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HIV trial is 'breakthough' of 2011

Dec 23, 2011

WASHINGTON, Dec 22, 2011 (AFP) - A landmark clinical trial that showed HIV drugs can be as effective as condoms in preventing transmission of the virus that causes AIDS was declared Science magazine's breakthrough of the year on Thursday.Other top achievements of 2011 included a Japanese spacecraft'
2 Earth-size planets spotted around distant star

Dec 21, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have found two Earth-sized planets orbiting a star outside the solar system, an encouraging sign for prospects of finding life elsewhere.The discovery shows that such planets exist and that they can be detected by the Kepler spacecraft, said Francois Fressin of the H
Strict diet could save brain from aging: study

Dec 20, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Eating less may keep the mind young, according to Italian scientists who reported Monday they have discovered the molecular process by which a strict diet may save the brain from the ravages of age.The research, published in the US journal the Proceedings of the National Academy o
Scientists develop self-cleaning cotton

Dec 18, 2011

(Yonhap News)UC Davis scientists have developed a self-cleaning cotton fabric that can kill bacteria and break down toxic chemicals such as pesticide residues when exposed to light."The new fabric has potential applications in biological and chemical protective clothing for health care, food process
Russia's Mars probe will crash to Earth in January

Dec 18, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth's orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioactive material on board will pose no danger of contamination, the Russian space agency said Friday.Between 20 and 30 fragments of the probe with a
Doomed gas cloud rushing toward black hole: study

Dec 16, 2011

Astronomers have spied a giant gas cloud with several times the mass of Earth accelerating toward the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy.The doomed cloud has a rendezvous with oblivion in mid-2013, when it will pass within 40 billion kilometres -- a hair's breadth on a
Learning high-performance tasks with no conscious effort may soon be possible

Dec 14, 2011
New operating system for space: High-tech tycoons

Dec 14, 2011

SEATTLE (AP) -- The tycoons of cyberspace are looking to bankroll America's resurgence in outer space, reviving ``Star Trek'' dreams that first interested them in science.Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen made the latest step Tuesday, unveiling plans for a new commercial spaceship that, instead o
New data said to narrow search for Higgs particle

Dec 14, 2011

GENEVA (AP) _ One of two research teams searching for an elusive sub-atomic particle believed to be a basic building block of the universe announced Tuesday that new data show it is more likely to be found in the lower energy ranges of the massive atom smasher being used to track it down.A document
Smoking strongly associated with non-melanoma skin cancers in women: study

Dec 13, 2011

Women who smoke are more likely to suffer from skin cancer, a study found, reported Science Daily.According to the study, women who have smoked for 20 years or more are twice likely to suffer from the disease. A woman smokes a cigarette in New York (Bloomberg)Study results showed that cigarette
Fish may have started walking underwater: study

Dec 13, 2011
Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse

Dec 12, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Moon watchers in the western U.S., Hawaii, Australia and a large part of Asia were treated Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse. In this combo made from six photographs, the different stages of a lunar eclipse as seen from New Delhi, India,
Enjoying others’ bad luck a matter of self-esteem

Dec 12, 2011

People with low self-esteem are more likely to enjoy others’ misfortune and do so because they feel it is deserved, a study found, reported LiveScience.com.According to the study led by Wilco W. van Dijk of Leiden University in the Netherlands, people with low self-esteem were more likely to feel threatened by others with good fortune and experience schadenfreude. In psychology, schadenfreude refers to the enjoyment of others’ misfortune.“I think when you have low self-esteem, you will do almost
Study links tropical cyclones to earthquakes

Dec 9, 2011

US researchers said Thursday they have found evidence that tropical cyclones in Haiti and Taiwan were followed by earthquakes, suggesting that heavy rains and landslides may unleash temblors."Very wet rain events are the trigger," said University of Miami scientist Shimon Wdowinski, an associate res
Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth

Dec 8, 2011