<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>European Online  Newspapers - Science/Research</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/</link><description>News posted on the main European Online  Newspapers - section Ştiinta/Cercetare</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:58:52 GMT</pubDate><item><title>Petition seeks to have wolves howl across US 
    (AP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/petition-seeks-to-have-wolves-howl-across-us--ap-13074186-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>AP - Tens of thousands of gray wolves would be returned to the woods of New England, the mountains of California, the wide open Great Plains and the desert West under a scientific petition filed Tuesday with the federal government.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil's beaches 
    (AP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/hundreds-of-dead-penguins-dot-brazils-beaches--ap-13074184-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil's beaches 
    (AP)</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AP Exclusive: Turkey ill-prepared for earthquake 
    (AP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/ap-exclusive-turkey-ill-prepared-for-earthquake--ap-13074175-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>AP - More than a decade after a devastating earthquake revealed dangerously shoddy construction across Turkey, authorities are failing to enforce stricter building codes and protect people from another deadly quake, according to a new parliamentary report obtained by The Associated Press.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientists find most massive star ever discovered 
    (AP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/scientists-find-most-massive-star-ever-discovered--ap-13074172-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Scientists find most massive star ever discovered 
    (AP)</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sky High Scare: The Tricky Nature of Turbulence 
    (LiveScience.com)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/sky-high-scare-the-tricky-nature-of-turbulence--livescience-com-13074165-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Sky High Scare: The Tricky Nature of Turbulence 
    (LiveScience.com)</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Benefit confirmed in "bubble boy" treatment 
    (Reuters)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/benefit-confirmed-in-bubble-boy-treatment--reuters-13074164-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Benefit confirmed in "bubble boy" treatment 
    (Reuters)</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Want to Call AliensKeep it Short and Simple, Scientists Say 
    (SPACE.com)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/want-to-call-alienskeep-it-short-and-simple-scientists-say--space-com-13074159-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>SPACE.com - If
extraterrestrials ever phoned us, they would be more likely to
send narrowly directed bursts than  constantly blaring signals
&amp;##x2014; more text-messaging
than novel-writing, some scientists now suggest.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Black Hole Knocked Off Axis By Galaxy Collision 
    (SPACE.com)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/black-hole-knocked-off-axis-by-galaxy-collision--space-com-13074158-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Black Hole Knocked Off Axis By Galaxy Collision 
    (SPACE.com)</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>As NYC area spreads, so do bears; NJ hunt approved 
    (AP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/as-nyc-area-spreads-so-do-bears-nj-hunt-approved--ap-13074143-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>AP - New Jersey will hold its first bear hunt in five years this December to thin a growing black bear population that wildlife biologists say is increasingly coming into contact with suburban New Yorkers.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Oil to build Gulf spill response unit 
    (AFP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/big-oil-to-build-gulf-spill-response-unit--afp-13074138-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>AFP - Four of the world''s oil giants said Wednesday they were joining forces to create a billion-dollar system to capture oil in case of another catastrophic spill like the one in the Gulf of Mexico.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smithsonian holdings to aid researchers in Gulf 
    (AP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/smithsonian-holdings-to-aid-researchers-in-gulf--ap-13074136-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>AP - Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill are turning to a vast collection of preserved animals at the Smithsonian to see what kind of changes the oil spill may wreak among life forms in the Gulf of Mexico.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gene Therapy Shows Promise With 'Bubble Boy' Disease 
    (HealthDay)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/gene-therapy-shows-promise-with-bubble-boy-disease--healthday-13074132-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Gene Therapy Shows Promise With 'Bubble Boy' Disease 
    (HealthDay)</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BP defends CEO and eyes new option for plugging well 
    (Reuters)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/bp-defends-ceo-and-eyes-new-option-for-plugging-well--reuters-13074131-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Reuters - BP Plc defended its embattled chief executive on Wednesday and denied he would soon leave as the company prepared to launch within days a new approach to ending the worst oil spill in U.S. history.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A gathering storm halts Gulf oil well work 
    (AP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/a-gathering-storm-halts-gulf-oil-well-work--ap-13074127-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>AP - A storm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug the ruptured oil well to a near standstill Wednesday just as BP was getting tantalizingly close to going in for the kill.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaska pair pleads guilty to lying about hit list 
    (AP)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/alaska-pair-pleads-guilty-to-lying-about-hit-list--ap-13074115-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>AP - A National Weather Service employee and his British-born wife pleaded guilty Wednesday to domestic terrorism charges of lying to the FBI about a hit list of possible targets who the couple suspected were enemies of Islam.</description><author>Yahoo News</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pounding particles to create Neptune's water in the lab</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/pounding-particles-to-create-neptunes-water-in-the-lab-13073399-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Pounding particles to create Neptune's water in the lab</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The malicious use of pharmaceuticals:  An under-recognized form of child abuse</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-malicious-use-of-pharmaceuticals-an-under-recognized-form-of-child-abuse-13073398-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>The malicious use of pharmaceuticals:  An under-recognized form of child abuse</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Data mining made faster</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/data-mining-made-faster-13073397-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Data mining made faster</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientists find unsuspected molecular link between obesity and insulin resistance</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/scientists-find-unsuspected-molecular-link-between-obesity-and-insulin-resistance-13073396-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Scientists find unsuspected molecular link between obesity and insulin resistance</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA satellites see System 97L serve up a soaking</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/nasa-satellites-see-system-l-serve-up-a-soaking-13073395-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>NASA satellites see System 97L serve up a soaking</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA satellites tracking rain-packed Tropical Storm Chanthu as it heads toward China</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/nasa-satellites-tracking-rain-packed-tropical-storm-chanthu-as-it-heads-toward-china-13073394-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>NASA satellites tracking rain-packed Tropical Storm Chanthu as it heads toward China</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Now you see it, now you don't</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-13073393-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Now you see it, now you don't</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama to launch ocean initiative</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/obama-to-launch-ocean-initiative-13072133-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>The stewardship policy embraces a controversial zoning practice that could change how the U.S. regulates drilling, fishing and other maritime activities.
                        
                    
                    
                        President Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for America''s oceans and Great Lakes, including a type of zoning that could drama</description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil rig engineer testifies about power failures</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/oil-rig-engineer-testifies-about-power-failures-13072116-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Testimony at a federal hearing describes computer glitches and deferred maintenance. The rig''s captain is said to have ordered an injured man to be left behind.
                        
                    
                    
                        Months before the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 men, the sophisticated drilling vessel experienced power blackouts, co</description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coyote attacks alarm New York suburb</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/coyote-attacks-alarm-new-york-suburb-13072115-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Injuries to two girls in Rye have police and residents on alert – and some wondering why the town let it get this far.
                        
                    
                    
                        The attacker pounced from behind a large rock as 3-year-old Erika Attar played outside her home. "Mommy!" shrieked a playmate as the girl struggled to break free. Erika''s father dashed acro</description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poverty and HIV are strongly linked, CDC survey finds</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/poverty-and-hiv-are-strongly-linked-cdc-survey-finds-13072114-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Regardless of race or ethnicity, heterosexuals living in low-income communities are up to five times more likely to be HIV-positive than the rest of the U.S. population.
                        
                    
                    Heterosexuals living below the poverty line in U.S. cities are five times as likely as the nation''s   general population to be HIV-positive, regardless of their ra</description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Veterans can have seizures decades after a head injury, study finds</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/veterans-can-have-seizures-decades-after-a-head-injury-study-finds-13072113-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>It''s unclear what can trigger the post-traumatic epilepsy, which can hit up to 35 years after a penetrating head wound. The long-term study looks at Vietnam veterans.
                        
                    
                    
                        Soldiers who suffered brain injuries can develop seizures decades — as long as 35 years — after the initial injury, researchers have found.</description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Studies show promise in curbing AIDS in Africa</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/studies-show-promise-in-curbing-aids-in-africa-13072112-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>In one finding, the use of a microbicide is shown to reduce chances of HIV transmission in women by more than half. Another indicates that financial incentives can delay girls'' sexual activity.
                        
                    
                    
                        For the first time in the bleak history of the AIDS epidemic on the African continent, researchers have identified</description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BP testimony: Officials knew of key safety problem on rig</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/bp-testimony-officials-knew-of-key-safety-problem-on-rig-13072055-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>The company''s well manager says he reported a leak atop a well safety device months before the April 20 disaster. Investigators said BP should have suspended operations until it was fixed.
                        
                    
                    
                        BP officials knew about a problem on a crucial well safety device at least three months before the catastrophic April 2</description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA panel says Avastin should not be marketed for breast cancer treatment</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/fda-panel-says-avastin-should-not-be-marketed-for-breast-cancer-treatment-13072054-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>The recommendation does not affect the drug''s marketing for treatment of four other types of cancer. New trials failed to confirm initial studies indicating some benefit for breast cancer patients. 
                        
                    
                    
                        A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Tuesday recommended that the agency withdraw its marketing </description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A bag and a trap. Oil spill invention is a keeper</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/a-bag-and-a-trap-oil-spill-invention-is-a-keeper-13071805-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>''It''s not rocket science, but it works,'' a BP official says of Gerry Matherne''s device, one of thousands engineers have sorted through that claim to clean up the sludge in the Gulf of Mexico.
                        
                    
                    
                        Gerry Matherne recently built a helicopter from "a bit of this and a piece of that," which made him a minor star </description><author>Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Daily Flash -Eco, Space, Tech (7/21)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-daily-flash-eco-space-tech-13070594-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Extreme Hobbyists Put Satellites Into Orbit With $8,000 Kits Attention wannabe supervillains: Putting your own, personal satellite into orbit is not such a far-fetched idea after all. Interorbital Systems, which makes rockets and spacecraft, created a kit last year that...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Daily Flash -Eco, Space, Tech (7/21)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-daily-flash-eco-space-tech-13070593-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Bad Connection: Inside the iPhone Network Meltdown AT&amp;T’s network has proven unable to cope with the deluge of data traffic generated by the iPhone, particularly in cities like San Francisco and New York. Even as the #attfail meme burned up...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Daily "140" Insight: What Existed Before the Big Bang?</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-daily-insight-what-existed-before-the-big-bang-13070592-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Cosmologists are "trained to say there was no time before the Big Bang, when we should say that we don''t know whether there was anything - or if there was, what it was." Sean Carroll, physicist, CalTech, author From Eternity...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'You Couldn't Make This Up' Dept.: MIT Questions China UFO Sightings</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/you-couldnt-make-this-up-dept-mit-questions-china-ufo-sightings-13070591-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>The images of the UFOs have caused quite a stir in China and on blogs around the world are fake according to Geoffrey Forden, an MIT weapons analyst. The first sighting occurred at Hangzhou''s Xiaoshan Airport, in the eastern part...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How "Inception's" Astonishing Visuals Came to Life (VIDEO/TRAILER)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/how-inceptions-astonishing-visuals-came-to-life-videotrailer-13070590-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Paul Franklin specializes in turning the imaginary into reality in Leonardo DiCaprio''s terrifying new thriller, Inception. As the visual effects supervisor for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and now Inception, Franklin is well-versed in helping directors like Christopher Nolan populate...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The "Twitter" Solution in the Search for ET (VIDEO)</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-twitter-solution-in-the-search-for-et-video-13070589-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Assuming that an alien civilization would strive to optimize costs, limit waste and make its signaling technology more efficient, Jim Benford, founder and president of Microwave Sciences Inc., proposes that these signals would not be continuously blasted out in all...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Using Supermassive Black Holes as Cosmic Telescopes to Explore the Universe</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/using-supermassive-black-holes-as-cosmic-telescopes-to-explore-the-universe-13070588-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>A quasar acting as a gravitational lens has now been observed for the first time. This discovery, made by the EPFL''s Laboratory of Astrophysics in cooperation with Caltech, represents an advance in the field, since it will allow scientists to...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hints of ET Life: Deepest Ever "Black Smoker" Discovered 3 Miles Down Surrounded by Extreme Life Forms</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/hints-of-et-life-deepest-ever-black-smoker-discovered-miles-down-surrounded-by-extreme-life-forms-13070587-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>More than three miles down in the Caribbean Sea, a remote-controlled vehicle has filmed the world''s deepest "black smoker" vent: a gusher of iron sulfide so hot it could melt lead. "It was like wandering across the surface of another...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Search for Galactic Time Bombs: Future "Hypernovas" - The Most Violent Objects in the Universe</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/the-search-for-galactic-time-bombs-future-hypernovas-the-most-violent-objects-in-the-universe-13070586-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Many astronomers today believe that one of the most plausible reasons we have yet to detect intelligent life in the universe is due to the deadly effects of local supernova explosions that wipe out all life in a given region...</description><author>The Daily Galaxy</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New LCOS Spatial Light Modulator</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/new-lcos-spatial-light-modulator-13068139-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Hamamatsu Photonics, one the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative opto-electronic products, introduce the new Liquid Crystal on Silicon spatial light modulator (LCOS-SLM), the X10468.</description><author>physicsworld.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hamamatsu Photonics Back-thinned CCD with Electronic Shutter Function</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/hamamatsu-photonics-back-thinned-ccd-with-electronic-shutter-function-13068138-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Hamamatsu Photonics introduce a new design of back-thinned linear CCD image sensor.</description><author>physicsworld.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Graphene could revolutionize DNA sequencing</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/graphene-could-revolutionize-dna-sequencing-13068128-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Technique no longer requires blasting DNA into pieces</description><author>physicsworld.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Developments in Ultra High-Speed Imaging Camera Technology</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/developments-in-ultra-high-speed-imaging-camera-technology-13068127-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Developments in Ultra High-Speed Imaging Camera Technology</description><author>physicsworld.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thermally Stabilised Beam Expander Helps Verify Optical Performance</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/thermally-stabilised-beam-expander-helps-verify-optical-performance-13068126-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Thermally Stabilised Beam Expander Helps Verify Optical Performance</description><author>physicsworld.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Custom Non Browning Lenses for Nuclear Applications</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/custom-non-browning-lenses-for-nuclear-applications-13068125-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Custom Non Browning Lenses for Nuclear Applications</description><author>physicsworld.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When worlds collide: physics meets music</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/when-worlds-collide-physics-meets-music-13068109-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>Particle physicist Brian Foster explores Einstein''s love of music</description><author>physicsworld.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Einstein's Universe: the scientist, the man, the musician</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/einsteins-universe-the-scientist-the-man-the-musician-13068108-2-07_22_2010.html</link><description>What happens when a particle physicist teams up with an award-winning classical musician?</description><author>physicsworld.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>At Last, Vaginal Gel Scores Victory Against HIV</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/at-last-vaginal-gel-scores-victory-against-hiv-13067156-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>At Last, Vaginal Gel Scores Victory Against HIV</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will IVF Work for You?</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/will-ivf-work-for-you-13067154-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Will IVF Work for You?</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate Scientist-Activist Stephen Schneider Has Died</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/climate-scientist-activist-stephen-schneider-has-died-13067153-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Climate Scientist-Activist Stephen Schneider Has Died</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prominent Duke Cancer Researcher Put On Leave Over Allegedly Embellishing Credentials</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/prominent-duke-cancer-researcher-put-on-leave-over-allegedly-embellishing-credentials-13067152-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Prominent Duke Cancer Researcher Put On Leave Over Allegedly Embellishing Credentials</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ScienceShot: Burrowing Moles Breathe Easy</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/scienceshot-burrowing-moles-breathe-easy-13067151-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>ScienceShot: Burrowing Moles Breathe Easy</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama's National Ocean Policy</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/obamas-national-ocean-policy-13067150-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Obama's National Ocean Policy</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Should Smuggled Madagascar Frogs Be Returned Home?</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/should-smuggled-madagascar-frogs-be-returned-home-13067149-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Should Smuggled Madagascar Frogs Be Returned Home?</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>European Bureaucrats Raid Research, Ag Funds to Pay for Fusion Reactor</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/european-bureaucrats-raid-research-ag-funds-to-pay-for-fusion-reactor-13067139-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>European Bureaucrats Raid Research, Ag Funds to Pay for Fusion Reactor</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>House Joins Senate in Rebuffing Obama on Crewed Space Flight</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/house-joins-senate-in-rebuffing-obama-on-crewed-space-flight-13067137-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>House Joins Senate in Rebuffing Obama on Crewed Space Flight</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ScienceShot: A Moon-Maker Among Saturn's Rings</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/scienceshot-a-moon-maker-among-saturns-rings-13067135-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>ScienceShot: A Moon-Maker Among Saturn's Rings</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti-HIV Gel Also Effective Against Herpesvirus</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/anti-hiv-gel-also-effective-against-herpesvirus-13067134-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Anti-HIV Gel Also Effective Against Herpesvirus</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ScienceShot: Tiny Amphibian, Long Life</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/scienceshot-tiny-amphibian-long-life-13067132-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>ScienceShot: Tiny Amphibian, Long Life</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zooming In on Future Water Shortages</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/zooming-in-on-future-water-shortages-13067131-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Zooming In on Future Water Shortages</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stellar Heavyweight Breaks the Scales</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/stellar-heavyweight-breaks-the-scales-13067129-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Stellar Heavyweight Breaks the Scales</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Duke Suspends Clinical Trials After Scandal Over Padded Resumé</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/duke-suspends-clinical-trials-after-scandal-over-padded-resume-13067127-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Duke Suspends Clinical Trials After Scandal Over Padded Resumé</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ScienceShot: Marmots Thrive on Climate Change</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/scienceshot-marmots-thrive-on-climate-change-13067051-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>ScienceShot: Marmots Thrive on Climate Change</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A New Way to Map the Universe</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/a-new-way-to-map-the-universe-13067047-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>A New Way to Map the Universe</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ScienceShot: Presenting the Little Folks of the Solar System</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/scienceshot-presenting-the-little-folks-of-the-solar-system-13067009-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>ScienceShot: Presenting the Little Folks of the Solar System</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NIH Asks for Input on Closing Loophole in Conflict-of-Interest Rule</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/nih-asks-for-input-on-closing-loophole-in-conflict-of-interest-rule-13066996-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>NIH Asks for Input on Closing Loophole in Conflict-of-Interest Rule</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Panel Backs Budget Increases for NSF, NASA</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/senate-panel-backs-budget-increases-for-nsf-nasa-13066988-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Senate Panel Backs Budget Increases for NSF, NASA</description><author>ScienceNOW</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Close Could a Person Get to the Sun and Survive?</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/how-close-could-a-person-get-to-the-sun-and-survive-13066596-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Of all the bodies in our solar system, the sun is probably the one we want to give the widest berth. It gushes radiation, and even though its surface is the coolest part of the star, it burns at about 9,940°F, hot enough to incinerate just about any material. As such, there are no plans to send a manned mission in its direction anytime soon (Mars is much more interesting, anyway), but it can’t hur</description><author>POPSCI.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CERN Physicists To Build Longest-Ever Linear Particle Accelerator</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/cern-physicists-to-build-longest-ever-linear-particle-accelerator-13066595-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Move over, LHC -- the ILC will be 20 miles longThose physicists -- give ''em an inch, and they''ll take a mile. Or 20 miles. Groundbreaking science is just beginning to emerge from the Large Hadron Collider, but physicists are already planning their next atom-smasher -- a $6.7 billion</description><author>POPSCI.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Anti-HIV Gel For Women Cuts AIDS Virus Transmission Chances in Half, Study Says</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/new-anti-hiv-gel-for-women-cuts-aids-virus-transmission-chances-in-half-study-says-13066594-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>In a potential breakthrough in the prevention of AIDS, researchers are reporting today that a vaginal gel containing an existing AIDS drug can cut in half a woman''s chances of getting HIV from an infected partner.  The women involved in the study used it only 60 percent of the time, and it was still effective -- meaning an even greater prevention rate is possible if it''s used more frequently. </description><author>POPSCI.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Seasoning Livestock Feed With Curry Spices Cuts Methane Emissions 40 Percent</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/seasoning-livestock-feed-with-curry-spices-cuts-methane-emissions-percent-13066593-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>UK researchers seeking to cut back on greenhouse gases have found a deliciously potent weapon for fighting agricultural methane emissions: curry. It turns out two spices customarily used to season curry dishes -- coriander and turmeric -- have an antibiotic effect in the stomachs of sheep and cows, killing methane-producing bacteria there. By spicing up animal feeds, farmers could  from farms by u</description><author>POPSCI.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bionic Dick Cheney Technically Has No Pulse</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/bionic-dick-cheney-technically-has-no-pulse-13066592-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Bionic Dick Cheney Technically Has No Pulse</description><author>POPSCI.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quantum Time Machine Lets You Travel to the Past Without Fear of Grandfather Paradox</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/quantum-time-machine-lets-you-travel-to-the-past-without-fear-of-grandfather-paradox-13066589-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Looking to build a time machine but nervous about the classic grandfather paradox, aka the Marty McFly conundrum, aka the idea that you might unwittingly do something that causes you to never exist in the first placeAn MIT professor and a few of his quantum quoting buddies have  that allows for time travel while circumventing the grandfather paradox. All you need is a quantum teleportation device </description><author>POPSCI.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fighting Drugs With Drugs: An Obscure Hallucinogen Gains Legitimacy as a Solution for Addictions</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/fighting-drugs-with-drugs-an-obscure-hallucinogen-gains-legitimacy-as-a-solution-for-addictions-13066540-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Giving a heroin addict one of the most powerful psychedelic drugs seems like a bad idea. Yet that’s exactly what a group of scientists will do this month. Ibogaine, they say, might be the best way to break drug addicts of their habit. 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The study u</description><author>POPSCI.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cancer-metabolism link runs deep in humans</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/cancer-metabolism-link-runs-deep-in-humans-13066525-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Cancer-metabolism link runs deep in humans</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quantum entanglement in photosynthesis and evolution</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/quantum-entanglement-in-photosynthesis-and-evolution-13066524-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Quantum entanglement in photosynthesis and evolution</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Valproic acid shown to halt vision loss in patients with retinitis 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nanotech coatings produce 20 times more electricity from sewage</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/nanotech-coatings-produce-times-more-electricity-from-sewage-13066520-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Nanotech coatings produce 20 times more electricity from sewage</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A new drug treatment to close the window on colon cancer</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/a-new-drug-treatment-to-close-the-window-on-colon-cancer-13066519-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>A new drug treatment to close the window on colon cancer</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toronto homeless report barriers to health care</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/toronto-homeless-report-barriers-to-health-care-13066518-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Toronto 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of protecting foreign oil</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research links recreational pool disinfectants to health problems</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/research-links-recreational-pool-disinfectants-to-health-problems-13066506-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Research links recreational pool disinfectants to health problems</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers pinpoint key stem cells for eating and sex</title><link>http://www.onlinepress.eu/article/researchers-pinpoint-key-stem-cells-for-eating-and-sex-13066505-2-07_21_2010.html</link><description>Researchers pinpoint key stem cells for eating and sex</description><author>EurekAlert!</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change causes larger, more plentiful marmots, study 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