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  Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2017 With Monday's SpaceX launch a success, a group of mice are en route to the International Space Station. The rodents are being sent to ISS as part of an ongoing effort by NASA to study the impacts of longterm space travel on human health. Mice are biological similar to humans, yet relatively simple, physiologically speaking, which is why they an ideal model for human health studies. "Space biology scientists have observed accelerated changes in mouse physiology in the space environment th ... read more |
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Actress Charlize Theron dreams of AIDS-free S.AfricaJohannesburg (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Charlize Theron hopes to create an AIDS-free generation in her home country South Africa which has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. ... more  
Mexico's prickly pear cactus: energy source of the future?Mexico City (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 The prickly pear cactus is such a powerful symbol in Mexico that they put it smack in the middle of the national flag. ... more 
UBC researcher looks to the future of bone replacementsKelowna, Canada (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 A UBC Okanagan researcher has discovered a new artificial bone design that can be customized and made with a 3D printer for stronger, safer and more effective bone replacements. Hossein Montaz ... more 
Philippines declares first ever H5 bird flu outbreakManila (AFP) Aug 11, 2017 The Philippines declared its first ever outbreak of the H5 strain of bird flu on Friday, but said there had been no cases of humans infected. ... more |
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Lizard venom could yield blood clot treatment breakthroughWashington (UPI) Aug 8, 2017 Scientists have created a variety of medicines using compounds discovered in the venoms of snakes, frogs, snails, jellyfish and other animals. ... more 
New magnetic microbots can capture and carry single cellsWashington (UPI) Aug 7, 2017 Scientists have designed a tiny robot made of microscopic cubes capable of changing shape when triggered by a magnetic field. Once initiated, the microbot can derive energy from the surrounding environment. ... more 
Engineers harness the power of 3-D printing to help train surgeons, shorten surgery timesSan Diego CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 A team of engineers and pediatric orthopedic surgeons are using 3D printing to help train surgeons and shorten surgeries for the most common hip disorder found in children ages 9 to 16. In a r ... more 
Magnetized viruses can break through biofilms, attack bacteriaWashington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017 A team of scientists from the United States and China have found a way to deploy viruses against biofilm-forming bacteria capable of fouling water distribution systems. The secret to their success is magnetization. ... 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 
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 |
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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
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 |
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  Rome (AFP) Aug 23, 2017 
As Italy reels from another earthquake, experts warned Wednesday that widespread illegal construction is putting millions across the country at risk of being killed.
The tremor that shook the island of Ischia on Monday, toppling houses and killing two women, has sparked much soul-searching in a country with a weakness for rule-breaking - particularly when it comes to building or renovating ... more Bunia, Dr Congo (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Death toll in DR Congo landslide climbs to 140  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 24, 2017Death toll from South Asia flooding tops 1,000  Yangon (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Myanmar man faces jail for speaking about child soldier past |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2017 
Japan on Saturday launched the third satellite in its effort to build a homegrown geolocation system aimed at improving the accuracy of car navigation systems and smartphone maps to mere centimetres.
An H-IIA rocket blasted off at about 2:30 pm (0530 GMT) from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The rocket successf ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017Harris delivers navigation package for third GPS III satellite  Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Lockheed Martin Begins Modernizing Receivers for U.S. Air Force's GPS Signal Monitoring Stations |
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 Lund, Sweden (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 
Copying the behaviour of others makes us effective learners and allow skills, knowledge and inventions to be passed on from one generation to the next. Imitation is therefore viewed as the key cognitive ability that enabled human culture to grow and create such things as language, technology, art and science.
Decades of research has shown that apes, in spite of their proverbial aping abili ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Research reveals how neurons communicate  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017New 13-million-year-old infant skull sheds light on ape ancestry  Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017To teach kids morals, read books with humans not animals |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017 
A new study by researchers at the University of Wyoming shows how soil bacteria require two-layer security to identify similar bacteria.
Similar to the digital world where two-factor authentication is required to verify identify, researchers found that the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus has been performing a similar task for millions of years.
Bacteria recognize other bacteria ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2017Flowers use nectar as a weapon of distraction  Santiago (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Chile rejects iron mine to protect penguins  Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017Study: Caterpillars rely less on microbiome than other animals |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 
Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Charlize Theron hopes to create an AIDS-free generation in her home country South Africa which has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world.
The star who is the founder of Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project which supports community-based HIV programmes said the country's "ridiculously large" HIV burden was hard to ignore and that prompted he ... moreManila (AFP) Aug 11, 2017Philippines declares first ever H5 bird flu outbreak Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017Magnetized viruses can break through biofilms, attack bacteria Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Malaria already endemic in the Mediterranean by the Roman period |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 22, 2017 
With hair newly shaven in accordance with Hong Kong prison rules, jailed pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was in court again Tuesday on more protest-related charges.
Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow were sent to prison last Thursday for their leading role in the initial protest that sparked the months-long Umbrella Movement of 2014 - demonstrations and street blockades calling for democrati ... more Beijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2017At Beijing book fair, publishers admit self-censorship  Shanghai (AFP) Aug 24, 2017Steer clear of screens and self-abuse, Chinese recruits told  Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2017Second academic journal pressed to censor China content |
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 Sydney (AFP) Aug 4, 2017 
A massive cocaine haul bound for Australia in the hull of a yacht has been intercepted by the French navy in the Pacific, officials said on Friday.
The 1.46 tonnes of the drug with an estimated street value of Aus$322 million (US$256 million) was seized in the South Pacific and four crew members, believed to be Lithuanian and Latvian nationals, arrested.
The vessel "Afalina", which set s ... more Jakarta (AFP) Aug 1, 2017Indonesia to deport 153 Chinese for $450 million scam  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 |
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 Colombo (AFP) Aug 23, 2017 
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked his controversial justice minister Wednesday for speaking out against a billion-dollar deal to sell a stake in a loss-making deep sea port to China.
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe had publicly denounced the government's $1.1 billion sale last month of a 70 percent stake in Hambantota port to state-owned China Merchants Port Holdings.
"He (Rajapaksh ... more Istanbul (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Erdogan says top Turkish general must accept demotion  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 21, 2017India says China stand-off will end soon  Kiev (AFP) Aug 23, 2017Pentagon chief in Kiev as Ukraine seeks battlefield weapons |
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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) Aug 18, 2017China opens its first 'cyber court'  Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2017US creates separate unified cyber warfare command; National Guard activates cyber-security task force |
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 Tal Afar, Iraq (AFP) Aug 23, 2017 
Iraqi forces Wednesday recaptured several districts and advanced towards the centre of Tal Afar, one of the Islamic State group's last strongholds in the country, as aid workers braced for an exodus of civilians fleeing the fighting.
Armoured personnel carriers full of soldiers and fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition moved into Al-Nur district of southeast Tal Afar early ... more Baghdad (AFP) Aug 22, 2017Mattis in Baghdad as Iraq presses assault on IS bastion  Tal Abta, Iraq (AFP) Aug 22, 2017Iraqi forces retake two districts of IS bastion  Tal Al-Hessan, Iraq (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Tal Afar |
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 Ankara (AFP) Aug 23, 2017  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told visiting Pentagon chief Jim Mattis of Turkey's uneasiness over Washington arming a Syrian Kurdish militia viewed as a terror group by Ankara, a policy which has strained ties between the NATO allies.
Mattis made the one-day visit after stopping in Iraq to review progress in the campaign against the Islamic State group, urging coalition partner ... more Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2017China defends Pakistan against Trump criticism  Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) Aug 22, 2017Afghanistan welcomes Trump vow to stay 'without time limit' Beijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2017China's top diplomat defends Pakistan in Tillerson call |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017 
Coal shipped from the United States could help address energy security issues in Ukraine, the nation's energy secretary said.
U.S. Cabinet officials, the U.S. envoy to Ukraine and representatives from XCoal were on hand for the first shipment of coal from a Pennsylvania facility to Ukrainian energy company Centrenergo. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said coal sent from the United Stat ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017China to strictly control new coal-fired power capacity  Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Russian scientist says leave coal in the ground  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Coal production gains slowing, U.S. report finds |
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 Uvalde TX (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 
Looking at leaves to peer into the future might seem the stuff of superstition, but is actually the essence of research conducted by scientists from Texas A and M AgriLife and the University of Southern California.
"Our study was based on observations that the more successful crops in areas typically affected by drought are usually protected by a thicker layer of leaf wax than other plants ... more Lancaster UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Ray of hope for more abundant wheat crops  Newark DE (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Adding silicon to soil to strengthen plant defenses  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Wild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years ago |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 
Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new research finds. This would have shut down photosynthesis, drastically cooled the planet, and contributed to the mass extinction that marked the end of the age of dinosaurs.
These new details about ho ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2017Large asteroid to safely pass Earth on September 1  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Asteroid Apophis has One in 100,000 chance of hitting Earth  Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017Asteroid 2012 TC4 will fly past Earth in October 2017 |
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