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  Paris (AFP) July 25, 2017 A far cry from the 1990s "ABC" campaign promoting abstinence and monogamy as HIV protection, scientists reported on new approaches Tuesday allowing people to have all the safe sex they want. Moving away from the message to "Abstain, Be faithful, Condomise", modern prevention strategies include drug-doused vaginal rings, male circumcision, and taking anti-retroviral therapy (ART) medication, experts said at a HIV science conference in Paris. Thirty-five years of research has yet to yield a cure o ... read more |
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Women with HIV in Cameroon still stigmatisedYaounde (AFP) July 24, 2017 Blandine, a 28-year-old mother of a baby girl, sits restlessly on a chair in a women's health centre in Cameroon's capital, not knowing how or what to feel as she waits for an HIV test. ... more 
Swaziland halves world's highest HIV infection rateParis (AFP) July 24, 2017 Swaziland, which bears the world's heaviest HIV burden, has almost halved the rate of new infections in five years by boosting access to virus-suppressing drugs, researchers said Monday. ... more 
S.African girl, 9, is third child with HIV remission: studyParis (AFP) July 24, 2017 A South African girl has become only the third child to beat the AIDS virus into long-term remission - almost nine years and counting - after receiving a drug cocktail in infancy, researchers announced Monday. ... more 
Candidate AIDS vaccine passes early testParis (AFP) July 24, 2017 The three-decade-old quest for an AIDS vaccine received a shot of hope Monday when developers announced that a prototype triggered the immune system in an early phase of human trials. ... more |
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Injectable AIDS drug may work 'as well' as pillsParis (AFP) July 24, 2017 A two-drug cocktail injected every month or two may be just as effective as a daily pill at keeping the AIDS virus under control, said a study Monday that promised relief for millions. ... more 
Love hotels targeted to fight HIV among Cameroon's teensGuider, Cameroon (AFP) July 25, 2017 The two big maps show the districts of the northern Cameroonian town of Guider along with its brothels, nightclubs and other seedy spots to identify places from where AIDS could spread among adolescents. ... more 
Paris spotlight on latest in AIDS scienceParis (AFP) July 21, 2017 Some 6,000 HIV experts gather in Paris from Sunday to report advances in AIDS science as fading hopes of finding a cure push research into new fields. ... more
As tide turns, AIDS claimed 1 million lives in 2016: UNParis (AFP) July 20, 2017 AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN report Thursday proclaiming "the scales have tipped". ... more  
Building the Safe Genes ToolkitWashington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2017 DARPA created the Safe Genes program to gain a fundamental understanding of how gene editing technologies function; devise means to safely, responsibly, and predictably harness them for beneficial e ... more
Headway on AIDS threatened by funding slowdownParis (AFP) July 23, 2017 Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's proposed cuts to global health projects, experts and campaigners warned ahead of a major HIV conference. ... more |
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 Goodbye HERA, Hello Sleep: NASA's HERA XIII Crew Returns Home to Slumber  
Space station crystals to aid search for better antidotes for chemical agentsWashington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 Scientists are utilizing the International Space Station's microgravity in the search for improved antidotes for chemical agents like sarin and VX. ... more 
Purdue researcher: We shouldn't eliminate mosquitoesWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Mosquitoes are despised for their itch-inducing bites and role in spreading disease. But at least one researcher doesn't want to see them eradicated entirely. ... more 
Squeezing innovation out of the NASA Twins studyHouston TX (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 Just like early explorers, NASA Twins Study investigators are venturing into new territory. Conducting human omics research on twin astronauts as part of the One Year Mission that took place aboard ... more
Scientists piece together extinct horsepox virus, raising biosecurity concernsWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Lab scientists in Canada at the University of Alberta have synthesized horsepox, an extinct relative of the smallpox virus, using segments of mail-order DNA. The feat has raised biosecurity concerns, as well as questions about the costs and benefits of risky research. ... more |
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  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 
In an emergency, early warning is key to escaping from a hazard, such as a forest fire or a chemical leak. Motivated to improve on safety, a team from KAUST is using 3D printing to develop a cheap, reliable system to signal danger.
Existing early warning systems rely on satellite monitoring, watch towers or expensive fixed sensors. The system, developed by a team led by Associate Professor ... more Tokyo (AFP) July 23, 2017Robot finds possible melted fuel inside Fukushima reactor  Kathmandu (AFP) July 21, 2017Cheap 3D printed prosthetics could be game changer for Nepal  Oxford UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2017The last survivors on Earth |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 
An advance GPS anti-jam navigation system is to be jointly developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell Aerospace, the companies announced on Monday.
The technology, covered under a recent memorandum of understanding between the two companies, will combine IAI's existing ADA GPS Anti-Jamming system together with Honeywell's embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Sys ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year  Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017Orbital Alliance Techsystems receives contract for GPS artillery |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 26, 2017 
Cultural flexibility and innovation was essential to early human populations as they adapted to a rapidly changing climate.
A new study, published this week in the journal PNAS, highlights the cultural adaptations that allowed early humans to expand into a variety of environments between 66,000 to 59,000 years ago, despite prolonged acidification in Southern Africa.
Researchers a ... more Buffalo NY (SPX) Jul 25, 2017In saliva, clues to a 'ghost' species of ancient human  Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Artifacts suggest humans arrived in Australia earlier than thought  Aspen, United States (AFP) July 19, 2017Startup touts neuro-stimulation as 'medicine for the brain' |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 
Fear alone may contribute to the extinction of animal populations according to a recent study. When scientists from McGill University and the University of Guelph exposed fruit flies to the scent of a praying mantis, a known predator, they found that the risk of extinction increased up to seven fold. The increased risk of extinction occurred because at small population sizes, as the flies spent ... more Saint-Aignan-Sur-Cher, France (AFP) July 26, 2017Bienvenue! French zoo announces first ever panda pregnancy  Johannesburg (AFP) July 26, 2017Woman held at S.Africa airport for rhino horn smuggling  Mexico City (AFP) July 19, 2017Star chefs in Mexico to defend biodiversity |
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 Paris (AFP) July 24, 2017  A two-drug cocktail injected every month or two may be just as effective as a daily pill at keeping the AIDS virus under control, said a study Monday that promised relief for millions.
At present people have no option but to take lifelong, daily doses of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) which keeps the HIV virus under control, but does not kill it.
People who forget to take their medication ... moreParis (AFP) July 25, 2017Scientists divulge latest in HIV prevention Paris (AFP) July 24, 2017Swaziland halves world's highest HIV infection rate Yaounde (AFP) July 24, 2017Women with HIV in Cameroon still stigmatised |
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 Gaborone, Botswana (AFP) July 25, 2017 
Botswana on Tuesday confirmed it will allow the Dalai Lama to visit next month as "a foreign dignitary" in the face of China's fierce opposition to the Tibetan spiritual leader.
Beijing views the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist campaigning for Tibetan independence and consistently condemns foreign governments who welcome him.
Botswana Foreign Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi told law ... more Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2017China anti-graft watchdog probes Politburo member  Beijing (AFP) July 27, 2017Chinese police detain suspected pyramid scheme protesters  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea |
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 Washington (AFP) June 28, 2017 
President Donald Trump's administration hit China Tuesday over its rights record, placing the country alongside Sudan and North Korea on a list of the world's worst human trafficking offenders.
The State Department downgraded China in its annual "Trafficking in Persons Report," saying Beijing is doing little to combat the phenomenon or protect its victims.
It pointed to ethnic Uighurs, ... more Bangkok (AFP) June 1, 2017Golden Triangle narco-gangs churning out new highs, UN warns  Bogota (AFP) May 4, 2017UN counter-drug official kidnapped in Colombia: officials New Delhi (AFP) April 9, 2017Indian, Chinese navies rescue ship hijacked by Somali pirates |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2017  China warned on Monday that it will step up its troop deployment in a border dispute with India, vowing to defend its sovereignty at "whatever cost".
The standoff started more than a month ago after Chinese troops started building a road on a remote plateau, which is disputed by China and Bhutan.
Indian troops moved in to the flashpoint zone to halt the work, with China accusing them of ... more Manila (AFP) July 25, 2017China urges ASEAN to reject outside interference  Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017Sweden plans large joint military exercise with NATO  Beijing (AFP) July 27, 2017China and India locked in high-stakes, high-altitude border row |
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 Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Swirling motions in clouds of cold, dense gas have given, for the first time, an active insight into how gravity creates the compact cores from which stars form in the interstellar medium. The results will be presented, Thursday 6 July, by Gwen Williams at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull.
Williams, of Cardiff University, explains: "We've known for some time that du ... more Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2017LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Hints of Extra Dimensions in Gravitational Waves |
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 The Hague (AFP) July 25, 2017  Global ransomware attacks soared by over 11 percent in the 12 months to March, Europol reported Tuesday, but specialist tools developed with its partners had helped unlock some 28,000 encrypted devices.
"Ransomware has soared since 2012, with criminals lured by the promise of profit and ease of implementation," the European police agency said in a statement.
According to a report by cybe ... more Paris (AFP) July 17, 2017Major cyber-attack as costly as Hurricane Sandy: Lloyd's  Beijing (AFP) July 17, 2017'Oh, bother': Chinese censors can't bear Winnie the Pooh  Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2017Army opens cybersecurity research laboratory |
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 Qaraqosh, Iraq (AFP) July 24, 2017 
A French cardinal hailed the "rebirth" of Iraq's devastated main Christian town of Qaraqosh on Monday, where residents are returning following two years of jihadist rule.
Taking part in mass in the town's cathedral, Lyon's Archbishop Cardinal Philippe Barbarin spoke of both "sadness" and "hope" on returning to the town, which he had previously visited just a month before the Islamic State g ... more Tehran (AFP) July 23, 2017Iran, Iraq vow to boost military ties  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 19, 2017After the battle: Mosul looks to rise from the ashes  Arbil, Iraq (AFP) July 21, 2017Mosul's Christians face dilemma after Islamic State |
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 Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) July 26, 2017 
At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in southern Kandahar province, the defence ministry said Wednesday, the latest blow to the country's struggling security forces.
The Afghan air force said it carried out strikes backing up soldiers on the ground during the hours-long attack on the base, which began late Tuesday and ended in the early hours of ... more Washington (AFP) July 24, 2017Mattis blasts Pentagon over pricey Afghan uniforms  Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) July 22, 201716 Afghan policemen killed in US strike  Dushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) July 19, 2017China gives Tajikistan $230 million for new parliament |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 
The organic matter in coal contains polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) of varying quantities in diverse soluble and insoluble forms. PACs in coal are of special interest for organic geochemical studies as they have been successfully used as biological marker compounds (biomarkers) and indicators of thermal maturity.
However, challenges exist when applying PACs in understanding the organi ... more Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2017China backs hundreds of global coal power projects  Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2017Rio prefers Yancoal to Glencore in Australia coal sale Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2017Glencore makes new bid for Rio's Australia coal assets |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 27, 2017 
Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging.
Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now able to see details as small as 4-5 cm.
Three customers are already using the first version of the ButterflEYE LS camera: in Denmark for biological diversity studies, in Australia for agricultur ... more Los Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand  Paris (AFP) July 22, 2017French grape harvest heading to historic low  Crocodile Jaw Bridge, Kenya (AFP) July 20, 2017Kenyan cattle herders defend 'necessary' land invasions |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 
Lindy Elkins-Tanton '87, SM '87, PhD '02 is reaching for the stars - literally. She is the principal investigator for Psyche, a NASA mission that will explore an unusual metal asteroid known as 16 Psyche.
The mission does not launch until 2023, but preparations have begun in collaboration with faculty in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).
Professors B ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 26, 2017Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought  Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2017Ancient, massive asteroid impact could explain Martian geological mysteries  Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Pitted Materials in Craters Could Indicate Buried Ice on Asteroids |
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