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  Paris (ESA) Apr 04, 2017 When his father was diagnosed with a debilitating disease four years ago, it sparked Ivo Vieira into developing a novel means of communication for people coping with extreme limitations, building on technology originally explored to help ESA astronauts in space. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS - and other forms of motor neurone disease gradually rob sufferers of their muscular function, including the ability to communicate verbally. However, eye movement presents an opportunity because it usua ... read more |
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Graphene-based neural probes probe brain activity in high resolutionMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 Measuring brain activity with precision is essential to developing further understanding of diseases such as epilepsy and disorders that affect brain function and motor control. Neural probes with h ... more 
Improving memory with magnetsMontreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our daily lives - without it we would not be able to understand a sentence, or do simple arithmetic. New ... more 
Quadriplegic man regains use of arm in medical first: studyParis (AFP) March 28, 2017 A decade after a bike crash that left an American man paralysed from the shoulders down, he can again feed himself, researchers hailing a medical first reported Wednesday. ... more  
Scientists image one of the largest viruses on the planetWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 In order to image one of the world's largest viruses, the Samba virus, scientists at Michigan State had to design and build their own microscope. ... more |
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Transgenic plants against malariaMadrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 Since the ancient times, mankind has used plants to treat diseases. An example is the plant Artemisia annua, used for over 2,000 years in traditional Chinese medicine to treat intermittent fevers. N ... more 
UNSW scientists unveil a giant leap for anti-agingSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 UNSW researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing, improves DNA repair and could even help NASA get its astronauts to Mars. In a pape ... more 
Thousands of monkeys are dying from yellow fever in Brazil(UPI) Mar 22, 2017 Yellow fever, a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is spreading through Brazil, infecting and killing both monkeys and humans. ... more 
Stem Cells Seem Speedier in SpaceHouston TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 Growing significant numbers of human stem cells in a short time could lead to new treatments for stroke and other health issues. Scientists are sending stem cells to the International Space Station ... more  
China's demand for medicine fuels African donkey slaughterMogosani, South Africa (AFP) March 21, 2017 Under a cloudless sky in South Africa's northwestern farming region, donkeys still amble along muddy paths, pausing to nibble on grass, oblivious to the threat from a demand for Chinese medicine. ... more 
AsiaSat transmits live heart surgeryHong KongLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 AsiaSat was proud to support live transmissions of a heart surgery earlier this year in Hong Kong, providing medical practitioners attending a conference in Singapore the opportunity to see the proc ... more |
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Web-based counseling lowers blood pressure as much as meds: studyWashington (AFP) March 18, 2017 People who received regular lifestyle counseling online were able to lower their blood pressure as much as a medication would, researchers said Saturday. ... more 
UN body urges China to act as bird flu deaths spikeRome (AFP) March 17, 2017 The UN's food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has killed scores of people this year. ... more 
700 dead as malaria 'epidemic' hits BurundiNairobi (AFP) March 14, 2017 About 700 people have died from malaria in Burundi so far this year, the health minister said, with the authorities having registered 1.8 million infections in a rising epidemic. ... more 
Making resistant superbugs sensitive to antibioticsCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 New research is paving the way for the development of innovative drugs that restore antibiotic susceptibility in antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, a main cause of fatal l ... more |
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What's the difference between birds that get killed by cars, and those that don't?
The dead ones tend to have smaller brains, scientists who performed 3,521 avian autopsies said Wednesday.
What might be called the "bird brain rule" applies to different species, depending on the ratio of grey matter to body mass, they reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Crows, for exa ... more Bogota (AFP) April 4, 2017Why is South America being hit by deadly landslides?  Mocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 5, 2017Colombia opens probe into deadly landslide Mocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 4, 2017More than 270 dead in Colombia mudslides |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2017 
China's home-grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will expand its cooperation to Thailand and Sri Lanka, and then to the entire Southeast Asia, in a bid to go global, the system's operator has said.
Du Li, general manager of Wuhan Optics Valley BeiDou Holding Group Co., told Xinhua recently that his company will continue to explore models for international scientific and technica ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017ISRO Beams in Private Firm to Make Two Satellites for Navigation  London, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Satnavs 'switch off' parts of the brain  London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Technology can reduce GPS outages from Northern Lights, researchers say |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
The Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE) team, based in Griffith's Environmental Futures Research Institute, together with Indonesian colleagues, have shed new light on 'Ice Age' human culture and symbolism in a paper published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The study was co-led by Associate Professor Adam Brumm, an Australian Researc ... more Miami (AFP) April 5, 2017Great apes know when people are wrong: study  Onna, Japan (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Parallel computation provides deeper insight into brain function  Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Scientists predict children's reading abilities using DNA variants |
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 Chitwan, Nepal (AFP) April 3, 2017  Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number of the vulnerable animals, which are prized by wildlife poachers.
Five rhinos - one male and four female - will be released into a national park in Nepal's far west over the coming week in the hope of establishing a new breeding group.
The first, a large male estimated ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Testing effects of 'noise' on the decision-making abilities of slime mold  Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Biochar provides high-definition electron pathways in soil  Paris (AFP) April 5, 2017Gene sleuths open line of attack on coral-killing starfish |
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In order to image one of the world's largest viruses, the Samba virus, scientists at Michigan State had to design and build their own microscope.
Researchers retrofitted a transmission electron microscope with a cryostage, a device used to keep biological samples frozen in liquid nitrogen. Scientists used the cryo-electron microscope to map the Samba virus and observe it as the virus in ... more Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Transgenic plants against malaria  (UPI) Mar 22, 2017Thousands of monkeys are dying from yellow fever in Brazil  Rome (AFP) March 17, 2017UN body urges China to act as bird flu deaths spike |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) April 5, 2017 
Federal agents in California on Wednesday raided two homes and a business allegedly connected to a $50 million visa fraud scheme that benefited up to 100 Chinese nationals.
Authorities said the key suspects in the case helped wealthy Chinese obtain residency visas in the United States in exchange for bogus investments.
According to an affidavit by an FBI agent involved in the probe, Vict ... more Hong Kong (AFP) April 3, 2017Hong Kong anti-graft body arrests 72 over vote-rigging  Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2017Billionaire Warren Buffet becomes face of Coke in China  Hong Kong (AFP) April 2, 2017Warhol Mao portrait fetches $12.7m in Hong Kong auction |
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 Manila (AFP) Feb 8, 2017 
The Philippines is seeking US and Chinese help to guard a major sea lane as Islamic militants shift attacks to international shipping, officials said Wednesday.
Manila does not want the Sibutu Passage between Malaysia's Sabah state and the southern Philippines to turn into a Somalia-style pirate haven, coast guard officials said.
The deep-water channel, used by 13,000 vessels each year, ... moreLome (AFP) Oct 15, 2016African leaders tackle piracy, illegal fishing at Lome summit |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2016 
Chinese growth stabilised in the third quarter, data showed Wednesday, as ample credit and hot property markets propped up the world's second-largest economy.
But while the forecast-beating reading was in line with state targets, it came as experts warned that authorities have relied too much on easy credit, which has in turn increased financial risks.
The economy grew 6.7 percent in Jul ... moreNew York (AFP) Oct 14, 2016China data and US banks propel equities higher  Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2016No debt-for-equity cure for zombie firms, says China Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2016China's ranks of super-rich rise despite economic slowdown |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 3, 2017  The first summit between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be of "great significance" for global peace, the two countries' top diplomats agreed ahead of the meeting.
News of the telephone call between the US and Chinese top envoys came soon after the publication of an interview with Trump, in which he warned that America was prepared to act unilaterally to ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017U.S., Lithuanian troops conduct Savage Wolf exercise  Khan Sheikhun , Syria (AFP) April 5, 2017Russia defends Syria against 'chemical attack' outcry  Gibraltar (AFP) April 4, 2017Tensions as Spain ship enters disputed Gibraltar waters |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears? Previously, many experiments exhibited cell changes - after hours or even days in zero gravity. Astronauts, however, returned to Earth without any severe health problems after long missions in space, which begs the question as to how capable cells are of ada ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors |
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 London (AFP) April 4, 2017 
British web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee on Tuesday slammed as a "bad idea" recent calls in Britain and the United States to weaken cyber encryption.
"I know that if you're trying to catch terrorists it's really tempting to demand to be able to break all that encryption," Berners-Lee told the BBC.
"But if you break that encryption then guess what - so could other people, and guess what - th ... more Berlin (AFP) March 31, 2017German military to launch cyber command  Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017Esri contracted for embedded training of intelligence agency personnel  Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017With new iPhone, Trump still a target for hackers |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 5, 2017  Iraq's military on Wednesday urged residents to shelter in their homes in jihadist-held areas of Mosul, where its bid to oust the Islamic State group has taken a heavy toll on civilians.
Iraqi forces are battling to recapture west Mosul from IS, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians and pushing more than 200,000 to leave their homes.
The government has encouraged residents not to fl ... more Baghdad (AFP) April 3, 2017Trump son-in-law Kushner visits Iraq, meets PM  Hasan Sham Camp, Iraq (AFP) March 31, 2017At Iraq camp, UN chief urges more aid for people of Mosul  Hasan Sham Camp, Irak (AFP) March 31, 2017Ghosts of Mosul stalk Iraq's fleeing children |
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 Arbil, Iraq (AFP) April 4, 2017  President Donald Trump's son-in-law and the US's top military officer met with Kurdish leaders in Arbil on Tuesday, the second day of their visit to Iraq.
His inclusion in the US delegation is a sign of the influence wielded by Jared Kushner, a 36-year-old with no prior government experience who has become one of the most powerful men in Washington by virtue of his family connection to Trump ... more Wellington (AFP) April 3, 2017New Zealand PM rules out probe into deadly Afghan raid  Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) April 3, 2017How to save a life while under fire in Afghanistan  Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2017China's Xinjiang cracks down on Muslim practices in 'anti-extremist' push |
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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017 
US environmental groups and a Native American tribe have filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration's plans to resume leasing of federal lands for coal mining.
President Donald Trump's move this week to overturn a year-old moratorium on new coal mining leases "was unlawful because it doesn't satisfy basic principles of reasoned decision making," said Jenny Harbine, an attorney leading ... more Mumbai (AFP) March 19, 2017Adani to begin work on Australia mine by August: report Prague (AFP) March 19, 2017Czech energy group bucks green trend with bet on coal Washington (AFP) March 17, 2017World Bank indirectly backs harmful SE Asian projects: report |
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 Brussels (AFP) April 5, 2017  EU antitrust authorities on Wednesday cleared state-owned ChemChina's 40-billion-euro ($43-billion) takeover of Swiss seeds giant Syngenta, the biggest ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm.
"ChemChina has offered significant remedies, which fully address our competition concerns. This has allowed us to approve the transaction," EU Competition Commissioner Magrethe Vestager said in a s ... more Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Newly characterized protein has potential to save US farmers millions annually  Hong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2017A slice of luxury: Hong Kong's high-end fruit fad  Kew, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Making cows more environmentally friendly |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 03, 2017 
On April 1, 2017, comet 41P will pass closer than it normally does to Earth, giving observers with binoculars or a telescope a special viewing opportunity. Comet hunters in the Northern Hemisphere should look for it near the constellations Draco and Ursa Major, which the Big Dipper is part of.
Whether a comet will put on a good show for observers is notoriously difficult to predict, but 41 ... more London, Canada (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Wrong-way asteroid plays 'chicken' with Jupiter  Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 29, 2017A Trojan in Retreat  Littleton CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017ExoTerra to become first privately owned space company to fly to an asteroid |
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