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Spacecraft Rosetta catches up to comet after 10-year chase
FRANKFURT - European spacecraft Rosetta became the first ever to catch up with a comet on Wednesday, a landmark stage in a decade-long space mission that scientists hope will help unlock some of the secrets of the solar system. | Video
Scientists retract narcolepsy study linked to GSK vaccine
LONDON (Reuters - Scientists who believed they had started to decipher links between a GlaxoSmithKline H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine and the sleep disorder narcolepsy have retracted a study after saying they cannot replicate their findings.
Robotic helpers? Scientists tout cheap robot that assembles itself
BOSTON - Scientists say they have developed a low-cost robot prototype made from paper and children's trinkets that can assemble itself and perform a task without human help.
Drone test flights start in NY for agricultural research: FAA
WASHINGTON - The fifth of six U.S. test sites chosen to perform research on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, has started operations in Rome, New York, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday.
Butt batteries: Scientists store energy in used cigarette filters
LONDON - Scientists in South Korea say they have found a way of converting used cigarette butts into a material capable of storing energy that could help power everything from mobile phones to electric cars.
Inmarsat says Proton delay will hold up new network
LONDON - British satellite company Inmarsat said the global implementation of its new communications network would be delayed by as much as six months as its Russian launch provider Proton recovers from a failure.
'Dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico is the size of Connecticut
ORLANDO Fla. - Scientists say a man-made "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is as big as the state of Connecticut.
South African village becomes first to be powered by fuel cells
KROONSTAD South Africa - A South African village has become the first in the world to be powered by fuel cells, companies behind the project said on Tuesday, in a new scheme which could help remote areas of the continent access electricity for the first time.
Japan scientist in discredited stem-cell research dead in suicide
TOKYO - A Japanese researcher at the center of discredited research that was initially hailed as a potential breakthrough for stem-cell treatment, killed himself after months of stress and exhaustion, officials said on Tuesday.
SpaceX launches Falcon rocket with commercial satellite after hitch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Aug 5 - A Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket thundered off its coastal launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Tuesday to put a commercial communications satellite into orbit. | Video
Health News
Clinical trial to start soon on GSK Ebola vaccine
LONDON - A clinical trial of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus is set to start shortly, according to British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which is co-developing the product with U.S. scientists.
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