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Balloons Launched Over Equatorial Brazil Validate Envisat
Paris (ESA) Jul 18, 2005As part of ESA's validation and long-term monitoring programme for the atmospheric chemistry instruments on board Envisat, scientists are now facing the challenges of launching huge balloons in Equatorial Brazil to fill a gap in the validation dataset. FY-2C Satellite Ready For Full Operation 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 18, 2005Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense held a handover ceremony on July 14 for China's first geostationary operational meteorological satellite successfully developed and launched by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Boosting Vitamin C In Plants Can Help Reduce Smog Damage 
Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2005The harmful effects of smog on people and animals - the stinging eyes and decreased lung capacity - are the stuff of well-researched fact. Now, the body of knowledge about air pollution's effects on plants has grown with the discovery of the importance of vitamin C in helping plants defend themselves against the ravages of ozone. |
Study: The Rich Do Tend To Die Happier
Washington (UPI) July 15, 2005Researchers have determined something that might also have seemed true intuitively: The wealthy in the United States tend to die in more comfort and less pain than their less fortunate brethren. Forever Young: The Scientific Frontier 
Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2005Dr. Bruce Ames is a leading biochemist who specializes in aging and nutrition. In Part 1 of an interview with United Press International, he discussed the importance of good diet in promoting longevity and keeping mitochondria - the cells' power plants and the key to vigorous good health - functioning efficiently. Forever Young: Don't Help The Reaper 
Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2005As the Rolling Stones testified, "what a drag it is getting old" - and that was decades before Mick Jagger and Keith Richards actually began looking like aging rock stars, but at least today's population has access to the best science-based advice on how to live well longer. |
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More Incentives Urged For Biodefense
Washington (UPI) July 15, 2005Experts this week urged stronger federal-government incentives for pharmaceutical companies to invest in developing medicines to counter potential biological terror attacks. Chemical Facilities Still Lack Legislation 
Washington (UPI) July 15, 2005Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., has said lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security have received their clearest messages yet from top representatives of the chemical industry about what should be done to expand the security efforts of America's 15,000 chemical facilities. China Refuses To Back Down On General's Nuclear Threat Over Taiwan 
Beijing (AFP) (SPX) Jul 16, 2005China refused to retract statements made by a leading general that it would use nuclear weapons to repulse US military intervention over Taiwan despite Washington's criticism of the remarks. |
Scientists Find Clues To Memory Health
San Francisco, (UPI) July 12, 2005 -Misplaced keys, faltering name recall, incomplete thoughts -- by age 50, many otherwise healthy adults begin to notice these insidious symptoms, all signs of short-term memory loss. Indeed, as we age, our memory function can decline by as much as 45 percent, researchers have found. China To Send Pig 'Eggs' Into Space 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 17, 2005China plans to take 'eggs' from pedigree pigs on its second manned space mission to study whether exposure to outer space alters the genetic make-up of the 'eggs', state media said Sunday. Trymanosomes Genome Sleeping Sickness Chagas Disease Leishmaniasis 
Rockville MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2005One parasite causes a deadly sleeping sickness in Africa. The second damages the internal organs of millions of Latin Americans. The third causes terrible lesions on the face or limbs of victims from Brazil to India. |
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