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| NASA has high hopes Mars rover's winning streak will continue Monday, Aug 05, 2013 04:14 PM PDT  By Irene Klotz (Reuters) - The NASA rover Curiosity survived its daredevil landing on Mars one year ago Tuesday and went on to discover that the planet most like Earth in the solar system could indeed have supported microbial life, the primary goal of the mission. "The stunning thing is that we found it all so quickly," California Institute of Technology geologist and lead project scientist John Grotzinger said on Monday during a ceremony at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, marking the rover's first anniversary on Mars. ... Full Story | Top |
| Anorexic girls also have autistic traits, study finds Monday, Aug 05, 2013 04:10 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying girls with the eating disorder anorexia have found they show a mild echo of the characteristics of autism - a finding which could point to new ways of helping anorexics overcome their illness. A study by the leading autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre found that compared to typical girls, those with anorexia have an above-average number of autistic traits. ... Full Story | Top |
| Local renewable projects miss out on financial support - MPs Monday, Aug 05, 2013 04:07 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - The government should provide more financial support to businesses, local authorities and schools to help them install renewable energy such as solar arrays and wind turbines, a parliamentary committee said on Tuesday. The government currently supports small-scale renewable projects through its Feed-In Tariff (FiT) scheme. Large projects over 50 megawatts such as offshore wind are supported through so-called contracts-for-difference (CfD). ... Full Story | Top |
| One Sudanese soldier killed in clash with South Sudan Monday, Aug 05, 2013 04:07 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - One Sudanese soldier was killed on Monday in a clash with troops from South Sudan after a patrol from the south crossed the border, a Sudanese military spokesman said. The spokesman, al-Sawarmi Khalid, said in a statement the clash took place after a South Sudanese patrol crossed the border and opened fire. The clash took place at Sudan's main oilfield in the border area of Heglig, north of Sudan and which although is under the authority of Sudan is also disputed with South Sudan. ... Full Story | Top |
| FERC seeks $29 million from BP over natural gas trading Monday, Aug 05, 2013 03:07 PM PDT  By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. federal energy regulators on Monday ordered BP Plc to respond to allegations of natural gas market manipulation in Texas, threatening the energy company with fines near $29 million. The move likely sets up another major legal battle for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as it steps up policing of power and natural gas markets. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dow, S&P slip from record highs on year's lowest volume Monday, Aug 05, 2013 03:00 PM PDT  By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and the S&P 500 dipped on Monday in the thinnest volume so far this year, following their record closing highs last week as a lack of major news left the market directionless. Although about 100 companies in the S&P 500 are still scheduled to report earnings, the season is winding down sharply after last week's deluge. The week is also thin in terms of market-moving macroeconomic data. "It was a pretty quiet day," said Paul Zemsky, head of asset allocation at ING Investment Management in New York. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chevron to pay $2 million fine for SF Bay refinery fire: official Monday, Aug 05, 2013 02:11 PM PDT  By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp agreed to pay $2 million in fines and restitution after pleading no contest to six misdemeanor charges on Monday stemming from the August 6, 2012 explosion and fire at its San Francisco Bay refinery, according to the local district attorney In a plea agreement worked out before Monday with the California attorney general's office and the Contra Costa County district attorney, Chevron will also spend 3-1/2 years on probation. "We are committed to continuous improvement in process safety and reliability at the refinery," Chevron said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scientists to cook world's first in-vitro beef burger Monday, Aug 05, 2013 11:44 AM PDT  By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world's first lab-grown beef burger. The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, the first example of what its creator says could provide an answer to global food shortages and help combat climate change, will be fried in a pan and tasted by two volunteers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Senate majority urges Obama to press Iran over nuclear program Monday, Aug 05, 2013 11:22 AM PDT  By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of senators have urged President Barack Obama to raise pressure on Iran over its disputed nuclear program by toughening sanctions and renewing the option to use military force while also exploring diplomatic solutions. The senators' letter to Obama came as Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, who has cast himself as a moderate and pledged to pursue less confrontational policies abroad, took office. ... Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an 'emergency' Monday, Aug 05, 2013 10:38 AM PDT  By Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an "emergency" that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country's nuclear watchdog said on Monday. This contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier, is rising toward the surface and is exceeding legal limits of radioactive discharge, Shinji Kinjo, head of a Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) task force, told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iran's Rouhani pulls off cabinet balancing act Monday, Aug 05, 2013 10:37 AM PDT  By Yeganeh Torbati and Jon Hemming DUBAI (Reuters) - By choosing ministers known more for their experience than their political views, President Hassan Rouhani has proposed a cabinet that achieves a rare feat in Iranian politics - it satisfies both reformist and conservative factions. Rouhani's presidency has raised hopes in diplomatic circles that the moderate cleric with links to all of Iran's often-feuding factions can be someone the West can talk to and at least defuse tensions over the nuclear dispute. ... Full Story | Top |
| BP says will 'vigorously defend' itself in gas manipulation case Monday, Aug 05, 2013 08:19 AM PDT  (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Monday it would "vigorously defend" itself against allegations from U.S. regulators that its traders manipulated natural gas markets in late 2008. Earlier on Monday the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the energy company to respond to the allegations from its Office of Enforcement, threatening the company with fines and other charges near $29 million. (Reporting by David Sheppard; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick) Full Story | Top |
| Bayer enters cancer research deal with Compugen Monday, Aug 05, 2013 06:36 AM PDT FRANKFURT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - German pharmaceuticals company Bayer AG has entered a new cancer partnership with Israel's Compugen Ltd to research, develop and commercialise antibody-based therapies. The agreement sent Compugen's shares up more than 50 percent. The two partners will jointly carry out a preclinical research programme, they said in a statement on Monday. Under the deal, Compugen will receive an upfront payment of $10 million, and is eligible to receive over $500 million in potential milestone payments. ... Full Story | Top |
| Clashes between Nigerian army, Boko Haram kill 35 Monday, Aug 05, 2013 05:31 AM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 35 people have been killed in two separate gun battles between Nigerian security forces and Islamist sect Boko Haram in northeast Borno state, the army said on Monday. Boko Haram, which wants to impose sharia law in Nigeria's north, and other spin-off Islamist groups have become the biggest threat to stability in Africa's top oil exporter. In mid-May, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency and launched an offensive against the group in its stronghold in the northeast. ... Full Story | Top |
| Isis to stop developing rheumatoid arthritis drug Monday, Aug 05, 2013 04:42 AM PDT (Reuters) - Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc said it will stop developing its experimental rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug after a mid-stage trial showed the treatment failed to significantly improve the disease symptoms when compared to a placebo. Patients treated with the drug, called ISIS-CRPRx, had some improvements in symptoms of RA but they were not statistically significant when compared to those of patients receiving a placebo. ... Full Story | Top |
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