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NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- An Tzu Yang, who modernized the geometric study of motion that made it accessible for practical applications, has died in California. He was 80.

LONDON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- British scientists Saturday lashed out against an American who spent thousands of dollars on ads denouncing the Nobel prize committee because he didn't win.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Chinese couples who emigrate to Italy appear to reject their traditional cultural preference for boys, a preference reinforced by China's government.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Repeated bouts of diarrhea in infancy significantly impair mental performance later in life, Universithy of Virginia researchers concluded.

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Researchers at three North Carolina universities are working together to find a genetic basis for low-birth weight babies.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A short mother and a fat father are more likely to produce underweight babies who turn into overweight adults, British researchers said Friday.

DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Michigan researchers have found a way of sharply cutting the interference microwave ovens create in telephones and wireless computer networks.

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DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- North Carolina researchers used the anti-cancer properties of poliovirus to create a virus that kills cancer cells, Duke University reported Friday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. government officials said Friday reports of researcher misconduct in a sex education study did not affect the outcome because it was caught two years ago.

LONDON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Screening women for the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer could catch more cases than using smear tests, a study suggests.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Internal medicine doctors' review of bad outcomes often do not include discussion of related medical errors, California researchers said Friday.

CHICAGO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Evolutionary biologists at the University of Chicago may have discovered the genetic basis for new species being created.

LONDON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Researchers warn that smoking cannabis even for only a short time, damages the lungs of young people.

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A study from the University of Utah concludes the state's famous "redrock" sandstone likely contributed to global climate change 6 million years ago.