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Rabies alert issued for Palm Bay after stray cat assessments certain
Tyler Vazquez Florida Today Published 5:20 PM EST Jan 8, 2020 A rabies alert was issued for the Palm Bay area Wednesday after a stray cat tested positive for the disease. Residents and animal owners are asked to maintain a heightened state of awareness of the risk of rabies in the area. The rabies alert…
These biomedical breakthroughs of the last decade saved lives and diminished struggling
When it came to biomedical breakthroughs, this past decade represented a lot more hype than substance. We were promised a new era of "precision medicine," where every patient would receive highly personalized treatments to target specifics fault in their genes. But in recent months, reports surfaced that these experimental therapies were failing most of the…
Robotic bees can shatter into partitions with out taking hurt
The trick was to improve the power density through refined materials. The actuators are made with dielectric elastomers that deform under an electric field and have good insulating properties. Their upgraded electrode conductivity helps them operate at the same 500Hz as the stiff actuators found on other bots this size. They're easy to assemble and…
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AI on drugs — Evaluating over a million molecules takes four days of computer time. John Timmer - Feb 22, 2020 6:49 pm UTC Enlarge / Here, have some antibiotics. Biochemists have had some success at designing drugs to match specific targets. But much of drug development remains an arduous grind, screening hundreds to thousands…
February 22, 2020 | 11:18am | Updated February 22, 2020 | 12:36pm Enlarge Image Researchers in central China study coronavirus samples as some wonder whether the disease escaped from a Wuhan laboratory. AFP via Getty Images At an emergency meeting in Beijing held last Friday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke about the need to contain…
Rival leaders in South Sudan have formed a transitional coalition government, in an attempt to end years of ruinous conflict that has killed almost 400,000 and forced millions from their homes. Opposition leader Riek Machar was sworn in on Saturday in the capital, Juba, as the first deputy of President Salva Kiir a day after the…
Sarah Arana’s birthday party this year was going to be an elegant and intimate affair. Instead, she was given a surprise serenade by a joyful quartet of medics from the National Disaster Medical System of the Department of Health and Human Services — dressed in protective masks, face shields and surgical gloves — who sang,…
