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  • Google to bid for Nortel patents

    2011-04-05 15:29

    Google Inc. on Monday announced that it is bidding for patent portfolio of Nortel Networks in the bankruptcy auction for the Canadian telecommunications equipment maker.

  • Spitzer finds a hidden jet

    2011-04-05 14:25

    A baby star sprouts two identical jets, seen as green lines emanating from a fuzzy star, in this photograph taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope and released by NASA April 4, 2011.

  • Breast milk cells may someday help predict cancer

    2011-04-05 14:24

    A woman's breast milk cells may be used to predict cancer in future research, according to a study published by HealthDay News on Monday.

  • Russia launches manned spacecraft

    2011-04-05 09:46

    Russia launched a spacecraft with three astronauts on board from the Kazakh Baikonur space center early on Tuesday, Xinhua correspondents reported from the site.

  • Early births link to traffic noise, air pollution: study

    2011-04-04 15:49

    Women who live near freeways and highways are more likely to give birth prematurely, said an Australian new research released on Monday.

  • Chang'e-2 satellite ends mission with success

    2011-04-02 20:22

    China's second lunar satellite, the Chang'e-2, has been safely operating for 180 days as of April 1, and has reached its six-month designed life.

  • Fewer US women dying of lung cancer -study

    2011-04-01 09:58

    Lung cancer death rates among women in the United States fell for the first time in four decades, trailing a similar decline in men that started a decade ago, US cancer experts said on Thursday.

  • Obese man cut out of US home, dies

    2011-04-01 09:40

    Media reports say a morbidly obese man who hadn't moved from his recliner in two years and had to be cut out of his home when he fell ill has died at a hospital.

  • New technology makes hydrogen more viable car fuel

    2011-04-01 09:20

    A new technology that allows hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way, could make its widespread use as a carbon-free alternative to petrol a reality, according to its developers.

  • No apparent link between earthquakes, volcanic eruptions

    2011-03-31 15:56

    There is no enough evidence to show that large earthquakes like what happened in Japan would trigger nearby volcanic eruptions, says a US geophysicist.

  • More US states use familial DNA as forensic tool

    2011-03-31 10:18

    A powerful forensic search tool known as familial DNA is gaining clout for its ability to identify suspects when all else fails.

  • First Mercury images in orbit show lots of craters

    2011-03-31 08:05

    Think the moon has many craters? New photos from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury show the tiny inner planet has far more impressive battle scars from regular high-speed peltings by space rocks.

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