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SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Feb 15, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- US scientists are taking the first step towards testing potentially hazardous chemicals on cells grown in a laboratory, without using live animals. Two government agencies are looking into the merits of using high-speed automated robots to carry out te.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- The space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after a two-day voyage, carrying a $1bn (�500m) Japanese laboratory. The 16-tonne Kibo lab will be the station's biggest room, for the study of biomedicine and material s.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Feb 6, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Europe hopes finally to get its space station laboratory, Columbus, into orbit this Thursday. The module will be taken up inside the shuttle Atlantis when it launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Columbus is intended to be the focal poi.. Read More