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  Sydney, 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 agency. The Australian first-of-a-kind technology will be based in the soon-to-be-built Synroc radioactive waste treatment facility (SyMo), which is part of the $168 million ANSTO Nuclear Medicine (ANM) project. The ANM Project will take Australia from producing predominantly domestic medicine supplies ... read more |
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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  
Scientists create successful mass production system for bioengineered liversCincinnati OH (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 Researchers report creating a biologically accurate mass-production platform that overcomes major barriers to bioengineering human liver tissues suitable for therapeutic transplant into people. ... more 
Two Embry-Riddle Research Payloads Traveled to Suborbital Space on Blue Origin's New Shepard RocketDaytona Beach FL (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 For less than four minutes at the edge of space, T-cells from mice in an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University experiment in partnership with the University of Texas Health Science Center and the Med ... more 
NASA Funds Flight for Space Medical Technology on Blue OriginEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard reusable space vehicle on Dec. 12 carrying a medical technology that could potentially treat chest trauma in a space environment. The New Shep ... more |
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Cells in spaceParis (ESA) Dec 12, 2017 Laboratories on Earth hardly make the news, unless they come up with life-saving cures. So why would anyone care about a lab in space? The medicine you take on Earth begins with cell research, and t ... more 
3-D printed microfibers could provide structure for artificially grown body partsUniversity 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 framewo ... more  
Amnesty condemns death sentence for Iran academicLondon (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 Human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday that Iran's courts had "run roughshod over the rule of law" by confirming the death sentence of an academic accused of espionage during nuclear talks with world powers. ... 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 
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 |
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 Lobachevsky University scientists create a neurochip for replacing damaged areas of the brain 
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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  Miami (AFP) Dec 20, 2017  Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening certain natural disasters has grown increasingly clear.
It was also the year the world's second largest polluter, the United States, turned its back on the 196-nation Paris climate deal meant to limit global warming to under two degrees Celsius ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2017France takes in first refugees screened in Africa  Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Remote Hong Kong island holds nuclear emergency drills  San Juan (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Puerto Rico governor orders review of hurricane deaths |
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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 Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2017US military imagines war without GPS  Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 19, 2017New satellite tracking of in-flight aircraft to improve safety  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 11, 2017Arianespace's second Ariane 5 launch for the Galileo constellation and Europe |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
A neutral genetic mutation - a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose - that appeared over 700 million years ago in biological evolution could help explain the origin of complex organs and structures in human beings and other vertebrates, according to an article published in Nature Communications by a team led by CRG group leader Manuel Irimia, university profe ... more London UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Scientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements  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 |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 
When life gave one Chinese company giant panda poop, it decided to make paper - and profits.
The Qianwei Fengsheng Paper Company in southwest Sichuan province has teamed up with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to recycle the animal's faeces and food debris into toilet paper, napkins and other household products, state media reported Wednesday.
The goods, s ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017Fossil shows ancient bear had a sweet tooth  Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017Plants used to variability most likely to adapt to climate change  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Malaysia's last female Sumatran rhino gravely ill |
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 Washington (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.
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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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2017  Thousands of spectators filled a stadium in China to watch 10 suspects be sentenced to death for crimes ranging from drug-dealing to homicide before they were taken away to be executed at the weekend.
An online video of the rare public trial, held in southern Guangdong province on Saturday, showed the handcuffed suspects paraded around a track by uniformed police officers as onlookers watche ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Three men jailed over Hong Kong explosives plot  Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Bustling Beijing migrant area turns into ghost town  Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Chinese dissident's widow sends desperate letter |
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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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 New Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 
India announced Wednesday it would host China for another round of talks on long-running border disputes, the first since they defused one of their worst deadlocks in decades.
The foreign ministry said China's special representative on borders would meet his counterpart in New Delhi on Friday for the 20th meeting on the unresolved "boundary question".
The regional giants have been arguin ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2017China dismisses 'hype' over S. China Sea military buildup  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 22, 2017Japan unveils record defence budget against N. Korea threat  Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2017Trump sends mixed message with 'America First' security strategy |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2017 
Loss of water from the rocks of California's Sierra Nevada caused the mountain range to rise nearly an inch (24 millimeters) in height during the drought years from October 2011 to October 2015, a new NASA study finds.
In the two following years of more abundant snow and rainfall, the mountains have regained about half as much water in the rock as they had lost in the preceding drought and ... more Mainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Researchers measure magnetic moment with greatest possible precision  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 |
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 Moffett Field, CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
The DARPA Bay Area Software Defined Radio (SDR) Hackfest came to a close on Friday, November 17 at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, CA. During the weeklong event, over 150 members of the SDR community came together to discuss, innovate, and ideate around the future of software radio technology and its potential to address challenging communications issues that are emerging due t ... more Helsinki (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Finnish news report revealing state secrets sparks concern Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2017US to send cyber soldiers to the battlefield; 3 plead guilty in botnet attack Addis Ababa (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Facing dissent from abroad, Ethiopia turns to spyware |
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 Geneva (AFP) Dec 15, 2017  The UN voiced deep concern Friday over the reported shelling and burning of homes in the Iraqi city of Tuz Khurmatu, warning of a "serious risk" that violence could escalate.
The United Nations rights office pointed to reports that residential areas of Tuz Khurmatu, in the Salahaddin governorate, had been shelled on December 9 and 12, "causing casualties among civilians."
"It is not clea ... more Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Iraq hangs 38 members of IS, Qaeda; 20 IS killed in southern Syria  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 |
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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 20, 2017  Protests raged for a third day in Iraqi Kurdistan on Wednesday despite a clampdown by security forces after five people were killed as ire exploded at the calamitous fallout from an independence vote.
Demonstrators in the town of Rania, where five protesters were shot dead and dozens wounded Tuesday, torched the offices of several political parties as people vented their anger at the authori ... more Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Post-referendum woes spark angry protests in Iraqi Kurdistan  Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 19, 2017Iraqi Kurdistan protests turn deadly  Kabul (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Militants storm Kabul spy training centre |
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 Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
Bituminous coal comprises over 90% of organic fuels in the lithosphere of the Earth. By burning coal and other fossil fuels one can get electrical power (which is mainly happening at HPPs). However, the existing generation methods are not efficient, bad for the environment, and extremely resource-demanding (i.e. producing a lot of waste). Coal production and burning lead to soil and air pollutio ... more Warsaw (AFP) Dec 19, 2017Poland opens Europe's largest coal-fired power unit  Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017Coal demand falling, IEA says  Sydney (AFP) Dec 19, 2017BHP to exit global coal body over climate change policy |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017 
Heat plays an important role in flower-pollinator interactions. According to new research, heat patterns serve as signatures for flowers, advertising their availability to passing bees.
When scientists at the University of Bristol analyzed the dispersion of heat across the petals of common garden flowers, like poppies and daisies, they found heat patterns reflect the visual patterns pro ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017Pesticides, poor nutrition deadly one-two combo for honey bees  Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 18, 2017How much soil goes get washed down the drain  Cincinnati OH (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Archaeologist says fire, not corn, key to prehistoric survival in arid Southwest |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2017 
Breakthrough Listen - the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe - is reporting preliminary results and making initial data available from its observations of the "interstellar visitor" 'Oumuamua.
The initial block of observations (the first of a planned four blocks) ran from 3:45 pm to 9:45 pm ET on Wednesday, December 13, using the Breakthrough Listen backend instru ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017Interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua may actually be made of ice  Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Visitor from alien star system wears insulating coat: astronomers  Boulder, CO (SPX) Dec 19, 2017Skye high impact reveals 60-million-year-old meteorite strike in Scotland |
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