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Shuttle Endeavour fueled for sixth launch try

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:09:18 +0100

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour was being readied for a sixth launch attempt at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday for a mission to deliver the last piece of Japan's research laboratory to the International Space Station.

Six end simulated Mars mission isolation

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:04:29 +0100

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Four Russians, a Frenchman and a German ended a simulated 105-day space trip in Moscow on Tuesday designed to test their responses in the kind of isolated surroundings they would experience in a manned mission to Mars.

Medtronic brain device for OCD approved in Europe

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:30:30 +0100

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc said on Tuesday it received regulatory approval in Europe for an implantable brain stimulator to treat patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

New tests may help spot early-stage Alzheimer's

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:55:09 +0100

CHICAGO (Reuters) - New tests assessing brain changes and body chemistry are showing promise at diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages, aiding the search for new drugs, researchers said on Tuesday.

Experts unearth history of pandemic flu viruses

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:01:50 +0100

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Flu viruses that sparked the three worst pandemics in the last century circulated in their near-complete forms for years before the catastrophes occurred, researchers in Hong Kong and the United States have found.

U.S. rocket firm puts Malaysian satellite in orbit

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:17:39 +0100

CAPE CANAVERAL., Florida (Reuters) - A pioneering rocket company that wants to take over the job of sending U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station launched an imaging satellite into orbit late on Monday for a Malaysian firm, its first paying customer.

UK girl recovers fully after donor heart removed

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:09:05 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - A British girl who was given an extra heart as a toddler has become the world's first heart transplant patient to make a full recovery after having her donor organ removed and function restored to her original heart.

Potato famine disease striking home gardens in U.S.

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:22:11 +0100

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Late blight, which caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s and 1850s, is killing potato and tomato plants in home gardens from Maine to Ohio and threatening commercial and organic farms, U.S. plant scientists said on Friday.

U.S. to spend another $1 billion on flu vaccine

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:38:20 +0100

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will spend another $1 billion on ingredients for an H1N1 vaccine, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Sunday.

Americans value science, but not all of it: survey

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:10:05 +0100

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many Americans still value the nation's scientific achievements, but unlike most scientists, they often pick and choose which scientific findings they agree with, especially in the areas of climate change and evolution, according to a survey released on Thursday.