Fraud in construction linked to pollution
Chinese officials are blaming fraudulent project approval procedures and slow construction of pollution control facilities for increased pollution.
Environment
Aug 21, 2006
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Korea to sell programmable robot
South Korean scientists say they plan to begin marketing an advanced robot that can be programmed by personal computers.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 21, 2006
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No Hobbits in this Shire
The skeletal remains found in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, reported in 2004, do not represent a new species as then claimed but are some of the ancestors of modern human pygmies who live on the island today, ...
Archaeology
Aug 21, 2006
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Nanoparticle Enables Light-Activated Ovarian Cancer Detection and Therapy
By combining a compound produced by the plant St. John’s wort with polymeric nanoparticles, researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland have developed a promising method for treating ovarian tumors using light. ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 21, 2006
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Playing possum: one love or free love?
Why are some males faithful, stay-at-home partners while others sleep around, with no strings attached? In mountain brushtail possums, it turns out to depend on how disturbed their home is.
Aug 21, 2006
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Samsung Develops First 70-inch LCD TV Panel
Samsung Electronics has developed the first 70-inch LCD panel for use in the consumer TV market. Currently, the largest LCD TV screen size is 65 inches. The company will unveil its 70-inch LCD HDTV at the International Meeting ...
Hardware
Aug 21, 2006
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It's a record summer for some turtles
Italian scientists say an endangered species of marine turtle -- loggerhead turtles -- are appearing along Italy's southern shores in increasing numbers.
Aug 21, 2006
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Researchers reverse Friedreich's ataxia defect in cell culture
In the new study, Scripps research team tested a variety of compounds that inhibited a class of enzymes known as histone deacetylases in a cell line derived from blood cells from a Fredreich's ataxia sufferer. One of these ...
Aug 21, 2006
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'Frozen' natural gas discovered at unexpectedly shallow depths
An international team of research scientists has reported greater knowledge of how gas hydrate deposits form in nature, subsequent to a scientific ocean-drilling expedition off Canada's western coast.
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2006
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New methods for screening nanoparticles
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a screening method to examine how newly made nanoparticles interact with human cells following exposure for various times and doses.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 21, 2006
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