Science X Newsletter Sunday, Jan 11

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Here is your customized Phys.org Newsletter for January 11, 2015:

Spotlight Stories Headlines

- Going viral: Targeting brain cancer cells with a wound-healing drug
- The 'human' side of robots at electronics show
- SpaceX launches for NASA, no luck with rocket landing at sea
- Denmark champions wind power, sets record
- GM plans affordable 200-mile electric car in 2017
- China plan for unmanned moon landing, Earth return advances
- Wearable sensors gather lots of data—now to make it useful
- Astronomers seek widest view ever of the universe with new telescope
- How quickly smokers metabolize nicotine may point to most effective way to quit

Astronomy & Space news

	SpaceX launches for NASA, no luck with rocket landing at sea The private SpaceX company sent a supply ship soaring flawlessly toward the International Space Station on Saturday, but the booster rocket ended up in pieces in the Atlantic following a failed attempt to land on a barge.
	China plan for unmanned moon landing, Earth return advances China's bold plan to land an unmanned spaceship on the moon before returning to Earth has moved another step forward with a test craft shifting into lunar orbit to conduct further tests, state media reported Sunday.
	Astronomers seek widest view ever of the universe with new telescope At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society last week, the booth devoted to a revolutionary new telescope called the LSST got a lot of traffic.

Technology news

	The 'human' side of robots at electronics show She stood on the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show, carried on conversations, blinked her eyes and sang a convincing rendition of "Take Me Home, Country Roads."
	Denmark champions wind power, sets record Denmark has had a record year for wind power production. Denmark got 39.1 percent of its overall electricity from wind in 2014. That figure is according to the country's Climate and Energy Ministry.
	GM plans affordable 200-mile electric car in 2017 General Motors plans to start selling an affordable electric car in 2017 that will be able to go 200 miles on a single charge.
	Wearable sensors gather lots of data—now to make it useful It's not just about how many steps you've taken or how many calories you've burned in a day. Wearable fitness trackers and health monitors are becoming more commonplace and diverse, but just what do you do with all of that data?
	Tip jar goes digital with Bitcoin startup Amid the roiling sea of gadgetry at the Consumer Electronics Show was a contingent of Bitcoin startups intent on bringing the controversial digital currency mainstream.
	Drones, flashy TVs among stars in Las Vegas tech show Drones, wearable computing and enormous, immersive TVs were in the spotlight at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show which wrapped up Friday in Las Vegas.
Pirates plundering streaming television market While stunning televisions and sizzling content services starred at the Consumer Electronics Show, not far away a light was shined on cable service plundering pirates.
Highlights from the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show Here are 10 key highlights from the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, which wrapped up Friday in Las Vegas:
	China deleted over 3 million porn files in 2014: Xinhua China deleted more than three million pieces of pornographic content from the Internet in 2014, state media reported on Saturday, as part of a campaign to cleanse the country's online sphere.
NYC libraries pioneer free hot spot lending to 10,000 The New York Public Library is launching the nation's largest Internet lending program, handing out 10,000 free high-speed hot spots to some of the city's poorest residents.
Virtual reality isn't just for video games When people think of virtual reality, they think games. Put on a helmet where VR systems are being demonstrated, and chances are you'll be immersed in a video game. Here you are in a spaceship cockpit. Now you're driving a race car. Oh, look, you're dodging bullets, "Matrix"-style, in a shooter game. Watch out behind you!
At long last, Box readies for Wall Street debut Nearly 10 months after Box filed for an initial public offering, the company is finally ready to make its public debut.
Substance tops style at CES' Global Technology Marketplace Sandy Liang mans a little booth at the Westgate Hotel convention hall in Las Vegas. Dressed sharply in a navy suit, he sits around trying to look busy. He plays with his smartphone. He twiddles a pen. He flicks through the leaflets he hands out all day, extolling the benefits of the products he's pushing, which happen to be power packs for mobile devices. Like other vendors in this sleepy pavilion, he looks mostly bored.
Overstock.com installs bitcoin ATM at Utah headquarters Online retailer Overstock.com has installed a bitcoin ATM at its corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City.
	#JeSuisCharlie tweeted more than five million times Twitter users have posted the #JeSuisCharlie hashtag, a sign of solidarity with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, more than 5 million times, Twitter France said Friday.
	Cuba, amid the censorship, wades into WiFi Cuba, where Internet access is largely limited to government employees and pricey pay-by-hour public access, plans to start offering wireless service for the first time this month, officials said Saturday.
San Francisco man faces NY trial Tuesday in 'Silk Road' case Murder-for-hire allegations are central to a New York trial starting this week for a San Francisco man charged with running an online black market where drugs were sold as easily as books and electronics.

Medicine & Health news

	Going viral: Targeting brain cancer cells with a wound-healing drug At the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, three scientists are planning to create a virus capable of destroying brain cancer.
	How quickly smokers metabolize nicotine may point to most effective way to quit Nearly 70 percent of smokers who try to quit relapse within one week - daunting odds for people trying to kick the habit. Researchers have long theorized that some individuals may be genetically programmed to have an easier time than others, but with few clues about why, experts have been unable to guide smokers looking to quit toward a strategy - the nicotine patch versus prescription pills, for instance - with the best chance of success. Now, in a first-of-its-kind randomized clinical trial, researchers from Penn Medicine and collaborators have shown that the most-suited treatment for each smoker may depend on how quickly they metabolize the nicotine in their body after quitting.
Five years after quake, cholera epidemic haunts Haiti Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there to help.
Health officials link Calif. apple packer to listeria deaths Strains of listeria found inside a California apple packing facility match listeria bacteria that have sickened 32 people across the country, including at least three deaths, the Food and Drug Administration said.
Brazil works to stem flood of Caesarean deliveries Brazil says it must stem the "epidemic" of Caesarean sections—now more than half of all births, or more than any other country in the world.
	Possible link between E-cigs, risk of infections (HealthDay)—Vapor from electronic cigarettes may increase young people's risk of respiratory infections, regardless of whether or not it contains nicotine, according to a new laboratory study reported in a recent issue of PLOS ONE.
	AMA reports on how docs use their free time (HealthDay)—The American Medical Association recently surveyed physicians to find what activities they pursue when not in the exam room.
	Many with hepatitis C missing out on treatment, study finds (HealthDay)—Many hepatitis C patients get "lost" in the U.S. health care system, a new study suggests.
How do you help a baby learn? Word by word, a Chicago project says On the third-floor hospital maternity ward at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Bionka Burkhalter had just given birth to her first child, a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy named Josiah. There was a knock on the door, and two women asked to give a presentation on how to build her baby's brain. The 21-year-old single mother gave them her attention.
Internists suggest congressional actions to improve American healthcare It is critical that four healthcare issues be considered in the 114th Congress the American College of Physicians (ACP) today told Senators Reid and McConnell, Representatives Boehner and Pelosi, and chairs and ranking members of the Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The remarks were made in three-page letters to both the Senate and House from David A. Fleming, MD, MA, MACP, President of ACP.
US judge tosses lawsuit vs. UN over Haiti cholera outbreak The United Nations is immune from a lawsuit seeking compensation for victims of a deadly cholera outbreak, a U.S. judge said Friday in dismissing a case that government lawyers said could open the international body to an onslaught of litigation.
Contaminated equipment behind Cambodia village HIV outbreak: WHO A mass HIV outbreak in a Cambodian village was most likely caused by contaminated medical equipment, the World Health Organization and Cambodian health ministry said Saturday.
Sierra Leone now has means to control Ebola epidemic: UN Sierra Leone now has the means to curb the Ebola epidemic, the new head of the UN mission for the fight against the disease and a senior World Health Organization official said Friday.
Medicare pays doctors to coordinate seniors' chronic care Adjusting medications before someone gets sick enough to visit the doctor. Updating outside specialists so one doctor's prescription doesn't interfere with another's.
Thousands more poultry culled as bird flu fears grow in Taiwan Taiwan on Sunday ordered the slaughter of 16,000 geese and ducks to try to curb a bird flu outbreak that has already led to the culling of 120,000 chickens.
Shire to buy specialty drugmaker NPS Pharma for $5.2 billion Irish drugmaker Shire PLC said Sunday it will pay $5.2 billion to acquire NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., which specializes in drugs for rare conditions.

Biology news

Researchers: Wolverine appears to be thriving in California A wolverine appears to be thriving in the northern Sierra Nevada seven years after being confirmed as the first one in California since 1922, researchers said.
	Orangutan returns to Indonesian wild, but abandons son A once-blind female orangutan who regained her sight with surgery has returned to the rainforests of Indonesia's Sumatra island, but with only one of her young twins, an environment group said.

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