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Health

Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial

Nexavar Fails in Melanoma Phase III Trial

German drug maker Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced they ended a Phase III...
» read full story April 27th, 2009 - 14:53
Ozone Exposure Is Deadly

Ozone Exposure Is Deadly

 A study that analyzed data on 18 years showed that the risk of respiratory problems has been...
» read full story March 12th, 2009 - 15:06
Caffeine Prevents Skin Cancer?

Caffeine Prevents Skin Cancer?

Caffeine might offer some protection from skin cancer, researchers at the University of...
» read full story February 27th, 2009 - 16:25
Beach Vacations May be Linked with an Increased Risk of Skin Cancer

Beach Vacations May be Linked with an Increased Risk of Skin Cancer

Beach vacations during childhood may increase children’s future risk of deadly skin cancer...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 17:35
American Academy Of Pediatrics Urges Doubling Vitamin D For Children

American Academy Of Pediatrics Urges Doubling Vitamin D For Children

The deficiency of vitamin D during childhood and adolescence has outcomes later in life like the...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 11:00

Vitamin D Receptor Gene Variant Linked To Melanoma

According to a report released by Italian researchers, a variation of the gene for BsmI, the...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 18:19
Gene Variant for the Vitamin D Receptor Linked to Melanoma

Gene Variant for the Vitamin D Receptor Linked to Melanoma

Researchers at the University of Padova in Italy have identified a possible link between...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 17:42
Is Tanning Bed Use Safe? Definitely Not, Experts Confirm

Is Tanning Bed Use Safe? Definitely Not, Experts Confirm

Exposure to ultraviolet rays, no matter where you get them from, is not good for you. At least...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 14:00
Moisturizers May Increase the Risk for Skin Cancer in Mice. New Report Says

Moisturizers May Increase the Risk for Skin Cancer in Mice. New Report Says

As more studies say that the incidence of the most lethal form of skin cancer, melanoma, has...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 13:30
Melanoma Cases Raise Considerably Among Younger Women

Melanoma Cases Raise Considerably Among Younger Women

Researchers browsing through the cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, found that...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 13:10
Ineffective Sunscreens Increase The Risk Of Developing Skin Problems

Ineffective Sunscreens Increase The Risk Of Developing Skin Problems

The summer is here, and as many of us head to the beach, we are unaware that our vacation could...
» read full story July 04th, 2008 - 15:04
Few Sunscreens Offer Protection, Study Says

Few Sunscreens Offer Protection, Study Says

A study carried out by the environmental and advocacy group Environmental Working Group, found out...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 14:25
Most Sunscreen Products Are Inadequate

Most Sunscreen Products Are Inadequate

The Environmental Working Group has found out that four out of five brand-name sunscreens are not...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 17:26
Sunscreen Each Day Keeps Cancer Away

Sunscreen Each Day Keeps Cancer Away

Although much has been attempted to get through to people about the deadly dangers of ultraviolet...
» read full story June 30th, 2008 - 13:50
Lack of "Sunshine" Vitamin D Linked to Death

Lack of "Sunshine" Vitamin D Linked to Death

A new study has further highlighted the importance of the Vitamin D group of substances to human...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 22:16
CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu

CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu

Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned at a...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 18:45
Researchers Announce New Bird Flu Vaccine

Researchers Announce New Bird Flu Vaccine

Researchers have announced in this week's New England Journal of Medicine the development of a new...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 23:29
FDA Encourages Patients to Kick CFC Inhalers Now

FDA Encourages Patients to Kick CFC Inhalers Now

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended that patients no longer use classical...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 22:54
Low Levels of Vitamin D May Lead to Aggressive Breast Cancer

Low Levels of Vitamin D May Lead to Aggressive Breast Cancer

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that has recently been found to play a role in a wide...
» read full story May 16th, 2008 - 11:20
Shiny Lip Glosses Increase Cancer Risk

Shiny Lip Glosses Increase Cancer Risk

A new study by dermatologist Christine Brown at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas found...
» read full story April 27th, 2008 - 14:40
To Get Tanned or Not to Get Tanned, This Is the Question…

To Get Tanned or Not to Get Tanned, This Is the Question…

A question most people knew the answer, until the Indoor Tanning Association launched an...
» read full story March 28th, 2008 - 10:46
Global Warming May Lead to an Increased Number of Heart Deaths

Global Warming May Lead to an Increased Number of Heart Deaths

High temperatures and air pollution may lead to a higher death rate from heart disease or stroke,...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 10:44
FDA To Introduce New Rule For Sunscreen Products

FDA To Introduce New Rule For Sunscreen Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new set of standards for sunscreens that sets...
» read full story August 24th, 2007 - 14:19
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Technology

Xerox Develops New Paper Technology

Xerox Develops New Paper Technology

The Palo Alto Research Center funded by Xerox is developing a new type of paper that can be reused...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 15:12
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World

Three Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells

Three Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells

The Nobel Prize for chemistry is shared this year by three US-based scientists, one of them...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 08:47
WMO: Climate Change May Hinder Ozone Recovery

WMO: Climate Change May Hinder Ozone Recovery

Climate change may hinder the ozone recovery, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said...
» read full story September 15th, 2007 - 13:14
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Specials

Light Helps Beat the Winter Blues

Berlin/Leipzig - Autumn is a time when nature prepares to rest, and a lot of people begin to...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 09:38
Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize

Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize

One Japanese and two American scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry for taking the...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 15:07
The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Shared By Three Scientists

The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Shared By Three Scientists

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded today to two Americans and one Japanese for their...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 14:40

Japanese, US Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Stockholm - Three US-based researchers shared the Nobel prize for chemistry Wednesday for work on...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 13:15
Hubble Space Telescope Fails at the Right Time

Hubble Space Telescope Fails at the Right Time

A very short while before October 14, when the scheduled upgrade mission for the aging Hubble...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 16:00
Tanning Beds Are Not Safe, Cause Skin Cancer, Studies Warn

Tanning Beds Are Not Safe, Cause Skin Cancer, Studies Warn

Tanning beds have been a subject of controversy for many years with many dermatologists warning...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 17:31
Study Warns: Melanoma Cases Increase By 50 Percent Among Young Women

Study Warns: Melanoma Cases Increase By 50 Percent Among Young Women

Cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, are rising among young women, according to a...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 11:10
Martian Soil Could Support Life

Martian Soil Could Support Life

NASA scientists felt that they won the big lottery ticket when they saw the results that came from...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 19:10
Tips to Keep a Healthy Skin and Avoid Skin Cancer

Tips to Keep a Healthy Skin and Avoid Skin Cancer

As the new summer season approaches, more people will desire to stay out for as long as possible,...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 11:26
Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution

Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution

Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone pollution is directly linked to poor health in...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 12:26
Red Giant Star Found to Have Massive Tail

Red Giant Star Found to Have Massive Tail

A dying star situated 400 light years away from us exhibits an unusual and massive tail of heated...
» read full story August 16th, 2007 - 13:19
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Science

Astronauts installing new camera on Hubble

Washington - US astronauts on Thursday were conducting the first spacewalk to upgrade and repair...
» read full story May 14th, 2009 - 20:08

South Korean scientists create glowing cloned dogs

   Seoul  - Scientists in South Korea have become the first to clone dogs with...
» read full story April 30th, 2009 - 19:14
Astronomers Find Carbon Dioxide In Another Planet's Atmosphere

Astronomers Find Carbon Dioxide In Another Planet's Atmosphere

Carbon dioxide has been detected in the atmosphere of a planet 63 light-years away by astronomers...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 17:16
Is There Liquid Water On One Of Saturn's Moons?

Is There Liquid Water On One Of Saturn's Moons?

A recent research, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, shows huge plumes of water vapor...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 20:53
Enceladus Geyser-Jets Pumped By Underground Hot Liquid Water

Enceladus Geyser-Jets Pumped By Underground Hot Liquid Water

For almost three decades now, scientists have been intrigued by Saturn’s six-largest moon,...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 13:58
Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein

Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein

This year, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists that used a protein taken...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 16:58
Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells

Three Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Bioluminescent Cells

The Nobel Prize for chemistry is shared this year by three US-based scientists, one of them...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 12:33
Hubble Malfunctions And Delays Repair Mission

Hubble Malfunctions And Delays Repair Mission

The aging Hubble telescope, which has peered into the depths of space for 18 years was due to for...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 15:50
NASA Postpones Hubble Mission To October 14

NASA Postpones Hubble Mission To October 14

Due to the closure of the NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, as a result of Hurricane Ike,...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 23:20
Rescue Shuttle Endeavour Moved To Launch Pad

Rescue Shuttle Endeavour Moved To Launch Pad

For the first time since 2001, both of NASA’s launch pads are occupied. One of them will be the...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 21:46
Update: NASA Says No To Martians, Maybe To Life

Update: NASA Says No To Martians, Maybe To Life

There have been a lot of assumptions lately about what the latest chemical discovery on Mars means...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 15:30
Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women

Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women

Researchers browsing through the cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, found that...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 10:30
NASA Celebrates The Return Of Space Shuttle Discovery

NASA Celebrates The Return Of Space Shuttle Discovery

NASA is celebrating the return of the space shuttle Discovery and the successful end of the...
» read full story June 15th, 2008 - 10:06

Phoenix Analyzes The Martian Dust

The “microscopy” part of the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer of NASA's Mars...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 11:09
NASA Delays Hubble Mission For Early October

NASA Delays Hubble Mission For Early October

NASA officials announced today that the upcoming mission for repairing the Hubble telescope would...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 22:17
NASA Releases Largest Collection of Hubble Images

NASA Releases Largest Collection of Hubble Images

In celebration of the 18th anniversary of Hubble’s launch, NASA released a series of 59 new images...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 23:03
Scientists Amazed By New Images Sent By NASA’s Messenger

Scientists Amazed By New Images Sent By NASA’s Messenger

Thanks to the news images sent back to Earth by NASA's Messenger spacecraft the scientists are...
» read full story January 31st, 2008 - 00:39
Hubble Telescope to Be Overhauled in August

Hubble Telescope to Be Overhauled in August

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) will be repaired and overhauled in August, a month earlier than it...
» read full story January 08th, 2008 - 21:03
South Korean Researchers Cloned Fluorescent Cats

South Korean Researchers Cloned Fluorescent Cats

These days, it seems that science out wins art. Up to now artists could get their imagination free...
» read full story December 13th, 2007 - 22:46
China's Chang'e-I Enters Moon Orbit

China's Chang'e-I Enters Moon Orbit

The Chinese scientists announced today that China’s Chang'e-I moon probe entered a lunar...
» read full story November 05th, 2007 - 11:34
Saturn Moon Found to Be Full of Holes

Saturn Moon Found to Be Full of Holes

Hyperion, one of Saturn’s most bizarre moons, has added a new feature to its oddity, thanks to...
» read full story July 05th, 2007 - 16:56
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