Moon Junk Listed As Historical Resource
A California state panel on Friday registered a collection of 106 artifacts left on the moon by the Apollo 11 mission as historical resources, according to a recent Reuters report.
California lists moon junk as historical resource
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seeking to preserve the site where humans first set foot on the moon, a California state panel on Friday registered a collection of 106 objects left by the Apollo 11 mission as an historical resource.
Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage that includes birds.
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Plant flavanoid may help prevent leukemia
LONDON (Reuters) – Eating foods like celery and parsley which contain the naturally occurring flavanoid apigenin may help prevent leukemia, Dutch scientists said Thursday.
NASA sets shuttle launch with future in doubt
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA managers on Wednesday settled on February 7 to kick off their final year of shuttle flights, uncertain about what programs will follow.
Skin cells transformed directly to nerve in study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers have transformed ordinary mouse skin cells directly into neurons, bypassing the need for stem cells or even stemlike cells and greatly speeding up the field of regenerative medicine.
U.S. sends NASA flights to study Haiti quake line
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA will send surveillance flights over Haiti and the Dominican Republic to look for signs that more earthquakes may hit the area after a giant quake that killed as many as 200,000 people two weeks ago.
Find of huge Mayan head suggests significant city
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Archeologists have discovered a huge Mayan sculptured head in Guatemala that suggests a little-known site in the jungle-covered Peten region may once have been a significant city.
Scientists find quicker way to study cancer drivers
LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists have found a new and faster way of studying a crucial class of cancer cells, called cancer stem cells, which they say should speed up work on developing drugs against them.
Project seeks genetic basis of childhood cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers announced a new project on Monday to sequence all the genes in childhood tumors to try to discover previously unknown causes of cancer.