Science from Minnesota Public Radio

Dems nail down 60 votes; health reform marches on

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:45:20 -0600

Invoking the name of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.

Are too many forests being cut down for biomass?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600

Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands.

Asian carp may have invaded Great Lakes

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:05 -0600

Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery.

Investor says Elk Run project going slower than expected

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:19:24 -0600

The California venture capitalist who says he plans to bring a billion-dollar bio-science park on a former elk farm in southeastern Minnesota said Friday it's going slower than he hoped.

Mayo's president stepping down to run program in Arizona

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:33 -0600

Mayo President and CEO Denis Cortese is stepping down from the clinic's leading role Friday.

Turnout light at Minneapolis H1N1 vaccination clinics

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:32 -0600

Turnout was light at four H1N1 vaccination clinics held last night at four Minneapolis elementary schools.

Senate set to vote Saturday on heath care legislation

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:17:58 -0600

The U.S. Senate is set for a crucial vote Saturday night on one of President Obama's signature issues - overhauling the health care system. Former Republican Sen. David Durenberger, dubbed "Senator Health" when he was in the Senate, joins Midday to discuss the political and policy controversies over health care reform.

Seven Minnesota counties holding H1N1 vaccination clinics

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:30:00 -0600

At least seven Minnesota counties are holding H1N1 flu vaccination clinics Friday and this weekend.

Augsburg student hospitalized with meningitis

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:35:15 -0600

A student at Augsburg College in Minneapolis is hospitalized with a case of bacterial meningitis.

Feds stimulating research at Minnesota schools

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0600

If ever there was a time for scientists to feel giddy, it's now. Federal stimulus money for research has started rolling into Minnesota colleges.

Intense debate over new mammogram guidelines

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

New guidelines recommending against yearly mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49 are creating confusion and anxiety among women, and stirring anger in the medical community.

Turnout light at school H1N1 clinic

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:08 -0600

The Minneapolis Public Health Department offered H1N1 vaccine to kids at four elementary schools Thursday.

H1N1 vaccines being offered at 7 Minneapolis schools

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:01 -0600

H1N1 flu vaccinations will be available at selected schools in Minneapolis Thursday and Friday.

The English Surgeon

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:29 -0600

A renowned British neurosurgeon has traveled to Ukraine for 15 years to treat desperate patients who were given no hope of survival. Henry Marsh performs complicated brain surgery in archaic and hostile conditions in the Ukraine as the focus of a new PBS documentary.

HCMC approves big cuts in 2010 budget

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:16:45 -0600

The Hennepin County Medical Center, the state's largest safety net hospital, will close at least two clinics, eliminate more than 150 positions and restrict access to its non-emergency services under a budget approved Wednesday.