ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The Mayo Clinic failed to follow federal regulations for about 140 human research projects spanning two decades, letters to the Minnesota facility indicated.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- How science teachers are taught and how post-secondary educators are retained on staff are affecting science education in grades K-12, a U.S. study indicates.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers say they've developed an efficient way of pairing up cells so they can be fused together into a hybrid cell.
LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The Milky Way galaxy is 15 percent larger and 50 percent denser than scientists previously thought, findings presented in California Monday found.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- High turnover rates for science faculty at U.S. colleges and universities undermine efforts to boost student retention levels, a report said.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Government and university researchers say they're stumped by a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of Western honeybee colonies in North America.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- An environmental group filed a lawsuit Monday to require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the 64,299-square-mile Chesapeake Bay.
HONG KONG, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The first joint Chinese-Russian mission to Mars is set to take off in October and reach the red planet in August 2010, an exploration project designer said.
NORRA JARVAFALTET, Sweden, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- More than 400 bird enthusiasts traveled to a Swedish town to see a rare yellow-browed bunting, a perching bird similar to a sparrow, an ornithologist said.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A computer program developed at a Pittsburgh university can offer limited insights into one's thoughts by analyzing brain activation patterns, researchers say.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Researchers are trying to restore salmon to a river in California with fish bred to increase their chance of survival in the wild.
MADISON, Wis., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Wisconsin wildlife officials say osprey and trumpeter swan populations have recovered enough to be removed from the state's endangered species list.
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The unmanned rovers Spirit and Opportunity are showing serious signs of wear after an astounding five years roaming Mars, U.S. space agency officials say.
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- University of Florida researchers say they're getting closer to creating LED-type room lighting that is as warm as an incandescent bulb.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Canada's 1.2 million square miles of forests have turned from being carbon-absorbing aids to the environment to carbon-emitting liabilities, scientists say.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Critics of earlier drafts say the final draft of the Texas science curriculum will provide students with a "21st century education," especially on evolution.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A comet struck North America 13,000 years ago, triggering massive flooding and fires followed by a short ice age, researchers said Friday.
