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One person was missing after raging floodwaters swept three cars off a road near Des Moines early Wednesday, and Iowa State University athletes rallied to protect their stadium from the rising water after three nights of torrential rain.

A seventh-generation high-wire daredevil pedalled a bicycle across a precarious line strung between two hotel towers in an attempt to break his own world record.

New Jersey authorities have called off a search for a second victim of rough surf caused by Hurricane Earl and its predecessor Danielle.

One person was missing after raging floodwaters swept three cars off a road near Des Moines early Wednesday, and college athletes rallied to ...

Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for more than 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern ...

Hurricane Katrina barreled onto the Louisiana coast on Aug. 29, 2005, and tore its way inland, leaving a swath of horrific flooding and destruction in its wake.

The US has pledged its full support for flood-hit Pakistan, ahead of an emergency session of the UN intended to boost the international response.

Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rains swept through a town in northern Turkey, killing at least 12 people, officials said Friday.

Three people have died in flash floods in southern Spain, the government has said.

One city skyline is dazzling enough. Now imagine 15,000 of them. Researchers have done just that -- drawing 15,000 identical skylines with tiny beams of light using an innovative nanofabrication technology called beam-pen lithography. BPL uses an array of pens made of a polymer to print patterns over large areas with nanoscopic through macroscopic resolution. The method could do for nanofabrication what the desktop printer has done for printing and information transfer. - [Read more]

The 8000 block of Robinwood near Van Dyke looks like a war zone today with roofs missing, homes collapsed and large amounts of charred debris littering the streets.

After record-setting heat in July in some areas, August is starting out hotter as temperatures force heat advisories in 18 states from Texas ...

Authorities say high winds reaching 70 mph knocked over three barns Wednesday at Ohios largest egg farm, killing two workers.

The era of personalized energy systems -- in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars -- took another step toward reality as scientists reported discovery of a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system. The advance could help free homes and businesses from dependence on the electric company and the corner gasoline station. - [Read more]

Scientists Thursday took issue with U.S. government and BP assertions the oil that leaked from the damaged gulf well had either evaporated or dissipated.

More than 250,000 people have been evacuated in northeast China following serious floods that have already left four dead and forced the relocation of thousands in neighbouring North Korea.

At least three tornadoes have been reported on Colorados northeastern plains, with one person reporting damage to a barn.

Multiview Video Coding (MVC) is the new standard for 3-D movie compression. While reducing the data significantly, MVC allows at the same time providing full high-resolution quality. 3-D movies can now be transmitted via Internet and digital television channels such as via satellite. - [Read more]

At least 36 people have died and 23 others are missing in fresh flooding from torrential rains in Chinas Gansu province, the latest in a string of natural disasters to strike China.

At least 36 people have died and 23 others are missing in fresh flooding from torrential rains in Chinas Gansu province, the latest in a string ...

A small passenger plane heading to the Mt. Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepals capital with 14 people aboard, including five U.S. nationals and a Japanese tourist, officials said.

A fire is now under control in Newark after it tore through and damaged at least seven buildings on a residential block.

Fifty Iowa counties are now eligible for federal disaster aid in the wake of recent severe weather and flooding.

Seven puppies have died after flying in the cargo hold of an American Airlines jet.

Eight soldiers from Fort Hood have been hospitalized for heat-related problems after an early morning 12-mile march.

An officials says the disaster killed at least 18 children while eight have been rescued from the single-story school.

DTE Energy Co. spokesman Scott Simons says about 80,000 of the homes and businesses it serves lost power.

The rain sent the Yalu river over its banks again and state media report more rain is expected to pound the region Sunday, bringing the threat of even more flooding.

The Bay City Times says the partially treated sewage mixed with storm water flowed into the river last Thursday.

Authorities say emergency crews used boats to rescue two families from their flooded homes near Oskaloosa after a night of heavy rain.

The Badger runs between Ludington and Manitowoc, Wis., but its travels scheduled for Friday have been halted.

In trying to predict how species will respond to climate change caused by global warming, researchers and scientists are turning to comparative physiology, a sub-discipline of physiology that studies how different organisms function and adapt to diverse and changing environments. Overall, the comparative approach gives researchers insights into the effects of global warming that they wouldnt otherwise have. - [Read more]

Current HIV treatments do not eradicate HIV from host cells but rather inhibit virus replication and delay the onset of AIDS. However, new research has yielded an innovative approach to eliminate HIV in host by targeted killing of only HIV infected cells. This approach if successful could lead into an anti-HIV therapy that will eradicate the virus. - [Read more]

Space scientists around the world are celebrating ten years of ground-breaking discoveries by "Cluster," a mission that is illuminating the mysteries of the magnetosphere, the northern lights and the solar wind. Cluster is a European Space Agency mission, launched in summer 2000. It consists of a unique constellation of four spacecraft flying in formation around Earth, studying the interaction between the solar wind and the magnetosphere. - [Read more]

Animals with osteoarthritis are generally offered the same types of physiotherapy as humans, although most of the methods have not been directly tested on animals. Recent work addresses this deficit and shows that relatively simple measures such as walking uphill or over low obstacles can significantly help the bending of dogs joints and thus mitigate the suffering caused by arthritis. - [Read more]

Retailers are reporting surprisingly solid gains for August even as unusually hot weather and job worries kept a lid on back-to-school buying.

Imagine loosening the screw-top of a soda bottle and hearing the carbon dioxide begin to escape. Then imagine taking the cap off quickly, and seeing the beverage foam and fizz out of the bottle. Then, imagine the pressure equalizing and the beverage being ready to drink. Marine scientists say that something similar happened over a 1,000 year period after the end of the last ice age. - [Read more]

Debates have raged for decades about how to arrange the Australian and South American branches of the marsupial family tree. While marsupials like the Australian tammar wallaby and the South American opossum seem to be quite different, new research shows otherwise. - [Read more]

For people with chronic back pain, having a little adversity in your life can be protective and beneficial, according to a new study. - [Read more]

Obese women have a well-known risk for infertility, but a new study has unraveled what investigators there believe is the mechanism that accounts for the risk. - [Read more]

A short period of excess food consumption can have long term effects on your body weight and fat storage even after the initial weight is lost. A new study has found that a four-week episode of increased energy intake and decreased exercise can cause increased weight and fat mass more than two years later when compared to control individuals. - [Read more]

ESO has released a spectacular new image of NGC 300, a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way, and located in the nearby Sculptor Group of galaxies. Taken with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at ESOs La Silla Observatory in Chile, this 50-hour exposure reveals the structure of the galaxy in exquisite detail. NGC 300 lies about six million light-years away and appears to be about two thirds the size of the full Moon on the sky. - [Read more]

Researchers have discovered a novel way in which insulin affects cell metabolism and cell survival. Surprisingly the insulin signaling pathway, which is involved in aging, diabetes and stress response, is active at a deeper level of cell activity than scientists expected. - [Read more]

Computers are everywhere these days -- even on surfboards. Mechanical engineering undergraduates outfitted a surfboard with a computer and accompanying sensors -- one step toward a structural engineering Ph.D. students quest to develop the science of surfboards. - [Read more]

To gain new insights on the impact of fishing on coral reefs, marine biologists are taking advantage of an ongoing "natural experiment" at two isolated Pacific atolls -- one inhabited by people, the other off-limits to fishing. - [Read more]

Frequent showers and thunderstorms will lead to a soggy weekend for the Gulf Coast. Temperatures across the nation will be a study in contrasts ...

Postmenopausal women diagnosed with colon cancer may be at increased risk of death if they fail to maintain a healthy body weight before cancer diagnosis, according to a new study. - [Read more]

Acamprosate reduces the number of patients being treated for alcoholism who return to drinking, according to a new review. The drug showed moderate benefits in trials when used in addition to non-drug treatments. - [Read more]

Scientists have discovered an accomplice in breast cancer -- a master control switch with the power to set off a cascade of reactions orchestrated by a cancer-causing gene (or oncogene) named Wnt1. - [Read more]

New evidence linking the use of acetaminophen to development of asthma and eczema suggests that even monthly use of the drug in adolescents may more than double risk of asthma in adolescents compared to those who used none at all; yearly use was associated with a 50 percent increase in the risk of asthma. - [Read more]

A unique natural laboratory in the Mediterranean Sea is revealing the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels on life in the oceans. The results show a bleak future for marine life as ocean acidity rises, and suggest that similar lowering of ocean pH levels may have been responsible for massive extinctions in the past. - [Read more]

The fact that our female ancestors dispersed more than our male ancestors can lead to conflicts within the brain that influence our social behavior, new research reveals. - [Read more]

Aurora-A kinase (AurA) is an enzyme that is hyperactive in many cancers and drives tumor cell proliferation. Several AurA inhibitors are currently being tested in clinical trials to see if they slow tumor growth. Now, researchers have identified an activation signal for AurA. - [Read more]

The actual number of people killed by the massive flooding in Pakistan remains unknown because large areas of the country are inaccessible, Islamabads UN envoy said on Friday.

Researchers have determined that patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee who are treated with traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA) do not experience any more benefit than those receiving sham acupuncture (placebo). The team did find that the communication style of the acupuncturist could have a significant effect on pain reduction and satisfaction in patients. - [Read more]