(AP) A bird flu vaccine won federal approval for the first time Tuesday as a stopgap measure against a potential pandemic until more effective vaccines can be developed.
The vaccine is the first to win Food and Drug Administration approval for use in protecting humans against the H5N1 influenza virus. It would be used if the […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union accused the United States and Australia on Monday of hampering international efforts to tackle climate change.
“We expect … the United States to cooperate closer and not to continue having a negative attitude in international negotiations,” Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas told delegates at a United Nations-sponsored meeting to review a […]
British scientists have grown part of a human heart from stem cells for the first time.
Heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub, who led the team, said doctors could be using artificially grown heart components in transplants within three years.
His researchers at Harefield hospital managed to grow tissue that works in the same way as human […]
Britain’s top science watchdog group is calling for closer inspection of the potential health and environmental risks of nanotechnology
In a government report released this week, the Council for Science and Technology (CST) warned that promised government funds to study possible adverse effects of new nanotechnology have not materialized. Specifically, the report called attention to the […]
New bio fuel cell prototype does away with platinum-based catalysts and fuel-separation membranes
Pulling electricity out of air may be a feasible option in the future according to researchers at Oxford University. Fraser Armstrong, Ph.D. and his research team have managed to develop a revolutionary bio fuel cell which promises clean and renewable energy.
The bio fuel […]
Scientists in Austria say sharing a bed with someone temporarily reduces men’s brain power.
When men spend the night with someone their sleep is disturbed, whether they make love or not, and this impairs their mental ability the next day.
