Fri, February 03, 2012
Malaria kills twice as many as thought: study
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
NASA confident in Russia despite space accidents
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Despite a spate of Russian space accidents last year, NASA remains confident in its partner's ability ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Siblings' brain scans may hold key to addictions
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibility to addiction is inherited ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
OHB confirms won Galileo satellite contract from EU
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's OHB AG confirmed it won a 250 million euro ($330 million) contract to build eight satellites for the European Union ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Russia blames Mars probe failure on space radiation
By Alissa de Carbonnel
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia blamed radiation on Tuesday for a computer glitch that doomed its Mars moon mission, but space industry ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
No big Fukushima health impact seen: U.N. body chairman
VIENNA (Reuters) - The health impact of last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan appears relatively small thanks partly to prompt evacuations, the chairman ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
U.S. panel defends call to censor bird flu studies
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A potentially deadlier form of the bird flu virus poses one of the gravest known threats to humans and ...
Sat, January 28, 2012
Snowy owls soar south from Arctic in rare mass migration
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Russia to delay space mission due to technical problems
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to delay the next mission carrying U.S. and Russian astronauts to the International Space Station by several weeks due ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Illumina sets response timeline to Roche offer
(Reuters) - U.S. gene sequencing company Illumina Inc said on Friday it will tell shareholders within 10 business days of its position on a ...
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