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Is WHO prepared to deal with Wuhan Coronavirus?

With more than 13 countries reporting Wuhan Coronavirus cases, WHO is yet to formally acknowledge it as an epidemic of global proportions

Jan 27, 2020

China's CDC releases first image of new coronavirus, shares genetic info with Japan, Thailand

China has shared the first image, genetic sequence and metadata of newly discovered Wuhan coronavirus with GISAID countries

Jan 24, 2020

Coronavirus

Meet Natalie Jones, NAU researcher in quest of water source, not gold in Grand Canyon

Northern Arizona University research technician Natalie Jones developed a new model that can give land and water managers more information so they can better protect the water system

Jan 24, 2020

Color of clothes we wear may impact wild animals, finds study

How animals respond to color stimuli? Wearing colors that are 'worn' by water anoles themselves would be less frightening to these lizards

Jan 23, 2020

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These robots made of living frog cells are meant to revolutionize treatment methods

These xenobots, or living cells repurposed to do a task can move toward a target, carry a payload like a medicine and reaches a specific body part of a patient

Jan 22, 2020

Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus traced to local animal market; World reckons WHO now

The new coronavirus is related to the virus that caused SARS in 2002 but so far, it did not show up the transmissibility of SARS, said Japanese virologists

Jan 22, 2020

Coronavirus

Jupiter moon Titan lander Huygens' spin mystery solved 15 years after

It remained a mystery as to why Huygens spun in the 'wrong' direction during its descent on Saturn's moon Titan

Jan 17, 2020

Nasa

Scientists breach brain barriers via drainage system to attack and eliminate tumors

The team explored to see if VEGF-C could specifically be used to increase the immune system's surveillance of glioblastoma tumors

Jan 17, 2020

Volcanoes did not wipe out dinosaurs but asteroid did it finally, says Yale University team

Environmental impacts from massive volcanic eruptions in India in the region known as the Deccan Traps happened well before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago and hence, it did not contribute to the mass extinction of dinosaurs

Jan 17, 2020

Archaeology

Arteries in women age faster than in men, says study

New research from the Smidt Heart Institute helps to explain why women tend to develop different types of heart disease and with different timing than men

Jan 16, 2020

Human body temperature is getting cooler since 1860 when it was fixed at 37°C, says study

A 1992 study in Baltimore tested 148 people participating in a vaccine trial and found that their temperatures averaged 36.8°C and another UK-based study in 2017 found more than 35,000 people with an average of 36.6° temperature

Jan 16, 2020

Diversity is the norm of nature and diverse landscapes work better, says study

Environmental scientists say the mixture of meadows, forests, settlements and bodies of water improve the function and stability of a landscape - regardless of plant diversity, region and climate

Jan 14, 2020

New perfusion machine keeps human liver alive for 1 week outside body; May revolutionize future of organ transplantation

A major breakthrough in transplantation medicine, which may increase the number of available organs for transplantation for patients suffering from liver disease or a variety of cancers

Jan 14, 2020

Man-Wildlife Conflict: 85% of 20,000 species found exposed to human pressure

New study assessed 20,000 terrestrial species before finding that 85 percent are now exposed to intense human pressure

Jan 14, 2020

New map of Milky Way reveals giant 'Radcliff' wave of stellar nurseries ever observed

The long, thin structure, about 9,000 light years long and 400 light years wide, with a wave-like shape, cresting 500 light years above and below the mid-plane of our Galaxy's disk

Jan 8, 2020

Universe

Defense stocks surge by 21% as Iran fires dozens of missiles on Iraq bases of US military

Japan's Ishikawa Seisakusho, which manufactures land mines, saw a sudden surge of 24% in its shares, followed by Tokyo Keiki, which produces navigation systems for military use, by more than 13%, registering a new 52-week high on Wednesday

Jan 8, 2020

Olympics 2020 Opening Ceremony rehearsal? Wrong 2017 video of Japanese Synchronized Walking event goes viral now

As Olympics 2020 is all set for July grand opening, wrong videos of old Japanese walking competition is going viral as opening ceremony event

Jan 6, 2020

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine offered to send Japanese astronaut to Moon, reports Mainichi

NASA has plans to send its astronauts to the Moon under the Artemis program by 2024, and offered Japan to send its astronaut too

Jan 3, 2020

Digital Innovation to take centre-stage at UFI 2020 Asia-Pacific Conference in Macau

The UFI Asia-Pacific Conference has become one of the exhibition industry's most important gatherings for networking in the last 14 years

Jan 3, 2020

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Tiny shells washed ashore California waters reveal acidity twice as fast as the global oceans level

The coastal waters off California are acidifying twice as fast as the global ocean average, making the seafood supply uncertain in the future

Jan 2, 2020

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