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Einstein Researchers Develop Blood Substitute That Shows Promise For Use In Emergency SituationsStockholm, Sweden - An artificial blood product developed by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is showing great promise in ongoing clinical trials in Stockholm, Sweden - the first time that a blood substitute has ever been used successfully in humans. The Einstein researchers - whose work is supported by $2.2 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Army -- are also fine-tuning a powder version of the substitute that can be reconstituted for use as needed with the simple addition of water. |
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Canada’s boreal forest would be spared under conservation accordToronto, Ontario, Canada - More than half of Canada's vast northern forest, about 1 million square miles in all, would be exempt from logging and other industrial development under an agreement announced Monday by a coalition of native tribes, environmentalists, and businesses. |
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Handshake seals shift in China Aids approachBeijing, China - Wen Jiabao became the first Chinese premier to shake the hand of an Aids patient yesterday, setting the seal on a fundamental shift in his government's approach to a disease that threatens to infect millions of people around the country over the next few years. |
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US Praises Unofficial Middle East Peace Plan; Adds It’s No Sub To Road MapGeneva, Switzerland - The United States has reacted favorably to the signing of an unofficial Middle East peace plan Monday in Geneva, but says there is no substitute to the international "road map" to peace. |
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Dusty disc may mean other EarthsEdinburgh, Scotland - Astronomers say they have evidence for Earth-like planets orbiting a nearby star, making it more like our own Solar System than any yet discovered. |
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China Releases 3 ‘Cyber Dissidents’Bejing - The Chinese government released today three jailed "cyber dissidents." Among the three was a young college student nicknamed "Stainless Steel Mouse," whose arrest a year ago had brought international condemnation, a Hong Kong human rights group said. |
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Pakistan and India to restore transportation linksPakistan - Today, for thousands of divided families like Rana's, hopes are beginning to rise, as India and Pakistan's weeklong cease-fire shows signs of holding. Artillery guns remain silent, and diplomats Monday in Delhi will begin talks on restoring air, bus, and rail links between the two South Asian rival nations. In a goodwill gesture, Pakistan Sunday lifted a ban on Indian flights over its airspace. |
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The economic recovery goes globalUnited States - This holiday week has seen a fresh wave of reports suggesting the U.S. economy is continuing to gain momentum and will keep expanding at a healthy pace well into next year. It gets better: The accelerating U.S. economy is lifting activity in Japan and western Europe, too, even in countries where growth had come to a near-standstill. |
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Flushing may go down the drainUnited States - Flushing may go down the drain, at least in the men's room. A US company has created a waterless urinal, which it says conserves water, reduces odour, and prevents the spread of bacteria. |
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Ultraviolet light can cure ‘sick buildings’Montreal - Zapping bugs which flourish in office ventilation systems with ultraviolet radiation could cut the sickness suffered by millions of office workers, suggests a new study. |
