Minnesota's greenhouse gas emissions growNovember 14, 2007 4:15 PMBy Stephanie HemphillA new report says Minnesota and other Midwestern states produce more greenhouse gases than some countries.
New fight over Big Stone power plant centers on carbon costsNovember 12, 2007 2:00 PMBy Stephanie HemphillBackers of a proposed coal-fired power plant near Ortonville go back to regulators this week with a new plan.
Play8min 19secHistory is written in the notes of classical musicNovember 7, 2007 5:34 PMNew Yorker music critic Alex Ross has chronicled the changes in 20th century culture through classical music. NPR's Tom Crann talks to Ross about his new book, "The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century."
U of M program taps new kidney donorsNovember 7, 2007 4:00 PMBy Lorna BensonFor patients on dialysis the wait for a donor kidney is longer than ever.
Play12min 49secA worldwide focus on poverty and human developmentNovember 2, 2007 10:54 AMHundreds of medical and scientific journals joined together this month to cover a single topic. "Poverty and human development" is the simultaneous focus of the current issue of an unprecedented 235 journals from around the globe.
Play3min 58secUniversity MRI lab remains shuttered by bridge collapseNovember 1, 2007 3:00 AMBy Art HughesThe MRI lab was not damaged, even though the building sits within 50 feet of the collapsed bridge. But concerns over safety and liability forced the lab to close.
Play4min 51secHalloween blackout of '57 spurs creation of portable pacemakerOctober 31, 2007 3:00 AMBy Lorna BensonFifty years ago a massive Halloween blackout disrupted power across a highly populated section of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. For most, the outage was simply inconvenient. But for a few young patients it was life-threatening.
Play53min 59secSecrets of dinosaurs locked in the bonesOctober 31, 2007 12:00 AMPaleontologist Kristi Curry Rogers talks about the latest frontier in determining how dinosaurs lived. Thanks in part to Rogers' work, scientists now search inside dinosaur bones to examine the actual cells and DNA.
Turning from coal means more demand for nuclear and alternative energy sourcesOctober 28, 2007 3:00 PMBy Stephanie HemphillNew requirements to reduce carbon emissions in Minnesota are forcing utilities to re-think how they generate power.
More women getting both breasts removed when cancer strikes oneOctober 22, 2007 5:00 PMBy Lorna BensonThe rate of double mastectomies has risen 150 percent since 1998 among women who have cancer in only one breast. A University of Minnesota researcher wonders if some women are making the choice based on faulty advice from their doctors.