Science news articles about 'beijing olympics'

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Athletes from 10 European countries will take part in an allergy and asthma study at the Beijing Olympics....

... gained gave me the foundation for which every technical stroke change in preparation for the Beijing Olympics was based." You can see one of the videos, of 2008 Olympian Megan Jendrick, here: http ...

(AP) -- Some Web sites remained inaccessible to reporters as competition got under way Saturday at the Beijing Olympics.

... Laboratory, under the direction of Professor Peter Weyand. Pistorius hopes to run in the 400-meter race at the Beijing Olympics this summer. Based on the team’s findings, the Court ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched a second weather satellite on Tuesday to help improve forecasts for this August's Beijing Olympics, state media reported.

A new bicycle, designed with aerospace expertise, will give Australian cyclists the edge at this year's Beijing Olympics, team organisers said here Thursday.

Beijing will ban more than one million cars from the streets during the Olympics in an effort to curb pollution and ease traffic gridlock, the government confirmed Friday.

(AP) -- Fans will be able to catch up on the Beijing Olympics on their laptops during their commute this summer.That's the idea behind the NBC Olympics on the Go service the network announced Monday. ...

(AP) -- NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day.

When Coroebus of Elis won the first Olympic sprint in 776 BC, the result was scratched on to parchment and read out in market places in the following days and weeks.

(AP) -- Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.

Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.

Iraq has been banned from taking part in the Beijing Olympics because of a government decision to disband the country's National Olympic Committee, a senior official of the committee said on Thursday. ...

... face the prospect of "severe retaliation" if they refuse to install government software that can spy on Internet use by hotel guests coming to watch the summer Olympic games, a U.S. lawmaker said.

... . Visitors to the Summer Games, opening Friday in Beijing, can be assured of seeing top athletes swimming, ...