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Experts
Say New Data Show Global Warming
29/04/05
Climate
scientists armed with new data from deep in the ocean and far into space have
found that Earth is absorbing much more heat than it is giving off, a conclusion
they say validates projections of global warming.
Source:
Environmental News Network
Bug-Eyed
Lens May Mean Slimmer Camera Phones
29/04/05
A
lens made from hundreds of compound "micro-lenses" could be fitted
into a super sleek camera phone, or even a smart card, researchers say.
Source:
New Scientist
Acupuncture
Activates the Brain
01/05/05
Acupuncture
has a measurable, if mysterious, effect on the brain, UK scientists have found.
The study adds to evidence that patients benefit from acupuncture not simply
because of their expectations.
Source:
Nature
Nesting
Treasury Duck Becomes Tourist Attraction; Then It's Make Way for Ducklings
02/05/05
The
duck stops here. After four weeks as Washington's newest tourist attraction, a
mother mallard duck and her 11 ducklings were transported in a motorcade Sunday
to a new and far more suitable setting in Rock Creek Park.
Source:
Environmental News Network
More
Creative Thinking Needed On Drug R&D
03/05/05
Proposals
for a global treaty to boost research and development for neglected diseases by
sidelining large pharmaceutical companies may appear utopian. But they highlight
the urgent need for new ways of producing the medicines needed by the poor.
Source:
SciDev.net
Fireman's
Recovery Stuns Doctors
04/05/05
US
doctors are trying to find out why a severely brain-damaged man has suddenly
started to speak after nearly 10 years.
Source:
BBC News
African
Scientists Call For Trained Science Journalists
04/05/05
Scientists
in Africa have called for better training of journalists and researchers to
improve the continent's media coverage of science news.
Source:
SciDev.net
Indonesia
Confirms Its Second Case of Polio
04/05/05
The
WHO is confident that this outbreak can be contained, though five further
children are now showing signs of the disease.
Source:
New Scientist
Researchers
Tested Drugs on Foster Kids
04/05/05
Government-funded
researchers tested AIDS drugs on hundreds of foster children over the past two
decades, often without providing them a basic protection afforded in federal law
and required by some states, an Associated Press review has found.
Source:
RedNova.com
South
African Student Makes Breakthrough
05/05/05
A
Free State student’s groundbreaking discovery could be used to clean up
blocked arteries more efficiently in future.
Source:
News24.com
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