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Expect a tough round of climate talks in Durban: S.Africa
The UN climate negotiations in South Africa will be “tough”, with the big question focusing on the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the foreign minister said Friday after preparatory talks. “It is going to be a tough COP (Conference of Parties) because it is a COP that can’t avoid the…
New study confirms reality of global warming
A broad-based new study of climate change has confirmed earlier evidence of a global rise in average land temperatures of 1 degree Centigrade since the 1950′s. However, it draws no conclusions as to whether this warming is man-made. The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study, released on Thursday, analyzed data from…
E.U. starts new probe into painkillers’ heart risks
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s drugs regulator is launching a new review of the safety of common painkillers in the light of fresh evidence about possible risks they may pose to heart health. Five years ago the European Medicines Agency concluded that the overall benefit-risk balance of non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs…
Greenpeace criticises Japan radiation screening
Greenpeace called on Tokyo to toughen radiation screening and food labelling rules on Thursday after it said low levels of radiation had been detected in seafood sold at Japanese stores. The environmental pressure group said it tested 60 seafood samples bought at stores in eastern Japan operated by five major supermarket chains and…
Mosquito lab handles ‘world’s most dangerous animals’
SEATTLE (Reuters) – He keeps them in warm, comfortable bug dorms, feeds them on meals of human blood with the occasional sugar water snack and lives in awe of their killing power. Seattle-based research scientist Stefan Kappe says mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals in the world. Which is probably…
Health panel cautious on HPV screening vs Pap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government-backed medical panel on Wednesday took a cautious view of a new generation ofcervical cancer tests, discouraging women under the age of 30 to screen for human papillomavirus as a way to prevent cancer. In proposing changes to its 2003 guidelines on cervical cancer, theU.S. Preventive Services…
British ‘Green Deal’ to boost energy efficiency
LONDON (Reuters) – An energy act came to law on Wednesday which aims to boost energy efficiency in residential homes, the department for energy and climate change (DECC) said. More than half of homes in the UK do not have sufficient insulation, and around 50 percent more energy is used to heat…
‘Promising’ step for world’s first malaria vaccine
WASHINGTON — The search for the world’s first malaria vaccine received a boost Tuesday with the release of early results from a major clinical trial showing it cut risk by about half in African children. The vaccine known as RTS,S is made by the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline’s lab in…
Branson opens world’s first ‘spaceport’ in U.S.
British billionaire Richard Branson opened the world’s first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic. The eccentric businessman, with usual flair, sported a black jacket and waves of hair flying as he inaugurated the building by breaking a champagne bottle against a hanger building, while…
Sick U.S. South Pole scientist flown to New Zealand
A US scientist stranded in Antarctica for almost two months following a suspected stroke has been evacuated from the South Pole to New Zealand in a hazardous airlift. Renee-Nicole Douceur spoke of her relief after arriving in the South Island city of Christchurch on Monday night. Television pictures showed a…
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