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  Mainz, Germany (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 The discovery of penicillin about 90 years ago and the widespread introduction of antibiotics to combat infectious diseases have revolutionized human medicine. However, in recent decades, the increase in multidrug-resistant pathogens has confronted modern medicine with massive problems. Insects have their own antibiotics, which provide natural protection against germs. A team of scientists from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena hav ... read more |
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UN in $17-mln appeal for children's health in post-IS IraqBaghdad (AFP) Feb 7, 2018 The United Nations launched an appeal Wednesday for $17 million to rebuild essential health facilities for children in Iraq after a devastating three-year battle to expel the Islamic State group. ... more  
UV light can kill airborne flu virus, study findsWashington (UPI) Feb 9, 2018 Experiments prove low doses of far ultraviolet C light, or far-UVC light, can wipe out airborne flu virus without harming humans. ... more  
3-D Printable Tools May Help Study Astronaut HealthHouston TX (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 If humans are destined for deep space, they need to understand the space environment changes health, including aging and antibiotic resistance. A new NASA project could help. It aims to develo ... more  
Syria strikes kill 28 civilians in rebel area near DamascusArbin, Syria (AFP) Feb 5, 2018 Regime air strikes killed 28 civilians in a rebel enclave near Damascus on Monday as Syria's seven-year-old conflict raged on several fronts with non-combatants paying a heavy price. ... more |
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Brexit prompts EU to move satellite site to SpainBrussels (AFP) Jan 29, 2018 The EU formally decided on Wednesday to move a satellite monitoring base from Britain to Spain after Brexit to "preserve security". ... more 
Human genome decoded with pocket-sized deviceParis (AFP) Jan 29, 2018 Scientists used a portable device no bigger than a cellphone to sequence the most complete human genome ever assembled with a single technology, according to a study published Monday. ... more 
Plague outbreak in Madagascar revived dread of a killerAntananarivo (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 Most inhabitants of Madagascar thought the plague was a footnote of medical history until the disease dramatically returned last year, slaying more than 200 people. ... more 
'Programmable droplets' could enable high-volume biology experimentsBoston MA (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways that could be used to test thousands of r ... more 
First monkeys cloned by process that made Dolly the sheepBeijing (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 Scientists in China have created the first monkeys cloned by the same process that produced Dolly the sheep more than 20 years ago, a breakthrough that could boost medical research into human diseases. ... more |
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Scientists find new clues about 'wave after wave' of germs that killed the AztecsWashington (UPI) Jan 18, 2018 Scientists have uncovered new clues to the germs responsible for killing millions of native people in 16th century Mexico. Still, unanswered questions remain. ... more  |
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'Mutant flu' could lead to more effective vaccine: studyMiami (AFP) Jan 18, 2018 Experiments in lab animals have shown signs of success for a newly engineered flu virus that may lead one day to a more effective vaccine, researchers said Thursday. ... more 
Biodegradable sensor could help doctors monitor serious health conditionsStorrs CT (SPX) Jan 17, 2018 UConn engineers have created a biodegradable pressure sensor that could help doctors monitor chronic lung disease, swelling of the brain, and other medical conditions before dissolving harmlessly in ... more 
Potential brain-machine interface for hand paralysisWashington DC (SPX) Jan 16, 2018 A brain-machine interface that combines brain stimulation with a robotic device controlling hand movement increases the output of pathways connecting the brain and spinal cord, according to a study ... more 
Women who work nights face higher cancer risk: studyMiami (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Women who regularly work the night shift in Europe and North America may face a 19 percent higher risk of cancer than those who work during the day, said a study Monday. ... more  
Stingray soft robot could lead to bio-inspired roboticsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 UCLA bioengineering professor Ali Khademhosseini has led the development of a tissue-based soft robot that mimics the biomechanics of a stingray. The new technology could lead to advances in bio-ins ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 11, 2018  A deadly Hong Kong bus crash that killed 19 and left scores more injured was under investigation Sunday, with the city's leader calling for a wide-ranging inquiry as questions surfaced over the industry's long hours and low pay.
Most victims of the accident on Saturday evening, which saw a double decker flip over and smash into a lamppost, were men aged in their 50s and 60s, according to loc ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 06, 2018 
The Galileo satellite navigation system, Europe's rival to the United States' GPS, has nearly 100 million users after its first year of operation, the French space agency CNES said Thursday.
The system, seen as strategically important to Europe, went live in December 2016, having taken 17 years at more than triple the original budget to get there.
Initial services offered only a weak sig ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 9, 2018 
What is the evolutionary origin of humans' social intelligence?
Earth is home to thousands of species that prove complex language, social bonding and cooperation aren't inevitable or even necessary for survival. And yet, the planet's most successful species is also its most socially intelligent and complex.
What set us on this course? What jumpstarted mankind's divergence from pr ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
There's no sneaking by this spider. New research from the University of California Merced and the California Academy of Sciences shows that individuals from the spider family Selenopidae - commonly known as flattie spiders - can sense prey approaching from any direction and whip around in one-eighth of a second to strike. High-speed footage reveals that a swift flex of their long legs helps the ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 09, 2018 
Bacteria underpins much of our world, acting behind the scenes to affect the health and behavior of animals and plants. They help produce food, provide oxygen, and even reshape the environment through a vast array of biological processes.
They come in a phenomenal number of strains-many still unknown-and thrive in different ecological and environmental niches all over the world. But while ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Feb 10, 2018 
Detained book publisher Gui Minhai has surfaced nearly three weeks after disappearing into police custody in China, confessing wrongdoing and accusing his adopted country Sweden of manipulating him like a "chess piece".
It was unclear whether the Chinese-born Gui's statement was made under duress, but video of his confession shows him flanked by two police officers and a close friend said th ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 
Thailand's navy has seized 11 million meth pills from traffickers crossing from Laos via the Mekong River, a record bust from a communist state that is emerging as a key Asian drug route.
Authorities pounced as the boat landed in Nakhon Phanom on the Thai side of the Mekong, which acts as a natural border with Laos.
Poor and remote, Nakhon Phanom is a notorious hub for smuggling of peopl ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 13, 2018  A British warship will sail from Australia through the disputed South China Sea next month to assert freedom of navigation rights, a senior official said Tuesday in a move likely to irk Beijing.
China claims nearly all of the resource-rich waterway and has been turning reefs and islets into islands and installing military facilities such as runways and equipment on them.
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 13, 2018  Watching a bubble float effortlessly through the International Space Station may be mesmerizing and beautiful to witness, but that same bubble is also teaching researchers about how fluids behave differently in microgravity than they do on Earth. The near-weightless conditions aboard the station allow researchers to observe and control a wide variety of fluids in ways that are not possible on Ea ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2018 
Thousands of websites around the world, including many operated by governments, have been infected by hackers using the sites' computing power to "mine" cryptocurrencies, security researchers said.
The attack is the first major incident made public in which a new breed of hackers took over a large numbers of websites to effectively create currencies like bitcoin which are generated by using ... more |
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 Diwaniyah, Iraq Feb 9, 2018 
An Iraqi court has sentenced an Iraqi-US anti-corruption activist to six years in jail for defamation of state institutions, an NGO said on Friday.
Over the past two years Bassem Khashan had tracked down 350 cases of corruption by local officials in the southern province of Muthana and alerted authorities, said Majid Abu Kalal of the Dhar NGO.
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 Wakhan Corridor , Afghanistan (AFP) Feb 9, 2018 
"Taliban - what's that?" asks Sultan Begium shyly from her freezing home in Afghanistan's mountainous Wakhan Corridor, a region so remote that its residents are untouched by the decades of conflict that have devastated their country.
The frail-looking grandmother whose harsh life has etched deep lines in her face, is a woman of the Wakhi, a tribe of roughly 12,000 nomadic people who populat ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 
Embattled Indian miner Adani's plans for a massive coal project in Australia has been dealt another blow after the government confirmed Sunday it would not fund a rail link to the facility.
The development of the controversial US$16 billion Carmichael mine near the Great Barrier Reef is set to be one of the world's largest. But it has been delayed by several years amid regulatory and legal h ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 
Scientists have confirmed the first case of stem rust in Britain in 60 years. In a new study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications Biology, researchers warn of the risks posed by a resurgence of the forgotten plant pathogen.
Since scientists were first alerted to the infected wheat plant in 2013, scientists at the John Innes Center in Norwich, England, have been stud ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 08, 2018 
Two small asteroids recently discovered by astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) near Tucson, Arizona, are safely passing by Earth within one lunar distance this week.
The first of this week's close-approaching asteroids - discovered by CSS on Feb. 4 - is designated asteroid 2018 CC. Its close approach to Earth came Tuesday (Feb. 6) at 12:10 p.m. PST (3:10 p.m. EST) at a ... more |
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