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  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 The sorting of individual cells is necessary for many biological applications, including the isolation of specific cell types from cell suspensions. A fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) has been used for high-throughput cell sorting. In this method, lasers are used to excite auto-fluorescence or tagged-fluorescence of cell included in droplets, and then droplets are diverted into different containers depending on their characteristics. However, this technique is concerned about sample infe ... read more |
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The story of how a worm turned... into a bringer of medical miraclesPloemeur, France (AFP) July 31, 2017 For centuries, the only use humans found for the lugworm - dark pink, slimy and inedible - was on the end of a fish hook. ... more  
Malaria already endemic in the Mediterranean by the Roman periodZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Malaria was already widespread on Sardinia by the Roman period, long before the Middle Ages, as indicated by research at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine of the University of Zurich with the h ... more 
Myanmar seeks WHO help with deadly swine flu outbreakYangon (AFP) July 27, 2017 Myanmar health authorities have asked the UN's health agency for help to combat a deadly outbreak of swine flu that has sparked alarm in the commercial capital. ... more 
Scientists divulge latest in HIV preventionParis (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. ... 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 
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 |
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 Paris spotlight on latest in AIDS science
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  
Goodbye HERA, Hello Sleep: NASA's HERA XIII Crew Returns Home to SlumberHouston TX (SPX) Jul 20, 2017 After 45 days in NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), the four-man crew can hardly hold their eyes open. This mission was the first of its kind to last 45 days, as well as incorporate sl ... more |
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  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 1, 2017 
Endangered elephants and tigers are killing one person a day in India as humans put a growing squeeze on their habitat, according to new government figures.
But man is in turn killing a leopard a day as the man-animal tussle for space reaches new heights.
India has lost vast swathes of forests to urbanisation in recent decades, forcing animals into human-occupied zones.
According to ... more Sydney (AFP) Aug 1, 2017Tech advances will lead to MH370 discovery - Malaysia Airlines  Tokyo (AFP) July 23, 2017Robot finds possible melted fuel inside Fukushima reactor  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017New phase change mechanism could lead to new class of chemical vapor sensors |
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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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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
The flexibility and ability to adapt to changing climates by employing various cultural innovations allowed communities of early humans to survive through a prolonged period of pronounced aridification.
The early human techno-tradition, known as Howiesons Poort (HP), associated with Homo sapiens who lived in southern Africa about 66 000 to 59 000 years ago indicates that during this period ... more College Station TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Shedding light deeper into the human brain  Jena, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Identifying major transitions in human cultural evolution  Washington (UPI) Jul 26, 2017How did early humans survive aridity and prolonged drought in Africa |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2017 
Until now, scientists believed, Chrysocoma cilliata, a flowering plant colonizing degraded land in the Lesotho Highlands, was an invasive species. But new research suggests the plant, a member of the daisy family, has been around for at least 4,000 years.
The Lesotho Highlands are formed by the intersection of the Drakensberg and Maloti mountain ranges in Lesotho, a small, landlocked co ... more Lusaka (AFP) July 30, 2017Zambia arrests 3 Chinese for rhino horn trafficking  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Malaysia seizes rare animal parts worth almost $1 mn  Saint-Aignan-Sur-Cher, France (AFP) Aug 1, 2017Panda at French zoo expecting... twins! |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
Malaria was already widespread on Sardinia by the Roman period, long before the Middle Ages, as indicated by research at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine of the University of Zurich with the help of a Roman who died 2,000 years ago.
Even today, Malaria is one of the greatest medical challenges worldwide, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year. In the past, people have ada ... moreYangon (AFP) July 27, 2017Myanmar seeks WHO help with deadly swine flu outbreak Paris (AFP) July 25, 2017Scientists divulge latest in HIV prevention Paris (AFP) July 24, 2017Injectable AIDS drug may work 'as well' as pills |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2017 
Chinese police have arrested 230 members of a suspected pyramid scheme, a week after a rare demonstration in Beijing protesting a crackdown on the group.
The scheme, known as Shanxinhui or "philanthropic exchange", is under investigation and the group's founder Zhang Tianming, along with several employees, was arrested earlier this month.
But in an unusual display of public disobedience, ... more Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea  Gaborone, Botswana (AFP) July 25, 2017Botswana confirms Dalai Lama visit despite China anger  Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2017Chinese city leadership shake-up signals Xi power play |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Aug 1, 2017 
Indonesia will deport 153 Chinese nationals arrested for alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar cyber fraud ring targeting wealthy businessmen and politicians in China, police said Tuesday.
The syndicate, who ran their operation from abroad to avoid detection by Chinese officials but did not target any victims in their host country, made around six trillion rupiah ($450 million) since ... more Washington (AFP) June 28, 2017US lists China among worst human trafficking offenders  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 |
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 Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2017 
Japan said Monday the United States had returned a sliver of land at a controversial US air base on the southern island of Okinawa which has sparked a lengthy and fierce dispute.
Tokyo said the return of the land, which accounts for less than one percent of the 481-hectare (1,188-acre) Futenma base, would improve conditions for locals.
But many Okinawa residents want the Marine air base ... more Tbilisi (AFP) July 31, 2017Russia expulsions won't deter US 'commitment to allies': Pence  Ankara (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Turkey replaces land, air, naval forces commanders: official  Beijing (Sputnik) Aug 02, 2017Sky's the Limit for Joint Russian-Chinese Eurasian Air Defense Zone |
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 Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 
A Montana State University gravitational physicist has received funding for a research project that aims to answer fundamental questions about the universe.
NASA awarded $750,000 to Nicolas Yunes for his project "Exploring Extreme Gravity: Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves." Yunes is a founding member of the MSU eXtreme Gravity Institute, known as XGI, and an associate pro ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation  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 |
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 Paris (AFP) July 17, 2017 
A serious cyber-attack could cost the global economy as much as $53 billion, putting it on a par with Hurricane Sandy in 2012, according to a report Monday by Lloyd's of London.
The world's oldest insurance market and Cyence consultancy said the threat posed by hacking attacks has surged and the global economy will be increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks over the next decade.
The rep ... more Beijing (AFP) July 17, 2017'Oh, bother': Chinese censors can't bear Winnie the Pooh  Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2017Apple removes some VPN services from Chinese app store  The Hague (AFP) July 25, 2017Global ransomware attacks on the rise: Europol |
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 Kabul (AFP) Aug 1, 2017 
Two people died in an attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul claimed by the Islamic State group, Afghan officials said, with analysts describing the attack as revenge for the group's defeat in Iraq.
On Monday a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the embassy, allowing at least three other militants to breach the compound unleashing an hours-long gun battle.
Afghan officials initially sa ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017FMS support deal in works for Iraqi vessels  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 30, 2017Iraqis in Mosul markets both fear and hope for the future Mosul, Iraq (AFP) July 29, 2017Schoolgirls in Iraq's Mosul aim to catch up on lost years |
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 Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 
Two US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan's restive southern province of Kandahar Wednesday when a Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into a convoy of foreign forces.
"Two US service members were killed in action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when their convoy came under attack," Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said.
"US Forces Afghanistan will provid ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017SIGAR report blasts lack of engagement among U.S. civilian agencies in Afghanistan  Tashkurgan, China (AFP) Aug 2, 2017For Pakistanis, China 'friendship' road runs one way  Washington (AFP) Aug 1, 2017US watchdog files report on Afghanistan child abuse |
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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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 Urbana IL (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
Algae blooms in the Gulf of Mexico use up the majority of the oxygen in the water, leading to massive "dead zones" that cannot support fish or other wildlife. The culprit? Nitrate, running off agricultural fields through tile drainage systems. But nitrate is only part of the problem. Algae in freshwater lakes and ponds flourishes when exposed to a different pollutant, phosphorus, and the tiniest ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Alkaline soil, sensible sensor  Miami (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Global warming reduces protein in key crops: study Los Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 
NASA scientists are excited about the upcoming close flyby of a small asteroid and plan to use its upcoming October close approach to Earth as an opportunity not only for science, but to test NASA's network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defense.
The target of all this attention is asteroid 2012 TC4 - a small asteroid estimated to be between 30 and 100 feet (10 and ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Supernova-Hunting Team Finds Comet with Aid of Amateur Astronomer  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Upcoming asteroid flyby will help Planetary Defense Network  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017Exploring an unusual metal asteroid |
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