New treatment for scoliosis in children
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A New York City hospital is offering spinal stapling, a new treatment alternative for scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, hospital officials say.

Keanu heading to Caltech for science talk
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves has agreed to join Caltech researchers on a panel to discuss his new movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still," organizers said.

Exercise may prevent brain aging
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Exercise may help older adults prevent age-related brain changes, researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill said.

Hypoglycemia barrier to diabetic exercise
MONTREAL, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A majority of diabetics avoid physical activity because they worry about exercise-induced hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, Canadian researchers said.

Prenatal eggs may prevent breast cancer
BOSTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A woman who has the nutrient choline -- found in eggs -- while pregnant might reduce her daughter's risk of breast cancer significantly, U.S. researchers said.

Model could reduce breast-lesion biopsies
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A new method of characterizing breast lesions found during magnetic resonance imaging could result in fewer biopsies of benign tumors, U.S. researchers said.

Study: Cell movements are totally modular
STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've found distinct groups of proteins that each control one of four simple activities involved in cells' collective migration.

Night shift workers can improve alertness
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Use of light exposure therapy, dark sunglasses and a strict sleep schedule can help night-shift workers increase alertness, U.S. researchers said.

NASA to honor lunar lander winner
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will honor Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, as winner of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

Iceberg computer program is created
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a computer program to help predict when icebergs will calve from ice sheets.

NASA studies pilot cognition
CLEVELAND, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency is trying to find an effective way to monitor pilots' brain activity to help stop mishaps caused by stress, fatigue or distraction.

Autistic kids have slight brain wave delay
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Typically used for epilepsy evaluation, magnetoencephalography can also be used to identify autism timing abnormalities in the brain, U.S. researchers said.

Six coal research projects selected
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it has selected six university-proposed projects under its University Coal Research Program.

Senate Dems look to GOP moderates for help
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Democrats say they likely will have a working filibuster-proof majority on key issues that could give early wins for President-elect Barack Obama.

Endeavour ends two-week mission
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- NASA said the space shuttle Endeavour made a flawless landing in California Sunday, wrapping up a delivery run to the International Space Station.

Japan urged to tighten child porn laws
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- An international anti-child pornography congress in Brazil has urged Japan to outlaw the possession of such materials, observers say.

Botanists puzzle over lack of acorns
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Botanists say they're puzzled about why oak trees from Virginia to Kansas and north to Nova Scotia failed to produce acorns this year.

Poachers find thriving market for fossils
CLEVELAND, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A dinosaur skeleton that vanished from Mongolia likely was sold on the black market, says a fossil hunter from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

5.9-magnitude earthquake near Indonesia
JAKARTA, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A meteorology agency in Indonesia says an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has occurred off the Sumatra Island portion of the country.

Antarctic ice shelf shows new rifts
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is showing new rifts and an ice bridge holding it to two Antarctic islands is closer to collapsing, U.S. and European scientists say.

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