The war on malaria escalates
Last month, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $43 million to efforts by a California biochemist to genetically re-engineer bacteria to grow a malaria drug normally grown in six-foot-tall
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Bacardi plans light' rum to cash in on dieting trend
For the past decade, the liquor industry has stood by quietly as sales of both light beer and diet soda have gone through the roof. Now, one liquor company wants a piece of the lucrative market for
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Pharmaceutical output lifts Singapore production
Singapore's industrial production unexpectedly surged in December, the government said as drug makers expanded output. Factory output, which accounts for a quarter of the economy, gained a
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Warmer Antarctica at risk
From an airplane at 150 meters, all that is visible here is a vast white emptiness. Ahead, a chalky plain stretches as far as the eye can see, the monotony broken only by a few gentle rises and the
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A tonic for India's drug industry
Foreign drug companies are stepping up investment in India's $6 billion market for drug sales and research after the government enforced patent protection on medicines, agricultural chemicals and
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Environment in Finland is rated best
Countries from Europe and South America dominated the top spots in the 2005 index of enviornmental sustainability, which ranks countries on their success at tasks like maintaining or improving air
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Blizzard in U.S. ranked among century's worst
The northeastern United States was digging out Monday from a blizzrd ranked among the five worst in the past century, whiel weather forecasters warned of freezing cold temperatures ahead. Over 3
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Taking a cue from Toyota - on health care
General Motors once may have viewed completition from Toyota Motor mainly in terms of vehicle style, cost and quality. GM would be well advised to keep an eye on the falling cost of Toyota
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Mad cow protein's reach is wider than suspected
Mad cow disease has long been thought to occur in just the brains and nervous systems of infected animals. But scientists reported that the proteins thought to cause the disease can travel to other
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A great sea bird in peril
Most humans have never seen a gray-headed al-batross or, for that matter, any albatross. The gray-headed albatross breeds in grassy tufts set high on the cliffs of remote islands in the seas just