or the growth of new blood vessels, is an important naturally occurring process in the body. As with normal tissues, tumors rely on angiogenesis to supply them with the oxygen and nutrients they need for growth.

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Aug 18, 2006 4.8 / 5 (5) 0