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• Space science work recognised in New Year Honours

  29-12-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The first Briton in space and a leading member of the Cassini mission are among those on new year list.
  
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• Streams can be sensors

  29-12-2017 19:53
  Scientists have shown that streams can be key health indicators of a region's landscape, but the way they're being monitored can be improved.
  
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• A phospholipid pathway from plants to parasites

  29-12-2017 19:53
  Recent findings may aid in the development of therapies to treat parasitic infections, including malaria, and may help plant scientists one day produce hardier crops.
  
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• Berry gives boost to cervical cancer therapy

  29-12-2017 19:52
  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. One of the most common treatments for cervical cancer is radiation. While radiation therapy destroys cancer cells, it also destroys nearby healthy cells. Researchers studied in vitro human cancer cells to show that combining blueberry extract with radiation can increase the treatment's effectiveness.
  
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• Nintendo looks to maintain momentum in 2018 after surprise resurgence

  29-12-2017 18:21 via cbc.ca
  Nintendo's resurgence to the front of the pack in the video game industry surprised even some within the company itself.
  
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• Trump calls for a 'bit of that good old Global Warming'

  29-12-2017 15:57 via cbc.ca
  U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday the East Coast "could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming" as bitterly cold temperatures are expected to freeze large swaths of the country this holiday weekend.
  
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• Selenium protects a specific type of interneurons in the brain

  29-12-2017 15:51
  Exactly 200 years after the discovery of the trace element selenium, researchers have shown for the first time why this chemical element is indispensable for mammalian life. As integral part of the enzyme GPX4, selenium protects a subset of neurons from cell death during postnatal development.
  
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• Ebola virus inhibited

  29-12-2017 15:51
  The incurable Ebola virus has long been feared due to its high mortality rate and danger of infection. Now researchers have succeeded in inhibiting the virus in cell cultures. The researchers hope to be able to continue doing animal testing and developing an actual drug.
  
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• Apple apologizes for secretly slowing down older iPhones

  29-12-2017 15:14 via cbc.ca
  Apple apologizes after controversy broke out over its practice of secretly slowing down older iPhones to avoid battery-related shutdowns. The company also says it will cut the price of battery replacement for the next year.
  
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• Parks Canada monitoring predators ahead of Banff bison release in 2018

  29-12-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  It's a potential meal that wolves in Banff National Park haven't tasted in more than 140 years.
  
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• Is the James Webb Space Telescope "Too Big to Fail?"

  29-12-2017 14:00 via rss.sciam.com
  Backers of NASA’s next great observatory contemplate its worst-case scenarios-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
  
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• Frozen bubble photography in your own backyard

  29-12-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  During the summer, Craig Hilts chases storms and aurora, but when it’s too cold outside to do either, he takes pictures of bubbles.
  
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• Banff wolves may soon have meal they haven't tasted in 140 years: wild bison

  29-12-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Banff's reintroduced bison herd is getting ready to go it alone next summer as their paddock fences come down, and that means facing predators that have been watching the new arrivals closely.
  
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• Watch our most-viewed videos of 2017

  29-12-2017 13:00
  
  Cassini’s demise, cuttlefish and the Curiosity rover topped our list of most popular videos of 2017.
  
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• New Airplane Design Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  29-12-2017 12:45 via rss.sciam.com
  The craft could save up to 66 percent in fuel and fly by 2035-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
  
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• World first for dog's broken leg

  29-12-2017 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  A new treatment that has saved a dog's broken leg is to be tried on humans.
  
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• Gardens under threat from 'game changing' plant disease

  29-12-2017 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  A pest that can infect hundreds of plants from lavender to olive trees is of growing concern in the UK.
  
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• Russia re-establishes contact with Angola's telecoms satellite

  29-12-2017 06:37
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it had re-established contact with Angola's first national telecoms satellite AngoSat-1.
  
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• Unlocking the mystery of pollen tube guidance

  29-12-2017 06:00
  (Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University) Pollen tube guidance towards the ovule is an important step for fertilization in flowering plants. In order for this to happen, a pollen tube attractant peptide LURE guides the pollen tube precisely to the ovule. An international team of plant biologists at Nagoya University and Tsinghua University has succeeded in analyzing for the first time, the crystal structure of LURE bound to its receptor protein PRK6.
  
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• Russia to create a digital platform for 'the university of the future'

  29-12-2017 06:00
  (ITMO University) The era of digital education has already begun. In Russia, a university of a new type is created from the collaboration of universities, businessmen and innovators. This university is a digital platform allowing all and any participants to obtain new skills and competences and to follow their own educational routes. The platform will unite the best universities of the country and the world, employers, businesses, and technological start-ups.
  
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• Can e-cigarettes help smokers quit?

  29-12-2017 06:00
  (Medical University of South Carolina) Pilot study finds smokers who are willing to use e-cigarettes tend to smoke less and have increased quit attempts, according to a Hollings Cancer Center researcher.
  
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• A clear path for mm-waves and 5G technology to go hand-in-hand

  29-12-2017 06:00
  (IMDEA Networks Institute) If they are to achieve data rates exceeding 10Gbps, 5G networks will demand an extended range of frequencies allowing for large continuous bandwidths. The solution could arise from mm-wave bands within multi-RAT deployments.
  
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