WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints, complete with cartilage, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Rabbits grow their own joint replacements in study
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Study changes picture of U.S. quake hazards
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a „big one” may be less likely at Missouri’s New Madrid fault, researchers said on Wednesday.
U.S. nuclear front-runners begin to slow spending
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HOUSTON (Reuters) – Two companies leading the U.S. nuclear power revival may curb spending on the next generation of reactors due to delays in federal loan support, officials said.
Iran aims to put man in space by 2019: Ahmadinejad
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that Iran would send its first manned shuttle into space by 2019, Iran’s English-language Press TV reported.
Educated people cope better with dementia
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LONDON (Reuters) – Educated people are better able to cope with the physical effects of dementia, and even one extra year of education can significantly cut the risk of developing the brain-wasting disease, scientists said on Monday.
Russia to use space tech to develop energy sector
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will employ technologies, initially meant for outer space research programs, to develop its vast energy sector, Energy Ministry said on Tuesday in yet another sign of the Kremlin’s modernization drive.
Some space shuttle workers get layoff notice
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA’s prime space shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, sent layoff notices this week to more than 15 percent of its 8,100-member shuttle work force, officials said on Tuesday.
Scientists inch towards finding "God particle"
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PARIS (Reuters) – Scientists working with particle accelerators in Europe and the United States said on Monday they may be closing in on the elusive Higgs Boson, the „God particle” believed crucial to forming the cosmos after the Big Bang.
Mental health experts ask: Will anyone be normal?
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LONDON (Reuters) – An updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for „disorders” such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed as normal.