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  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 The peak epidemic season for plague in Madagascar is fast approaching and the severity of these outbreaks could be significantly reduced with improvements to their public health system, argues Matthew Bonds from Harvard Medical School and the nongovernmental health care organization, PIVOT, in a new Viewpoint publishing January 4, 2018 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Bonds uses November 2017's epidemic of bubonic and pneumonic plague as a recent example to pinpoint areas of improvement in M ... read more |
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Going to the Source to Prevent Viral Disease OutbreaksWashington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 Avian influenza (H7N9). MERS coronavirus. Ebola. Hepatitis E. Yellow Fever. Lassa. Zika. When you consider the viral infectious diseases that emerged and reemerged around the world in 2017 alone, wh ... more 
Supercharged antibiotics could turn tide against superbugsBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Jan 08, 2018 An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world's most dangerous superbugs. The supercharge technique , le ... more  
Growing organs a few ink drops at a timeOsaka, 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 ... more 
Cholera hotspots found at Uganda's borders and lakesWashington DC (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Uganda is among the countries is sub-Saharan Africa where cholera remains a recurring problem, despite advances in science and technology for prevention, detection and treatment of the infectious di ... more |
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Scientists engineer 3D shapes from living tissueWashington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a technique for creating 3D shapes out of living tissue. ... more  
A safer route to ultrasonic therapyDurham NC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 Researchers at Duke University have discovered a way to enhance the effectiveness and safety of sonogenetics or ultrasonic modulation, emerging techniques that use sound waves to control the behavio ... more 
Engineers hack cell biology to create 3-D shapes from living tissueWashington DC (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Many of the complex folded shapes that form mammalian tissues can be recreated with very simple instructions, UC San Francisco bioengineers report December 28 in the journal Developmental Cell. ... more 
NASA studies the human body in space for one year to extrapolate for missions to MarsHouston TX (SPX) Dec 27, 2017 Before we can run or jump, we walk. Before sending humans to Mars, NASA must understand how the human body is affected by living and working in space. Typical missions to the International Space Sta ... more  
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 |
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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 
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 |
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  Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2018 
Two sleeping bags and "many blankets" are not enough to keep Jin Yang-Hun comfortable in the pup tent in which he lives just blocks from the White House.
Yet Jin isn't going anywhere, even as dangerously cold wind chills are forecast to sweep across the eastern United States this weekend.
Jin, a US citizen originally from South Korea, is among almost 7,500 homeless people in the United S ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 31, 2017UN's Guterres issues year-end 'red alert' for a world divided  Freetown (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Sierra Leone mudslide survivors living back in danger zone  Ain Issa, Syria (AFP) Dec 26, 2017Displaced Syrians survive war but face battle against cold |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018  Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communications and mapping in locations where GPS and ordinary cellphones and radios don't work reliably or even at all, such as indoors, in urban canyons, underwater and underground.
The technology may help mariners, soldiers and surveyors, among others. GPS signals ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Raytheon to provide GPS-guided artillery shells  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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018 
Often described as the most laidback of the apes, new research shows bonobos prefer bad boys - or girls.
Given a choice between two people, one mean and one nice, humans tend to prefer the nice one. Studies have shown infants as young as three months prefer a person they've witnessed doing a good deed over someone treating others badly.
"Humans might have this unique preference ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018DNA offers evidence of new population of native Alaskans  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Primordial mutation helps explain origin of some organs in vertebrates  London UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Scientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements |
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Scientists believe they've discovered the Achilles heel of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, a disease devastating bat populations across North America. New research suggests the fungus can't survive significant doses ultraviolet light.
To better understand the pathogen, researchers with the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of New Hampshir ... more Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 27, 2017Pregnant elephant 'poisoned' in Indonesian palm plantation  Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Chinese ban on ivory sales goes into effect  Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2017Study: Golden-crowned manakins are 'exceedingly rare' hybrid |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jan 08, 2018 
An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
The supercharge technique , led by Dr Mark Blaskovich and Professor Matt Cooper from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), potentially could revitalise other antibiotics.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria - superbugs - ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018Preventing the next epidemic in Madagascar Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018Going to the Source to Prevent Viral Disease Outbreaks Washington DC (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Cholera hotspots found at Uganda's borders and lakes |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
A Tibetan who has waged a campaign to preserve his region's ancestral language was put on trial in China for inciting separatism Thursday in a case Amnesty International denounced as "ludicrously unjust".
Tashi Wangchuk was featured in a New York Times documentary that followed him on a trip to Beijing, where he attempted to get Chinese state media and courts to address what he describes as ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018Migrant worker evictions tear at Beijing's backbone  Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong  Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2018French President Macron to visit China next week |
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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 |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 5, 2018 
President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt call for China's military to be ready for war and unafraid to die defending the country, as geopolitical tensions mount in Asia.
Xi's exhortation to the world's largest fighting force, parts of which were revealed only late Thursday, came during what state media characterised as a rare address by the Chinese leader to the country's entire military.
... more Athens (AFP) Jan 7, 2018Macedonia PM sees solution to Greece name dispute by July  Madrid (AFP) Jan 6, 2018Spain king pays homage to father Juan Carlos in comeback  Colombo (AFP) Jan 2, 2018China boosts investment in Sri Lankan mega-project |
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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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 Washington (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
A newly discovered vulnerability in computer chips raised concerns Wednesday that hackers could access sensitive data on most modern systems, as technology firms sought to play down the security risks.
Chip giant Intel issued a statement responding to a flurry of warnings surfacing after researchers discovered the security hole which could allow privately stored data in computers and network ... more Washington (AFP) Jan 5, 2018Twitter won't block world leaders, citing need for discourse  Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2018Hackers already targeting Pyeongchang Olympics: researchers  Washington (AFP) Dec 28, 2017Two Romanians charged with hacking US capital police cameras |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
More than half of Iraqis displaced by conflict to other parts of the country have returned to their homes, the UN migration agency said on Thursday.
At the end of December, more than 3.2 million displaced Iraqis had gone home while 2.6 millions still lived away, the International Organization for Migration said.
Iraqi forces have regained large swathes of the country from the Islamic Sta ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Crossing the river a major challenge in devastated Mosul  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 29, 2017Iraq faces 'new war' - on corruption  Baghdad (AFP) Dec 27, 2017HRW accuses Yazidi fighters in Iraq of executing civilians |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018 
The Pentagon's Inspector General said this week that U.S. and coalition forces are making progress in training the Afghanistan air force, but that work still needs to be done concerning strategic planning and other logistical and maintenance requirements.
The IG report, released on Thursday, notes that the Afghan Air Force has garnered "notable accomplishments." Using Embraer-made A-29 ... more Washington (AFP) Jan 7, 2018US military weighs supply options amid Pakistan spat  Tehran (AFP) Jan 6, 2018Over 2,000 Afghans sent by Iran killed in Syria: official Washington (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Trump threatens to cut Pakistan aid over 'deceit' in terror fight |
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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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 Sao Tome (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 
Key facts on Sao Tome and Principe:
- TROPICAL: Archipelago of small islands located off the western coast of central Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. Named after the two main islands, Sao Tome and Principe, covered with lush rainforests with unique species.
- SLAVES: Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, used as a settlement for convicts and later as a transhipment s ... more London (AFP) Jan 4, 2018UK to continue farm subsidies for five years after Brexit  Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 2, 2018Natural therapy: Hong Kong's mountain warriors  (UPI) Jan 2, 2018Warming to force winemakers, growers to plant different varieties |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 
NASA honored Kwanzaa this week with an image of a mountain on the dwarf planet Ceres named for the African-American holiday, which is celebrated from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1.
The name Kwanzaa is derived from the Swahili phrase meaning "first fruits of the harvest."
Kwanzaa Tholus - the mountain - is oblong, measuring 22 by 12 miles. It rises two miles above the surrounding terrain, b ... more Osaka, Japan (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Development on muon beam analysis of organic matter in samples from space  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 |
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