VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Sunday to put a climate-monitoring satellite into orbit, NASA said. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
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Modern science detects disease in 400-year-old embalmed hearts
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the ruins of a medieval convent in the French city of Rennes, archaeologists discovered five heart-shaped urns made of lead, each containing an embalmed human heart.<br …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Stretch mark science: What happens to your skin when pregnancy gives you a stretch mark?
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•Don’t believe the hype when you see those creams and ointments promising to prevent or reduce pregnancy stretch marks. Dermatologists are still learning about what causes stretch marks in the …read more Source:: Science
Drug industry bemoans Britain’s lack of science skills
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•LONDON (Reuters) – British pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies face a major skills shortage which threatens future investment and the long-term success of the life sciences sector, according to a new …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Tennis study serves up the science of sliding
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•Engineers at the University of Sheffield have teamed up with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to measure the effects of friction between tennis court surfaces and footwear in a bid …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Science’s ‘Breakthrough’ winners earn over $21 million in prizes
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•SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Academia just turned a little more glitzy for a select group of scientists. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Tractor beams of science fiction becoming a reality
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The tractor beam, a staple of science fiction including “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” that is employed to grab spaceships and other things remotely, is entering the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
MERS, Ebola, bird flu: Science’s big missed opportunities
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•LONDON, (Reuters) – Anyone who goes down with flu in Europe this winter could be asked to enroll in a randomized clinical trial in which they will either be given …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Nestle spends $70 million on U.S. health science hub
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•ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle’s health science division is investing $70 million in a product technology center that will become the unit’s new U.S. headquarters and research hub, the division said …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Heating up hair science
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•West Lafayette, IND (Reuters) Tahira Reid loves science. So she decided to use that passion to study one of her biggest causes of anxiety. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews