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Thousands stranded in Belgian rail havocBrussels (AFP) June 27, 2011 Thousands of travelers were stranded at Belgian train stations Monday in stifling heat, causing around 10 people to be hospitalised as a technical glitch disrupted service, officials said. Service was delayed across western Belgium after an overhead train contact line broke between Brussels and the coastal city of Oostende, leaving beachgoers who had taken advantage of a sunny day to visit the North Sea stuck at several stations. In Blankenberge, about 10 people were taken to hospital due to the ... read more |
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  New curation tool a boon for genetic biologists With the BeeSpace Navigator, University of Illinois researchers have created both a curation tool for genetic biologists and a new approach to searching for information. The project was a coll ... more | .. |
  Researchers Break Light-Matter Coupling Strength Limit in Nanoscale Semiconductors New engineering research at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates that polaritons have increased coupling strength when confined to nanoscale semiconductors. This represents a promising advanc ... more | .. |
  Using living cells as an invisibility cloak The quest for better ways of encapsulating medicine so that it can reach diseased parts of the body has led scientists to harness - for the first time - living human cells to produce natural capsule ... more | .. |
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  First self-powered device with wireless data transmission Scientists are reporting development of the first self-powered nano-device that can transmit data wirelessly over long distances. In a study in ACS's journal Nano Letters, they say it proves t ... more | .. |
  Jailed Iran brothers win global health prize Two Iranian doctors who were jailed three years ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government were awarded a global health prize on Thursday for their efforts to treat patients with HIV. ... more | .. |
  Banning federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research would derail related work Banning federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research would have "disastrous consequences" on the study of a promising and increasingly popular new stem cell type that is not derived from h ... more | .. |
  Japan astronaut tweets about space sickness Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa has tweeted from the International Space Station that he suffers from travel sickness in space. ... more |
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BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications
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  Bacteria living on old-growth trees may help forests grow Biology researchers discover that bacteria living in mosses on tree branches twice as effective at 'fixing' nitrogen as those on the ground A new study by Dr. Zoe Lindo, a post-doctoral fellow ... more | .. |
  Genetic study indicates slower evolution Thirty mutations are passed from each parent to their child, a finding that affects evolution and medical research, University of Montreal researchers found. ... more | .. |
  Super-mini vehicles carry therapeutics and imaging agents into body with mega results Measured in billionths of a meter, self-assembling nano-sized devices designed to carry drugs and imaging agents into the body are revolutionizing medicine by improving drug solubility and bio-distr ... more | .. |
  US tornado toll hits 151 as fungus strikes victims The toll from the deadliest single tornado to strike the United States in six decades rose to 151, and eight hospitalized victims were infected with a rare and potentially deadly fungus kicked up by the storm, officials said Friday. ... more |
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 Apple takes a giant leap into the 'iCloud' cloud Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Monday interrupted his medical leave to unveil a free service called iCloud that stores music, photos and other content on the Web and shares it across multiple devices. ... more | .. |
  Local temperature influences belief in global warming A study by Columbia Business School Professor Eric Johnson, co-director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School, Ye Li, a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Decision S ... more | .. |
  NASA, NSBRI Select 12 Proposals To Support Crew Health On Missions NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 12 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performanc ... more | .. |
 Apple takes a giant leap into the cloud Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Monday interrupted his medical leave to unveil a free service called iCloud that stores music, photos and other content on the Web and shares it across multiple devices. ... more |
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One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibility
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas - satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones | .. |
Apple poised to introduce iCloud Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking a break from medical leave on Monday to preside over the opening of the company's annual conference for software developers. ... more | .. |
  Russian arms depot blasts force evacuation of 28,000 Russian firefighters on Friday battled a blaze raging through an arms depot where tonnes of artillery shells and rockets were stored, as some 28,000 people living nearby were evacuated from their homes. ... more | .. |
 5 new hot spots where medicine and technology will converge Medicine and technology are converging in patient care at a faster pace than most people realize. Space age advancements from point-of-care health technologies like telemedicine to medical robots pe ... more | .. |
 US tornado toll at 134, no more missing Officials have located all the people reported missing in the wake of the deadliest single tornado to strike the United States and all 134 victims have been identified, Missouri's governor said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Jobs to unveil Apple software innovations Ailing chief executive Steve Jobs returns next week from sick leave to unveil Apple's latest generation of software, the firm announced Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Sponge-like biosensor crams enormous power into tiny space for DNA sequencing Vanderbilt University engineers have created a "spongy" silicon biosensor that shows promise not only for medical diagnostics, but also for the detection of dangerous toxins and other tiny molecules ... more | .. |
Jobs to unveil Apple software innovations Ailing chief executive Steve Jobs returns next week from sick leave to unveil Apple's latest generation of software, the firm announced Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Zapping deadly bacteria using space technology Technology developed with ESA funding and drawing on long-running research aboard the International Space Station is opening up a new way to keep hospital patients safe from infections. Using ... more |
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MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
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  Older AIDS survivors face new challenges AIDS nearly killed Lou Grosso three decades ago, but that didn't prepare him for the latest news from his doctor: he has heart disease. ... more | .. | .. | .. | |||
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