Month: August 2009

Cell Phones Problematic for 911 Emergency System

Darlene Dukes struggled to speak as she called 911 from her cell phone. She could…

AFP – A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition in hospital with kidney failure after…

Young people working on conservation projects are often coerced into “grunt” activities like digging holes…

Researchers have shown in a lab trial that the efficiency of high-oleic sunflower oil as…

Traditional hospital factors — such as case volume and academic status — do not appear…

Researchers have found how mirror-image molecules gain control over each other and dictate the physical…

Scientists have identified inherited variations in two genes that account for 37 percent of childhood…

Personality traits associated with chronic worrying can lead to earlier death, at least in part…

AP – Hewlett-Packard Co.’s 19 percent drop in quarterly profit shows that the company still…

South Korea is preparing to launch its first rocket into space, placing a 100kg observation…