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BEIJING, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A blast at a coal mine insouthwestern China has killed 13, state news agency Xinhua said [More]

We looked briefly at why drug studies came into being; now let's look at how a drug is developed, from test tube to your tissues. Every government approved drug goes through the same sequence of testing anywhere in the world. In the US, this is done under the supervision of the FDA, and is conducted in accordance with international standards–mostly

* Central bank leaves rates unchanged to assess flood impact * PM says calls for cooperation, says govt doing "everything [More]

A decade ago layers of shale lying deep underground supplied only 1 percent of America’s natural gas. Today they provide 30 percent

An article in the November issue of Scientific American investigates the scientific truths about fracturing deep shales to harvest natural gas. But the story continues to develop in the news, so we've created this Storify file to track ongoing developments. Come back each week for the latest

BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans inspections of coastal regions for potential pollution risks from oil spills, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The inspections were aimed at enhancing awareness among local governments and companies about safe production, and establishing mechanisms to prevent oil leaks, Xinhua reported, quoting Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) spokesman Tao Detian

The 11th annual M.I.T.

This graphic originally appeared with the article " Halting the World's Most Lethal Parasite ," in the November 2010 issue of Scientific American . We are posting it as background for today's announcement of good success in a phase III trial using a traditional vaccine by GlaxoSmithKline. Scroll down to see the illustration

Debris from the devastating tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 has turned up exactly where scientists predicted it would after months of floating across the Pacific Ocean. Finding and confirming where the debris ended up gives them a better idea of where it's headed next. The magnitude 9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami that struck off the coast of Tohoku in Japanwas so

By Ernest Scheyder ORONO, Maine (Reuters) - Efficiency and simplicity have long eluded renewable-fuel researchers, but a Maine scientist has developed a two-step process he says can make oil from the cellulose in wood fiber. [More]

The unsustainable demand for the Chinese delicacy known as shark fin soup is directly responsible for the slaughter of more than 70 million sharks every year. In a process known as finning, the sharks are caught, pulled onto boats, stripped of their valuable fins and dumped back into the ocean where they slowly and painfully drown. As a result of this cruel practice, some shark species have seen population declines of 99 percent in the past 10 years.

By Sharon Weinberger of Nature magazine The Pentagon's forays into social science--what the military calls "human terrain"--have raised ethics concerns among academics. [More]

A country's energy consumption of gasoline, coal and other fossil fuels is often the attention-grabber in climate discussions. But the energy to make and deliver consumer goods is a more hidden carbon culprit, a recent study says. Steven Davis, a postdoctoral student in the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institute of Washington, tracked the supply chain of greenhouse gases from goods traded internationally in 2004

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine When US presidential science adviser John Holdren hosted a dinner and meetings between US and Chinese science officials in May, he must have known it would lead to a high-level stand-off. [More]

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