PARIS (UPI) — The European Space Agency says it is ready to help the U.S. space agency monitor the Phoenix spacecraft’s descent and landing on Mars this weekend. The ESA said its Mars Express mission control team has completed major preparations for supporting the entry, descent and landing phases of the U.S. National Aeronautics and […]

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MILTON KEYNES, England (UPI) — British researchers say many improvements are needed in the care provided to people in the final stages of dementia. Open University Professor Jan Draper and Clinical Nurse Specialist Deborah Birch reached that conclusion after reviewing 29 published studies conducted in nine nations during the past 10 years. “We must act […]

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I remember last Friday, my brother-in-law had experienced web conferencing with a future employer. He had a job interview so instead of driving long distance especially that it is getting very hot here in Las Vegas, he had a web conference with the company he applied for. We can experience now the high technology we […]

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HOUSTON (UPI) — The U.S. space agency says the International Space Station will soon have a new water system, allowing up to six people to live aboard the orbiting lab. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the new water recovery system is the second part of a comprehensive life support system for the station. […]

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I guess, this post is dedicated to all women out there especially to those women who already gave birth. I remember my friend back in the Philippines. She told me before that after she gave birth, her vagina was ripped off and got enlarged. She also said that, the doctor have to put some stitches […]

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ST. LOUIS (UPI) — U.S. medical scientists have found a vulnerability they say can be used to make cancer cells easier to heat and radiate and, therefore, easier to destroy. Washington University School of Medicine radiation oncology researchers found tumors have a built-in mechanism that protects them from hyperthermia, or heat, and most likely decreases […]

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PARIS (UPI) — The Ulysses observatory, a U.S.-European mission, has won an international award for the scientific productivity of the spacecraft, now orbiting the sun. The European Space Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will receive the 2008 International SpaceOps Award for Outstanding Achievement from the International Committee on Technical Interchange for Space […]

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DURHAM, N.C. (UPI) — U.S. engineers say the world is moving closer to the day when robots will perform surgery with minimal or no guidance from a doctor. Duke University researchers say their feasibility studies may represent the first concrete steps toward achieving such a space age vision of the future. For their experiments, the […]

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they have succeeded in killing established biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus by using one of the bacteria’s own regulatory systems. Although the discovery isn’t ready for clinical application, University of Iowa researchers said their findings offer insight into a dispersal mechanism for staph biofilms and might help identify […]

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) — U.S. space shuttle Discovery will undergo a terminal countdown test this week in preparation for its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the shuttle, now at its Kennedy Space Center launch pad, will under go its “dress rehearsal” countdown Tuesday through Friday. […]

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