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Thursday, 07 August 2014

Europe's Rosetta makes a historical first by arriving at a comet after a 10-year chase

LONDON: In what is a historical first for space history, Europe's Rosetta probe arrived at a comet after a 10-year chase becoming the first ever spacecraft to begin mapping its surface in detail. The spacecraft fired its thrusters for six and a half minutes to finally catch up with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. "We're at the comet" said Sylvain Lodiot of the European Space Agency operations centre. "After 10 years, five months and four days travelling towards our destination, looping around...

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Real Transformers? Self-assembling paper robots invented CBC

Researchers have created complex machines that transform themselves from little more than a sheet of paper and plastic into walking automatons....

Aboriginal hunting practice helps kangaroos Treehugger

In the depths of the Australian winter, small fires burn through the Little Sandy Desert. These fires are special, lit and controlled by the Martu, an aboriginal group in the Western part of the country. The Martu burn the grass and brush over small areas of less than 10 acres to look for holes...

Even cancer isn't enough to get many smokers to quit, study finds The Los Angeles Times

There’s nothing like a serious health scare to convince smokers to kick the habit, but new research finds that nearly 1 in 10 cancer survivors is still smoking nine years after their diagnosis. The 9.3% smoking rate among American cancer survivors is about half as high as the 18.1% smoking...

Gillian Anderson's first book, a supernatural thriller, is coming The Los Angeles Times

Actress Gillian Anderson has written a supernatural/science fiction thriller, "A Vision of Fire," which will begin a series to be published by Simon & Schuster. Anderson's EarthEnd Saga will launch Simon451, a new Simon & Schuster imprint publishing science fiction, fantasy,...

NeoStem Announces Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results and Provides Business Update (Neostem Inc) noodls

(Source: Neostem Inc) New York, August, 7, 2014 - NeoStem, Inc. (Nasdaq:NBS), a leader in the emerging cellular therapy industry, today provided an update on the progress of its business and reported second quarter 2014 financial results. Notable achievements in 2014 year to date include: NeoStem's...

Orally delivered compounds, which selectively modify RNA splicing prevent deficits in mouse models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (PTC Therapeutics Inc) noodls

(Source: PTC Therapeutics Inc) -Results published in Science show small molecule SMN2 splicing modifiers to be effective in SMA mouse models- SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - AUGUST 7, 2014 - Today the journal Science published results of a preclinical study demonstrating that treatment with orally available...

Procera Networks to Present at the Oppenheimer 17th Annual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference (Procera Networks Inc) noodls

(Source: Procera Networks Inc) Fremont, CA - August 7, 2014 - Procera Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PKT), the global Internet intelligence company, today announced that James Brear, president and CEO, will be presenting at...

Novavax to Present at the Wedbush Securities Life Sciences Management Access Conference (Novavax Inc) noodls