Cell phone soap operas deliver safe-sex message
BEIJING, Jan. 5 -- "Hey baby, you OK" Mike asks his ... |
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Dormant cancer cells rely on cellular self-cannibalization to survive
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 Xinhua -- A single tumor-suppressing ... |
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Weight loss surgery improves sexual function in men
New study said sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery. |
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U.S. researchers: New genetic markers for ulcerative colitis identified
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 Xinhua -- An international team led by ... |
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Microsoft rushes to release patch to fix web browser flaw
The security update for IE, dubbed MS08-078, resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability that "could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer," the software giant said in a statement. |
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NASA to give away retired space shuttles
NASA plans to donate Discovery to the Smithsonian museum, and give the others to "educational institutions, science museums, and other appropriate organizations." |
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Journal Science selects top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2008
The prestige scientific journal Science has given top honors to research that produced "made-to-order" cell lines by reprogramming cells from ill patients. |
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Mineral evidence of Mars' water environment discovered
A NASA’s orbiting spacecraft has discovered the mineral evidence for a water environment capable of supporting life on Mars. |
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Dinosaur dads had a mothering instinct
Scientists have concluded that the males rather than the females seem to have taken care of the eggs. |
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Ariane rocket launched, sending satellites into orbit
An Ariane rocket was successfully launched Saturday from the Kourou space center in French Guiana, sending two communication satellites into orbit. Europe's Arianespace broadcast live the launch. The Ariane 5-ECA rocket was blast off from Kourou center at 22:35 GMT. |
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U.S. scientists create titanium-based metallic-glass
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have created a range of structural metallic-glass composites, based in titanium. |
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206 million Chinese rely on Internet for news
About 206 million Chinese, or 68.6 percent of the country's Internet users, are using the web to get their main source of news, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences CASS, top academic institution, released the figure in the Blue Book of China's Economy 2009 report. |
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Brazil begins mechanical tests on satellites
Brazil has begun additional tests on two satellites that are expected to be launched in five years as part of a joint program with China. |
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Year 2008 earns one more second due to slower Earth rotation
The year 2008 will be one second longer as the global time service system will be adding a leap second at the end of the year to keep it synchronized with the rotation of the earth. |
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Study: Leaf shape guided by genes
Nature produces dozens of leaf shapes, some simple, some marvelously complex, but almost all sculpted by a set of genes called the NAM/CUC genes. |
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Long-sought carbonates detected on Mars
New evidence of carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars' surface suggests that at least some of the planet's ancient water was not as acidic as previously thought. Using a spectrometer on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a team of U.S. scientists detected some carbonate minerals in a region of valleys called the Nili Fossae. |
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Orbital, SpaceX win $3.5 bln NASA deal to restock ISS
NASA on Tuesday awarded two up-and-coming private space launch companies contracts worth 3.5 billion U.S. dollars to ship cargo to the International Space Station ISS after the space shuttle's planned retirement in 2010. |
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U.S. scientists identify area of brain key to choosing words
New research by scientists from Rice University clearly identify the parts of the brain involved in the process of choosing appropriate words during speech. |
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China's Daya Bay Nuclear power station records 15 years of safe operation
The Daya Bay nuclear power station in south China's Guangong Province, which is the first large-scale commercial nuclear power station on the Chinese mainland, has recorded 15 consecutive years of safe and stable operation. |
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Britain wants int'l standards for website ratings
Britain Culture Secretary said that his country and the world should employ film-style rating standards for website in a bid to protect children from harmful and offensive material. |
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