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  Arlington TX (SPX) May 04, 2018 Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bio-printing of materials that mimic natural human soft tissues. Bio-printing uses live cells within the scaffolding of the new tissues and could potentially transform cell printing. A provisional patent application has been filed on this new material, which will be able to generate multiple types of human soft tissues, including skin, skeletal muscles, blood vessels and heart muscles. ... read more |
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Penn performs first-in-world robot-assisted spinal surgeryPhiladelphia PA (SPX) May 04, 2018 Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first patient in the world to undergo a complex three-part, robotic-assisted surgery. The robotic arms made it possible for the ... more 
Scientists use holographic projection to edit brain activityWashington (UPI) May 1, 2018 Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley are building a brain modulator powered by a novel new technology called holographic projection. ... more  
Taiwan accuses China of risk to global health over WHO banTaipei (AFP) April 26, 2018 Taipei accused China Thursday of endangering the health of Taiwanese people and compromising global epidemic prevention by blocking it from the World Health Organization (WHO), as its hopes of attending a major meeting next month dim. ... more 
World's smallest optical implantable biodeviceIkoma, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 Japanese researchers describe a new implantable device no bigger than the width of a coin that can be used to control brain patterns. The device, which can be read about in AIP Advances, converts in ... more |
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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 
Inactivity bigger threat to muscles in space than low oxygen, study saysWashington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2018 In experiments designed to measure the impacts of spaceflight on human muscle health and performance, researchers were surprised to find inactivity had a greater negative effect than hypoxia. ... 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  
In race for 5G, China leads South Korea, US: studyWashington, United States (AFP) April 16, 2018 China is slightly ahead of South Korea and the United States in the race to develop fifth generation wireless networks, or 5G, a US study showed Monday. ... more |
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NASA sends sperm into space for human reproduction studyWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2018 Whether or not humans have ever had sex in space remains an open debate on the internet. NASA, however, is more interested in the hypothetical question of whether or not humans can conceive in space. ... more  |
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US approves artificial-intelligence device for diabetic eye problemsWashington, United States (AFP) April 12, 2018 US regulators Wednesday approved the first device that uses artificial intelligence to detect eye damage from diabetes, allowing regular doctors to diagnose the condition without interpreting any data or images. ... more 
Berkeley engineers build smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulatorBerkeley CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 In 2016, University of California, Berkeley, engineers demonstrated the first implanted, ultrasonic neural dust sensors, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could monitor internal nerv ... more 
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 |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2018 
River floods are one of the most common and devastating of Earth's natural disasters. In the past decade, deluges from rivers have killed thousands of people every year around the world and caused losses on the order of tens of billions of U.S. dollars annually. Climate change, which is projected to increase precipitation in certain areas of the planet, might make river floods in these places mo ... more |
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 London (AFP) May 1, 2018  Britain will explore developing and launching its own satellite navigation system, Downing Street announced on Tuesday, amid doubt over its future inclusion in a key European project after Brexit.
Prime Minister Theresa May has created a taskforce of engineering and aerospace experts led by the UK Space Agency "to develop options for a British Global Navigation Satellite System that would gu ... more |
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 York UK (SPX) May 04, 2018  Scientists have produced a 3D nanoscale reconstruction of the mineral structure of bone.
Bone performs equally well whether in an accelerating cheetah or in a heavy elephant, thanks to its toughness and strength.
The properties of bone can be attributed to its hierarchical organisation, where small elements form larger structures.
However, the nanoscale organisation and relatio ... more |
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 Addo, South Africa (AFP) May 3, 2018 
Six critically endangered black rhinos were flown from South Africa to Chad on Thursday in a pioneering project to re-introduce the animals to a country where they were wiped out by poaching nearly 50 years ago.
The wild black rhinos were loaded onto a plane at Port Elizabeth airport on the South African coast in a 3,000-mile (4,800-kilometre) journey to Chad's Zakouma National Park.
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 Rothamsted UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Malaria causes the bodies of its human hosts to emit specific odours from the skin that make the hosts even more attractive to mosquitoes, which invites further bites and risks infection of more mosquitoes and wider transmission of the disease.
It's a vicious circle but one that has enabled a multinational team of researchers to identify the odours as organic hydrocarbons in the form of th ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 2, 2018 
It was only two years ago that thousands gathered near government headquarters in the heart of Hong Kong for an energetic rally in support of independence from China.
Today such scenes are unthinkable in the semi-autonomous city as Beijing ramps up pressure on any challenge to its sovereignty.
The crackdown on independence campaigners has seen activists barred from standing for office an ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 27, 2018  The US Treasury on Friday named an alleged Chinese fentanyl supplier as a major global trafficker, taking aim at one of the drug networks behind a rising number of overdose deaths.
It designated Zhang Jian, of Shanghai, as a top trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, allowing it to go after his financial interests around the world.
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 Brussels (AFP) May 2, 2018 
The EU on Wednesday announced plans to spend nearly 20 billion euros on defence over its next long-term budget, as the bloc seeks to boost its resilience to the perceived threat from Russia.
After decades of failed attempts, EU members signed a defence cooperation agreement in December, spurred to action by Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and claims of state-sponsored cyberattacks.
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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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 Paris (ESA) May 04, 2018 
ESA and its partners will investigate how satellites can distribute photon 'keys' to help secure encryption.
Yesterday, ESA signed a contract with SES Techcom S.A. (LU) to develop QUARTZ (Quantum Cryptography Telecommunication System): a platform for quantum key distribution - a next-generation form of cryptography - and administer it from space.
Classic cryptography, as used in Worl ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) May 2, 2018 
Melina Boughedir, a French citizen, was put on trial in Baghdad on Wednesday over terrorism charges for allegedly joining the Islamic State group in Iraq.
The 27-year-old mother of four faces the death penalty over her alleged membership of the jihadist organisation.
Arrested in the summer of 2017 in Mosul, IS's former capital in Iraq, Boughedir was sentenced last February to seven mon ... more |
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 Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) May 4, 2018 
In the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk it is hard to find posters of Kurdish candidates for Iraq's upcoming elections, but the campaigns of other hopefuls are in full swing.
The past seven months have seen a dramatic turn of events in Kirkuk, the "Jerusalem of Kurdistan" where hopes of independence for Iraqi Kurdistan were dashed after Baghdad retaliated against a referendum held in September. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2018 
There's no certain long-term future for coal as a power source given the shift toward low-carbon options, but that's not the case near-term, a U.N. agency said.
Coal accounts for about 30 percent of total energy used globally and about 40 percent of total electricity generation. Among fossil fuels, natural gas is a cleaner option when compared to oil or coal.
The International En ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) May 1, 2018 
Discerning drinkers may soon be able to branch out after Japanese researchers said Tuesday they have invented a way of producing an alcoholic drink made from wood.
The researchers at Japan's Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute say the bark-based beverages have woody qualities similar to alcohol which is aged in wood barrels. They hope to have their "wood alcohol" on shelves withi ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 
Experiments using a high-powered projectile cannon show how impacts by water-rich asteroids can deliver surprising amounts of water to planetary bodies. The research, by scientists from Brown University, could shed light on how water got to the early Earth and help account for some trace water detections on the Moon and elsewhere.
"The origin and transportation of water and volatiles is on ... more |
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