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CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
World's top scientists to review climate panel (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel.
Heat-Sensitive Material Remembers Four Shapes (LiveScience.com)
March 10, 2010LiveScience.com - A substance called a polymer usually used to make fuel cells can "remember" up to four different shapes, and revert to each one at different temperatures, according to new research.
World's top scientists to review climate panel (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel.
Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report (AFP)
March 10, 2010
AFP - The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels.
First American woman in space promotes careers in science (Reuters)
March 10, 2010
Reuters - American physicist Sally Ride achieved lasting fame in June 1983 when she became the first American woman to travel in space as a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Effort to Map Human Brain Faces Complex Challenges (LiveScience.com)
March 10, 2010LiveScience.com - Mapping the connections among brain cells could someday prove as revolutionary as mapping the human genome. But tracing each synaptic connection between neurons - essentially a manual effort so far - has proven painstakingly slow. To approach a thorough mapping, researchers will have to develop a computer-automated process.
Gourmet diners 'may spell extinction' for sea turtle (AFP)
March 10, 2010
AFP - Malaysians' voracious appetite for turtle eggs could drive the marine creatures to extinction on its shores, conservationists warned on Wednesday.
Feds probe Toyota Prius crash in NYC suburb (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - Federal safety regulators are gathering information after a suburban New York driver told police that a Toyota Prius accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.
Einstein Was Right: General Relativity Confirmed (SPACE.com)
March 10, 2010SPACE.com - Score one more for Einstein. A new study has confirmed his theory of general relativity works on extremely large scales.
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