• Eruptions subside at Sicily's Mount Etna
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.
• Oil powered Norway gradually turns into the wind
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.
• Families will make case for vaccine link to autism
(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.
• A new gene trigger for pregnancy disorder identified
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.
• Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans
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.
• Female concave-eared frogs draw mates with ultrasonic calls
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.
• Scientists dig deeper into the genetics of schizophrenia by evaluating microRNAs
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.
• Humanity and technology fuse in global Pangea Day film event
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.
• Japan aims to cut emissions by 60-80 pct by 2050: reports
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.
• Volkswagen, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery: report
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.
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In the face of the expansion of the classified ads Web site Craigslist, its founder, Craig Newman, is capitalizing on his success to promote causes he holds dear.
The purchase of a large stake of Greece’s former phone monopoly would give Deutsche Telekom access to Europe?s fastest-growing telecommunications market: the Balkans.
The triple threat of a weak market, legal pressure and increasing competition has compelled real estate professionals to offer their information more freely online.
Between laptop-sized computers and hand-held devices, is there room for a third category whose size would fall between the two?
A Web-based service under development offers a new tool intended to help with the matchmaking of inventors and companies.
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