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	UK scientists win funding for new kind of anticoagulant drug LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have won early financial backing for a new kind of anticoagulant drug they believe may prevent dangerous blood clots without causing bleeding - a previously unachievable goal. Index Ventures, working with GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson via an early-stage biotech fund, said on Monday it was investing $11 million in XO1, a new company set up to develop the experimental medicine. ... Read More » Solar plane lands at Washington on journey across U.S. (Reuters) - An airplane entirely powered by the sun landed in Washington on Sunday after a flight from St. Louis, the next-to-last leg of a journey across the United States intended to boost support for clean energy technologies. The Solar Impulse landed at Dulles International Airport outside Washington at 12:15 a.m. EDT, organizers said in a statement. It will remain in the U.S. capital until it takes off for New York in early July for the last leg of its historic trip. ... Read More » Sibling Bullying Is Under-Recognized, Study Finds Across the U.S., parents, educators, doctors and other experts have rallied to protect children from bullies. However, bullying by brothers and sisters is often chalked up to normal sibling behavior. Now a new study finds that sibling aggression, like peer aggression, causes mental distress, which can lead to anger, depression and anxiety in the child who is being targeted. Read More » Normal or Not? When Temper Tantrums Become a Disorder Angry kids who throw excessive, explosive tantrums now have their own disorder: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Read More » 4 Government Conspiracies That Make PRISM Look Pedestrian As far as government schemes come, the NSA's super-surveillance PRISM program sounds like something straight out of dystopian science fiction. Read More » Past Mega-Quakes Left Mark on Canadian Coast Thanks to decades of geologic detective work, scientists know that on Jan. 26, 1700, at 9 p.m., a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the Pacific Northwest. Read More » Canadian Astronomers Battle Funding Cuts and Perceptions MONTREAL, Quebec — Flashing a picture of the star HR 8799 and its four alien planets on a big screen, astronomer Andrew Cumming smiled. "This is the most amazing picture in exoplanet science!" he exclaimed. Read More » Smarter Than C3P0: Future Robots Will Work in Teams, Scientist Says In the next few decades, teams of roving robots will take to the seas, the air and other hard-to-reach spots, communicating with one another and working to solve scientific problems, according to a Canadian scientist. Read More » Smarter Than C-3PO: Future Robots Will Work in Teams, Scientist Says In the next few decades, teams of roving robots will take to the seas, the air and other hard-to-reach spots, communicating with one another and working to solve scientific problems, according to a Canadian scientist. Read More » NASA Unveils New Astronaut Class for Deep-Space Exploration NASA has picked eight Americans, a mix of scientists and military pilots, to begin training for future space missions that may one day launch them all the way to Mars. The new class includes four men and four women who will join the 47 active astronauts at the agency's astronaut corps at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Read More » Heroism: The Bright Side of Psychopathy? Heroes and psychopaths may have something in common, according to new research that links psychopathic personality traits to selfless behavior. Read More » Are You Protected Against Whooping Cough? Most Adults Don't Know Rates of whooping cough in the United States are at their highest level in decades, yet most adults don't know whether they are adequately protected against the disease, results from a new poll suggest. Read More » Protected Against Whooping Cough? Most Adults Don't Know Rates of whooping cough in the United States are at their highest level in decades, yet most adults don't know whether they are adequately protected against the disease, results from a new poll suggest. Read More » Ancient Chinese Murals Saved From Tomb Robbers A colorful, well-preserved "mural tomb," where a military commander and his wife were likely buried nearly 1,500 years ago, has been uncovered in China. Read More »
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