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• Quitting daily aspirin therapy may increase second heart attack, stroke risk

  25-09-2017 22:32
  Stopping long-term, low-dose aspirin therapy may increase your risk of suffering a cardiovascular event, research indicates. Risk increases shortly after stopping and does not appear to diminish over time.
  
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• Penguin-mounted video captures gastronomic close encounters of the gelatinous kind

  25-09-2017 22:32
  Footage from penguin-mounted mini video recorders shows four species of penguin eating jellyfish and other gelatinous animals of the open ocean, a food source penguins were not previously believed to partake of, scientists report.
  
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• Snails bred in lab help species crawl back from brink of extinction

  25-09-2017 22:06
  Work to restore the endangered Chittenango ovate amber snail, found only in one location inside a Central New York state park, continued this month with the release of tagged adult snails raised in a laboratory.
  
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• Three or more cups of coffee daily halves mortality risk in patients with both HIV, HCV

  25-09-2017 21:47
  A novel five-year study highlights importance of behaviors such as coffee drinking and not smoking on health and survival of HIV-infected patients, report investigators.
  
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• Being in a good mood for your flu jab boosts its effectiveness

  25-09-2017 21:47
  New research by a team of health experts has found evidence that being in a positive mood on the day of your flu jab can increase its protective effect.
  
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• Prostaglandin EI inhibits leukemia stem cells

  25-09-2017 21:14
  Two drugs, already approved for safe use in people, may be able to improve therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a blood cancer that affects myeloid cells, according to new results.
  
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• Brain's anterior cingulate cortex and its tie to human learning

  25-09-2017 21:14
  After four years of lab testing and complex neuro-decoding, a research team has struck a major breakthrough that could open the floodgates for research into the anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC, and how human brains learn.
  
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• Antarctica: The wind sublimates snowflakes

  25-09-2017 21:14
  A team of researchers has collected new data that shows a significant decrease in snow precipitation close to the ground in Antarctica, which has an impact on the ice sheet surface mass balance.
  
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• Global accounting firm Deloitte hacked

  25-09-2017 20:41 via cbc.ca
  Global accounting firm Deloitte said on Monday it was the victim of a cyberattack that affected the data of a small number of clients, providing few details on the breach.
  
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• Dubai starts tests in bid to become first city with flying taxis

  25-09-2017 18:40
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai staged a test flight on Monday for what it said would soon be the world's first drone taxi service under an ambitious plan by the United Arab Emirates city to lead the Arab world in innovation.
  
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• Satellites the size of a shoebox

  25-09-2017 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  US firm Planet Labs makes satellites you could hold in your hands, and has more in orbit than anyone else.
  
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• Panda's habitat 'shrinking and becoming more fragmented'

  25-09-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Despite signs that numbers of giant pandas are rising, suitable habitat has shrunk, satellite data shows.
  
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• Australia to create national space agency

  25-09-2017 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The country is one of the few major developed nations not to have a dedicated agency.
  
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• Neandertal kids were a lot like kids today — at least in how they grew

  25-09-2017 15:00
  
  Ancient youngster’s spine and brain grew at relatively slow pace.
  
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• Alibaba-related company Alipay expands payment processing service into Canada

  25-09-2017 14:55 via cbc.ca
  Alipay, the mobile payment processing service that emerged from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is expanding its Canadian presence.
  
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• Alibaba launching payment processing service AliPay in Canada

  25-09-2017 14:55 via cbc.ca
  E-commerce giant Alibaba.com is launching its mobile payment service AliPay in Canada.
  
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• New Uber CEO apologizes for company's past mistakes, vows change

  25-09-2017 14:42 via cbc.ca
  The new CEO of Uber offered contrition for past mistakes on Monday, just days after London’s transport authority said it would scrap the company’s operating licence.
  
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• New Uber CEO apologies for company's past mistakes, vows change

  25-09-2017 14:42 via cbc.ca
  The new CEO of Uber offered contrition for past mistakes on Monday, just days after London’s transport authority said it would scrap the company’s operating licence.
  
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• Australia to create its own space agency

  25-09-2017 13:56 via cbc.ca
  Australia announced on Monday it would create its own space agency to increase its share of the $330-billion US space economy.
  
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• A New Push For the Male "Pill"

  25-09-2017 12:45 via rss.sciam.com
  An international clinical trial will give a contraceptive gel a test drive
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• 7 right whales entangled this summer, new data shows

  25-09-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  New figures show at least seven North Atlantic right whales got entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this summer, and two died as a result.
  
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• The Long Dark is a fiercely Canadian video game. Why aren't there more like it?

  25-09-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Canada is one of the world's largest hubs of video game development. So why aren't more Canadian-flavoured games like The Long Dark made here?
  
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• Something new under the sun: A binary asteroid that's also a comet

  25-09-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that an asteroid discovered in 2006 is actually two and that it acts more like a comet.
  
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• From day one, a frog’s developing brain is calling the shots

  25-09-2017 11:00
  
  Frog brains help organize muscle and nerve patterns early in development.
  
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• Astronomers discover an asteroid is actually two — and that it's also a comet

  25-09-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that an asteroid discovered in 2006 is actually two and that it acts more like a comet.
  
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• After beating us at chess and Go, artificial intelligence is playing the markets: Don Pittis

  25-09-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Can AI corner the market? And what happens when the computers decide we are on the verge of another great crash?
  
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• Is Bali volcano about to erupt?

  25-09-2017 10:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Mount Agung on Bali is an active volcano that may be about to erupt for the first time in 54 years.
  
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• Visual attention drawn to meaning, not what stands out

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of California - Davis) Our visual attention is drawn to parts of a scene that have meaning, rather than to those that are salient or 'stick out,' according to new research from the Center for Mind and Brain at UC Davis. The findings, published Sept. 25 in the journal Nature Human Behavior, overturn the widely held model of visual attention.
  
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• Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Drexel University) A study analyzing crime data in Philadelphia for 10 years found that rates of violent crime and disorderly conduct are higher when the weather is warmer and more pleasant, even rising sharply during warmer-than-typical winter days.
  
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• UW to host $15.6 million NSF-funded center for innovation, education in materials science

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of Washington) The University of Washington is home to a new national center of excellence for research, education and training in materials science. The Molecular Engineering Materials Center is funded by a $15.6 million, six-year grant from the National Science Foundation as part of its highly competitive Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) program.
  
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• UTSA receives $350,000 grant for prostate cancer research

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of Texas at San Antonio) Jing Yong Ye, professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a two-year, $354,617 grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute to support the development of his noninvasive method of detecting prostate cancer.
  
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• UTA engineer's research will lead to longer-lasting composite materials for aircraft

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of Texas at Arlington) The University of Texas at Arlington has received a $600,000 grant from Boeing to test composite components that officials believe will lead to longer-lasting aircraft and identify when those components might fail.
  
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• UNLV study reveals breakthrough in decoding brain function

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) After four years of lab testing and complex neuro-decoding, a research team led by UNLV psychology professor James Hyman has struck a major breakthrough that could open the floodgates for research into the anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC, and how human brains learn.
  
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• UNIST researchers develop wearable solar thermoelectric generator

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)) South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has introduced a new advanced energy harvesting system, capable of generating electricity by simply being attached to clothes, windows, and outer walls of a building.
  
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• UNH receives NIH grant to advance its biomedical research to the bedside

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of New Hampshire) The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a five-year, $10 million National Institutes of Health Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant to accelerate the translation of its basic biomedical and bioengineering research.
  
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• UH researchers begin carbon capture project with Oil India

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of Houston) Researchers from the University of Houston have begun a $1.4 million project to demonstrate using carbon dioxide captured from nearby petrochemical plants to boost oil recovery in a field in the Indian state of Assam, a project which will help to reduce the country's carbon footprint.
  
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• Thinking 'out-of-the-box' may build a better brain and prevent dementia

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Florida Atlantic University) With disease-modifying treatment trials for Alzheimer's disease (AD) currently unsuccessful and only medications to treat symptoms available, what now? A leading neuroscientist has developed the "Dementia Prevention Initiative," which abandons generalized ways to research and treat AD. His secret weapon: a novel "N-of-1 design" that tailors medicine down to a single patient. Instead of conducting a conventional trial of 100 people all getting the same treatment, he
  
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• The material that obscures supermassive black holes

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)) Cristina Ramos Almeida, researcher at the IAC, and Claudio Ricci, from the Institute of Astronomy of the Universidad Católica de Chile, publisha review in Nature Astronomy of the most recent results on the material that obscures active galactic nuclei obtained from infrared and X-ray observations, their respective fields of research.
  
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• The Mars 2020 Rover features new spectral abilities with its new SuperCam

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (The Optical Society) Sscientists are building the next generation's ChemCam with impressive upgrades and brand new spectral capabilities for the NASA Mars 2020 rover.
  
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• Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program participation may reduce health care costs

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Massachusetts General Hospital) A study led by a Massachusetts General Hospital investigator suggests that participation in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program -- formerly known as the Food Stamp Program -- may reduce health care costs for recipients.
  
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• Study: There is almost no research on what distinguishes potential terrorists

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (North Carolina State University) A recent analysis of the existing research on factors associated with an individual's risk for engaging in terrorist activity highlights how little we know about these factors and the need for additional research in this area.
  
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• Study finds being in a good mood for your flu jab boosts its effectiveness

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of Nottingham) New research by a team of health experts at the University of Nottingham has found evidence that being in a positive mood on the day of your flu jab can increase its protective effect.
  
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• Streamlined process opens drug development to a new class of steroids

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Dartmouth College) Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a technique to produce synthetic steroids that could pave the way for a cascade of new drug discoveries, significantly reducing the expense and time needed to develop therapeutics from an underexplored collection of molecules.
  
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• Scientists monitor Silicon Valley's underground water reserves -- from space

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University at Buffalo) Scientists monitoring Silicon Valley's underground water reserves from space have found that water levels rebounded quickly after a severe drought that lasted from 2012-15. The research points to the success of aggressive conservation measures. It also helps to lay the groundwork for low-cost monitoring of subterranean water reserves in California and elsewhere in the world.
  
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• Psychological impacts of natural disasters on youth

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of Miami) Professor of Psychology/Pediatrics, University of Miami, Annette M. La Greca, is fully aware of children's reaction to trauma. Her research focuses on the impact of disasters on youth since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. La Greca has been evaluating how best to define post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. This line of research will help to quickly identify the children who need support services post-disaster and identify key aspects of the post-disaster environment
  
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• Poll: More than two-thirds of Republicans want Congress to enact an ACA alternative

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) According to a new POLITICO/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll, more than two-thirds (71 percent) of Republicans want Congress to try again to enact an alternative to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In contrast, a majority of Democrats (57 percent) believe Congress should move on to other issues.
  
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• Photoacoustic imaging and photothermal cancer therapy using BR nanoparticles

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) Sangyong Jon, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at KAIST, and his team developed combined photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy for cancer by using Bilirubin (BR) nanoparticles.The team expects this research, which shows high biocompatibility as well as outstanding photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy, to be an appropriate system in the field of treatment for cancer.
  
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• Patients undergoing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest do not benefit from ACLS during transport

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) There is no association between prehospital advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and survival to hospital discharge in patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. ACLS is, however, associated with an improvement in prehospital return of spontaneous circulation, but with longer delays to hospital arrival.
  
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• Oxygen-deficient dwarf galaxy hints at makings of early universe

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (University of Virginia) Astronomers have long searched for understanding of how the universe assembled from simplicity to complexity. A newly studied tiny galaxy is providing clues.
  
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• Organic consumers mean business

  25-09-2017 06:00
  (Aarhus University) Groundbreaking research from Aarhus BSS shows that organic consumers are standing fast and are buying more and more organic products following an increasingly predictable pattern. Coop Denmark sees great potential in the research results.
  
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