In breakthrough, scientists trap antimatter atoms

2010-11-18T15:37:07Z

Matter of fact, not fiction: Physicists trap elusive antimatter atoms to study them better

Scientists may have been able to capture elusive atoms of antimatter, but don't expect that to lead to interstellar rocket engines or powerful bombs anytime soon — if ever.

Even as they announced the important advance in studying antimatter, they emphasized that science fiction uses of the stuff — like propelling the starship Enterprise in "Scientists trap 'anti-atom,' claim breakthrough for studying universe's missing antimatter

Scientists claimed a breakthrough Thursday toward solving one of the biggest riddles of physics, trapping an "anti-atom" for the first time in a quest to understand what happened to all the antimatter that has vanished since the Big Bang.

An international team of physicists at the Correction: Longest Genome

In a story Oct. 7 about a plant with the world's longest known genome, The Associated Press erroneously reported the size of the various organisms' genetic codes. The genome of humans, lungfish, and the flower Paris japonica carry billions, not millions, of DNA bases.

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Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran, dies at 66

2010-08-12T10:30:08Z

Alexander Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran and longtime leader in Geneva, dies at 66

Alexander G. Higgins, who covered the U.S. Embassy siege in Tehran as The Associated Pre...

Big Bang investigators want new atom smasher

2010-07-26T03:45:23Z

Scientists at Paris forum want to build on atom collider success with new smasher

Scientists behind the European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe don't want to stop there — they want to build an even bigger machine with partners and funds from around the world.

Plans for the next step, a euro10 billion ($12.85 billion), 50-kilometer (31-mile) tunnel called the ...

Name that species--After yourself, Purdue auction suggests

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Panama first lady seeks money for medical supplies

2010-08-04T12:03:50Z

Panama first lady raising money to deliver medical supplies to homeland's indigenous people

The first lady of Panama said Wednesday she wants to decrease the infant mortality rate in her country by creating help centers in the remote areas where the hard-to-reach and impoverished indigenous population live.

First lady Marta Martinelli focused her speec...

News Bytes of the Week—Bras fail bounce test

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AP News in Brief

2010-06-12T19:26:48Z

AP News in Brief

Stocks plungs, Dow has record drop, then recovers on concerns about Greek debt problems

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market had one of its most turbulent days in history as the Dow Jones industrials dropped almost 1,000 points in less than half an hour on fears that Greece's debt problems could halt the g...

Ask AP: Depression-era unemployment, El Nino

2010-04-19T16:34:14Z

AP answers your questions on the news, from unemployment levels in the Depression to El Nino

Curiosity about the number of people unemployed during the Great Depression inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news.

If you have your own news-related question that you'd like to see a...

How to Increase Memory & Concentration

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Cloak of invisibility becomes more foreseeable

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Forensics for filched fossils

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Correction: Toxic Dump Fears story

2010-04-16T08:32:12Z

Correction: Toxic Dump Fears story

In a Dec. 8 story about a federal health screening for a genetic mutation associated with a rare blood cancer, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of people in northeastern Pennsylvania who were tested. It was 1,170, not nearly 2,200.

How AP, statisticians analyzed two sets of temperature data for cooling, warming trends

The Associated Press sought independent statistical analyses of global temperatures to determine if there is a true cooling of Earth's climate.

The AP contacted University of South Carolina statistics professor

3 win Nobel for mapping atoms in cell's factories

2010-06-16T14:37:31Z

3 chemists win Nobel for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells

Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells — a feat that has spurred the development of antibiotics.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said

2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize

2010-06-16T14:37:23Z

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, 3 Americans win Nobel medicine prize for finding mechanism that protects chromosomes

Three Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer insights into aging.

The research by Elizabeth H. Blackburn,

3 Americans share 2009 Nobel medicine prize

2010-06-16T14:38:56Z

3 Americans share 2009 Nobel medicine prize for discovery that inspired cancer research

Americans Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, an insight...

Chromosome Researchers Win Medicine Nobel

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Chimp That Mauled Woman Was on Drugs

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Scientists Find New Species in Papua New Guinea

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Unprecedented Decrease in New Cancers

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New lab security report may signal need for pause

2010-06-26T02:11:14Z

Another frightening new government report is heightening fears about the safety of U.S. biodefense laboratories that study some of the world's deadliest germs. The latest worry: Intruders could easily break into two of the labs due to lax security.

Now some lawmakers and members of a new citizen coalition are asking whether it's time for a timeout in the expansion of the Bush administration's biowarfare defense program.

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Ask AP: Maximum heat, oil wells set on fire

2010-04-16T13:26:40Z

AP answers your questions on the news, from maximum heat to the impact of burning oil wells

You may have experienced the feeling on a steamy summer day: Nowhere in the universe could possibly be hotter than this.

Think again. Scientists have used high-tech equipment to generate temperatures in the billions of degrees — that's billions with a "b" — and they can contemplate temperatures that leave that sort of heat in the dust.

But is there a limit to th...

Arthur Allen on "A Passion for Tomatoes"

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Tech Bits

2010-10-22T14:17:56Z

Flickr, a popular online photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo Inc., is teaming up with Getty Images to offer shutterbugs a chance to turn their hobby into a moneymaking endeavor.

Under a partnership announced this week, Getty's editors will peruse Flickr to find pictures that may appeal to newspapers, magazines, boo...

Computer experts needed

2010-04-16T17:01:26Z

From grade school to college, students need better math and computer training

As thousands of Baby Boomers prepare to retire from computer technology jobs, fewer college students are choosing to pursue computer-related fields, creating what experts say is a “perfect storm” in which American tech workers may soon be in short supply.

Information technology workers are found in virtually every business, large and small. They are the ones responsible for design...

Alcatel-Lucent Deal with China Mobile, More

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian actor Paulo Autran, whose work earned him the moniker "lord of the stage," has died, doctors said. He was 85.

Autran — whose final film was "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation," Brazil's Oscar entry this year in the foreign film category — died Friday of complications from lung cancer, the Sirio Liban...

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Meteorite likely caused crater in Peru

2010-09-09T22:25:06Z

Peruvian Astronomers Now Say a Rare Meteorite Likely Caused Crater

Peruvian astronomers said Thursday that evidence shows a meteorite crashed near Lake Titicaca over the weekend, leaving an elliptical crater and magnetic rock fragments in an impact powerful enough to register on seismic charts.

As other astronomers learned more details, they too said it appears likely that a legitimate meteorite hit E...

Experts now say a rare meteorite likely caused Peru crater

2010-09-09T22:25:05Z

As other astronomers learned more details, they too said it appears likely that a legitimate meteorite hit Earth on Saturday _ an rare occurence.

The Earth is constantly bombarded with objects ...

Correction: Polar Bears

2010-09-09T19:54:59Z

Correction: Polar Bears

In a Sept. 7 story about the threat to polar bears from thinning sea ice, The Associated Press reported erroneous figures on the extent to which Arctic sea ice has fallen. The AP also erroneously attributed those figures to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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Russia seeks to claim Arctic seabed

2010-10-13T14:32:36Z

Mini-Submarines to Dive Into the Arctic's Depths to Claim Seabed for Russia

Russian scientists hope to plunge to the seabed beneath the North Pole in the next few days in a miniature sub and plant a titanium capsule containing the Russian flag, symbolically claiming much of the Arctic Ocean floor for Fracture Study in Medical Journal Renews Debate Over Researchers' Undisclosed Financial Ties

A new study showing that padded hip protectors didn't prevent fractures in the elderly has renewed questions about hidden drug industry ties to medical research.

Three of the authors of the study on bone breaks didn't tell editors of an influential medical journal, which is publishing their research Wednesday, that they had consulted for or received research money fr...

Chinese villagers eat dinosaur bones

2010-09-09T06:30:34Z

Chinese Villagers Eat Dinosaur Bones Believing They're From Flying Dragons

Villagers in central China dug up a ton of dinosaur bones and boiled them in soup or ground them into powder for traditional medicine, believing they were from flying dragons and had healing powers.

Until last year, the fossils were being sold in Henan province as "dragon bones" at ab...

U.S. cuts back climate checks from space

2010-09-09T00:09:54Z

AP IMPACT: U.S. Cutting Back Efforts to Monitor Global Warming From Space

The Bush administration is drastically scaling back efforts to measure global warming from space, just as the president tries to convince the world the U.S. is ready to take the lead in reducing greenhouse gases.

A confidential report to the White House, obtained by <...

Nationals LaRoche Baseball

2011-01-04T21:31:22Z

In this April 7, 2010, photo, Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Adam LaRoche catches a throw during a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Phoenix. A person familiar with the negotiations tells Donna Lawlor shows Associated Press staffer Lynn Dombek as she pauses while snowshoeing up a hill on snow-covered logging roads in Hancock County, Maine. The solitude, q...

SC Legacy

2010-12-27T09:01:16Z

In this Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 photo, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford talks with Associated Press reporters in his office in Columbia, S.C. about his time in office and his future. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic)

Austria Opera Gruberova

2010-12-27T06:01:18Z

In this photo taken Oct. 11, 2010, Soprano Edita Gruberova speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria. At the dizzying heights of her stellar operatic career, Gruberova has unexpectedly chosen to stoop and return to the role of the fallen woman who helped make her fame. Gruberova is not portraying just any wayward female. By rediscov...

Austria Edita Gruberova

2010-12-27T03:31:19Z

Edita Gruberova speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The 64-year-old SLovak diva sees no problem in returning to the role of a 20-something as Violetta Valery in Verdi's "La Tr...

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In breakthrough, scientists trap antimatter atoms

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Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran, dies at 66

Big Bang investigators want new atom smasher

Name that species--After yourself, Purdue auction suggests

Panama first lady seeks money for medical supplies

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Ask AP: Depression-era unemployment, El Nino

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Forensics for filched fossils

Correction: Toxic Dump Fears story

3 win Nobel for mapping atoms in cell's factories

2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize

3 Americans share 2009 Nobel medicine prize

Chromosome Researchers Win Medicine Nobel

Aug. 7, 2009

Chimp That Mauled Woman Was on Drugs

Scientists Find New Species in Papua New Guinea

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Unprecedented Decrease in New Cancers

New lab security report may signal need for pause

Ask AP: Maximum heat, oil wells set on fire

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Alcatel-Lucent Deal with China Mobile, More

Health Highlights: Dec. 19, 2007

News Bytes of the Week-Attack of the space microbes

Obituaries in the news

Health Highlights: Oct. 5, 2007

Meteorite likely caused crater in Peru

Experts now say a rare meteorite likely caused Peru crater

Correction: Polar Bears

Russia seeks to claim Arctic seabed

Chinese villagers eat dinosaur bones

U.S. cuts back climate checks from space

Nationals LaRoche Baseball

SC Legacy

Austria Opera Gruberova

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