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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  
Dialing up the body's defenses against public health threatsWashington 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 inh ... 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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Asian tiger mosquito on the moveFrankfurt, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2018 Due to global trade and tourism, mosquitoes - transmitters of dangerous infectious diseases - have spread to almost every part of the world. Moreover, climate change promotes the spread of species t ... more 
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 |
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Microchips get under the skin of technophile SwedesStockholm (AFP) May 13, 2018 It's the size of a grain of rice but could hold the key to many aspects of your life. ... 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 
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 |
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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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 Kent UK (SPX) May 17, 2018 
Peter B. Lloyd, a PhD student in the School of Computing, working alongside Dr Peter Rodgers in the same department, and Dr Maxwell J. Roberts, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Essex, is carrying out a series of studies on the New York City subway map. This is sometimes ranked as the most complex metro map in the world, but the results are expected to be applicable to other cities. ... more |
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 Brussel, Belgium (SPX) Jun 01, 2018 
Over the last million years of evolution, our brain underwent a considerable increase in size and complexity, resulting in the exceptional cognitive abilities of the human species. This brain enlargement is largely due to an increase in the number of neurons in the cerebral cortex, the outer part of the brain.
Since we share about 99% of our genome with that of our closest living relative, ... 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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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 31, 2018 
Nine protesters were jailed in Hong Kong Thursday after being found guilty of rioting during the "Fishball Revolution" clashes with police two years ago, the latest in a series of legal actions against demonstrators.
Aged from their late teens to over 70 years old, they were handed sentences ranging from 28 months to over four years for their involvement in the city's worst violence for deca ... 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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 Baghdad (AFP) May 30, 2018  Close to three weeks after parliamentary polls, confusion reigns in Iraq as allegations mount of election fraud even with negotiations to form a government well underway.
Since the May 12 victory of anti-establishment electoral lists, long-time political figures pushed out by Iraqi voters hoping for change have called for a recount - with some even calling for the poll results to be cancell ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 31, 2018 
The Pentagon on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to carry out an offensive agains Kurdish-led forces backed by the United States that control the country's north-east.
"Any interested party in Syria should understand that attacking US Forces or our coalition partners will be a bad policy," Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie, director of the joint staff, said during a pre ... 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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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) May 31, 2018 
Tiny balls of froth can often be seen near the roots of plants in sugarcane plantations in Brazil during summer. The foam protects nymphs of the root spittlebug Mahanarva fimbriolata, a major pest of crops and pasture throughout the Neotropics.
Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP), in collaboration with colleagues at the same unive ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2018 
When the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth 65 million years ago, the event drove an abrupt and long-lasting era of global warming, with a rapid temperature increase of 5 Celsius (C) that endured for roughly 100,000 years, a new study reports. The monumental event is a rare case where Earth's systems were perturbed at a rate greater than what's occurring now from human activity.
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