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  Workouts cause women pain
Date: September  10, 2007  

Over 50% of women who exercise experience pain because their breasts bounce more during a workout, said a University of Portsmouth researcher.Dr Joanna Scurr said that her new study showed that regular bras and some sports bras were not effective.They are designed to stop the bounce but Dr Scurr s study shows that breasts also move side-to-side an
  Terminal patients as drug testers
Date: September  10, 2007  

Experts are debating whether terminally ill patients should have the right to try out new drugs that have not completed safety checks.The US is currently considering allowing such a move. Professor Emil Freireich of the University of Texas says patients should be allowed to judge the risks.But US medical oncologist Dean Gesme told the British Medi
  Whale success story questioned
Date: September  10, 2007  

By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website A whale conservation success story, the recovery of the eastern Pacific gray whale, may not be quite what it seems.Since the end of commercial whaling, numbers rose to about 20,000, thought to be the level they had been at before hunting began.But a new study using genetic methods, r
  4,000 more cold cases reviewed
Date: September  10, 2007  

Forensic scientists are to begin reviewing around 4,000 more unsolved sex crimes, the government has said. The latest DNA techniques will be used to re-analyse evidence from rape and other serious sexual assault "cold cases", some dating back to 1991.So far the Forensic Science Service has re-examined over 11,000 cold cases, as part of a £1m proj
  Workouts cause women breast pain
Date: September  10, 2007  

Over 50% of women who exercise experience pain because their breasts bounce more during a workout, said a University of Portsmouth researcher.Dr Joanna Scurr said that her new study showed that regular bras and some sports bras were not effective.They are designed to stop the bounce but Dr Scurr s study shows that breasts also move side-to-side an
  Red tape strangling UK science
Date: September  10, 2007  

By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News, York Red tape is hampering UK animal research, a leading scientist claims.Speaking at the BA Festival of Science, Lord Robert Winston said animal rights activists had forced the government to adopt an overly cautious position.He said the bureaucracy was forcing UK research, including some of his o
  Face scans spot gene syndromes
Date: September  10, 2007  

By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News, York 3D face scans are set to speed up the diagnosis of rare genetic conditions in children, UK scientists say.More than 700 genetic syndromes affect facial traits, but some are difficult to spot because few cases exist.Now new software that compares an individual s face with a bank of 3D images
  Mobiles for the world s poorest
Date: September  10, 2007  

By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News Nearly half a million people, described by the UN as "the poorest of the poor", will soon be able to make mobile calls.As part of a UN programme to tackle poverty in rural Africa, 79 villages across 10 African countries will be hooked up to cellular networks.It is hoped that the co
  Secret of reading revealed
Date: September  10, 2007  

By Liz Seward Science reporter, York The mystery of how we read a sentence has been unlocked by scientists.Previously, researchers thought that, when reading, both eyes focused on the same letter of a word. But a UK team has found this is not always the case.In fact, almost 50% of the time, each of our eyes locks on to different letters simult
  Solar plane flies into the night
Date: September  10, 2007  

By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News A lightweight solar-powered plane has smashed the official world record for the longest-duration unmanned flight. UK defence firm Qinetiq, which built the Zephyr unmanned aerial vehicle, said it flew for 54 hours during tests.The researchers believe it is the first time a solar-power


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