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South Africa's lion bones: Asia's new delicacyPotchefstroom, South Africa (AFP) Aug 16, 2012 Lion bones have become a hot commodity for their use in Asian traditional medicine, driving up exports from South Africa to the East and creating new fears of the survival of the species. Conservationists are already angry over lion trophy hunting. The skeletons are mostly shipped to Vietnam and Laos, feeding conservationists' fears that the market will drive up lion poaching - just as the illegal hunting of rhinos escalates for their horns, also popular in Asian traditional remedies. "Sudd ... read more |
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  Deep inside the body, tiny mechanical microscope Tiny space age probes - those that can see inside single living cells - are increasingly being used to diagnose illness in hard-to-reach areas of the body. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornel ... more | .. |
 New bacteria resistant materials discovered Using state-of-the-art technology scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a new class of polymers that are resistant to bacterial attachment. These new materials could lead to a s ... more | .. |
  NASA Selects Space Biology Research Proposals NASA selected 15 experiments to be funded through its most recent research announcement for opportunities in space biology research. Ten of these experiments will be conducted aboard the Internation ... more | .. |
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  Oh, my stars and hexagons! DNA code shapes gold nanoparticles DNA holds the genetic code for all sorts of biological molecules and traits. But University of Illinois researchers have found that DNA's code can similarly shape metallic structures. The team found ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: Why Pistorius matters Future historians are unlikely to remember the 2012 London Olympics for the jolly jaunt through British history that opened it nor for the pop culture fest which closed it nor even for the spectacular performances of the athletes. ... more | .. |
  Clinton signs new deal to fight AIDS in South Africa US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday signed a new deal supporting efforts to fight AIDS in South Africa, which has the world's biggest population of people with HIV. ... more | .. |
 Mexico destroys 8 mn chickens amid bird flu outbreak Eight million chickens have so far been slaughtered in Mexico and 66 million more were vaccinated in a bid to contain a bird flu outbreak in the west of the country, authorities said Tuesday. ... more |
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Balerion backs Northwood to tackle ground bottlenecks in expanding space economy
China prepares offshore test base for reusable liquid rocket launches
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 New bat virus could hold key to Hendra virus Australian scientists have discovered a new virus in bats that could help shed light on how Hendra and Nipah viruses cause disease and death in animals and humans. The new virus - named 'Cedar' afte ... more | .. |
 Malawi to test 250,000 people for HIV in one week Malawi on Monday launched a week-long campaign to test 250,000 people for HIV in what health authorities called a crucial intervention in a country ravaged by AIDS. ... more | .. |
 China arrests 137 over organ-trafficking ring Chinese police arrested 137 people, among them doctors, suspected of trafficking human organs in a nationwide crime ring that profited from the huge demand for transplants, authorities said. ... more | .. |
  Iraq's Hajji the healer: creams and circumcisions Every day dozens of people flock to Salman al-Khafaji's clinic in central Baghdad, hoping the octogenarian can treat their ailments where the Iraqi capital's hospitals and doctors have failed. ... more |
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  Boston University researchers expand synthetic biology's toolkit Through the assembly of genetic components into "circuits" that perform logical operations in living cells, synthetic biologists aim to artificially empower cells to solve critical problems in medic ... more | .. |
 Vaccine research shows vigilance needed against evolution of more-virulent malaria Malaria parasites evolving in vaccinated laboratory mice become more virulent, according to research at Penn State University. The mice were injected with a critical component of several candidate h ... more | .. |
 New influenza virus from seals highlights the risks of pandemic flu from animals A new strain of influenza virus found in harbor seals could represent a threat to wildlife and human health, according to the authors of a study appearing July 31 in mBio, the online open-access jou ... more | .. |
 Detecting cancer with lasers has limited use One person dies every hour from melanoma skin cancer in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. A technique, known as photoacoustics, can find some forms of melanoma even if onl ... more |
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NASA advances space based tracking of marine debris
Inside King Charles's passion project, focus of Amazon film
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 Scientists treat ulcers with 'spray-on skin' Scientists said Friday they had developed a revolutionary "spray-on skin" treatment for venous leg ulcers - a common ailment involving a shallow, open and stubborn wound on the ankle or lower leg. ... more | .. |
 Climate Concerns And Public Health Issues For decades, scientists have known that the effects of global climate change could have a potentially devastating impact across the globe, but Harvard researchers say there is now evidence that it m ... more | .. |
 An avian flu that jumps from birds to mammals is killing New England's baby seals A novel avian influenza virus has acquired the ability to infect aquatic mammals and was responsible for an outbreak of fatal pneumonia that recently struck harbor seals in New England, according to ... more | .. |
 New bird flu virus killing US baby seals: study A new kind of bird flu has been causing deadly pneumonia in baby seals off the northeastern US coast and could pose a risk to humans, according to US research released Tuesday. ... more |
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 HIV-positive Namibians did not okay sterilisation: court A Namibian court ruled Monday that three women with HIV were sterilised without their informed consent, but dismissed their claim that the operation was performed because of their condition. ... more | .. |
  World's smallest semiconductor laser created by University of Texas scientists Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have developed the world's smallest semiconductor laser, a breakthrough for emerging photonic t ... more | .. |
 Bill Clinton urges transparency in AIDS funding Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday said donors will continue to fund the response to the world AIDS crisis despite global financial woes and urged greater transparency by all involved. ... more | .. |
 Small breakthroughs offer big hope of AIDS 'cure' Small but significant breakthrough studies on people who have been able to overcome or control HIV were presented Thursday at a major world conference on ways to stem the three-decade-old disease. ... more |
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Laser method proposed to extend muon lifetime for science applications
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 New model of disease contagion ranks U.S. airports in terms of their spreading influence Public health crises of the past decade - such as the 2003 SARS outbreak, which spread to 37 countries and caused about 1,000 deaths, and the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic that killed about 300,000 people ... more | .. |
 Researchers develop laser technology to fight cancer Researchers at the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma have developed a technology that goes on a "seek and destroy" mission for cancerous tumor ... more | .. |
 Belgian scientists develop way to detect superparasites Belgian scientists of the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp, Belgium made a breakthrough in bridging high tech molecular biology research on microbial pathogens and the needs of the po ... more | .. |
'Cure' research suggests new paths to HIV control Three studies presented Thursday at a major world conference on AIDS show new ways that scientists are striving toward a cure for the three-decade-old disease. ... more |
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 Women with HIV too often unseen: US advocate As a black American woman with HIV, Linda Scruggs said Wednesday that she represents a group that is disproportionately affected by the pandemic and must get more involved in advocacy and research. ... more | .. |
AIDS cure may have two main pathways: experts Investigators are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on the stunning stories of a small group of people around the world who have been able to overcome the disease. ... more | .. |
 Mobile phones help bolster Uganda's fight against HIV Stella Nayiga clutches her mobile phone as she describes the messages that she received punctually every morning and evening for over a year, reminding her to take her antiretroviral (ARV) drugs regularly. ... more | .. |
 GE Researchers to Study Link Between Microgravity and Vision Impairment in Astronauts Scientists at GE Global Research will soon begin a three-year project to build and test a new ultrasound probe and measurement techniques that could eventually be used in space to monitor how the sp ... more |
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