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  Osaka, Japan (SPX) Dec 28, 2017 Printed replacement human body parts might seem like science fiction, but this technology is rapidly becoming a reality with the potential to greatly contribute to regenerative medicine. Before any real applications, "bioprinting" still faces many technical challenges. Processing the bio-ink and making it stick to itself and hold the desired printed gel structure have been proving particularly difficult especially in inkjet printing. Few methods currently exist for gluing bio-ink droplets together ... read more |
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3-D nanoscale imaging made possibleWashington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017 Imaging at the nanoscale is important to a plethora of modern applications in materials science, physics, biology, medicine and other fields. Limitations of current techniques are, e.g. their resolu ... more  
Halt execution of academic 'immediately', UN experts tell IranGeneva (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 Four UN rights experts on Wednesday called on Iran to "immediately" annul the death sentence against an academic accused of espionage during nuclear talks with world powers, warning his trial had been marred by violations. ... more  
Army taps Zeriscope for study on traumatic brain injuryWashington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 The U.S. Army has chosen Zeriscope, a provider of mobile telemedicine examination systems, to aid a study in mitigating the effects of Traumatic Brain Injury. ... more  
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 |
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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 
Iran airs alleged confession of death-row academicTehran (AFP) Dec 18, 2017 Iranian public television has broadcast images it says show the confession of an academic sentenced to death for spying for Israel during nuclear talks with world powers. ... 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 
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 
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 |
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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 
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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  United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 24, 2017 
The UN General Assembly on Sunday urged Myanmar to end a military campaign against Muslim Rohingya and called for the appointment of a UN special envoy, despite opposition from China, Russia and some regional countries.
A resolution put forward by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was adopted by a vote of 122 to 10 with 24 abstentions.
China, Russia, Cambodia, Laos, the Phili ... more Ain Issa, Syria (AFP) Dec 26, 2017Displaced Syrians survive war but face battle against cold  Miami (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet in 2017  Paris (AFP) Dec 21, 2017French judges finish probe into attack that sparked Rwanda genocide |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 
Raytheon was awarded a modified contract from the U.S. Army for M982 Excalibur projectiles.
The terms of the deal were made public in a press statement released Thursday by the Department of Defense. The contract is worth more than $70.6 million.
The M982 Excalibur is a 155mm, extended range, GPS-guided artillery shell. It's commonly used in indirect fire support missions within ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 26, 2017DARPA Subterranean Challenge Aims to Revolutionize Underground Capabilities  Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 19, 2017New satellite tracking of in-flight aircraft to improve safety  Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2017US military imagines war without GPS |
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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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 Kathmandu (AFP) Dec 24, 2017 
Nepali authorities have rescued the country's last known "dancing bears", officials said Sunday, ending the medieval tradition of abuse of the beasts for entertainment.
The Himalayan nation banned performing bears back in 1973 but the illegal practice - a traditional occupation for some street performer communities - lingered on in parts of its southern region.
Police and animal chari ... more Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 27, 2017Pregnant elephant 'poisoned' in Indonesian palm plantation  Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2017Study: Golden-crowned manakins are 'exceedingly rare' hybrid  Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017Salamander genome provides clues to the amphibian's regenerative abilities |
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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 ... more Silver 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 27, 2017 
Hundreds of Chinese scholars, students and journalists have signed a petition calling for a leftist intellectual to be released from police custody in a case that shows how Beijing's crackdown on civil society extends across the political spectrum.
Zhang Yunfan, a recent graduate of China's prestigious Peking University, was detained last month in the southern city of Guangzhou for "organisi ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2017China approves mainland law enforcement at HK station  Phnom Penh (AFP) Dec 27, 2017Cambodia sends maids to HK to plug gap after abuse scandals  Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2017US and Germany urge China to release jailed activist |
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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 (AFP) Dec 28, 2017 
The United States' top diplomat defended his country's foreign policy record on Wednesday, saying progress had been made in the last year to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions and to counter the "immense challenges" posed by Russia, China and Iran.
In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said some 90 percent of Pyongyang's export earnings had been cut ... more London (AFP) Dec 26, 2017British navy frigate escorts Russian warship in North Sea  Beijing (AFP) Dec 25, 2017China island expansion moves ahead in South China Sea  Washington (AFP) Dec 23, 2017US to provide Ukraine with 'enhanced defensive capabilities' |
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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2017 
A pair of advanced U.S./German Earth research satellites with some very big shoes to fill is now at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base to begin final preparations for launch next spring.
Following a year-long test campaign by satellite manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space at IABG in Ottobrunn, near Munich, Germany, the twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2017A New Window on the Universe  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2017Sierras lost water weight, grew taller during drought  Mainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Researchers measure magnetic moment with greatest possible precision |
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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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 22, 2017China jails VPN owner for over 5 years; Lithuania bans Kaspersky 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 |
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 Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Dec 26, 2017 
Jihadists have killed 45 people around the Iraqi town of Hawija in the nearly three months since the government declared its "liberation" from the Islamic State group, police said Tuesday.
The Iraqi government declared victory at the start of October over IS jihadists in Hawija, their last urban stronghold in the country located about 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Baghdad.
Since th ... more Baghdad (AFP) Dec 27, 2017HRW accuses Yazidi fighters in Iraq of executing civilians  Karbala, Iraq (AFP) Dec 23, 2017Iraqis denounce anti-indecency edict in Shiite holy city  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Dec 23, 2017Traders in Old rebuild their ruined market |
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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 26, 2017 
At least 600 people have been arrested since protests began last week against authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan over corruption and the fallout from a failed independence push, lawmakers said Tuesday.
They said hundreds of them were still being held over the unrest, which saw protesters torch offices of political parties in the autonomous region in northern Iraq as anger boiled over at the fall ... more Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 22, 2017New protests in Iraqi Kurdistan as residents seethe at authorities  Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2017China, Pakistan, Afghanistan agree on terror cooperation Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan despite police clampdown |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 
Polish state-controlled energy company Enea on Tuesday inaugurated Europe's largest coal-fired power unit, at a time when other nations want to shift away from greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels.
Enea opened a 1,075 MW capacity unit built by Japan's Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems at its Kozienice plant to join a dozen other units in the 250-300 MW range at the site.
"The B11 section ... more Sydney (AFP) Dec 19, 2017BHP to exit global coal body over climate change policy  Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017Coal demand falling, IEA says  Sydney (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Adani drops contractor for contentious Australia mega mine |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Dec 28, 2017 
Expertise in viruses and high security containment brought Rothamsted Research into a multinational team that has just won a major battle in the war against a genetically versatile fungal pathogen with a long record of devastation of wheat production globally.
The team, from Australia, the US and the UK, identified a gene in the fungus that triggers resistance in the host plant and have be ... more Paris, France (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Unexpected agricultural production allowed pre-Hispanic society to flourish in arid Andes  Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Soil science adds many complexities to climate modeling  New York (AFP) Dec 24, 2017Florida orange industry hit by hurricane, disease |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Dec 27, 2017 
Muon has much higher transmissivity than electrons and X-rays. This feature of muon has enabled us to see through volcanoes, pyramids, and nuclear reactors with cosmic-ray induced natural muons. The artificial muon beam in acceleration facilities also has huge potential for material science. It has already been shown that the muon beam can look inside extraterrestrial samples.
Recently, Os ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Arecibo radar returns with asteroid Phaethon images  Belfast UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2017Alien object Oumuama is a natural body transiting our solar system  Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017Interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua may actually be made of ice |
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