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  University Park PA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 Much as a frame provides structural support for a house and the chassis provides strength and shape for a car, a team of Penn State engineers believe they have a way to create the structural framework for growing living tissue using an off-the-shelf 3-D printer. "We are trying to make stem-cell-loaded hydrogels reinforced with fibers like the rebar in cement," said Justin L. Brown, associate professor of biomedical engineering. "If we can lend some structure to the gel, we can grow living cells in ... read more |
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Australian waste treatment technology plays major role in management of radioactive wasteSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 A new technology partnership between ANSTO and Swedish company, Quintus Technologies, will play a crucial role in treating waste arising from nuclear medicine production at Australia's nuclear agenc ... more  
Algae could feed and fuel planet with aid of new high-tech toolEdinburgh UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 Vast quantities of medicines and renewable fuels could be produced by algae using a new gene-editing technique, a study suggests. Scientists have devised a method that could lead to cheap, env ... more  
US has lost dominance in highly intense, ultrafast laser technology to Europe and AsiaWashington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 The U.S. is losing ground in a second laser revolution of highly intense, ultrafast lasers that have broad applications in manufacturing, medicine, and national security, says a new report from the ... more  
Genetic survey of rats could help New York curb the rodent populationWashington (UPI) Dec 11, 2017 For the first time, scientists are getting a big-picture sense of how rats live, move and interact in New York City. The details lie in their genetic code. ... more |
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One in two Africans don't know HIV status: expertAbidjan (AFP) Dec 7, 2017 Thirty-five years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, one person in two in sub-Saharan Africa "does not know their HIV status," according to a French expert. ... more 
Lobachevsky University scientists create a neurochip for replacing damaged areas of the brainNizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 Lobachevsky University researchers are working to create a neurochip capable of transmitting a signal to healthy brain cells. The neurochip can be used in devices intended to replace damaged parts o ... more 
Army-developed Zika vaccine induces strong immune response in three phase 1 studiesSilver Spring MD (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 Three Phase 1 human clinical trials evaluating an Army-developed Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine have shown it was safe and well-tolerated in healthy adults and induced a robust immun ... more 
World's smallest tape recorder is built from microbesNew York NY (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Through a few clever molecular hacks, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have converted a natural bacterial immune system into a microscopic data recorder, laying the groundwork for a ... more 
Biotemplates breakthrough paves way for cheaper nanobotsWashington DC (SPX) Dec 05, 2017 A feature of science fiction stories for decades, nanorobot potential ranges from cancer diagnosis and drug delivery to tissue repair and more. A major hurdle to these endeavors, however, is finding ... more
Campaigners incensed at failings in Africa AIDS warAbidjan (AFP) Dec 6, 2017 Angry AIDS activists are urging western and central Africa to step up the fight against HIV, saying millions of people, especially children, are at risk from complacency and underfunding. ... more |
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UN warns of drug-resistant germ risk brewing in natureNairobi (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 The UN warned Tuesday of a ticking time bomb of drug-resistant germs brewing in the natural environment, aided by humans dumping antibiotics and chemicals into the water and soil. ... more
Men at higher risk of dying of AIDS than women: UNAIDSOttawa (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 Men are less likely to test for HIV or access antiretroviral therapy and, therefore, are more likely to die of AIDS-related illnesses than women, UNAIDS said on Friday. ... more 
Mosquitoes transmit dengue virus more frequently when temperatures riseWashington (UPI) Dec 1, 2017 Mosquitoes are more likely to transmit dengue virus on warmer days, according to new research published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. ... more 
PrEP: A shield against AIDSParis (AFP) Nov 30, 2017 "It's magic," said Francois, smiling. "Every time I take a pill I think about the people who aren't so lucky as to have this option." ... more |
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  Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017  World leaders met in Paris Tuesday seeking to unlock more money to drive the global economy's shift to green energy, exactly two years after signing a global pact to avert worst-case-scenario global warming.
Without trillions of dollars invested in clean energy technology, the Paris Agreement's goal to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Leaders needed to fix global 'mess', says Kofi Annan  Fajardo, Puerto Rico (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Storm-hit Puerto Rico starving for tourists  Buffalo NY (SPX) Dec 12, 2017New mapping technique can help fight extreme poverty |
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 Denver CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 
The first advanced GPS III satellite successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX), further validating the U.S. Air Force's modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) is ready to launch its first satellite.
On November 2, 2017, GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01), the first of 10 GPS III satellites designed by Lo ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 11, 2017Arianespace's second Ariane 5 launch for the Galileo constellation and Europe  Paris (ESA) Dec 11, 2017Galileo satellites atop rocket for next Tuesday's flight  Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017Air Force tests Raytheon's GPS receiver aboard B-2 bomber |
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 London UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 
The Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5300 to 3300 years ago, at about the same time as urban civilisations developed in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Archaeological evidence shows that many of the settlements in the Indus Civilisation developed along the banks of a river called the Ghaggar-Hakra in northwest Ind ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Scientists revamp 'Out of Africa' model of early human migration  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East  Birmingham UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Research suggests gorillas can develop food cleaning behavior spontaneously |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017 
Feral foxes are no longer the archenemies of would-be loggerhead turtle moms at the second biggest nesting beach in northeast Australia. The title now belongs to the yellow-spotted goanna.
Over the last few decades, scientists have observed the Australia lizard develop a taste for the eggs of the endangered loggerhead turtle. Goannas now frequently raid turtle nests on the Queensland ne ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Scientists reveal rules for making ribs  Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017When physics gives evolution a leg up by breaking one  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Pangolin traffickers opening up new routes: study |
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For the first time, scientists are getting a big-picture sense of how rats live, move and interact in New York City. The details lie in their genetic code.
Matthew Combs, a graduate student at Fordham University, has assembled the most comprehensive genomic map yet of New York City's chief rodent. He hopes his work - detailed most recently in the journal Molecular Ecology - can help t ... moreSilver Spring MD (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Army-developed Zika vaccine induces strong immune response in three phase 1 studies Abidjan (AFP) Dec 7, 2017One in two Africans don't know HIV status: expert Abidjan (AFP) Dec 6, 2017Campaigners incensed at failings in Africa AIDS war |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Dec 13, 2017 
Poisoned syringes that could be fired at dogs on the street to kill them instantly were sold by a gang in China, allowing pets to be snatched and sold for the dinner table, state media said.
Police in the eastern province of Anhui arrested eight gang members, alleging they sold 200,000 of the syringes throughout China filled with a large dose of the muscle relaxant suxamethonium.
The buy ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Chinese dissident's widow sends desperate letter  Manila (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Philippines's Duterte offers third telecom slot to China  Beijing (AFP) Dec 11, 2017Former Chinese leadership contender faces graft probe |
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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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017 
President Donald Trump signed the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act into law, a $700 billion defense budget that seeks to increase military spending and operational capabilities.
The provisions in the 2018 NDAA includes measures like the establishment of a new U.S. Space Corps as a separate military service within the Department of the Air Force by 2019 and increases the totality ... more Brussels (AFP) Dec 14, 2017EU launches defence pact it calls 'bad news for enemies'  Brussels (AFP) Dec 13, 2017NATO to complete move to new billion euro HQ by mid-June  Ottawa (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Canada authorizes export of automatic weapons to Ukraine |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
The magnetic moment of an individual proton is inconceivably small, but can still be quantified. The basis for undertaking this measurement was laid over ten years ago, and physicists of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, GSI Darmstadt, and the RIKEN research institute in Japan are still performing experiments to measure this force with a sin ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Physicists make most precise measurement ever of a proton's magnetic moment  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017Listening for gravitational waves using pulsars  New York NY (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Gravity waves from merging supermassive black holes will be found soon |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy for cyber security support services.
The Department of Defense on Monday announced the $77.7 million contract, which enables Lockheed Martin to "sustain analysis, design, development, test integration, deployment and operations of information technology systems and services for the c ... more London (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Facebook accused of inaction over Russian ads in Brexit vote  Addis Ababa (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Facing dissent from abroad, Ethiopia turns to spyware  Singapore (SPX) Dec 11, 2017NUS scientist develops 'toolboxes' for quantum cybersecurity |
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 Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 14, 2017  Iraq hanged 38 jihadists belonging to the Islamic State group or Al-Qaeda for terrorism offences on Thursday in the southern city of Nasiriyah, provincial authorities said.
It was the largest number of executions in Iraq on a single day since September 25 when 42 people were put to death in the same prison.
"The prison administration executed on Thursday in the presence of Justice Minist ... more Baghdad (AFP) Dec 10, 2017Iraq holds military parade to celebrate victory over IS  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 10, 2017Hashed al-Shaabi: controversial force on Iraq's front lines  Doha (AFP) Dec 7, 2017Macron sees Iraq's total 'liberation' from IS this month |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 
The US military on Tuesday touted its air campaign to destroy Taliban drug facilities in Afghanistan, saying it was impacting cash flow to the insurgents.
According to Air Force Brigadier General Lance Bunch, US and Afghan warplanes have destroyed 25 drug processing labs since the campaign started on November 20.
"This equates to almost $80 million of drug money eliminated from the kingp ... more Baghdad (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Iraq Kurds denounce PM for comparing them to jihadists  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Dec 6, 2017Car bomb hits Iraqi Kurdish area, causing deaths: party official Moscow (AFP) Dec 4, 2017Russia says provided air cover for Kurdish militia in Syria |
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 Bonn (AFP) Nov 16, 2017 
A score of mostly wealthy nations banded together at UN climate talks Thursday to swear off coal-fired power, a key driver of global warming and air pollution.
To cap global warming at "well under" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) - the planet-saving target in the 196-nation Paris Agreement - coal must be phased out in developed countries by 2030, and "by no later than 2050 in ... more Bonn (AFP) Nov 16, 2017Anti-coal drive at UN climate talks stalked by pro-coal White House  Hambach Coal Mine, Near Niederzier, Germany (AFP) Nov 5, 2017Protest at open-pit coal mine near Bonn ahead of UN climate talks Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2017Coal still holds a slight edge as U.S. power source |
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 Driffield, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 
At a brewery nestled in rolling farmland in northern England, the process of making beer begins with dropping dozens of unwanted loaf ends, thrown away by a sandwich factory, into a large stainless steel tank.
Add water, hops and yeast, and out comes the unmistakable golden beverage popular the world over.
"We're essentially substituting part of the malt for bread," says Alex Balchin, he ... more Cincinnati OH (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Archaeologist says fire, not corn, key to prehistoric survival in arid Southwest  Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Meadows beat out shrubs when it comes to storing carbon  Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Uncovering varied pathways to agriculture |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2017 
If you could fly aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the surface of dwarf planet Ceres would generally look quite dark, but with notable exceptions. These exceptions are the hundreds of bright areas that stand out in images Dawn has returned. Now, scientists have a better sense of how these reflective areas formed and changed over time - processes indicative of an active, evolving world.
"The m ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2017OSIRIS-REx cruising towards rendezvous with Asteroid Bennu  West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Research shows why meteroids explode before they reach Earth  Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Ceres' bright spots suggest the dwarf planet is geologically active |
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