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  Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2018 A Chinese doctor held without charge for three months for calling a popular brand of traditional medicine "poison" has been released on bail following a public outcry, reports said. Tan Qindong was detained by police after the maker of the popular "Hongmao Medicinal Liquor" said he had made "malicious claims" online that "tarnished its name". The doctor was released on bail on Tuesday evening, hours after the Inner Mongolia prosecutors' office said there was insufficient evidence against him, Ta ... read more |
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Gates warns new fight needed against resurgent malariaLondon (AFP) April 18, 2018 Bill Gates warned Wednesday that malaria was back on the rise again and would continue to claim more lives worldwide unless governments reinvigorated their push to eradicate the disease. ... more  
Hole in cow's skull may be proof of early medical experimentationWashington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2018 More than 5,000 years ago, a group of people living in what's now France drilled a hole in a cow's head. Researchers believe the ancient bovine skull is the earliest evidence of animal surgery yet recovered. ... more 
Help Stop Mosquito-borne Diseases with this AppGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 Citizen scientists can play a role in eliminating Zika and other mosquito-transmitted diseases by downloading a free GLOBE Observer app from Google Play or the App Store. Use the Mosquito Habi ... more 
Chinese doctor detained for traditional medicine 'poison' remarksBeijing (AFP) April 17, 2018 A Chinese doctor who called a popular brand of traditional medicine "poison" has been detained without charge by police for three months, in a case that has angered the country's medical community. ... more |
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Researchers develop injectable bandageCollege Station TX (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 A penetrating injury from shrapnel is a serious obstacle in overcoming battlefield wounds that can ultimately lead to death.Given the high mortality rates due to hemorrhaging, there is an unmet need ... more 
Nonsurgical neural interfaces could expand use of neurotechnologyWashington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Over the past two decades, the international biomedical research community has demonstrated increasingly sophisticated ways to allow a person's brain to communicate with a device, allowing breakthro ... more 
Compact fiber optic sensor offers sensitive analysis in narrow spacesWashington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 Researchers have developed a new flexible sensor with high sensitivity that is designed to perform variety of chemical and biological analyses in very small spaces. The sensor's small size means tha ... more 
Scientists mimic neural tissue in Army-funded researchResearch Triangle Park NC (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process for engineering next-generation soft materials with embedded chemical networks that mimic the behavior of neural tissue. ... more 
New model links yellow fever in Africa to climate, environmentWashington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2018 The burden of yellow fever in any given area is known to be heavily dependent on climate, particularly rainfall and temperature which can impact both mosquito life cycle and viral replication. ... more |
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Changed Man With 'Space Genes': Alterations in US Astronaut's Body Startled NASAWashington (Sputnik) Mar 15, 2018 After a year in space International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Scott Kelly returned home slimmer, taller and with younger cells. However, some changes were not for the better. NASA research ... more  |
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UH optometrist investigates changes in eye structure in astronautsHouston TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Astronauts who spend time aboard the International Space Station return to Earth with changes to the structure of their eyes which could impact their vision. NASA has studied the phenomenon, known a ... more 
Researchers uncover way to restore movement sensation in upper limb amputation patientsCleveland OH (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 A team of researchers led by Cleveland Clinic has published first-of-its-kind findings in Science Translational Medicine on a new method of restoring natural movement sensation in patients with pros ... more  
ESA Astronaut will test CIMON aboard the ISS Watson AIBremen, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Airbus, in cooperation with IBM, is developing CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN), an AI-based assistant for astronauts for the DLR Space Administration. The technology demonstrator, which is ... more 
Culturing cheaper stem cellsKyoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can infinitely self-renew and develop into all major cell types in the body, making them important for organ repair and replacement. But culturing them in large ... more 
Slowing Biological Time to Extend the Golden Hour for Lifesaving TreatmentWashington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 When a Service member suffers a traumatic injury or acute infection, the time from event to first medical treatment is usually the single most significant factor in determining the outcome between s ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 21, 2018 
Seventeen people were killed Saturday after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, state-run Xinhua news agency said.
Rowers on board the two long, narrow kayak-like boats were practising for a race in Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident occurred Saturday afternoon, tipping some 60 people into the water.
Around 40 people were pulled out of the water alive with resc ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2018 
ockheed Martin has submitted a competitive and fully compliant proposal for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) program, which will add enhanced capabilities to the most advanced GPS satellites ever designed. The GPS IIIF program intends to produce up to 22 next-generation satellites.
The Air Force's first 10 GPS III satellites, currently in full production at Lockheed Martin ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 
Evidence that humans can genetically adapt to diving has been identified for the first time in a new study. The evidence suggests that the Bajau, a people group indigenous to parts of Indonesia, have genetically enlarged spleens which enable them to free dive to depths of up to 70m.
It has previously been hypothesised that the spleen plays an important role in enabling humans to free dive ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
The Macropis Cuckoo Bee is one of the rarest bees in North America, partly because of its specialized ecological associations. It is a nest parasite of oil-collecting bees of the genus Macropis which, in turn, are dependent on oil-producing flowers of the genus Lysimachia.
In fact, the cuckoo bee - which much like its feather-bearing counterpart does not build a nest of its own, but lays i ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 18, 2018  Bill Gates warned Wednesday that malaria was back on the rise again and would continue to claim more lives worldwide unless governments reinvigorated their push to eradicate the disease.
Malaria death rates have been in steady decline since 2000 but rose in 2016 as progress towards eliminating the mosquito-borne preventable disease stalled.
Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Gate ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2018 
A Chinese doctor held without charge for three months for calling a popular brand of traditional medicine "poison" has been released on bail following a public outcry, reports said.
Tan Qindong was detained by police after the maker of the popular "Hongmao Medicinal Liquor" said he had made "malicious claims" online that "tarnished its name".
The doctor was released on bail on Tuesday ev ... more |
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 Singapore (AFP) April 17, 2018 
A Singaporean private tutor has been convicted over an elaborate scheme to help Chinese secondary school students cheat in an exam using mobile phones and wireless devices, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Tan Jia Yan, 32, pleaded guilty on Monday to her part in the plot in which answers to O-Level exams were relayed to at least six students via mobile phones concealed under their clothing and conn ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) April 19, 2018 
With its futuristic curved roof, gleaming walls of glass and steel and host of eco-friendly features, NATO's new billion-euro Brussels headquarters is a world away from the drab, low-slung warren of offices reeking of Cold War intrigue that it replaces.
The alliance is almost halfway through its move into the new building, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expected to shift to his new ... more |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 
A permanent Max Planck Independent Research Group under the leadership of Dr. M. Alessandra Papa has been established at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) in Hannover.
The primary goal of the research group "Searching for Continuous Gravitational Waves" is to make the first direct detection of gravitational waves from rapidly rotating neutr ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
Today, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), Government off-the-shelf (GOTS), and Free and open-source (FOSS) software support nearly all aspects of DoD, military, and commercial operations. Securing this diverse technology base requires highly skilled hackers who reason about the functionality of software and identify novel vulnerabilities, using a suite of tools and techniques that require extensiv ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 22, 2018 
Iraq said Sunday its forces had killed "36 terrorists" belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group, including senior members, in air raids this past week in Syria.
A video of Thursday's operation showed two F-16 fighter jets destroying a house in eastern Syria.
"The Iraqi air raids, carried out by several F-16s in Syria on April 19, targeted IS terrorists who represented a danger to Ir ... more |
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 Khost, Afghanistan (AFP) April 15, 2018 
A cross-border gunfight between Afghan and Pakistani security forces on Sunday left at least two people dead, officials from both countries said, amid simmering tensions between the neighbours.
At least one Afghan civilian and two Pakistani security forces were killed in the clash, said Abdul Hanan Zadran, acting police chief for Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost.
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 Sydney (AFP) April 5, 2018 
The world's biggest miner BHP said Thursday it was following through on a decision to leave the World Coal Association over climate change policy differences, but would remain a member of the US Chamber of Commerce.
The Anglo-Australian giant announced in December it was reviewing industry group memberships to ensure they aligned with its climate and energy stance, which includes tackling gl ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 18, 2018 
The US Supreme Court was transported to the American West and another century on Wednesday as it heard a case involving Native Americans and salmon fishing rights.
The protracted legal battle is over making repairs to road culverts that impede salmon migration.
The Washington state government claims the repairs would cost "billions of dollars" and provide only limited benefit to the spaw ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 23, 2018 
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its fourth year of survey data. Since the mission was restarted in December 2013, after a period of hibernation, the asteroid- and comet-hunter has completely scanned the skies nearly eight times and has observed and characterized 29,375 objects in four years of operations. This total includes 788 near-Ea ... more |
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