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  Beijing (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 Research findings from China's Tianzhou-1 Space Mission have shown that the microgravity environment in space promotes heart cell differentiation of mice induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, providing new perspectives on future human space travel. During space travel, the human body is in a state of weightlessness due to minimal gravitational pull from the earth, which is known as microgravity. Exposure to microgravity may have a profound influence on the physiological function of human cells. ... read more |
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Effects of spaceflight on heart cell formation from stem cellsNew Rochelle NY (SPX) Mar 08, 2019 Researchers used time-lapse imaging to show that mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) grown during spaceflight differentiated into cardiomyocytes significantly faster than similar cells grow ... more  
Listening to quantum radioDelft, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 Researchers at Delft University of Technology have created a quantum circuit that enables them to listen to the weakest radio signal allowed by quantum mechanics. This new quantum circuit opens the ... more  
Facebook launches offensive to combat misinformation on vaccinesWashington (AFP) March 7, 2019 Facebook launched an offensive Thursday to suppress the spread of misinformation about vaccines on the 2.3-billion-member social network. ... more  
Department of Managed Health of California Fines Healthnet Multiple Times For AppealLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2019 Being Diagnosed with prostate cancer shakes your foundation, then when Healthnet plays shenanigans it gets disturbing. Brad Bartz fancies himself an advocate for a level playing field where everyone ... more |
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Iraq doctors say vendettas threaten their lives as they save othersBaghdad (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 In Iraq, medicine is a matter of life or death - not just for patients, but for doctors facing threats by vengeful relatives and emigrating en masse. ... more
China eyes bans for rogue scientists after gene-editing uproarBeijing (AFP) Feb 27, 2019 China has drafted new rules to supervise biotechnology research, with fines and bans against rogue scientists after a Chinese researcher caused a global outcry by claiming that he gene-edited babies. ... more  
Pharmaceutical residues in fresh water pose a growing environmental riskNijmegen, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 25, 2019 Over the past 20 years, concentrations of pharmaceuticals have increased in freshwater sources all over the world, as research by environmental experts at Radboud University has revealed. Levels of ... more 
A new layer of medical preparedness to combat emerging infectious diseaseWashington DC (SPX) Feb 20, 2019 DARPA has selected five teams of researchers to support PREventing EMerging Pathogenic Threats (PREEMPT), a 3.5-year program first announced in January 2018 to reinforce traditional medical prepared ... more 
Chinese food producer says swine fever found in dumplingsShanghai (AFP) Feb 18, 2019 A major Chinese food producer said Monday that traces of the African swine fever virus had been found in its frozen dumplings. ... more |
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 China measles Study has implications for worldwide epidemic control 
Study shows hope for fighting disease known as Ebola of frogsOrlando FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2019 Despite widespread infection, some frog populations are surviving a deadly disease that is the equivalent of mankind's Ebola virus. The reason - genetic diversity. That's the finding of a new ... more  |
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Mosquitoes that carry malaria may have been doing so 100 million years agoCorvallis OR (SPX) Feb 12, 2019 The anopheline mosquitoes that carry malaria were present 100 million years ago, new research shows, potentially shedding fresh light on the history of a disease that continues to kill more than 400 ... more 
Tourists at upmarket Chinese ski resort hit by novovirusBeijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 Dozens of tourists celebrating the lunar new year at an upmarket ski resort in northeastern China have been struck down by novovirus, the winter vomiting bug, the tour operator admitted. ... more  
Defending Against Adversarial Artificial IntelligenceWashington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 Today, machine learning (ML) is coming into its own, ready to serve mankind in a diverse array of applications - from highly efficient manufacturing, medicine and massive information analysis to sel ... more 
Intelligent Healing for Complex WoundsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 Blast injuries, burns, and other wounds experienced by warfighters often catastrophically damage their bones, skin, and nerves, resulting in months to years of recovery for the most severe injuries ... more 
Engineers harvest heart's energy to power life-saving devicesHanover NH (SPX) Feb 05, 2019 The heart's motion is so powerful that it can recharge devices that save our lives, according to new research from Dartmouth College. Using a dime-sized invention developed by engineers at the ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Extreme temperatures, both cold and hot, bring greater mortality risk to people living in China's rural communities than in urban areas, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The disparity between urban and rural mortality risk was found across the entire population, but was greater for women than men, and for people over 65.
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 Sussex UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Scientists in the Emergent Photonics Lab (EPic Lab) at the University of Sussex have made a breakthrough to a crucial element of an atomic clock - devices which could reduce our reliance on satellite mapping in the future - using cutting-edge laser beam technology. Their development greatly improves the efficiency of the lancet (which in a traditional clock is responsible for counting), by 80% - ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 12, 2019 
Ancient fossilized teeth discovered in Kenya have helped paleontologists fill a gap in the record of Old World monkey evolution.
The 22-million-year-old teeth belonged to a newly named monkey species, Alophia metios. The discovery bridged the gap between a 19-million-year-old fossil tooth found in Uganda and a 25-million-year-old fossil tooth recovered in Tanzania.
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 Buon Don, Vietnam (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Mahout Y Hoi Bya sits atop his elephant, whacking him with a large stick to urge him toward the finish line at the Buon Don race in Vietnam's central highlands.
Locals say the race is a celebration of the much-revered animals - traditionally thought of as family members in this part of Vietnam - but conservation groups are calling for an end to the festival, which they say is cruel and ou ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 7, 2019 
Facebook launched an offensive Thursday to suppress the spread of misinformation about vaccines on the 2.3-billion-member social network.
The company has faced pressure in recent weeks to tackle the problem, amid outbreaks of measles around the United States attributed to growing numbers of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children.
US lawmakers have decried the higher incidences of ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2019 
A Chinese official accused "anti-China forces" in the West of using Christianity to subvert the country's political power and said worshippers must follow a Chinese form of religion.
China's officially atheist government, which oversees religious groups through state-sponsored institutions, has tightened its grip on all faiths in recent years.
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 Khartoum (AFP) March 9, 2019 
A Turkish military ship arrived in Port Sudan on Saturday for a three-day visit aimed at enhancing "security and safety" in the Red Sea, a Sudanese general said.
Ties between Khartoum and Ankara have grown since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Sudan in December 2017 as part of a plan to gain a strategic foothold in Africa.
The Turkish ship, Gojka Ada, arrived on Saturday m ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 14, 2019 
Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan denied Thursday reports that the United States has a "cost-plus-50 percent" formula for allies to pay for the US military presence on their soil.
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that President Donald Trump is pushing the formula as a basis for Germany, Japan and other allies to compensate Washington for US troops based in their countries.
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2019 
An international research team including astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has combined radio telescopes from five continents to prove the existence of a narrow stream of material, a so-called jet, emerging from the only gravitational wave event involving two neutron stars observed so far. With its high sensitivity and excellent performance, the 100- ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) March 14, 2019 
Security concerns about the role of Huawei in Western 5G telecom infrastructure are to be taken seriously, the head of NATO said Thursday, as Washington steps up pressure on Europe not to use the Chinese firm.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the 29-member alliance has begun internal consultations on Huawei, which the US says poses a "threat" to Europe.
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 Baghdad (AFP) March 11, 2019 
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrived Monday in Iraq for his first official visit, as Baghdad comes under pressure from Washington to limit political and trade ties with its neighbour.
Shiite-majority Iraq is walking a fine line to maintain good relations with its key partners Iran and the United States who themselves are arch-foes.
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 Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) March 13, 2019 
An apparent case of "friendly fire" between Afghan and US troops led to an airstrike which killed five Afghan soldiers, officials said Wednesday, with the defence ministry citing a "lack of proper coordination".
The incident occurred Wednesday when a US and Afghan patrol came under fire near an Afghan army post on the outskirts of Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, a NATO spokesman ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 
Five officials are under investigation in northern China after 22 miners were killed when their transport crashed into the side of a mine tunnel, local authorities said.
The accident, which left another 28 miners injured, happened last Saturday in the region of Inner Mongolia after the vehicle experienced brake failure.
A photo published by state-run media shows a bus-like vehicle with h ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
Farmers irrigating their crops may soon be getting some help from space. In 2018, scientists launched ECOSTRESS, a new instrument now attached to the International Space Station. Its mission: to gather data on how plants use water across the world.
"Technically, the instruments are measuring surface temperature, which reflects the heat stress of plants," explains Joshua Fisher of NASA's Je ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Just as dust gathers in corners and along bookshelves in our homes, dust piles up in space too. But when the dust settles in the solar system, it's often in rings. Several dust rings circle the Sun. The rings trace the orbits of planets, whose gravity tugs dust into place around the Sun, as it drifts by on its way to the center of the solar system.
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