Wed, May 16, 2012
Paralyzed woman uses thoughts to move robotic arm
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Using just her thoughts, a 58-year-old paralyzed woman instructed a robotic arm to grasp a cup of coffee and ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
UK climate experiment canceled on patent concerns
By Nina Chestney
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Children at risk as "button" battery use grows: study
(Reuters) - Children face a growing risk from "button" batteries, according to a U.S. study showing a near doubling of emergency room visits in ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
U.S., Russian crew blast off for space station
By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Soyuz spaceship carrying two Russians and one American astronaut blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Google-backed wind power line clears hurdle
(Reuters) - A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed ...
Fri, May 11, 2012
Eastern rattlesnake slithers closer to U.S. endangered list
By Verna Gates
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - The eastern diamondback rattlesnake, North America's largest venomous snake, may need its own antidote.
The U.S ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Maya lunar calendar notes discovered in Guatemala
By Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the wall of a tiny structure buried under forest debris in Guatemala, archaeologists have discovered a scribe's ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Scientists spot unseen planet in Kepler scope data
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Scientists poring over data collected by NASA's Kepler space telescope have discovered a world outside its ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Scientists urge action on world's biggest problems
By Chris Wickham
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists from 15 countries are calling for a better political response to the provision of water and energy to ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
U.S. downs test missile with new interceptor
By Jim Wolf
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces said they had destroyed a target in the first successful test of the Navy's newest ...
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