State health department officials are blaming undercooked frozen chicken dinners for sickening more than two dozen people in Minnesota since August.

Medicine & Health -

Jul 21, 2006 3.6 / 5 (8) 0

Sounding more science fiction than science fact, a space flight firm is moving its headquarters from Colorado to Roswell, N.M.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 21, 2006 1.5 / 5 (11) 0

A composite material consisting of a horse protein and metallic nanoparticles displays magnetic properties very similar to those of human brain tissue, scientists have found. The work, published in the June 20 online edition ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jul 21, 2006 4.4 / 5 (33) 0

Attempts to identify potential drugs that interfere with the action of one particular enzyme linked to heart disease and similar health problems led scientists at Johns Hopkins to create a new tool and new ...

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Jul 21, 2006 4.6 / 5 (9) 0

Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have demonstrated they can grow human stem cells in the laboratory by blocking an enzyme that naturally triggers stem cells to mature and differentiate into specialized cells.

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Jul 21, 2006 4.9 / 5 (26) 0

Physicist Costas Soukoulis and his research group at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory on the Iowa State University campus are having the time of their lives making light travel backwards at negative speeds ...

Physics - General Physics

Jul 21, 2006 4.4 / 5 (46) 0

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a group of fruit fly gene mutations responsible for "broken hearts" in the embryonic stages of development, a discovery that could help identify genes that cause ...

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Jul 21, 2006 1 / 5 (1) 0

With summer here, many people are thinking about their holiday destination. At the European Space Agency, this means thinking about a holiday in space! ESA is planning to help up to three private companies develop business ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 21, 2006 1.3 / 5 (3) 0

While erosion and wetland loss are huge problems along Louisiana's coast, the basement 30 to 50 feet beneath much of the Mississippi Delta has been highly stable for the past 8000 years with negligible subsidence ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 21, 2006 4.5 / 5 (6) 0

Gov. Bill Richardson says he is taking steps to do something for the thousands of New Mexico residents who lack health insurance.

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Jul 21, 2006 2.2 / 5 (5) 0

Kopper, host of weekly rock 'n' roll show "The Wayback Machine" at KDHX-FM 88.1 in St. Louis, Mo., is also the owner of GaragePunk.com, which features a slew of syndicated podcasts updated daily playing garage, punk, and ...

Technology - Internet

Jul 21, 2006 1 / 5 (3) 0

The federal government is being asked to hold a summit to address how to allocate contested water supplies in the Klamath River Basin in Oregon and California.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 21, 2006 1.9 / 5 (8) 0

Researchers in England say for young people caffeine is probably better than sugar if you want to stay alert.

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Jul 21, 2006 2.5 / 5 (13) 0

China's Huawei is looking at its deal with Japan's eMobile as a spark for potential further expansion in the eastern Pacific region.

Technology - Business

Jul 21, 2006 1 / 5 (4) 0

Macquarie Bank is reportedly interested in acquiring an interest in Telstra, possibly from the Australian government's stake in the national telecom.

Technology - Telecom

Jul 21, 2006 1 / 5 (4) 0