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  • Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria

    In a surprising discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design. TB is caused by infection with the bacterium M. ...

  • Canada losing ground in global science race report

    Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons Monday February 4, 2013 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN ...

  • Animal astronauts return from space mission – video

    A Russian space capsule containing mice, geckos, gerbils, snails and fish returns to Earth after a month-long mission in space. The Bion-M craft orbited at a height of 575km (360 miles). Scientists hope the mission will allow them to study the effect of microgravity on animals' bodies. Half of the mice died in space, as did eight ...

  • As MERS spreads frustration at lack of info grows

    Tunisia's health ministry announced that a 66-year-old man had died and his two children were ill with MERS after returning from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. They'd had no contact with known cases. The WHO says Saudi Arabia is investigating. But there is widespread frustration at the lack of information coming out of the region. "There are still no reports on serological [antibody] ...

  • Grant Will Allow University Of Alberta Researcher To Study Deep Ocean Exchanges In The Labrador Sea

    Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta, nearly $5 million for his study of deep ocean exchanges of carbon dioxide. The study, titled "Ventilation, Interactions and Transports Across the Labrador Sea," will receive the award over the next five years. Myers says he chose ...

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Ashes of Time Redux (Dung che sai duk) [DVD]

Ashes of Time Redux (Dung che sai duk) [DVD]

Ashes of Time Redux is a brooding, melancholic twist on the wuxia, the genre of historical martial arts films that typically focus on swordplay and action. Writer/director Wong Kar Wai delivers swordplay from time to time, but in radical fragments that refuse ... ...

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  • Researchers Predict Coral Distribution Around Hawaii

    coral around the island state by using a computer model. The team said they found the order of coral abundance around the main Hawaiian Islands to ...

  • NASA Looks To 3D-Printed Pizza And Other Foods For Long Distance Space Travel

    Anjan Contractor develop a 3D food printer. Contractor received the six month grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer. The mechanical engineer plans to build ...

  • Russian Space Ark Returns Animal Astronauts to Earth Some Mice Gerbils Die

    A Russian space capsule carrying lizards, mice, gerbils, fish and other creatures has safely returned to Earth, but not all of its animal passengers survived the month-long spaceflight, according to news ...

  • Jupiter Venus and Mercury prepare for Dance of the Planets

    17/07/2012 00:25 CET There is to be a rare celestial choreography in the night sky from May 24 until the end of the month involving three of Earth’s neighbours in the Solar System. Mercury, Jupiter and Venus will all be aligned in the same field of vision, each seeming to spin and move around the others in a phenomenon known as ...

  • Kenya CCK Says It Lacks Space for Third Digital Player

    The Communications Commission of Kenya has said it does not have broadcasting spectrum to issue to the media owners, despite a government promise allocate them the third digital signal distribution license. The industry regulator, said the spectrum that would have been given to broadcasters was taken away in favor of mobile services through an agreement by International Telecommunication Union ...

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