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  Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Around the world, ticks are one of the most important vectors of zoonotic diseases - animal diseases communicable to humans - and they're everywhere. While North Americans worry about Lyme disease carried by blacklegged or deer ticks, on the other side of the globe, people contend with a different variety of tick-borne fevers. A new study by UC Santa Barbara researchers and colleagues suggests that the abundance of ticks that carry certain fevers are likely to rise in the future, thanks to a combi ... read more |
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New method for producing malaria treatment at large scalesWashington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Compared to smallpox or typhoid, malaria is proving one of the most challenging human diseases to eradicate - and so remains a real and constant danger to nearly half the world's population. Twenty ... more 
WHO sounds alarm over DRCongo cholera epidemicKinshasa (AFP) Sept 9, 2017 The World Health Organization on Saturday sounded the alarm over a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has already claimed 528 lives and reached "worrying proportions". ... more  
Humans are still evolving, study suggestsWashington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017 Some have suggested modern medicine has frozen human evolution. With advanced medicine and reproductive technologies, the vast majority of humans enjoy lifespans long enough to pass on their genes to the next generation. ... more 
New boarding procedures could limit spread of infectious inside airplane cabinsWashington (UPI) Sep 1, 2017 New research out of Florida State University has offered policy makers new strategies for limiting the spread of disease among airline passengers. ... more |
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Reusable ruthenium-based catalyst could be a game-changer for the biomass industryTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 Known for their outstanding versatility, primary amines (derivatives of ammonia) are industrially important compounds used in the preparation of a wide range of dyes, detergents and medicines. ... more  
NASA's twin study investigates metabolitesHouston TX (SPX) Aug 24, 2017 You may think you're just an average Joe, but according to your metabolomics data your body is percolating some expressive information about your daily life. "Metabolomics measures small molec ... more 
Weightlessness affects health of cosmonauts at molecular levelMoscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 A team of scientists from Russia and Canada has analyzed the effect of space conditions on the protein composition in blood samples of 18 Russian cosmonauts. The results indicated many significant c ... more  
Global food markets further threaten endangered sharks, raysWashington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017 Researchers at the University of Guelph found that the majority of shark fins and manta ray gills sold at markets around the world for traditional medicines come from endangered species. ... more 
Flooded Texas faces higher risk of disease, experts warnMiami (AFP) Aug 28, 2017 Sewage-laden floodwaters dumped on Texas by Hurricane Harvey bring a higher risk of disease, such as bacterial infections and mosquito-borne illnesses, and the fallout may linger for years, experts warn. ... more 
NASA Breaks Ground on New Collaborative Biosciences Facility in Silicon ValleyMoffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017 Administrator Robert Lightfoot, acting Deputy NASA Administrator Lesa Roe, Ames Center Director Eugene Tu, Ames Director of Science Michael Bicay, and Amoroso Construction Northern California Operat ... more |
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 Study finds that gravity, 'mechanical loading' are key to cartilage development 
Computer approaches human skill for first time in mapping brainPullman WA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 A WSU research team for the first time has developed a computer algorithm that is nearly as accurate as people are at mapping brain neural networks - a breakthrough that could speed up the image ana ... more 
NASA sends mice to space station to study space travel health risksWashington (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. ... more 
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 |
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  Cox'S Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 
International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticised by the US, slammed as "ethnic cleansing" and forced 370,000 Rohingya to flee the violence.
Beijing's intervention appears aimed at heading off any attempt to censure Myanmar at the council when ... more Geneva (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Thousands need shelter, healthcare in Caribbean after Irma: UN  Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017US environmental regulators probe Arkema after explosions  Naples, United States (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Hurricane Irma exacts heavy toll on Florida's mobile homes |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $45.5 million contract to provide Military Code (M-Code) Early Use (MCEU) capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Part of the Air Force's overall modernization plan for the GPS, M-Code is an advanced, new signal designed to improve anti-jamming and protection from spoofing, as well as to increase secure access, to military ... more Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Elbit unveils situational awareness system for dismounted forces in non GPS environments  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Denver CO (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Second Lockheed Martin GPS 3 Satellite completes launch simulation tests |
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 New York NY (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers at Columbia University find that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer's disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longer lifespans, suggesting that natural selection is weeding out these unfavorable variants in both populations.
Researchers further find that sets of genetic ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Groups are more likely to lie than individuals, new study shows  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Human settlement in the Americas may have occurred in the late Pleistocene Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Humans are still evolving, study suggests |
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 Sheffield, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
Insects have much better vision and can see in far greater detail than previously thought, a new study from the University of Sheffield has revealed. Scientists have long believed insects would not see fine images. This is because their compound eyes typically consist of thousands of tiny lens-capped 'eye-units', which together should capture a low-resolution pixelated image of the surrounding w ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017When not to eat your kids  Kingston RI (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Invasive plants change ecosystems from the bottom up  Mexico City (AFP) July 19, 2017Star chefs in Mexico to defend biodiversity |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Compared to smallpox or typhoid, malaria is proving one of the most challenging human diseases to eradicate - and so remains a real and constant danger to nearly half the world's population. Twenty years ago, two million people died each year on average from malaria, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite numerous advances in treatment, 212 million cases were reported in 2015 ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Tick tock and the risk of tick-borne disease Kinshasa (AFP) Sept 9, 2017WHO sounds alarm over DRCongo cholera epidemic Washington (UPI) Sep 1, 2017New boarding procedures could limit spread of infectious inside airplane cabins |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 
Hong Kong students have accused their universities of suppressing freedom of speech after banners and signs calling for the city's independence from China were taken down from campuses.
The move has fuelled fears that freedoms are being squeezed in the semi-autonomous city and that Beijing is tightening its grip in a range of areas, from politics to media and education.
Since the failure ... more Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea  Shanghai (AFP) Sept 6, 2017'Oldest jazz band' a constant in fast-modernising Shanghai  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2017Hanergy tycoon gets 8-year ban in Hong Kong |
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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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 Istanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 
Turkey has signed a deal for its first major weapons purchase from Moscow to buy S-400 missile defence systems, both sides announced Tuesday, in an accord that could trouble Ankara's NATO allies.
The purchase of the surface-to-air missile defence batteries, Ankara's most significant deal with a non-NATO supplier, comes with Turkey in the throes of a crisis in relations with several Western s ... more Warsaw (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Poland's defence chief to hold talks in Paris on Wednesday  Kiev (AFP) Sept 11, 2017Joint military drills begin in Ukraine as Russian war games loom  Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Juncker says 'wind is back in Europe's sails' |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 
ESA this week helped to provide children with disabilities the opportunity to experience weightlessness and lunar gravity on aircraft flights.
Eight children from five ESA member states - UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy -boarded the converted Airbus A310 in Bordeaux, France on 24 August as part of the Kid's Weightless Dreams campaign organised by Novespace and Reves de Gosse.
... more Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe  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 |
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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  Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2017Massive bureau hack raises troubling questions  Tallinn (AFP) Sept 7, 2017EU defence ministers put to test in mock cyberattack |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 10, 2017 
Sitting in the green grass under a bright Baghdad sun, Iraqi men and women bury their heads in romance novels, essay collections and volumes of poetry.
It's far from the image most have of the Iraqi capital-- but for one day this weekend on the banks of the Tigris, Iraqi readers were able to find some respite from the country's violence in the simple joy of losing themselves in a book.
S ... more Baghdad (AFP) Sept 11, 2017Iraq holds 1,300 IS women, children: security official  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Sept 9, 2017Slow recovery for Iraq's Mosul after IS ouster Perpignan, France (AFP) Sept 10, 2017The battle for Mosul from behind the camera |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 
Iraq's parliament on Tuesday voted against plans by Kurdish leaders to hold an independence referendum just two weeks before it was to be held, echoing regional criticism of the poll.
The non-binding referendum planned for September 25 has faced strong opposition from neighbouring Iran and Turkey, which fear it will stoke separatist aspirations among their own sizeable Kurdish minorities. ... more Baghdad (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Iraq MPs vote against Kurdish independence referendum  Camp Shorab, Afghanistan (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Trump wins support for Afghan strategy in volatile Helmand Koysinjaq, Iraq (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Kurd rebels in Iraq mountains shrug off Turkey-Iran threats |
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 Sydney (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 
Mining giant Rio Tinto has wrapped up the sale of most of its Australian coal assets to Yancoal, with the China-backed firm taking control of the business on Friday.
Rio, the world's second-largest miner, which is dual-listed in Britain and Australia, banked US$2.45 billion in cash with a further US$240 million due in royalty payments.
With its Coal & Allied operations transferring to Ya ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017In a first, U.S. ships coal to Ukraine  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 |
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 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
According to the head of the works Tatiana Volova, Professor of SibFU and the Head of Laboratory in the Institute of Biophysics KSC of SB RAS, development of a new generation of drugs with the use of bio-decomposable materials which decompose under the influence of the microflora to innocuous products and provide a gradual release of the active principle into the soil, is the newest area of rese ... more Los Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand  New York (AFP) Sept 5, 2017prices jump as Irma approaches Florida  Hanover NH (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2017 
Using Earth's gravity to give it an orbital boost, OSIRIS-REx will rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu in 2018. The Earth flyby will give astronomers and those with high-end cameras a chance to view this rare encounter.
OSIRIS-REx is on an extraordinary journey to bring back to Earth a sample from the surface of the carbonaceous asteroid Bennu that could potentially record the early history ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017Radar Reveals Two Moons Orbiting Asteroid Florence  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017NASA's Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth  Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2017Close encounters of the stellar kind |
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