Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Science & Technology http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,12526,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Science & Technology hourly 4 2002-05-01T00:00:00Z 2009-11-21T12:51:35Z http://partner.dw-world.de/syndication/media/rdf_dw_logo.gif http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,12526,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf DW-WORLD.DE News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages Pharma group probes launch of female sex drive drug http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4912556,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf Flibanserin started as an anti-depressant, but after women in clinical trials reported an increased libido, the German pharma group Boehringer Ingelheim began preparing the launch of the "female Viagra." 2009-11-20T16:36:00Z Science & Technology en 4912556 CERN to restart big bang machine http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4911429,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, has said it's ready to restart the machine scientists hope will recreate the conditions that led to the big bang. 2009-11-20T12:17:00Z Science & Technology en 4911429 Experts defend scientific community over claims of swine flu exaggeration http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4901330,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf Health and scientific organizations deny claims that the swine flu threat has been exaggerated as the number of global infections and deaths from the H1N1 virus begin to slow down. 2009-11-19T13:19:00Z Science & Technology en 4901330 Munich doctor uses pig skin to help breast cancer survivors http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4901103,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf A mastectomy can oftentimes leave a patient both physically and emotionally scarred. But with a new method of breast reconstruction currently being tested in Munich, this no longer has to be the case. 2009-11-17T13:33:00Z Science & Technology en 4901103 Patents are crucial to embryonic stem cell research, scientist says http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4898622,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf Patents offer the economic guarantees scientists and companies need to develop new treatments, Oliver Bruestle told Deutsche Welle. He's at the center of a German court battle surrounding embryonic stem cell research. 2009-11-16T15:48:00Z Science & Technology en 4898622 European spacecraft uses Earth as a slingshot on way to comet http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4891164,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf The European spacecraft Rosetta has passed by Earth for the last time, using the planet's gravitational pull to propel itself farther along its 7.1 billion kilometer journey to join a comet in the outer Solar System. 2009-11-13T16:43:00Z Science & Technology en 4891164