China alert over bird flu death

Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.

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Heat may spark world food crisis

Half the world's population could face food crisis by 2100 as soaring temperatures cripple staple crops, scientists warn.

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Body repair 'could be ramped up'

A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.

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Our writers talk back

Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room respond to readers' questions and comments.

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Mosquitoes make sweet love music

Sexy songs sung by mosquitoes in courtship could be key to curbing the spread of dengue fever, say scientists.

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US vows 'huge' marine protection

The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.

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Everest trip helps critically ill

Blood oxygen levels recorded on a trip by medics to Everest could help the treatment of critically ill patients.

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Feilden's blog

Ground-breaking new technique in stem cell science

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'Wolfman' returns

Explorer Jim McNeill tracks down Arctic wolves

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Animal matters

Scotland's debate over tests on primates

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Eat it or lose it - why centuries of crop diversity are at risk

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

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Holes give edge to new armour

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

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Canadians claim South Pole record

A trio of Canadians claim a new record for the fastest trek across Antarctica to the South Pole.

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Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

The planet Jupiter must have gained mass fast during its infancy, according to astronomers.

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Earth Watch

Why it is hard to predict sudden environmental crises

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Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

Astronomers believe they have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg question: what came first - black holes or galaxies?

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Beagle hunter

On a mission to find the most famous ship of science

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Panda bites his third tourist in two years at Beijing zoo

A panda at Beijing zoo bites a man for the third time in two years.

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Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

Egyptologists find remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

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A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has mirrors for eyes

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors as well as lenses, scientists discover.

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Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants'

A Zimbabwean wildlife campaigner tells the BBC that soldiers are being given elephant meat to eat, as the economic crisis deepens.

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Tech fair offers greener vision

Analysts at the Consumer Electronics Show say green credentials of tech products will become critical to success.

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First flight of algae-fuelled jet

Continental Airlines is the latest to test fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

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Venomous mammal caught on camera

Rare footage of one of the world's most strange and elusive mammals is captured by scientists.

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Poetry or science?

Is romantic love just a chemical cocktail?

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Quality Engineering:

ASQ Quality Central

American Society for Quality, the primary trade organization for quality improvement.

http://www.asq.org/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Baldridge National Quality Program

Information about the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Criteria for earning the award, the history of the award and information on past awardees.

http://www.quality.nist.gov/

CSQE

Blog by a student who sat and passed this exam for Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) certification.

http://csqe-study.blogspot.com/

Design of Experiments, Quality Control and Taguchi Methods

A brief, college-level introduction to the design of experiments.

http://itri.loyola.edu/polymers/c7_s6.htm

Experimental Design and Optimization

Application Notes on Experimental Design and Optimization

http://www.multisimplex.com/applinotes.htm

FMEA Information Centre

An internet directory dedicated to Failure Mode and Effect Analysis.

http://www.fmeainfocentre.com/

Quality Engineering

Includes articles, tools and resources for implementing Six Sigma quality, total quality management, ISO9000, and process improvements programs.

http://www.isixsigma.com

ISO International Organization for Standardization

International Organization for Standardization, responsible for the ISO 9000, ISO 14000, ISO 27000, ISO 22000 and other international management standards.

http://www.iso.org

Lloyds Register Quality Assurance

ISO registrar site includes articles and links to quality-related organizations.

http://www.lrqa.com/

MSc in Quality Management: International

The University of the West of Scotland in collaboration with TEI Piraeus, Athens offers Postgraduate Diploma/MSc Quality Management in Greece.

http://quality.teipir.gr/index.php/International-students.html

QA Six Sigma Partners Resources

Articles on six sigma, design of experiments and other quality engineering topics.

http://www.qualityamerica.com/six_sigma/resources.htm

Quality and Reliability Engineering Center

The Industry/University Cooperative Center for Quality and Reliability Engineering Research with Rutgers University, Arizona State University, and University of Arizona.

http://coewww.rutgers.edu/ie/qre

Quality Digest Magazine

Quality Digest Magazine, a major trade publication.

http://www.qualitydigest.com/

Quality Management

A bibliography on quality management compiled by the NASA Headquarters Library.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/ppm/ppm60.htm

The Quality Portal

A portal site with Quality-related acronyms, a glossary, lists, links, educational programs, topical briefs, vendor lists and business links. Site also has Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) forms that can filled and saved online.

http://www.thequalityportal.com/

QuEST

A forum for cooperation and communication between telecommunication service providers and suppliers.

http://www.questforum.org

SAVE International- Value Engineering

SAVE International -the international society for the advancement and promotion of the value methodology (also called value engineering, value analysis or value management).

http://value-eng.org

Smarter Solutions

Articles meant to assist practitioners apply methods of Six Sigma statistical methods of Quality Engineering.

http://www.smartersolutions.com/articles.php

Standards Council of Canada

Federal Crown corporation with the mandate to promote efficient and effective standardization.

http://www.scc.ca/

Statistical Process Control (SPC) - Online Course

Online course in Statistical Process Control (SPC). Includes a free primer in statistics, variation, process capability, control charts for variables and control charts for attributes.

http://www.margaret.net/spc/

Taguchi's Loss Function

Taguchi's Loss Function is a method of measuring quality central to Taguchi's approach to design. It establishes a financial measure of the user dissatisfaction with a product's performance as it deviates from a target value. Thus, both average performance and variation are critical measures of quality.

http://www.dnh.mv.net/ipusers/rm/loss.htm

Tantara

Access to books about software process improvement, software quality assurance, software engineering, et. al.

http://www.tantara.ab.ca/st_books.htm