WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Engineers at Indiana's Purdue University are the first to mathematically describe how droplets form when liquids are exposed to electric fields.
MOSES LAKE, Wash., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a $31 million comprehensive cleanup plan for Moses Lake in Washington state.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. study says youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown up to 80 percent of the time.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Environmental groups have threatened to file a lawsuit in Washington if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service does not make a decision on polar bears.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say new polymerization technology allows for smaller needles that may take the sting out of injections and blood draws.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Detroit firm has recalled more than 13,000 pounds of steaks and ground beef because they may be contaminated with E. coli.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The federal government cut a $4 million fund to increase blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay, sending Baltimore researchers scrambling to continue the program.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Two University of Illinois professors are working on a DNA sequencing technique that could cost as little as $1,000 per person.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Northern California residents have reported health problems since the state began anti-moth pesticide spraying in September.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- AIDS-infected patients are living longer, only to discover they are prematurely susceptible to a host of aging-related illnesses.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A female rhinoceros calf was delivered stillborn this weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, a report said Sunday.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Salmon in the Columbia River and other U.S. streams could face an uncertain future if global temperatures continue to warm, experts say.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- NASA officials in Washington plan to double the number of shuttle flights to hasten the completion of the International Space Station amid safety concerns.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- PetSmart has halted sales of birds at 775 of its stores after cockatiels at 23 of the U.S. retail chain's shops tested positive for parrot fever.
GRAFTON, Ill., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Thousands of bald eagles have gathered in their wintering haunts along the Mississippi and other rivers in the central United States.
