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University Of Utah To Help Build Realistic Bionic Arm

Utah - University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm.

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The world’s deepest dinosaur finding - 2256 metres below the seabed

Norway - While most nations excavate their skeletons using a toothbrush, the Norwegians found one using a drill.

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Research With Hand-held Device Brings Speech To Impaired And Disabled Individuals

Virginia - A middle-aged woman makes plans over the telephone to get together with a friend, even though she cannot talk after suffering a stroke.

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Ancient And Modern Evidence Suggests Limits To Future Global Warming

Durham, NC - Instrumental readings made during the past century offer ample evidence that carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" in the atmosphere are warming Earth's climate, a team led by Duke University scientists has reported. But by analyzing indirect evidence of temperature fluctuations over six previous centuries, the team also found that the magnitude of future global warming will likely fall well short of current highest predictions.

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Gigantic Meat-eating Dinosaur Discovered

Plaza Huincul, Argentina - At a news conference today in the western Patagonian city where the news species was found, paleontologists will unveil what may be one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs known.

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New Predictive Model To Assess Individual’s Risk Of Prostate Cancer

San Antonio, TX - Researchers have developed a model to predict prostate cancer for men who undergo a prostate biopsy. The details of the risk calculator appear in the April 18 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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Cell studies show promise for ginger as potential ovarian cancer treatment

Ann Arbor, MI - Ginger is known to ease nausea and control inflammation. But researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center are investigating a new use for this age-old remedy: treating ovarian cancer.

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Unexpected detail in first-ever Venus south pole images

Paris - ESA's Venus Express has returned the first-ever images of the hothouse planet’s south pole from a distance of 206 452 kilometres, showing surprisingly clear structures and unexpected detail. The images were taken 12 April during the spacecraft’s initial capture orbit after successful arrival on 11 April 2006.

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Milestone In Quest For Cheap Antimalarial For Developing World

Berkeley, CA - Researchers striving to create a less expensive version of a life-saving antimalarial drug, artemisinin, have cleared a major hurdle, according to a new report in the journal Nature.

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World Wildlife Fund Ensure an Effective and Healthy Recovery for Tsunami Survivors

Washington - The American Red Cross and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are partnering in tsunami-affected countries to restore communities and ensure that fish, wood and other essential natural resources are available for generations to come.

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