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Hot new planet could be in habitable zone -- barely

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Astronomers believe they have found a second planet outside our solar system that seems to be in the right zone for life, just barely.But it would feel like a steam bath -- hot, sticky and beyond uncomfortable. This undated handout image provided by The Europeans Southern Obs

Sept. 13, 2011

Hot new planet could be in habitable zone -- barely

Samsung Electronics loses key lawsuit against Apple in Germany

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- A German court on Friday turned down a request by Samsung Electronics Co. to nullifyApple Inc.'s injunction granted earlier to ban the sale and marketing of its Galaxy Tab tablet computer in the European country.The Dusseldorf court decision dealt a blow to t

Sept. 9, 2011

University, POSTECH team up on stem cells

From as early as 2014, anti-cancer stem cell treatment will be available through a joint firm established by Pohang University of Technology and Science and Catholic University of Korea, the schools said Monday. According to the joint venture “PoCaStem,” the treatment “GX-051” involved injecting ade

Sept. 8, 2011

Ewha ties up with Mongolia cancer center

Ewha Womans University Medical Center has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mongolian National Cancer Center for research and treatment, the hospital said Thursday.Under the agreement, the Seoul hospital will diagnose and treat transferred Mongolian patients, refer the process to the Mon

Sept. 8, 2011

Eye infection alert issued

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked parents to take extra care on their children’s eyes as eye infections are increasing since the school term kicked off. According to the center, which received reports from 80 medical facilities nationwide, the number of people with epidemic

Sept. 8, 2011

Dermatological clinic offers consultations

Gowoonsesang Dermatology clinic is offering consultations through mobile a phone messenger service from this week. Once the clinic’s number, 010-9566-8275, is saved in a smart phone, patients can use the consultation service provided by the clinic from 6 p.m. to 8p.m. through “Kakao Talk” or “Daum P

Sept. 8, 2011

Bird flu back on the rise, U.N. warns

LOS ANGELES ― Bird flu was in decline, but health officials warned Monday that it appears to be on the rise again.The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) “urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence” of the virus, which has crossed over from bir

Sept. 8, 2011

Discount offered for patients who use neighborhood clinics

Starting next year, people suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes or hypertension will be able to get a discount on their medical bills if they register at a neighborhood clinic instead of visiting general hospitals or clinics far from home.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare,

Sept. 8, 2011

Do you want to sleep well?

“Boys and girls, it’s time to go to bed.” When I was a boy, everyday this message came from the television or radio just before 9 p.m. I thought of it as a signal for the end of the day and would go to bed. I knew nothing about the world after that time. The 9 to 6 sleep schedule was considered the

Sept. 8, 2011

Tips on healthy Chuseok diet

Doctor’s advise: cut oil where you can, even healthy foods can be overeatenMany people have memories of gaining holiday weight after days of feasting with their families over Chuseok. Most holiday foods are fatty and high in calories as they are usually sweet, fried or roasted. In the old days when

Sept. 8, 2011

Report: NASA needs to keep more astronauts on hand

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA needs to keep more astronauts on staff than planned even though no one is being launched from the home turf, a new report urged Wednesday. (MCT)Many astronauts have retired or quit with this year's end of the space shuttle program. But a robust corps still is needed

Sept. 8, 2011

Report: NASA needs to keep more astronauts on hand

Suicide main cause of death for those under 40 in S. Korea

Suicide was the No. 1 cause of death among people under 40 years of age in South Korea last year, with the nation‘s overall suicide rate also marking the highest among the world’s major countries, a report showed Thursday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, suicide was the leading cause of

Sept. 8, 2011

Suicide main cause of death for those under 40 in S. Korea

Adult smoking rate edges down slightly: CDC data

CHICAGO (AP) _ Fewer U.S. adults are smoking and those who do light up are smoking fewer cigarettes each day, but the trend is weaker than the government had hoped.According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday, 19.3 percent of adults said they smoked last ye

Sept. 8, 2011

Weaker prices dent Korea’s IT exports

South Korea’s exports of information technology products shrank from a year earlier for the second straight month in August largely on lower global prices, the government said Wednesday.The country exported $13.06 billion worth of IT products last month, down 2.4 percent from $13.39 billion in the s

Sept. 7, 2011

‘iPhone to overtake Nokia in smartphone shipments’

U.S. IT giant Apple is set to become the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer by volume, overtaking Nokia for the first time, a report showed on Tuesday.According to DigiTimes, a Taipei-based daily, Apple is expected to take 19 percent of the global smartphone market with shipments of 86.4 millio

Sept. 7, 2011

‘iPhone to overtake Nokia in smartphone shipments’

LCD prices hit record low on oversupply, weak demand

Prices of liquid crystal display panels, a key export item for South Korea’s technology firms, plunged to all-time lows on oversupply and weak demand, industry data showed Wednesday. The latest data compiled by DisplaySearch showed that not only the prices of large-size LCD panels for TVs, but also

Sept. 7, 2011

UK officials may take 4 obese kids into custody

(MCT)LONDON (AP) -- Scottish officials say they may take four heavy children away from their parents after warnings to help their kids trim down have apparently failed.The children are aged one to 11. The parents are obese and have three older children who are also heavy. For the past two years, the

Sept. 6, 2011

UK officials may take 4 obese kids into custody

iphone 5 would be thinner and wider

Rumor has it that Apple’s iPhone 5 will be wider, longer, and thinner than its predecessor.Italian blog MacityNet recently posted set of new photos of iPhone cases and claimed that these cases will fit the next generation of Apple’s smartphones. Case manufacturers become frequent sources for Apple r

Sept. 5, 2011

CDC: 2 children sickened by novel swine flu strain

A new strain of swine flu has shown up in two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana who had direct or indirect contact with pigs. The virus includes a gene from the 2009 pandemic strain that might let it spread more easily than pig viruses normally do.So far, there's no sign that the virus has spread

Sept. 5, 2011

Kakao Talk set to embrace social games

Kakao Talk, the country’s most popular messenger app for smartphones, is to team up with a game developer in a bid to open up a fresh revenue channel amid heightened industry-wide interest in such messenger apps. Kakao Talk has been widely adopted by users of Apple’s iPhone and Android-based smartph

Sept. 4, 2011