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HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term survival rates are similar for leukemia patients who've had either peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) or bone marrow transplants, a new European study says.
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term survival rates are similar for leukemia patients who've had either peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) or bone marrow transplants, a new European study says.
AFP - The UN climate change panel based claims about ice disappearing from the world's mountain peaks on a student essay and an article in a mountaineering magazine, a British newspaper reported...
AFP - India reaffirmed to the United Nations that it would reject any attempt to impose legally binding climate change goals, but pledged to reduce emissions...
Reuters - Brazil's Cosan, the world's largest ethanol and sugar processor, said on Monday it signed an agreement to merge its ethanol and fuels distribution business in the country with Royal Dutch Shell in a deal valued as much as $12 billion.
Reuters - President Barack Obama wants to end NASA's moon program, turn over space transportation to commercial companies and jump-start technologies needed for future human exploration of Mars and other destinations, officials said on Monday.
AFP - New Zealand confirmed Monday it was joining the Copenhagen Accord on climate change and was submitting its existing conditional 2020 target for reducing carbon...
AFP/File - Longer lifespans, falling fertility rates and growing ranks of elderly people in Asia can pose problems as serious as the impact of climate change, a leading expert warned...
LiveScience.com - How much sleep we need is largely a mystery, and sleep seems tougher to come by as we age. Many studies - often funded by the pharmaceutical industry - have suggested that we're all sleep-deprived zombies, risking our health for lack of shut-eye.
AP - Herbie, the giant American elm tree, is giving his trunk over to...
Reuters - Suppliers that fail to manage their greenhouse gas emissions could lose clients, said a report published on Monday.
Reuters - Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday.
SUNDAY 31. JANUARY 2010
LiveScience.com - Whether climbing a hill or navigating tricky terrain, a new six-legged robot has got it covered using a digital circuit that mimics specialized brain cells used by insects for walking. In cockroaches, for example, repetitive movements like breathing or walking are controlled by small clusters of brain cells called central pattern generators, or CPGs.
AFP - Russian energy giant Lukoil signed an agreement in Baghdad on Sunday to develop Iraq's massive West Qurna-2 oil field, the company said in a...
File/Pierre Verdy)" border="0" />AFP - The International Monetary Fund is planning a 100 billion dollar fund to help countries mitigate the effects of climate change, the agency's head...
AP - Herbie, the giant American elm tree, is giving his trunk over to...
AP - Here are some leading companies that are or could be developing a private space taxi system to take astronauts to the International Space Station. More firms may join in.
AP - Getting to space is about to be outsourced.
Reuters - Nations accounting for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have restated their promises to fight climate change, meeting a Sunday deadline in a low-key endorsement of December's "Copenhagen Accord."
AP - President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy...
AFP - India reaffirmed to the United Nations that it would reject any attempt to impose legally binding climate change goals, but pledged to reduce emissions...
LiveScience.com - Mice given extra doses of a new magnesium compound had better working memory, long-term memory and greater learning ability.
AFP - India has stepped up its efforts to gain an economic foothold in Africa in a new scramble with China for the continent's resources, signing energy deals with top oil producers Angola and...
File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" />AFP - Facing budgetary constraints, President Barack Obama will scale back US space ambitions, abandoning plans to return to the moon by 2020 and confining NASA to lower orbits for years to...
Reuters - Venezuela has received bids for all three projects in the Carabobo bidding round in the Orinoco heavy oil belt, sources said on Thursday, with major oil companies Chevron and Repsol among the...
AFP - The UN climate change panel based claims about ice disappearing from the world's mountain peaks on a student essay and an article in a mountaineering magazine, a British newspaper reported...