A megalibrary of nanoparticles
Using straightforward chemistry and a mix-and-match, modular strategy, researchers have developed a simple approach that could produce over 65,000 different types of complex nanoparticles.
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Scanning system in sperm may control rate of human evolution
Maturing sperm cells turn on most of their genes, not to follow their genetic instructions like normal, but instead to repair DNA before passing it to the next generation, a new study finds.
Read moreCoronavirus concerns put damper on Metro Vancouver Lunar New Year celebrations
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 23:21:50 +0000
Live in Langley Chinese Association cancelled its gala, which was also sponsored by the Township of Langley
Read moreScientists discover how a curvy, stomach cancer-causing bacterium maintains its shape
A new study shows how a common stomach bacterium is able to keep its corkscrew-like shape as it grows. Disrupting the shape could point the way for future, more-specialized antibiotics that prevent the bacterium from being harmful.
Read moreMidnight at the oasis: put your camel to bed
Credit to Author: Dave Pottinger| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 23:15:18 +0000
In Morocco Shayne and Yvonne Konar brave the desert stillness, as Ali and Hassan, the camels plod along.
Read moreProgram for overweight 8- to 12-year-olds and their families launches in 11 B.C. cities
Credit to Author: Susan Lazaruk| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:45:07 +0000
Generation Health is a free 10-week program designed to target children on the unhealthy weight trajectory and change that path
Read moreChina’s animal trade to spawn more outbreaks – experts
Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:17:53 +0000
SHANGHAI: The animal-borne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus 17 years ago was supposed to be a wake-up call about consuming wildlife as food, but scientists say China’s latest epidemic indicates that the practice remains widespread and a growing risk to human health. Like SARS, which was traced to bats and civets, the virus that […]
Read moreCoco Gauff, 15, crashes out in tears at Australian Open
Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:17:31 +0000
MELBOURNE: Coco Gauff’s bid for history at the Australian Open ended in tears in the last 16 on Sunday as the 15-year-old crashed out in three sets to fellow American Sofia Kenin. The 14th seed Kenin recovered from a set down to win convincingly 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-0. She plays China’s 27th seed Wang Qiang […]
Read moreTaal Volcano calms down, evacuees return home
Credit to Author: Dempsey Reyes| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:16:47 +0000
RESIDENTS of towns and cities in Batangas province have started going home as Taal Volcano showed fewer signs of a possible eruption, prompting volcanologists to lower the Alert Level from 4 to 3. But residents of Agoncillo and Laurel were not allowed to return home. The two towns were earlier placed under lockdown for being […]
Read moreTrump says reports of Kobe Bryant’s death are ‘terrible news’
US President Donald Trump said he was sorry to hear reports that basketball legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in California. “That is terrible news!” Trump tweeted. Bryant died in a helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles, celebrity website TMZ reported, saying five people are confirmed dead in the incident….
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