Officials: Lettuce Source of E. ColiDec 13, 2006 | pda version
(AP) -- Lettuce was the most likely source of an outbreak of E. coli linked to Taco Bell, federal health officials said Wednesday. | |
California to Limit Lawnmower Emissions(AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency granted California long-awaited permission Monday to slash emissions from lawnmowers and other small-engine machines, a change it will seek nationally next year. | |
Report: Wi-Fi Demand Up 25 Pct. in '06(AP) -- Demand for microchips that help laptops, video game consoles and other gadgets connect wirelessly to the Internet pushed higher in 2006, a trade group said Monday. | |
Scientists study Helicobacter pyloriFrench scientists have outlined the biological role of a potassium channel in a pathogen that colonizes the stomach. | |
 Ethylene Suggested for Hydrogen StorageEthylene, a ho-hum material that is the building block of the most common plastic, might have an exciting future in storing hydrogen, the hoped-for transportation fuel of the future. New research reported by ... | |
Early HIV treatment fails to restore memory T cellsMost of the body�s memory T cells vanish within weeks after a person is infected with the HIV virus. In a study from the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and the Bernard-Nocht Institute appearing in the international open-access ... | |
Police Decry Web Site on InformantsDec 01, 2006 | pda version
(AP) -- Police and prosecutors are worried that a Web site claiming to identify more than 4,000 informants and undercover agents will cripple investigations and hang targets on witnesses. | |
Never-before-made material similar to diamonds and iceNot since the use of germanium in the first transistor radios and the discovery of its crucial role in semiconductor research more than 50 years ago has the study of this element garnered so much attention. | |
 Genesis Findings Solve Apollo Lunar Soil MysteryEver since astronauts returned from another world, scientists have been mystified by some of the moon rocks they brought back. Now one of the mysteries has been solved. "We learned a great deal about the sun ... | |
'Cancer stem cells' behind colon cancer: research (Update)A few bad stem cells may be responsible for most cancers, Canadian scientists looking into the root causes of colon cancer said Monday, indicating hope for better cancer treatments in the next decade. | |
 Chandra discovers relativistic pinball machineNew clues about the origins of cosmic rays, mysterious high-energy particles that bombard the Earth, have been revealed using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. An extraordinarily detailed image of the remains ... | |
 Zune MP3 players' opening salvo a dudMicrosoft's attack on the Apple iPod began with a whimper as Zune players made a lackluster debut in US stores. | |
 MIT math model could aid natural gas productionMIT engineers have developed a mathematical model that could help energy companies produce natural gas more efficiently and ensure a more reliable supply of this valuable fuel. | |
 Bones at the nanoscaleScientists from Max Planck Institute (Germany) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility have just discovered the way deformation at the nanoscale takes place in a bone by studying it with the synchrotron ... | |
 Physicists observe new property of matterPhysicists at the University of California, San Diego have for the first time observed the spontaneous production of coherence within "excitons," the bound pairs of electrons and holes that enable semiconductors ... | |
