New method monitors quake fault strength
LOS ANGELES Scientists are releasing results of a study aimed at gauging the strength of earthquake faults, which could help them pinpoint weak ones at risk of breaking and unleashing temblors. Earthquakes are caused by a sudden slip on a fault. T...
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Suicidal planet seems on death spiral into star
WASHINGTON (AP) Astronomers have found what appears to be a gigantic suicidal planet. The odd, fiery planet is so close to its star and so large that it is triggering tremendous plasma tides on the star. Those powerful tides are in turn warping the...
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New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon
WASHINGTON (AP) A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of si...
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'Missing link' found for HIV?
WASHINGTON (AP) Scientists believe they have found a missing link in the evolution of the virus that causes AIDS. It bridges the gap between the infection that does no harm to most monkeys and the one that kills millions of people. That link is a...
3.4K - Jul. 22, 2009; scored 961.0