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NISSAN TO MAKE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH NEC: REPORT
http://www.physorg.com/news129617364.html
SAHARA MADE SLOW TRANSITION FROM GREEN TO DESERT: STUDY
http://www.physorg.com/news129617309.html
A CRASH COURSE IN TRUE POLITICAL SCIENCE
http://www.physorg.com/news129616516.html
FRUIT FLY AVOIDANCE MECHANISM COULD LEAD TO NEW WAYS TO CONTROL PAIN IN HUMANS
http://www.physorg.com/news129734265.html
FEMALE CONCAVE-EARED FROGS DRAW MATES WITH ULTRASONIC CALLS
http://www.physorg.com/news129734195.html
SCIENTISTS DIG DEEPER INTO THE GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA BY EVALUATING MICRORNAS
http://www.physorg.com/news129734075.html
ONCE SHUNNED BY ACADEMICS, WIKIPEDIA NOW A TEACHING TOOL
http://www.physorg.com/news129701404.html



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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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ERUPTIONS SUBSIDE AT SICILY'S MOUNT ETNA, May 11
The eruptions that have shaken the Mount Etna volcano on the southern Italian island of Sicily have subsided, experts said Sunday at the Palermo Geophysics and Volcanology Institute.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129734543.html

JAPAN AIMS TO CUT EMISSIONS BY 60-80 PCT BY 2050: REPORTS, May 11
Japan aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 60 and 80 percent by 2050, news reports said on Sunday, as part of measures setting out the country's long term environmental goals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129729554.html

OIL POWERED NORWAY GRADUALLY TURNS INTO THE WIND, May 11
As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129734522.html

ARTIFICIAL REEF NEAR MIAMI IS CEMETERY, DIVING ATTRACTION, May 10
(AP) -- About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and have room for 125,000 remains.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129650708.html

SAHARA MADE SLOW TRANSITION FROM GREEN TO DESERT: STUDY, May 10
The Sahara became the world's biggest hot desert some 2,700 years ago after a very slow fade from green, according to a new study which clashes with the theory that desertification came abruptly.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129617309.html



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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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WEDDINGS BOOST SHARK'S FIN CONSUMPTION IN SINGAPORE: REPORT, May 10
Shark's fin consumption more than doubled in Singapore last year from 2006, with demand driven by an economic boom and an increase in wedding celebrations, a report said Saturday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129617438.html

A CRASH COURSE IN TRUE POLITICAL SCIENCE, May 10
(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting elected to public office.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129616516.html

FEMALE CONCAVE-EARED FROGS DRAW MATES WITH ULTRASONIC CALLS, May 11
Most female frogs don’t call; most lack or have only rudimentary vocal cords. A typical female selects a mate from a chorus of males and then –silently – signals her beau. But the female concave-eared torrent frog, Odorrana tormota, has a more direct method of declaring her interest: She emits a high-pitched chirp that to the human ear sounds like that of a bird. This is one of several unusual frog-related findings reported this week in the journal Nature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129734195.html



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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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NISSAN TO MAKE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH NEC: REPORT, May 10
Nissan Motor Co and NEC Corp will join forces in the world's first mass production of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, a newspaper said Saturday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129617364.html

APPLE AGREES TO SETTLE IPOD LAWSUIT, May 10
(AP) -- Apple Inc. has agreed to settle a pair of class-action lawsuits in Canada alleging it misled customers about the staying power of their iPods, the latest courtroom truce over the dwindling battery life of early generations of the device.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129617261.html

MICROSOFT APPEALS $1.4B EU ANTITRUST FINE, May 10
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129617241.html

FACEBOOK TO LET USERS CARRY PROFILES WITH THEM, May 10
(AP) -- Facebook Inc. is loosening its grip on millions of personal profiles to allow inhabitants of its popular Internet hangout to transplant the information and applications to other Web sites.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129616353.html

HUMANITY AND TECHNOLOGY FUSE IN GLOBAL PANGEA DAY FILM EVENT, May 11
Humanity and digital technology broke down walls between cultures on Saturday during a first-ever Pangea Day film event aimed at replacing conflict with understanding.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129729595.html

VOLKSWAGEN, SANYO TO DEVELOP LITHIUM-ION BATTERY: REPORT, May 11
Volkswagen AG will join forces with Japan's Sanyo Electric to develop a lithium-ion battery, a key component of hybrid and electric cars, the Nikkei newspaper reported Sunday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129728727.html

ONCE SHUNNED BY ACADEMICS, WIKIPEDIA NOW A TEACHING TOOL, May 11
Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129701404.html



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Latest News On MEDICINE and HEALTH:
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US CO-INVENTOR OF NICOTINE PATCH DIES, May 10
A pioneer in the fight against tobacco and the co-inventor of the nicotine patch, Murray Jarvik, died this week of congestive heart failure, the University of California said Saturday. He was 84.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129651148.html

FAMILIES WILL MAKE CASE FOR VACCINE LINK TO AUTISM, May 11
(AP) -- Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court. They seek vindication and financial redress from a government fund that helps people injured by shots.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129734408.html

NEW OUTBREAK OF BIRD FLU HITS INDIA: MINISTER, May 10
Bird flu has spread to the hilly Darjeeling district of eastern India which has been hit by avian influenza several times already this year, a minister said Saturday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129617332.html

70 PEOPLE SICKENED DURING SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE, May 10
(AP) -- It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc. At the company's JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, 70 people came down with what officials believe is norovirus, a type of medical virus easily spread by touching dirty surfaces.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129617215.html

IS DIVORCE BAD FOR THE PARENTS?, May 11
The elderly are cared for by their adult children regardless of their marital status. In a unique study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, researchers found British adult children help their elderly parents according to current need (i.e. health) rather than past behaviour. This contrasts with other countries such as the US, where parents with a history of divorce see less of their children and receive less help from them.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129727971.html

UV LOTION LIGHTS THE WAY TO CLEANER FACILITIES, May 11
A team of Canadian scientists using a lotion which glows under ultraviolet light have shown that up to a third of patient toilets are not properly cleaned. Their findings, published in BioMed Central’s journal, BMC Infectious Diseases, also show that spores from the nasty bacteria Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) linger in the loo even when it has been thoroughly wiped down.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129727555.html

A NEW GENE TRIGGER FOR PREGNANCY DISORDER IDENTIFIED, May 11
The COMT gene – known already for its role in schizophrenia – has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today’s advance on-line issue of Nature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129734342.html

PEER PRESSURE, THE NEW WEAPON AGAINST TEEN SMOKING, May 10
Enrolling an influential student to convey an anti-smoking message to schoolmates is a valuable way of getting youngsters to say no to cigarettes, a British study suggests.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129617393.html

FRUIT FLY AVOIDANCE MECHANISM COULD LEAD TO NEW WAYS TO CONTROL PAIN IN HUMANS, May 11
At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the fruit, wander off and burrow into the earth where they avoid food as if it were poison. Only then can the larvae grow and hatch into flies that will take wing to lay their own eggs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129734265.html

SCIENTISTS DIG DEEPER INTO THE GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA BY EVALUATING MICRORNAS, May 11
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral and neuronal deficits associated with schizophrenia and possibly other brain disorders.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129734075.html






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