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Clinical trial targeting cancerous cells showing promise for women genetically predisposed to disease

To hear some folks tell it, cruising is one of the safest forms of travel in the world. To others, it’s an exceedingly risky proposition where you run the risk of robbery, sexual assault and death.

When customers don't cash in those points or credits they are sending you a message about how disloyal they are. Are you one of those business owners that believes that breakage is a good business strategy

For a century workers flocked to Dubuque, Iowa, as they raised new generations of laborers, they built houses, shops and streets that eventually covered over the Bee Branch Creek. The water gurgled through underground pipes out of sight and largely out of memory. [More]

In the words of Maite Nkoana-Mashabane * , President of the Durban UN Climate Change Conference, “ we should not let the perfect become the enemy of the good and the possible .” Given the thousands of fossil fuel-fired power plants around the world (including about 3,000 in North American alone), this good and possible likely means a future that includes coal, natural gas, and oil as primary energy resources. So, how can we use these fossil fuels in a more environmentally responsible way within practical constraints? One option could be found in the flexible operation of carbon capture and sequestration technology on the world s coal-fired power plants

Promising treatments for those blinded by an often-hereditary, retina-damaging disease are expanding throughout Europe and making their way across the pond, offering a ray of hope for the hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. left in the dark by retinitis pigmentosa . The disease--which affects about one in 4,000 people in the U.S

The idea isn't new, but what you get for the money just keeps getting better. In the very early days of your company , it might make sense to call your garage (or basement or kitchen table) headquarters

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children, and is becoming a big deal in adults as well. ADHD is a pile of related symptoms, most of them dealing with motivation, impulsivity, inattention, and, you know hyperactivity (they call it ADHD for a reason). Right now, we treat ADHD with stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall, which in low doses and when they act over a long period of time can increase focus and help people with ADHD function better

It’s December 12 th , which means if you’re 14 to 18 years old, you still have a couple of days left to enter the YouTube SpaceLab competition . [More]

Welcome to the Scientific American podcast Science Talk, posted on December 11th, 2011. I’m Steve Mirsky. Rumors are flying about the search for the long-sought Higgs boson at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider

I am here in Durban, South Africa to report on the just finished climate change negotiations. While an agreement was reached, negotiations were in doubt throughout the three final nights.

All science writers, especially those of us who cover particle physics and other fields that purport to reveal ultimate reality, hear from cranks. Pre-email, I got envelopes stuffed with manuscripts, sometimes hundreds of pages long, from people unaffiliated with any research institution known to me.

The Chasmagnathus granulatus crab leads a simple life. It spends its days burrowing for food and trying to avoid its nemesis, the seagull. But recent research has shown that despite its rudimentary brain, this crab has a highly sophisticated memory

DURBAN, South Africa--For the first time, all major nations--developed and developing--have agreed to a roadmap that would combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions via an "outcome with legal force" that would not come into effect before 2020.

Researchers announced a milestone in the field of gene therapy which could dramatically improve the lives of people living with hemophilia B.