Asteroid to pass close by Earth on Friday
By Irene Klotz BOSTON (Reuters) - A newly discovered asteroid about half the size of a football field will pass nearer to Earth than...
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U.S.-based inventors lead world in nanotechnology patents: study
By Erin Geiger Smith (Reuters) - Inventors based in the United States led the world in nanotechnology patent applications and grants...
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Tycoons Slim, Gates open Mexico agricultural research center
By David Alire Garcia TEXCOCO (Reuters) - Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the two richest men on the planet, inaugurated a new agricultu...
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Pentagon stands by use of lithium-ion batteries on F-35 fighters
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said it plans to continue using lithium-ion batteries on the new F-35 fight...
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New Landsat Earth-monitoring satellite launched from California
By IRENE KLOTZ CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - - A new satellite to keep tabs on Earth's changing landscape rocketed into orbit ...
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NASA rover drills into its first Martian rock
By Irene and Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Mars rover Curiosity drilled into the Martian surface for the first time ...
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NASA's robotic rover Curiosity drills into Martian rock
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, NASA's rover Curiosity used its on-board drill to collect a sample of Martian bedrock tha...
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U.S. professor finds longest prime number with 17,425,170 digits
By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - After running 1,000 computers non-stop for 39 days to uncover the world's largest ...
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Asteroid may have killed dinosaurs quicker than scientists thought
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Dinosaurs died off about 33,000 years after an asteroid hit the Earth, much soone...
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Arctic nations' oil spill plans too vague: environmentalists
By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Plans by Arctic nations to start cooperating over oil spills are vague a...
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