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| Oops: Harvard affiliate apologizes for promotion of "weak" study Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 05:48 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Harvard-affiliated hospital is backing away from its decision earlier this week to promote a paper linking the artificial sweetener aspartame and cancer, now saying the evidence was "weak." Brigham and Women's Hospital said in an e-mail to reporters that data in the paper, which was published Wednesday in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, "is weak, and that Brigham and Women's Hospital media relations was premature in the promotion of this work." The hospital apologized to reporters for wasting their time. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. military hypersonic aircraft trial set for 2013 Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 05:48 PM PDT (Reuters) - The last of four unmanned experimental U.S. military aircraft designed to fly at six times the speed of sound is expected to be tested next year, the program manager said on Wednesday, months after its predecessor broke up during a trial. The third test flight of the craft, known as the Waverider or X-51A, broke apart over the Pacific Ocean seconds into a test flight in August. U.S. Air Force officials said at the time they did not know if or when their fourth aircraft would fly. ... Full Story | Top |
| Algae biofuel not sustainable now-U.S. research council Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 03:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Biofuels made from algae, promoted by President Barack Obama as a possible way to help wean Americans off foreign oil, cannot be made now on a large scale without using unsustainable amounts of energy, water and fertilizer, the U.S. National Research Council reported on Wednesday. "Faced with today's technology, to scale up any more is going to put really big demands on ... ... Full Story | Top |
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