http://www.avapress.com/vsngrx194kjoa.j5a.html Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:40:37 GMT http://www.avapress.com/skins/default/en/newsfeed_logo.gif http://www.avapress.com 100 70 en Any reprint is permitted by writing AVA as source. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:40:37 GMT Art Science 60 http://www.avapress.com/vdci5uar.t1azu2lict.html Scientists say it is hundreds of times more massive than the sun and is twice as big as any other star previously discovered. ]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:26:13 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdci5uar.t1azu2lict.html http://www.avapress.com/vdcgw79q.ak9yt4j5ra.html The research team studied tea and coffee consumption among 37,514 people in The Netherlands, and followed the participants for 13 years to monitor heart disease and death. ]]> Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:56:12 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdcgw79q.ak9yt4j5ra.html http://www.avapress.com/vdcipvaz.t1avy2lict.html The space shuttle Atlantis ended its final space flight in Florida on Wednesday, capping a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. NASA will retire the fleet this year after two more flights by sister shuttles Discovery and Endeavour. ]]> Thu, 27 May 2010 03:43:42 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdcipvaz.t1avy2lict.html http://www.avapress.com/vdcdzs0f.yt05f6me2y.html In the largest genome-wide study of brain aneurysms ever conducted, an international team led by researchers at the Yale University has identified three new genetic variants that increase a person's risk for developing this deadly disease. ]]> Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:43:08 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdcdzs0f.yt05f6me2y.html http://www.avapress.com/vdcdkx0f.yt0556me2y.html The 23rd ISS mission, consisting of Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Korniyenko, as well as U.S. female astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, will work at the space station for some 167 days. ]]> Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:13:07 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdcdkx0f.yt0556me2y.html http://www.avapress.com/vdciruaz.t1apz2lict.html Want to reduce your risk of skin cancer? Wear sun screen, of course. But two new studies suggest that choosing your relatives carefully could also be helpful. ]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:27:17 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdciruaz.t1apz2lict.html http://www.avapress.com/vdcdz50f.yt0fs6me2y.html The US space shuttle Discovery has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral on a mission to bring supplies to the International Space Station. Originally scheduled to lift off on Tuesday, the launch had been delayed three times. ]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:35:49 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdcdz50f.yt0fs6me2y.html http://www.avapress.com/vdcfymdy.w6dx1a7riw.html The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century cast its shadow over parts of Asia on Wednesday, plunging hundreds of millions of people into darkness for six minutes and 39 seconds. The next total solar eclipse will be on July 11, 2010. ]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:25:13 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdcfymdy.w6dx1a7riw.html http://www.avapress.com/vdch.-nwt23n6z10d2.html The world's only piloted aircraft using fuel cell propulsion technology took off from Hamburg airport on Tuesday on its first public flight, proving that hydrogen-powered transportation is not a pipe dream. ]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:28:43 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdch.-nwt23n6z10d2.html http://www.avapress.com/vdcb.5b9urhb80e4pr.html NASA deferred the launch of its shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday for the second time in less than a week due to a nagging hydrogen leak whose cause experts are struggling to understand. ]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:12:01 GMT http://www.avapress.com/vdcb.5b9urhb80e4pr.html