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  Paris (ESA) Mar 22, 2019 Test subjects in Cologne, Germany will take to their beds for 60 days from 25 March as part of a groundbreaking study, funded by European Space Agency ESA and US space agency NASA, into how artificial gravity could help astronauts stay healthy in space. Carried out at the German Aerospace Center's (DLR) :envihab facility, the long-term bedrest study is the first of its kind to be conducted in partnership between the two agencies. It is also the first to employ DLR's short-arm centrifuge as a way o ... read more |
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Superbugs have colonized the International Space StationWashington DC (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 Astronauts leave behind many things when they boldly go. Bacteria, however, stay with them. Extreme spaceflight conditions can force these bacteria to toughen up, while simultaneously lowering ... more 
New material will allow abandoning bone marrow transplantationMoscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" developed nanomaterial, which will be able to rstore the internal structure of bones damaged due to osteoporosis and osteomy ... more  
Zika study may 'supercharge' vaccine researchBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 Scientists looking at the genetics of Zika virus have found a way to fast-track research which could lead to new vaccines. The study, led by The University of Queensland and QIMR Berghofer Med ... more 
China's finds microgravity promotes iPS cells regenerative potentialBeijing (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, provid ... more |
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After IS, Mosul tackles another terror: super-resistant bacteriaMosul, Iraq (AFP) March 7, 2019 Explosives left behind by the Islamic State group in Iraq's Mosul took 12-year-old Abdallah's left leg, but another kind of terror may cost him his arm: antibiotic-resistant bacteria. ... more 
Global maps enabling targeted interventions to reduce burden of mosquito-borne diseaseOxford UK (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 Now, with an unprecedented level of accuracy, an international team of researchers, led by Dr Moritz Kramer at the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology, have used statistical mapping techniq ... more 
2015-2016 El Nino Triggered Disease Outbreaks Across GlobeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2019 The 2015-2016 El Nino event brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to a new NASA study that is the first to comprehensively assess the p ... more 
Electronic nose better at sniffing out disease-carrying dogs in BrazilWashington (UPI) Mar 1, 2019 Scientists have developed a new, more accurate electronic nose designed to sniff out dogs carrying Leishmaniasis, a deadly disease that kills some 3,500 people in Brazil every year. ... more 
A prosthetic that restores the sense of where your hand isLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 The next-generation bionic hand, developed by researchers from EPFL, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and the A. Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, enables amputees to regain a v ... more |
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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  |
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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 
China measles Study has implications for worldwide epidemic controlNew York NY (SPX) Feb 18, 2019 A new study on the measles epidemic in China has far-reaching implications for eliminating the infection globally, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. ... more 
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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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 22, 2019 
The capsizing of a Tigris river ferry packed with Iraqi families celebrating Kurdish New Year in Mosul left at least 100 people dead, mostly women and children, the interior ministry said Friday, as grief and anger swept the Iraqi city.
Residents of the northern city, scarred by years of jihadist rule, demanded justice as Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi decreed three days of national mournin ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Directorate achieved another major program milestone March 19, successfully delivering the second GPS III Space Vehicle to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida to begin satellite launch processing.
"The shipment of this second GPS III satellite is once again an excellent representation of the co ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2019 
Using the same visual tricks that trip up computers, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have managed to get humans to think like CPUs.
"Most of the time, research in our field is about getting computers to think like people," Chaz Firestone, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins, said in a news release. "Our project does the opposite - we're a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 
Scientists previously thought bacteria needed a host to travel the globe. However, new research suggests bacteria can travel thousands of miles through the air.
"Our research suggests that there must be a planet-wide mechanism that ensures the exchange of bacteria between faraway places," Konstantin Severinov, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at Rutgers University, said ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
Scientists looking at the genetics of Zika virus have found a way to fast-track research which could lead to new vaccines.
The study, led by The University of Queensland and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, used a new technique to uncover Zika mutations that help foster virus replication in mosquito hosts, while hindering its ability to replicate in mammals.
Dr Yin Xiang Se ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 22, 2019 
Growing restrictions on Hong Kong's freedoms are hurting business confidence, the United States warned in a report Friday, accusing the city's government of sacrificing human rights to support mainland Chinese priorities.
Hong Kong enjoys liberties unseen on the mainland under the "one country, two systems" framework, and has a special trading status with the US based on its autonomy from th ... more |
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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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 Paris (AFP) March 25, 2019  Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron were due to hold talks in Paris on Monday with the host leader seeking to forge a united European front to contend with Beijing's advances.
Xi's official visit to Paris will mark 55 years since Charles de Gaulle established diplomatic relations with Beijing.
A series of cooperation deals on nuclear power, aerospace a ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
While the LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave detectors prepare for their upcoming observing run, the Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity Division at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam is getting ready to analyze the data for discoveries about the properties of black holes, neutron stars and potentially other sources. A new high-throughput computer cluster of about 9,000 cores, dedicat ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) March 25, 2019 
China is trying to establish a "new world media order" to prevent and counter criticism, a project that threatens press freedom globally, watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned in a report released Monday.
Communist authorities in China strictly control the flow of information to citizens, including through the "Great Firewall" which blocks access to websites and content deemed inap ... more |
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 Sinjar, Iraq (AFP) March 21, 2019 
For decades, his land was his life. Now, like other Sunni Arab farmers in Iraq's diverse north, Mahdi Abu Enad is cut off from his fields, fearing reprisal attacks.
He hails from the mountainous region of Sinjar, which borders Syria and is home to an array of communities - Shiite and Sunni Arabs, Kurds, and Yazidis.
That patchwork was ripped apart when the Islamic State group rampaged ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) March 25, 2019  The rights of women constitute an "absolute red line" for the Afghan government in peace negotiations between the US and the Taliban, Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani said Tuesday.
"There will be no restrictions on girls' schooling - we shall not sacrifice what we have been building for 18 years," Rabbani told Bild daily, voicing strong support for the peace talks in Qatar.
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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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 Valle De Angeles, Honduras (AFP) March 21, 2019 
Honduran conservationists are worried. A deadly insect that wiped out more than a quarter of the Central American country's conifers between 2013 and 2017 is back.
The southern pine beetle - or gorgojo, as it is known locally - appears in large numbers during droughts brought on by El Nino, a climatic phenomenon that occurs every few years and can be a threat to agriculture and even drinki ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 24, 2019 
On Dec. 18, 2018, a large "fireball" - the term used for exceptionally bright meteors that are visible over a wide area - exploded about 16 miles (26 kilometers) above the Bering Sea. The explosion unleashed an estimated 173 kilotons of energy, or more than 10 times the energy of the atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima during World War II.
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