Climate change will drastically reduce the discharge of snow and ice meltwater in a region…
Month: June 2010
Sleeping sickness study offers insight into human cells
Fresh discoveries about the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could lead to new avenues of…
Malaria threat is as old as humanity, new research shows
New research shows that malaria is tens of thousands of years older than previously thought….
OnLive takes videogames into the Internet ‘cloud’ (AFP)
AFP – OnLive took videogames into the “cloud” on Thursday with the US launch of…
Congress turns scorn on BP chief
In scathing questioning, US congressmen tell BP chief Tony Hayward his firm ignored oil well…
“The Cove” documentary to be shown online in Japan (Reuters)
Reuters – Controversial documentary film “The Cove,” which deals with the grizzly business of dolphin…
Orphaned elderly serious casualty of African AIDS epidemic, study finds
The rise in AIDS death rates in sub-Saharan Africa has led to a burgeoning new…
Storing carbon dioxide deep underground in rock form
As carbon dioxide continues to burgeon in the atmosphere causing the Earth’s climate to warm,…
From head to toe: Deep insights from whole body MRI
Thanks to technical progress, there are now new areas in which whole body magnetic resonance…
110-foot concrete bridge withstands 8.0 earthquake simulation
After a succession of eight separate earthquake simulations, a 110-foot long, 200-ton concrete bridge model…