GE to buy UK life science firm Whatman
LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co has agreed to buy British laboratory equipment maker Whatman Plc for 363 million pounds ($718 million), to boost its life sciences business. feeds.reuters.com
Hair analysis offers new crime-fighting clues
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists can now tell where in the United States a person may have been by analyzing a single strand of hair, offering a new tool for crime investigators trying to identify a body or track criminals. feeds.reuters.com
Europe-wide radio net in aliens search
Project will pick up clues from space on possible extraterrestrials and data on the early universe guardian.co.uk
Study finds mercury in birds near polluted rivers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mercury contamination in rivers can spread to nearby birds, even ones that don't eat fish or other food from the water.... hosted.ap.org