Harvard scientist fashions cheap, easy-to-use diagnostic test

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Our planet has a fever. But global warming's effects on farming and water resources is still a mystery.

September 10th, 2009 Harvard paper blames mixup for Holocaust-denial adBOSTON — The head of Harvard University's student newspaper is blaming an ad that questioned the Holocaust on "a miscommunication." Harvard Crimson president Maxwell Child said in a letter to readers Wednesday that his staff initially rejected the ad. But Child said the decision "fell through the cracks" in the three weeks between the ad's submission and its publication Tuesday.

September 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists in California have announced the creation of a 'NanoPen' that can simplify the method of laying down patterns of nanoparticles-from wires to circuits-for making futuristic electronic devices, medical diagnostic tests, and other much-anticipated nanotech applications. Writing about their work in ACS' Nano Letters, Ming Wu and colleagues point out that researchers have already developed several different techniques for producing patterns of nanoparticles, which are barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair.

July 24th, 2009 Obama calls arrest of Harvard scholar unnecessaryWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is standing by his assertion that police did not need to arrest a Harvard scholar who was trying to get into his own home. Obama said in an interview with ABC that he has "extraordinary respect" for the challenges and hardships that law enforcement officers face every day in their line of work.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine say that the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident, may be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world. The researchers have found that not only are these ruminants low-maintenance and parasite-resistant, they're also perfect blood donors for the microbiology tests necessary to diagnose infectious disease in the developing world.

May 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A scientist has developed a new diagnostic test for TB, called Xpert MTB/RIF, which can provide results quickly and efficiently. The test, developed by Dr.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is considering imposing safeguards duty and anti-dumping measures on cheap imports of auto components, a senior official said here Tuesday. 'The industry has approached the government as it is worried about cheap auto component imports that can harm the sector,' Surajit Mitra, additional secretary at the Department of Heavy Industries, said.

May 4th, 2009 BEIJING - China has developed a new diagnostic method to test influenza A(H1N1) virus in pigs, the agriculture ministry said. Officials said the new method can deliver test results within five hours.

April 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers have developed a technology that detects damage to critical suspension components in military vehicles simply by driving over a speed bumplike "diagnostic cleat" containing sensors. "Our aim is to save time and maintenance costs, but more importantly to reduce downtime by catching damage before it leads to failure in the field," said Douglas Adams, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of Purdue University's Center for Systems Integrity.

April 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Now you can blame your bulging waistline for an irresistible urge to move legs during sleep. Obese people were 42 percent more likely to have restless legs syndrome (RLS) than their normal counterparts.

April 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It takes only a few simple and quick questions to determine whether a woman has low sexual desire, says a new study. The study enrolled 263 women at 27 centres throughout the US who took the decreased sexual desire screening test and their answers were reviewed with a clinician who was not an expert in female sexual desire.

March 30th, 2009 SYDNEY - You may take longer to recover from a back injury if you are stressed over your job or are living alone, according to a recent study. University of Queensland's (UQ) Nick Penney examined the relationship between lower back pain and psychological, physiological and social factors.

March 19th, 2009 LONDON - Rock star Rod Stewart's son Sean Stewart humiliated him on a US television show by calling him cheap. Sean said his father, who is worth about 100 million pounds ($150 million), is not very generous.

February 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - Technology Review, the magazine of innovation brought out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tuesday announced its annual list of 10 top emerging technologies, seen to impact the way we live and do business. 'These revolutionary innovations - each represented by a researcher whose vision and work is driving the field - promise fundamental shift in areas from energy to health care, computing to communications,' the magazine said.

January 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Oh, they're smart, they'll do fine on their own', is what is often said about gifted children, but according to experts they require just as much attention and support as other students with physical, behavioural and emotional needs to thrive at school. Steven I. Pfeiffer, a professor at the Florida State University department of educational psychology, works with gifted children and their families in counselling and has been recognised as a leading authority on the subject.