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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 In the Amazon Rainforest, few animals are as dangerous to humans as mosquitos that transmit malaria. The tropical disease can bring on high fever, headaches and chills and is particularly severe for children and the elderly and can cause complications for pregnant women. In rainforest-covered Peru, the number of malaria cases has spiked. In the past five years, the country has had on average the second highest rate in the South America. In each of the years 2014 and 2015 there were 65,000 reported cases ... read more |
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Fire ant venom could be used for skin treatmentsWashington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 A new study from Emory and Case Western universities found that compounds from fire ant venom could reduce skin thickening and inflammation in psoriasis. ... more 
Tick tock and the risk of tick-borne diseaseSanta 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 dis ... more 
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  
A sweeter way to make green productsNewark DE (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 The shampoo you washed your hair with this morning. The balloons for the party. Refrigerators and sunglasses, medicine and mosquito repellent, guitar strings and fishing lures. These - and thousands ... more |
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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 
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 |
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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 
Study finds that gravity, 'mechanical loading' are key to cartilage developmentColumbia MO (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 Mechanical loading, or forces that stimulate cellular growth for development, is required for creating cartilage that is then turned to bone; however, little is known about cartilage development in ... more 
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 |
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  Miami (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 
Shocked Americans were struggling on Thursday to understand how eight elderly people in a Florida retirement home - directly across the street from a hospital - could have died in the days following Hurricane Irma's devastating passage.
The matter is now in the hands of the law.
Making the drama even more shocking, the deaths could perhaps have been prevented by hooking up an emergency ... more Naples, United States (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Trump views flooding's aftermath in hurricane-ravaged Florida  Marigot (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Rebuilding tourism after Irma, an epic task for islands  Havana (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Long road to recovery for Irma-ravaged Cuba |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
Arianespace will launch four new satellites for the Galileo constellation, using two Ariane 62 versions of the next-generation Ariane 6 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
The contract will be conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the European Commission (DG Growth) and the European Union.
Stephane Israel, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer, and ... 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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 Shanghai (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 
The world's oldest captive giant panda has died at the ripe old age of 37 - more than 100 in human years - her handlers in China said on Thursday as they gave "Basi" an emotional send-off.
The Straits Giant Panda Research and Exchange Center in southeastern China, where she has lived for 33 years, bid a heartfelt farewell to the bear, with a memorial service that featured Basi's body surro ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017When not to eat your kids  Paris (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Elephants hide by day, forage at night to evade poachers  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 ... moreSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Tick tock and the risk of tick-borne disease  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Using NASA Satellite Data to Predict Malaria Outbreaks Kinshasa (AFP) Sept 9, 2017WHO sounds alarm over DRCongo cholera epidemic |
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 Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017 
The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were buried at sea on Saturday, depriving his supporters of a place to pay tribute to the pro-democracy dissident.
Officials showed a video in which his wife, Liu Xia, and relatives lowered a white round urn into the water off the northeastern coastal city of Dalian, two days after the democracy advocate died of liver cancer aged 61 while i ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Student backlash in Hong Kong independence row  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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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 14, 2017  Russia on Thursday began major joint military exercises with Belarus along the European Union's eastern flank - a show of strength that has rattled nervous NATO members.
Named Zapad-2017 (West-2017), the manoeuvres, scheduled to last until September 20, are taking place on the territory of Moscow's closest ally Belarus, in Russia's European exclave of Kaliningrad and in its frontier Pskov a ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Trump plans to visit China, Japan, S. Korea in November  Istanbul (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Turkey signs landmark Russian weapons deal  Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2017Trump's generals look to provide a steady hand |
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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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 Al-Sagra, Irak (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 
Iraqi forces backed by tribal fighters are manoeuvring into position in the western desert bordering Syria to launch an offensive against one of the last bastions of the Islamic State group.
The jihadist group has suffered a string of defeats on the battlefield that have left in tatters its "caliphate", three years after it was declared.
After driving IS out of Nineveh province earlier t ... more Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Dozens dead in Iraq attack claimed by IS  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 |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 14, 2017  Iraq and Turkey on Thursday stepped up the pressure on Iraqi Kurdistan over its planned independence referendum, as the governor of oil-rich Kirkuk province that decided to take part in the vote was sacked.
Parliament, at Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's request, fired the governor of the northern province, Najm Eddine Karim, in a unanimous vote by 173 MPs present in the house.
With tens ... more Baghdad (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Iraq MPs vote against Kurdish independence referendum 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 |
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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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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2017 
Fans of French cheeses in China have received news they may find hard to digest: the country's food hygiene authorities have turned their noses up at some people's favourite fare, blocking imports of Camembert, Brie and Roquefort.
"We haven't been able to get our orders through customs for three weeks," Vincent Marion, co-founder of Cheese Republic, one of China's leading online cheesemonger ... more Riga (AFP) Sept 10, 2017Latvia tweets no room for mushroom hunters on army base  Beijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2017EU chamber urges China to lift cheese ban  Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Climate change threatens Latin America coffee producers |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017 
Radar images of asteroid 3122 Florence obtained at the 70-meter antenna at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex between August 29 and September 1 have revealed that the asteroid has two small moons, and also confirmed that main asteroid Florence is about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) in size.
Florence is only the third triple asteroid known in the near-Earth population out of more than ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017NASA-funded research at USC provides evidence of ground-ice on asteroids  Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Sling-shot show for NASA spacecraft over Australia  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017NASA's Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth |
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