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Warm ocean water melting Antarctic ice from bottom Warming ocean waters are melting the Antarctic ice shelves from the bottom up, researchers said Thursday in the first comprehensive study of the thick platforms of floating ice.

14 June 2013

Human DNA not patentable: US Supreme Court Naturally occurring human gene sequences cannot be patented but artificially created DNA can be.

14 June 2013

Peaceful role for drones explored at TED conference Unmanned drones, instead of being harbingers of death, should become a vital technological tool in the conservation fight and in delivering vital goods to remote areas.

13 June 2013

Eureka! Unique exhibition in Rome honours Archimedes The great inventor of Antiquity, Archimedes, is the star of an unprecedented exhibition opening in Rome which includes modern applications of some of his best known discoveries.

01 June 2013

Moon may harbour alien minerals: study Minerals found in craters on the Moon may be remnants of asteroids that slammed into it and not, as long believed, the satellite's innards exposed by such impacts.

27 May 2013

Nazarbayev suggests 'triple seven initiative' Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has suggested a “triple seven initiative" to promote innovative projects.

23 May 2013

Kazakhstan President establishes state award for scientists I decided to establish Al-Farabi State Award for Scientists for breakthrough researches and introduced innovations: Nursultan Nazarbayev.

22 May 2013

Foreign archaeologists tap into Stone Age man site near Almaty Archaeologists from the U.S., Germany, Japan and Australia arrived to Kazakhstan to study a Stone Age man site in Zhambyl region of Almaty oblast.

20 May 2013

Kazakhstan scientists make discovery worth millions A group of Kazakhstan scientists made a discovery that may be worthy of a Nobel and other prizes.

08 May 2013

Robotic insects take wing in US, but remain on leash US scientists have devised tiny winged robots inspired by flies that could one day help pollinate crops or aid the search for survivors at collapse sites -- once they get off the leash, that is.

05 May 2013

Orbital Sciences ready for first launch of Antares rocket Orbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, is preparing for the first launch of its Antares rocket Wednesday.

18 April 2013

Salt-tolerant rice bred at Philippines institute Scientists have successfully bred a rice variety that is salt-tolerant, which could enable farmers to reclaim coastal areas rendered useless by sea water.

17 April 2013

Scientist's DNA letter to son fetches $6 million A letter the British scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA wrote to his son announcing the news sold Wednesday for a record sum of just over $6 million.

12 April 2013

World's biggest creature tracked by its song An Australian-led group of scientists has for the first time tracked down and tagged Antarctic blue whales by using acoustic technology to follow its songs.

27 March 2013

NASA Curiosity rover back online after memory glitch NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, is back on active status Tuesday, after a memory glitch set the robot back.

22 March 2013

Scientists find active community at Earth's deepest spot Scientists said Sunday they had discovered an unexpectedly large and active community of single-cell organisms living on the Pacific sea floor at the deepest site on Earth.

19 March 2013

'Underground Galapagos' excites scientists Diverse underground ecosystems buried deep beneath the Earth's crust may offer clues to the origins of life on Earth, several recent studies have revealed.

18 March 2013

New data 'strongly indicates' particle is Higgs boson New data unveiled on Thursday strengthens the belief that a subatomic particle discovered last year is the elusive Higgs boson.

15 March 2013

Ancient people also had clogged arteries, mummy scans show Scans of mummies from as long ago as 2,000 BC have revealed that ancient people also had clogged arteries, a condition blamed on modern vices like smoking, overeating and inactivity.

11 March 2013

Scientists use brain electrodes to treat anorexia Scientists said Thursday they had, for the first time, helped women with severe anorexia through electrodes implanted into their brains.

07 March 2013

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