DENVER, April 11 (UPI) -- Nearly 300 aftershocks, nine of them significant events, have hit near northwestern Sumatra since a major quake struck the area March 28.
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- The United States and European Union failed to strike an agreement Monday to end a dispute over subsidies for Airbus and Boeing, but both sides said talks could continue.
CORVALLIS, Ore., April 11 (UPI) -- Oregon scientists have developed new health- and environment-friendly wood adhesives based on tofu and the proteins mussels use to stick to rocks. The new adhesives could be use to make wood composite panels like plywood and could someday replace formald
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- E-mail spam might be a blight that is gumming up electronic commerce and personal mailboxes alike, but just as with death and taxes, the public seems to be growing accustomed to its inevitability.
NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 11 (UPI) -- Taking daily supplements of fish or soy oil might improve cardiac function and protect against heart attacks in the short-term, a U.S. study found.
LOS ANGELES, April 11 (UPI) -- California researchers say a child whose grandmother smoked while pregnant might have double the risk of developing childhood asthma.
BALTIMORE, April 11 (UPI) -- Moderate levels of exercise may not be enough to control mild hypertension in U.S. men and women over age 55, the age group most at risk of heart failure.
PITTSBURGH, April 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. clinical trial suggests children age 7 to 17 suffering from amblyopia might benefit from treatments commonly used on younger children.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 11 (UPI) -- A Danish researcher says a case of cowpox infection was a warning about viruses in nature and how dangerous viruses might strike without warning.
PITTSBURGH, April 11 (UPI) -- A University of Pittsburgh study suggests the location of body fat is a risk factor in heart disease and diabetes, even among normal-weight individuals.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 11 (UPI) -- Two recent studies, including one from Danish scientists released Monday, have found no association between cell phone use and brain tumors.
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WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- Two recent studies, including one released Monday, looked at the putative link between cell phones and brain tumors and reached the same conclusion as the bulk of previous studies on the issue: the data so far show cell phones do not cause cancer.
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- The Chinese government is undertaking a massive nuclear power project to meet many of the country's energy challenges. The Yangjiang Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. was
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 11 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials Monday advised physicians not to give elderly patients with dementia anti-psychotic drugs approved for other medical conditions.
CHICAGO, April 11 (UPI) -- The American College of Physicians has updated its ethics manual, which provides guidelines for U.S. doctors encountering ethical issues.
CHICAGO, April 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers Monday said at least 25 percent of older adults likely are uninsured at some point during the years before they qualify for Medicare.
CALCUTTA, India, April 11 (UPI) -- During his four-day visit to India, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered a prediction about the future of the two nations' information technology sectors.
LONDON, April 11 (UPI) -- While the evidence mounts that the Mediterranean diet is the key to long life, some in Europe are abandoning it and as a result are growing fat.
BOULDER, Colo., April 11 (UPI) -- A series by UPI examining the potential link between human activity and global climate change. This week: For years, climate scientists and oceanographers have been struggling to figure out the relationship of carbon dioxide in the oceans to the amount o
BRUSSELS, April 11 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency announced it intends to launch a second trip to Mars to search for evidence of life, the BBC reported Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- British and German astronomers have just found a vast loop-like structure at the center of the Milky Way that seems to be acting as a gigantic particle accelerator. It probably is a natural phenomenon, but could it be some advanced civilization conducting
