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Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 11:29 AM PDT
Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News: New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries Poland stumbles on journey from low-cost to hi-tech Miners take "rail-veyors" and robots to automated future

New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries  Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 11:29 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have come up with a test for the virus that causes AIDS that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods, offering the promise of better diagnosis and treatment in the developing world. The test uses nanotechnology to give a result that can be seen with the naked eye by turning a sample red or blue, according to research from scientists at Imperial College in London published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. ... Full Story	Top
Poland stumbles on journey from low-cost to hi-tech  Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 10:18 AM PDT WARSAW, Oct 28 Reuters) - Polish scientist Miroslaw Grudzien built the infra-red detectors that NASA uses to explore Mars, but getting a business development loan nearly defeated him. His firm, which made sensors on the U.S. space agency's Mars rover Curiosity, sought financing from banks for a new production facility. Because the loan was to be partly paid back from European Union funds, the government had to sign off on it. In the end, Grudzien got his money, but it took a year, forcing his company, VIGO System, to delay the launch of a new range of high-technology sensors. ... Full Story	Top
Miners take "rail-veyors" and robots to automated future  Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 10:18 AM PDT SUDBURY, Ontario (Reuters) - In an office trailer parked outside a mine shaft in northern Ontario, operator Carolyn St-Jean leans back in her chair and monitors a machine loading nickel-rich ore into rail cars deep underground. Once filled, the automated train will snake through a series of narrow tunnels, emerge from a rocky outcropping, then loop past St-Jean's window and dump its payload for sorting. Vale SA, the Brazilian company that owns the mine near this nickel-rich Canadian town, has spent nearly $50 million in two years to install and test the "rail-veyor. ... Full Story	Top

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