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Science
NASA Crashes Rocket Into Crater Near Moon's South Pole in Search for Water NASA crashed a rocket into a crater near the moon’s south pole today as part of an experiment to kick up a cloud of debris that scientists can analyze for evidence of frozen water.
Swine Flu's Intensive-Care Cases Surge 15-Fold, Revealing Winter's Toll Swine flu drove a 15-fold increase in intensive care admissions for viral lung inflammation in Australia and New Zealand, especially among pregnant women, the obese and people with chronic lung disease, a study found.
Quest to Solve Model of Life Leads Two Americans, Israeli to Nobel Prize A quest to create a three- dimensional image of one of life’s most complex molecules led scientists Ada Yonath, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz on a decades-long race, culminating in a shared Nobel Prize in chemistry announced yesterday.
Virus Found in Most Blood Tests of People With Chronic Fatigue, Study Says A virus linked to aggressive forms of prostate cancer may also be tied to chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition that saps people of energy for months or years.
Latex Allergy Linked to Adverse Reaction to Swine Flu Shot, Australia Says Health officials in Australia, where mass vaccination against swine flu began eight days ago, said a person with an allergy to latex developed a reaction to the shot.
Saturn's Largest Ring Found by Scientists and NASA Telescope Scientists using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered the largest known ring around Saturn.
Ramakrishnan, Steitz, Yonath Win Nobel Chemistry Prize for DNA Translation Two Americans and an Israeli won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on how the DNA code is translated into life, findings that have been used to fight infectious disease.
Doctors Fail to Report $12 Million in Industry Fees at Meeting Doctors failed to disclose almost a third of payments, or at least $12 million, from companies when participating in a 2008 medical meeting, according to a study on physicians’ self-reports of potential conflicts of interest.
Google-Backed Consumer Gene Testers Don't Always Agree on Risk Profile Navigenics Inc. and 23andMe Inc. both market DNA tests to consumers to uncover genetic predispositions for diseases. The companies don’t always come up with the same answers, according to J. Craig Venter, the genome pioneer.
Lab-on-Chip Uses Tiny Blood Sample to Measure Hormones, Assess Cancer Risk A new device that swiftly measures hormone levels in tiny amounts of fluid may be used in a few years to assess a women’s risk of breast cancer, check for steroids in athletes and even test for hormonally active chemicals in lake water.
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