PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've found hospitals with high and low Medicare quality performance levels differ little in their mortality rates.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Scientists have long warned of the negative effects of acid rainfall, but now U.S. researchers report finding negative effects from a respite of such rain.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a natural substance made from soy appears to have restorative powers when given to animals with a multiple sclerosis-like disease.
MELBOURNE, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Australian scientists have found a system in the brain that stops the craving for alcohol and prevents relapse after one recovers from the addiction.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists believe they have determined how large bacteria gain entry into intestinal epithelial cells that usually don't admit such big particles.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Initial tests suggest a U.S. satellite system launched this year will significantly hike hurricane and long-range weather forecast accuracy.
HOUSTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The International Space Station was larger Wednesday morning than it was 24 hours earlier, with the installation of the P5 integrated truss segment.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say they've created technologies designed to hurl the world into the next stage of the microelectronics revolution.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A Harvard Medical School study suggests sleep-deprived U.S. doctors working long shifts have an increased risk of making harmful or deadly medical mistakes.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday ordered companies to stop marketing unapproved products containing quinine, a drug used to treat malaria.
GARCHING, Germany, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- European Southern Observatory officials announced Tuesday they are going to proceed with detailed studies for the European Extremely Large Telescope.
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist says while the left side of the brain processes language and the right side music, when Mandarin Chinese is heard, both sides are used.
WAIMANALO, Hawaii, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests while larger shrimp win over smaller shrimp of the same gender in food competition, such is not the same when females are involved.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers, inspired by squid, jellyfish and other cephalopods, have designed compact vortex generators for scientists to use under water.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have linked gastroesophageal reflux disease -- commonly known as acid reflux -- with obesity.
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- NASA scientists say space observations of freshwater storage are providing a new picture of how Earth's most precious natural resource is distributed.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. climatologists in Colorado say ice at the North Pole could be gone as soon as 2040, although British scientists claim that could be overly optimistic.
DELFT, Netherlands, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A Dutch scientist predicts a new generation of nuclear reactors will create energy while producing virtually no long-lasting nuclear waste.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are using a new radar instrument to see through more than a mile of Greenland ice to reveal an image of land hidden for millions of years.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led study has determined the first generation of stars -- which have never been observed -- should be distributed evenly across the galaxy.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say small glaciers and ice caps -- not melting Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets -- are causing the Earth's rising sea levels.
RAPID CITY, S.D., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The fossilized skeleton of a juvenile plesiosaur -- a marine reptile that lived about 70 million years ago -- is to be unveiled this week in South Dakota.
STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. and German scientists has determined nicotine can spur the growth of new blood vessels by activating endothelial precursor cells.
President Barack Obama shares a laugh with author with Toni Morrison after awarding her a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
