(AP) -- Hundreds of people are working around the clock to clean up a lake in the heart of Vietnam's capital in hopes of saving a rare, ailing giant turtle that is considered sacred.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 3

South Korean giant Samsung Electronics on Friday admitted it faced a tough challenge to compete with Apple's new slimmer and cheaper iPad, saying "inadequate" parts had to be improved.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 04, 2011 4 / 5 (4) 3

China may soon launch a domestically developed "fourth generation" mobile phone system in its commercial market, state media reported Friday, citing leading carrier China Mobile.

Technology - Telecom

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A NASA satellite that aimed to study the impact of aerosols on climate plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, delivering a $424-million blow to the US space agency.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 04, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 21

Taiwan IT giant Foxconn said Friday it is set to transform its factories in southern China into an engineering base while moving about 200,000 jobs inland.

Technology - Business

Mar 04, 2011 not rated yet 2

The combined effects of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy may increase the risk of bone fractures in breast cancer survivors. In a study scheduled for publication in the April issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine an ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

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March 4, 2011 — Cancer patients are willing to undergo many tests to receive advanced experimental treatment in clinical trials, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational Genomics ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Mar 04, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

AOL's acquisition of The Huffington Post news and opinion website will trigger layoffs, the Internet company's chief executive Tim Armstrong said Thursday.

Technology - Internet

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A surgeon specializing in regenerative medicine on Thursday "printed" a real kidney using a machine that eliminates the need for donors when it comes to organ transplants.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Mar 04, 2011 4.2 / 5 (36) 7

(AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. has acquired a Finnish company as part of its renewed focus on social and mobile games.

Technology - Business

Mar 04, 2011 not rated yet 0

A Duke University team has seen for the first time how soft polymers, such as wire insulation, can break down under exposure to electrical current.

Chemistry - Polymers

Mar 04, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Northwestern Medicine researchers for the first time have transformed a human embryonic stem cell into a critical type of neuron that dies early in Alzheimer's disease and is a major cause of memory loss.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Mar 04, 2011 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

Optics researchers from the Universities of Glasgow and Bristol have developed an iPad application for accurate, easy and intuitive use of optical tweezers.

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Mar 04, 2011 4 / 5 (2) 0

The Daily, the digital newspaper created for Apple's iPad by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has tallied hundreds of thousands of downloads since its launch a month ago, its publisher has said.

Technology - Internet

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China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press has said.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 04, 2011 4.7 / 5 (6) 0