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WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- There is no evidence that acrylamide, a carcinogen recently discovered in prepared food products, poses a threat to humans, a group of scientists said in a report released Wednesday.
CANCUN, Mexico, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Scientists said Wednesday they have developed a new technology that converts sound waves into refrigeration, which could lead to more environmentally efficient household and industrial products.
CANCUN, Mexico, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Researchers said Wednesday they have created a new technology that converts sound waves into refrigeration.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A specially modified type of magnetic resonance imaging is as effective as biopsy for identifying aggressive prostate tumors with the additional advantage of being able to provide "a roadmap for treatment," researchers reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Despite concerns from consumer and health groups about acrylamide, a carcinogen recently found in many prepared food products, an organization of scientists reported Wednesday there is no evidence the chemical poses a threat to humans.
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Medications used to return abnormal heart rhythms back to normal -- the gold standard for treating irregular heartbeat -- might not be as effective as once thought and fail to protect adequately against complications such as stroke, a new study released W
CHICAGO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A specially modified type of magnetic resonance imaging is as effective as biopsy for identifying aggressive prostate tumors, researchers reported Wednesday.
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- New research shakes up a tried and true approach in treating irregular heartbeat, Canadian scientists reported Wednesday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Shuttle Endeavour will remain in orbit until at least Thursday and probably longer, due to clouds from an approaching cold front that gathered over Central Florida as flight directors were about to clear the spaceship for landing on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- More than 105,000 medication errors occurred in hospitals across the country last year, resulting in 14 deaths, a report released Wednesday reveals.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- With the shuttle's prime landing site socked in by clouds, NASA decided Wednesday to keep Endeavour and its crew in orbit at least one extra day.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Internet-based methods of filing income tax returns are on their way to becoming commonplace, according to comments Wednesday at an Internal Revenue Service advisory committee meeting.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Chronic wasting disease has turned up outside a 411-square-mile kill zone conservation officials had hoped defined the area to which the fatal brain-wasting deer and elk illness was confined, they said Wednesday.
