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• One Dose of a New Monoclonal Antibody Safely Prevents Malaria

  11-08-2021 23:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  One dose of a new monoclonal antibody discovered and developed at the National Institutes of Health safely prevented malaria for up to nine months in...
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• New bipartisan Senate bill takes aim at Apple and Google's app store dominance

  11-08-2021 22:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A new Senate bill targeting US app stores seeks to rein in the power of tech giants such as Apple and Google by banning restrictions on app developers.
  
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• Latin Is Dead, but Not Extinct

  11-08-2021 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Technically speaking, the language followed Rome to the grave. That makes its grip on life even more impressive.
  
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• Microbes Turn Back the Clock: New Research Discovers Their Potential To Reverse Aging in the Brain

  11-08-2021 21:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) at University College Cork (UCC) published on August 9, 2021, in the leading international scientific journal Nature Aging introduces...
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• Severe drought devastates Washington state's wheat crop

  11-08-2021 20:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A drought in eastern Washington state that is the worst since 1977 has devastated what is normally the fourth largest U.S. wheat crop
  
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• Another big company hit by a ransomware attack

  11-08-2021 20:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Accenture, the global consulting firm, has been hit by the LockBit ransomware gang, according to the cybercriminal group's website.
  
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• Lung Cancer: Breakthrough Offers Hope for Increasing Immunotherapy Efficacy

  11-08-2021 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Current treatments employ immunotherapy, often in combination with chemotherapy, but benefits to patients remain slight. In...
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• Unexpected Discovery: Marine Bacteria in Canadian Arctic Capable of Biodegrading Diesel and Oil

  11-08-2021 19:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Marine bacteria in the frigid waters of the Canadian Arctic are capable of biodegrading oil and diesel fuel, according to a new study published in Applied and...
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• Taking a Vacation Might Save Your Life

  11-08-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Research shows that people who take time away from work are happier, less stressed and may even live longer.
  
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• Huge California fire grows; Montana blaze threatens towns

  11-08-2021 18:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow after destroying nearly 550 homes while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities
  
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• Successful Installation of the CMS Pixel Tracker at the Large Hadron Collider

  11-08-2021 18:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  After more than two years of maintenance and upgrades, the Pixel Tracker has been installed at the center of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector...
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• U.S. granted more grounds to appeal on Wikileaks' Assange extradition

  11-08-2021 17:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. prosecutors have indicted Assange over WikiLeaks’ publication of leaked military and diplomatic documents.
  
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• “Experienced” Mouse Mothers Tutor Virgin Females To Parent, Helped by Hormone Oxytocin

  11-08-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Watching a mother mouse gather her pups into the family’s nest trains other female mice without pups to perform the same parenting task, a new...
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• Vaccine ID Passports: Merging Your Digital Identity Onto The Blockchain

  11-08-2021 16:51 via technocracy.news
  
  The plan for a universal ID for every person on earth is for total and detailed tracking and monitoring. You cannot control what you cannot monitor. Conversely, you can control whatever you can monitor. Vaccine passport IDs will kickstart your ID onto the ubiquitous blockchain. ⁃ TN EditorThe goal of coercing the world’s population into obtaining a Digital ID is one with many arms, expanding the field of players and implementers to a degree that would take a year to trace down. Yet,
  
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• Brazil's Bolsonaro loses his bid to reform voting system

  11-08-2021 16:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has suffered a major defeat in Congress when Brazilian lawmakers rejected a proposal to require printed receipts at some electronic ballot boxes
  
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• Samsung slashes prices in bid to boost foldable phone sales

  11-08-2021 16:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Samsung is hoping cheaper but more durable versions of its foldable phones will broaden the appeal of a high-concept design that’s so far fizzled with consumers
  
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• Medical Technocrats Eye Denial Of Medical Treatment To The Unvaccinated

  11-08-2021 16:12 via technocracy.news
  
  It is inconceivable that tyranny could consume the world in such a short period, but Big Pharma intends to inject every human on earth with its experimental gene therapy serum. You can die from the shot or you can die after being refused medical treatment. All for the “greater good”. ⁃ TN EditorAs the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, I recall people posting comments on social media along the lines of … “Good riddance to 2020! No matter what happens in 2021 it could
  
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• Samsung's new foldable phones are cheaper, more durable and have an under-screen camera

  11-08-2021 16:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Samsung is still betting on a future where smartphones fold in half. But first it must convince users that's a future they want.
  
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• Artificial Intelligence Classifies Brain Tumors With Single MRI Scan

  11-08-2021 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have developed a deep learning model that is capable of classifying a brain tumor as...
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• Kissinger & Schmidt: Trilateral Commissioners Declare “Our Human Future”

  11-08-2021 15:45 via technocracy.news
  
  Warning: Your perception of reality is about to change.
  Two of the most prominent members of the Trilateral Commission, Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt, have teamed up to write a telling book, The Age of A.I. And Our Human Future.
  At 97, Kissinger is the oldest founding member of the Trilateral Commission in 1973, and was the right-hand man of David Rockefeller who co-founded the transformative group with Zbigniew Brzezinski.
  Eric Schmidt climbed the elitist latter as CEO of Google and then Cha
  
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• Bio-Inspired, Blood-Repelling Tissue Glue Can Seal Wounds Quickly and Stop Bleeding

  11-08-2021 15:31 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries. Inspired by...
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• Harnessing the Power of Uranium To Treat Diseases Like Cancer

  11-08-2021 14:25 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Science Scientists have developed a new system for producing radioactive isotopes, or “radioisotopes” for cancer therapy. The system uses a simple radionuclide generator to...
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• $600 million gone: The biggest crypto theft in history

  11-08-2021 14:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hackers have stolen some $600 million in cryptocurrency from the decentralized finance platform Poly Network, in what it says is the largest theft in the industry's history.
  
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• Fake Covid-19 vaccination cards worry college officials

  11-08-2021 13:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vaccine mandates have opened the door for those opposed to getting the vaccine to cheat the system, according to interviews with students, education and law enforcement officials.
  
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• Brain-Inspired Electronics: An Artificial Ionic Neuron for Tomorrow’s Electronic Memories

  11-08-2021 13:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Brain-inspired electronics are the subject of intense research. Scientists from CNRS and the Ecole Normale Supérieure – PSL have theorized how to develop artificial neurons...
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• Enzyme Identified for Making Key Industrial Chemical in Plants

  11-08-2021 12:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Tailoring levels of enzyme has many potential applications, including renewable production of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, improved biofuel production and/or timber durability, and a path for long-term...
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• NASA Science and Cargo Launches on Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission to Space Station

  11-08-2021 12:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo...
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• Being Young in a School Class Puts a Child at a Long-Term Disadvantage Compared to Their Older Peers

  11-08-2021 12:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute and Orebro University, has...
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• New Technique Identifies Proteins in the Living Brain – Offers Insight Into Brain Diseases and Treatments

  11-08-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Tool could help researchers better understand brain diseases and potential treatments. For the first time, researchers have developed a successful approach for identifying proteins inside...
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• Eye Tracking Virtual Reality Technology To Make MRI a New Experience

  11-08-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from King’s College London have created a novel interactive VR system to be used by patients when undertaking an MRI. In a new paper published in Scientific...
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• Another Way HDL “Good” Cholesterol Is Good: Combatting Inflammation

  11-08-2021 10:03 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The ability of HDL particles (commonly known as “good” cholesterol) to reduce inflammation in the cells that line blood vessels may help predict who is...
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• EXPLAINER: What the $65B broadband service plan will do

  11-08-2021 09:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Senate’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan includes a $65 billion investment in broadband that the White House says will “deliver reliable, affordable, high-speed internet to every household.”
  
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• Nearly 900 buildings destroyed by massive California fire

  11-08-2021 08:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history is running through forestlands as fire crews try to protect rural communities from flames that have destroyed hundreds of homes
  
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• Do Animals Commit Suicide?

  11-08-2021 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Many species of non-human animals end their lives through self-destructive or accidental behaviors. But whether it’s an act of suicide is a controversial question.
  
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• Vaping Just Once Raises Oxidative Stress Levels in Healthy Nonsmokers – Increases Disease Risk

  11-08-2021 06:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New study findings ‘are clear, unambiguous and concerning,’ UCLA researcher says. The risk that both tobacco and electronic cigarettes can pose to regular smokers’ health...
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• YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days

  11-08-2021 06:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, has been suspended from YouTube for seven days over a video claiming that masks are ineffective in fighting Covid-19, according to a YouTube spokesperson.
  
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• Chinese court sentences Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 years on spying charges in case linked to Huawei arrest

  11-08-2021 04:57 via abcnews.go.com
  Chinese court sentences Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 years on spying charges in case linked to Huawei arrest
  
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• Military display rolls into Brazil capital before tense vote

  11-08-2021 04:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Brazil’s military has staged an unusual convoy of troops and armored vehicles through the capital
  
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• Strange “Dancing Ghosts” Point to Surprising New Discoveries in the Cosmos

  11-08-2021 03:52 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from Western Sydney University and CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have discovered strange clouds of electrons surrounding galaxies deep in the cosmos. The clouds,...
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• What Are COVID-19 Variants and How Can You Stay Safe As They Spread? A Doctor Answers 5 Questions

  11-08-2021 03:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vaccination, masking and social distancing are tried and true ways to protect against COVID-19 infection.
  
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• Space station supplies launched with a pizza delivery for 7

  11-08-2021 02:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Northrop Grumman is making another supply run to the International Space Station
  
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• “Dental Origami” – How Snakes Got Their Fangs

  11-08-2021 02:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  ‘Dental origami’ exploited by multiple species. Ever wondered how deadly snakes evolved their fangs? The answer lies in particular microscopic features of their teeth, research...
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• As COVID Delta Variant Infections Surge, More Americans Favor Vaccine Mandates

  11-08-2021 00:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Support for mandates has increased across partisan and demographic subgroups. As infections from the delta variant surge, the percentage of Americans who support vaccine mandates...
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