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Thu, May 24, 2012

Gevo starts up first new plant, shares jump

(Reuters) - Gevo Inc started production at a converted ethanol plant in Minnesota, bringing on line the world's first commercial-scale facility to make advanced ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Decision time on site for giant radio telescope

By Chris Wickham

LONDON (Reuters) - The location of a huge radio telescope strong enough to detect extraterrestrial life in the far reaches of the ...

An Italian heart surgeon holds a tiny titanium pump, the world's smallest artificial heart, which was implanted in a baby, at the Bambino Ge

Thu, May 24, 2012

Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart

By Antonio Denti

ROME (Reuters) - Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Scientists turn skin cells into beating heart muscle

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Rights group aims to stop killing of Canada GMO pigs

By Rod Nickel

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Scientists deploy genetics in search for bigfoot

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are turning to genetic testing to see if they can prove the existence of the elusive hairy humanoid known across the ...

The SHOAL robotic fish, a state-of-the-art pollution monitoring system, is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/SHOAL Consortium/Hand

Tue, May 22, 2012

Pollution-hunting robot fish take to the sea

LONDON (Reuters) - Robot "fish" developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Study finds permafrost thaw, glacier melt releasing methane

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Methane from underground reservoirs is streaming from thawing permafrost and receding glaciers, contributing to the greenhouse gas load ...

News photographers work on their remote cameras as the SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket is being prepared for a second launch attempt from Space

Mon, May 21, 2012

"Scotty" to make trip to final frontier on SpaceX rocket

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - When a privately owned rocket blasts off for a trial run to the International Space Station on ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Dinosaur skeleton fetches $1.05 million at disputed U.S. auction

(Reuters) - A nearly intact skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus sold for $1.05 million at auction in New York on Sunday, although the sale has ...