U.S. beef makes tempered return in Asia (AP via Yahoo! News) The U.S. ambassador was among customers thronging a major Japanese fast-food chain Monday to savor the return of a popular rice dish topped with American beef that was off the menu for more than two years due to mad cow disease fears. [News Source]

PS3 Downtime To Fight Disease (Slashdot) Aerenel writes, "CNN reports that Sony has teamed up with Folding@home to use the PS3 to study how proteins are formed in the human body and how they sometimes form incorrectly. From the article: 'Donating [a gamer's] PS3's down time to researchers could help cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or mad cow disease.' PS3 users will be able to download a software package that tracks when the PS3 is not [News Source]

Japanese line up for American beef. Japanese queued up before a downtown Tokyo fast-food chain on Monday as the restaurant began offering the first servings in more than two years of a popular rice dish topped with American beef. [News Source]

Absorbent wipe picks up on health hazards. Cornell University researchers are developing a napkin that will be able to detect bacteria, viruses and other dangerous substances with a mere swipe. [News Source]

Mad for U.S. beef, herd heads for Tokyo restaurant. Hundreds of people lined up at a central Tokyo restaurant Monday to savour a dish not tasted for more than two years -- "beef bowl" made with U.S. meat. [News Source]

Case of mad cow disease found in France (AFP via Yahoo! News) A cow in central France has tested positive for mad cow disease, the country's fifth detected case this year, local authorities said. [News Source]

BSE likely came from feed (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA (AP) -- An Alberta, Canada, dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with BSE (mad-cow disease) probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]

PlayStation’s serious side: Fighting disease (CNN.com) Kids aiming to persuade their parents to buy the PlayStation 3 have some new ammunition -- donating their PS3's down time to researchers could help cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or mad cow disease. [News Source]

Mad for U.S. beef, herd heads for Tokyo eatery (CNN.com) TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Hundreds of people lined up at a central Tokyo restaurant on Monday to savour a dish not tasted for more than two years -- "beef bowl" made with U.S. meat. [News Source]

Mad for U.S. beef, herd heads for Tokyo restaurant (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Hundreds of people queued up at a central Tokyo restaurant on Monday to savour a dish not tasted for more than two years -- "beef bowl" made with U.S. meat. [News Source]