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  Boston MA (SPX) May 31, 2018 Humans can accurately sense the position, speed and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioception, allows humans to precisely control their body movements. Despite significant improvements to prosthetic devices in recent years, researchers have been unable to provide this essential sensation to people with artificial limbs, limiting their ability to accurately control their movements. Researchers at the Center for Extreme Bionics at the MIT Media Lab have in ... read more |
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Now, you can hold a copy of your brain in the palm of your handBoston MA (SPX) May 31, 2018 What if you could hold a physical model of your own brain in your hands, accurate down to its every unique fold? That's just a normal part of life for Steven Keating, Ph.D., who had a baseball-sized ... more  
Limiting global warming could avoid millions of dengue fever casesNorwich UK (SPX) May 29, 2018 Limiting global warming to 1.5C could avoid around 3.3 million cases of dengue fever per year in Latin America and the Caribbean alone - according to new research from the University of East Anglia ... more 
Microgravity conditions affect DNA methylation of muscle cells, slowing their differentiationHiroshima, Japan (SPX) May 24, 2018 Astronauts go through many physiological changes during their time in spaceflight, including lower muscle mass and slower muscle development. Similar symptoms can occur in the muscles of people on E ... more 
Nanoparticles derived from tea leaves destroy lung cancer cells: Quantum dots have great potentialSwansea UK (SPX) May 28, 2018 Nanoparticles derived from tea leaves inhibit the growth of lung cancer cells, destroying up to 80% of them, new research by a joint Swansea University and Indian team has shown. The team made ... more |
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Researchers take key step toward growing human organs in laboratoryCorvallis OR (SPX) May 23, 2018 Researchers have learned that precursor cells for skeletal muscles actually also give rise to neurons, blood vessels, blood cells and immune cells, pushing science one step closer to generating body ... more 
Robots grow mini-organs from human stem cellsSeattle WA (SPX) May 21, 2018 An automated system that uses robots has been designed to rapidly produce human mini-organs derived from stem cells. Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle develop ... more  
Global warming linked with rising antibiotic resistanceWashington (UPI) May 21, 2018 New research suggests rising temperatures are encouraging antibiotic resistance in cities across the United States. ... more 
Ultrasound helmet helps image the brain, tap into neural networksWashington DC (UPI) May 16, 2018 Scientists first considered the possibility for a brain-imaging helmet powered by ultrasound technology more than 30 years ago. ... more  
Russia May Help China Create International Cosmonauts Rehabilitation CenterMoscow (Sputnik) May 18, 2018 Russian scientific organizations are ready to assist China and its partners in creating an international rehabilitation center for cosmonauts, as well as other infrastructure needed for developing s ... more |
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New pig virus found to be a potential threat to humansColumbus OH (SPX) May 15, 2018 A recently identified pig virus can readily find its way into laboratory-cultured cells of people and other species, a discovery that raises concerns about the potential for outbreaks that threaten ... more  |
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Mini tractor beams help arrange artificial cells into tissue structuresLondon, UK (SPX) May 15, 2018 Researchers have used lasers to connect, arrange and merge artificial cells, paving the way for networks of artificial cells that act like tissues. The team say that by altering artificial cel ... more 
Hostility toward minorities can spread like a contagious diseaseWashington DC (UPI) May 10, 2018 New research can help explain why inter-ethnic conflicts intensify so quickly. Social experiments suggest aggression expressed toward different ethnic groups is more likely to be imitated, all ... more  
Iranians react with sadness, defiance to TrumpTehran (AFP) May 9, 2018 Iranians reacted with a mix of sadness, resignation and defiance on Wednesday to US President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal, with sharp divisions among officials on how best to respond. ... more 
New CRISPR platform to make gene-editing more preciseWashington (UPI) May 8, 2018 Scientists have developed a new CRISPR platform that will make gene-editing more precise. Researchers believe the upgrade, dubbed MAGESTIC, will make CRISPR work less like scissors and more like word processors. ... more 
Highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of new tissuesArlington 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 ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 30, 2018 
In what the UN describes as the world's fastest growing refugee crisis, almost 700 000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh since August 2017. With the Bangladesh government proposing a vulnerable low-lying island as a relocation site for thousands, Sentinel-1 data have shown how unsuitable this site would be.
While the Rohingya have faced decades of repression, t ... more |
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 Harbin (XNA) May 28, 2018 
China will launch two backup satellites for BeiDou-2 in next two years to improve its performance.
Backup satellites ensure the continuous stable operations of the system, said Ran Chengqi of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, at the Ninth China Satellite Navigation Conference in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
BeiDou-2 has been in use for five and a half ... more |
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 London UK (SPX) May 31, 2018 
Researchers at King's College London have discovered a fundamental process by which brains are built, which may have profound implications for understanding neurodevelopmental conditions like autism and epilepsy.
The study, published in Nature and funded by the Wellcome Trust, also answers an evolutionary mystery about how the delicate balance between different types of brain cells might b ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 27, 2018 
More than two thousand volunteers hit the beach on an outlying island of Hong Kong for a mass rubbish clean up Sunday as environment campaigners warned plastic is killing sea turtles and other wildlife.
There has been increasing concern over the amount of rubbish in Hong Kong waters which washes up on its numerous beaches. Authorities and environmentalists have pointed the finger at southern ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2018  Protection against many common pathogens and environmental stressors is written into our DNA. Our skin responds to sun exposure. Our immune system mounts defenses when we get the flu. Our bodies inherently work to mitigate the potential for harm caused by these health threats.
However, these intrinsic responses are not always quick, robust, or appropriate enough to adequately defend us fro ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2018  Police in central China have come under fire on social media over their handling of a protest by teachers demanding unpaid performance bonuses, the latest in a series of reported demonstrations by educators.
The public security bureau in Lu'an, a small town in Anhui province, said it launched an investigation into allegations that officers beat some of the teachers during Sunday's demonstrat ... more |
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 Acapulco, Mexico (AFP) May 9, 2018 
Three Mexican soldiers were killed in an ambush in the violent state of Guerrero, in a town whose mayor was also found murdered the same day, the defense ministry said Wednesday.
After receiving an anonymous tip that armed men were hiding out at a ranch in the municipality of Coyuca de Catalan, an army patrol went to the site Tuesday night and was attacked by unknown gunmen, the ministry sai ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 29, 2018  From increasing sanctions pressure to energy leverage, the Kremlin has the impression Washington is up to political games in the region, an aide said.
Speaking at the start of the year, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said he was expecting more U.S. troops in a country on the edge of the Russian sphere of influence.
"I guarantee that this presence could be a success no ... more |
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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Twin satellites that will monitor Earth's water cycle are scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California on Tuesday, May 22, in a unique rideshare arrangement. The two Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On mission (GRACE-FO) spacecraft will join five Iridium NEXT communications satellites as the payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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 Montreal (AFP) May 24, 2018 
Mass surveillance by government agencies is increasing, especially in the United States, whistleblower Chelsea Manning told a Montreal audience on Thursday as she called for limits on the development of artificial intelligence.
"Ten years ago, I was working in military intelligence and I could feel the power, and could see how technology is implemented," Manning, once jailed for leaking clas ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 29, 2018 
Under the cover of night in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Rayan and Ali break the silence by drumming to announce suhur, the pre-dawn breakfast during the holy month of Ramadan.
The Islamic State (IS) group which controlled the city for three years before its ouster last July had banned drumming, along with other Ramadan traditions that make up the festive spirit of the dawn-to-dusk fasting month ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 31, 2018 
Senior Taliban officials have been secretly negotiating with Afghan officials on a possible ceasefire, the Pentagon said Wednesday, even as US forces killed over 50 Taliban leaders in a series of strikes.
"A lot of the diplomatic activity and dialogue is occurring off the stage, and it's occurring at multiple levels," General John Nicholson said in a teleconference with reporters at the Pent ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) May 18, 2018 
The Dutch government Friday unveiled plans to shut the country's two oldest coal-fired electricity plants by 2025, as it seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The other three remaining plants, using coal to produce electricity, will have to close down by 2030, the year the Dutch has vowed to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 49 percent.
Economy Minister Eric Wiebes said the ban on the old ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 29, 2018 
The French government reiterated Tuesday a campaign pledge by President Emmanuel Macron to ban glyphosate-based herbicides by 2021, after senators refused to enshrine the pledge into law.
The weedkiller, introduced in the 1970s by US agro-giant Monsanto under the brand name Roundup, is suspected by some scientists of causing cancer, with a 2015 WHO study determining it was "probably carcinog ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) May 31, 2018 
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid smashed into Earth, triggering a mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs and snuffed out 75 percent of life.
Although the asteroid killed off species, new research led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that the crater it left behind was home to sea life less than a decade after impact, and it contained a thriving ecosystem ... more |
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