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Flu is transmitted before symptoms appearLondon UK (SPX) Aug 31, 2012 Research at Imperial College London examining influenza transmission in ferrets suggests that the virus can be passed on before the appearance of symptoms. If the finding applies to humans, it means that people pass on flu to others before they know they're infected, making it very difficult to contain epidemics. The research was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre. Knowing if people are infectious before they have symptoms is im ... read more |
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  Earphones 'potentially as dangerous as noise from jet engines' Turning the volume up too high on your headphones can damage the coating of nerve cells, leading to temporary deafness; scientists from the University of Leicester have shown for the first time. Ear ... more | .. |
 African antimalarial research bears first fruit A recently discovered compound from the aminopyridine class, code named MMV390048, caused quite a stir at the MMV Expert Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) meeting in Toulouse, France. The compoun ... more | .. |
 Climate change could increase levels of avian influenza in wild birds Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, more intense rainstorms and more frequent heat waves are among the planetary woes that may come to mind when climate change is mentioned. Now, two University of ... more | .. |
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 Australians implant 'world first' bionic eye Australian scientists said Thursday they had successfully implanted a "world first" bionic eye prototype, describing it as a major breakthrough for the visually impaired. ... more | .. |
  Stable isotopes a universal tool More than 250 international scientists will be meeting in the first week of September in Leipzig to share their experiences on the latest methods and applications using stable isotopes. Stable isoto ... more | .. |
 Synchronized lasers measure how light changes matter Light changes matter in ways that shape our world. Photons trigger changes in proteins in the eye to enable vision; sunlight splits water into hydrogen and oxygen and creates chemicals through photo ... more | .. |
 Nanoparticles reboot blood flow in brain A nanoparticle developed at Rice University and tested in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) may bring great benefits to the emergency treatment of brain-injury victims, even those ... 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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 Yosemite warns tourists after virus kills two US health authorities are warning tourists who visited California's famous Yosemite National Park recently to beware of a rare virus spread in mouse droppings, after two people died. ... more | .. |
 US approves new once-a-day pill to treat HIV A new pill to treat HIV infection - combining two previously approved drugs plus two new ones - has been approved for adults living with the virus that causes AIDS, US regulators said Monday. ... more | .. |
 New insights into why humans are more susceptible to cancer and other diseases Chimpanzees rarely get cancer, or a variety of other diseases that commonly arise in humans, but their genomic DNA sequence is nearly identical to ours. So, what's their secret? Researchers reportin ... more | .. |
  Super-Strong, High-Tech Material Found to be Toxic to Aquatic Animals Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are some of the strongest materials on Earth and are used to strengthen composite materials, such as those used in high-performance tennis rackets. CNTs have potential uses i ... more |
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  N. Korea agrees to receive S. Korean flood aid North Korea agreed Friday to receive an unspecified amount of wheat and medicine in aid from South Korean private groups despite high cross-border tension, activists said. ... more | .. |
 Nanoparticles added to platelets double internal injury survival rate Nanoparticles tailored to latch onto blood platelets rapidly create healthy clots and nearly double the survival rate in the vital first hour after injury, new research shows. "We knew an inje ... more | .. |
 Danger in the blood New research may help explain why hundreds of thousands of Americans a year get sick - and tens of thousands die - after bacteria get into their blood. It also suggests why some of those bloodstream ... more | .. |
 Scripps Research scientists fiyo an important molecular trigger for wouyo-healing Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have made a breakthrough in understanding a class of cells that help wounds in skin and other epithelial tissues heal, uncovering a molecular mechanism t ... 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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 Could FastStitch device be the future of suture? After a surgeon stitches up a patient's abdomen, costly complications - some life-threatening - can occur. To cut down on these postoperative problems, Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a d ... more | .. |
  Space bugs for blood testing and more Thanks to ideas of putting swarms of tiny robot bugs to work on a future space station, patients being medicated for blood clots may soon get a simple, home-use testing kit, here on Earth. Fifteen y ... more | .. |
  Scores of mastic orchards ravaged by Greek wildfire Scores of mastic orchards on the Greek island of Chios were destroyed in a forest fire that has been ablaze for three days,, according to local officials on Monday. ... more | .. |
  South Africa's lion bones: Asia's new delicacy 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. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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Laser method proposed to extend muon lifetime for science applications
Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracy
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 |
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