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Astronomy & Space news
 | Evidence found of white dwarf remnant after supernovaAn international team of space scientists has found evidence of what they believe is a remnant of a type Iax supernova—a white dwarf moving in a way that suggests it was blown across part of the universe by the power of a thermonuclear explosion. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes their study of the star and why they believe it is the remains of an Iax supernova. |
 | Chasing eclipses across the globe is a way of life for someWhile Monday's total solar eclipse in the U.S. will be a once-in-a-lifetime sky show for millions, there's a small group of people who have experienced it all before and they can't get enough of it. |
 | Astrophysicists explain the mysterious behavior of cosmic raysA team of scientists from Russia and China has developed a model explaining the nature of high-energy cosmic rays (CRs) in our galaxy. These CRs have energies exceeding those produced by supernova explosions by one or two orders of magnitude. The model focuses mainly on the recent discovery of giant structures called Fermi bubbles. |
 | Scientists improve brown dwarf weather forecastsDim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds–specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust. Scientists recently realized these giant clouds can move and thicken or thin surprisingly rapidly, in less than an Earth day, but did not understand why. |
 | From the edge of the solar system, Voyager probes are still talking to Australia after 40 yearsThis month marks 40 years since NASA launched the two Voyager space probes on their mission to explore the outer planets of our solar system, and Australia has been helping the US space agency keep track of the probes at every step of their epic journey. |
 | Spoiler alert: Computer simulations provide preview of upcoming eclipseA research team from Predictive Science Inc. (PSI) used the Stampede2 supercomputer at The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to forecast the corona of the sun during the upcoming eclipse. The findings shed light on what the eclipse of the sun might look like Aug. 21 when it will be visible across much of the U.S., tracing a 70-mile-wide band across 14 states. |
 | Astrophysicist predicts detached, eclipsing white dwarfs to merge into exotic starA University of Oklahoma astrophysicist, Mukremin Kilic, and his team have discovered two detached, eclipsing double white dwarf binaries with orbital periods of 40 and 46 minutes, respectively. White dwarfs are the remnants of Sun-like stars, many of which are found in pairs, or binaries. However, only a handful of white dwarf binaries are known with orbital periods less than one hour in the Milky Way—a galaxy made up of two hundred billion stars—and most have been discovered by Kilic and his colleagues. |
 | Grand Teton park to outshine bigger Yellowstone for eclipseIts jagged, soaring peaks rise high over northwest Wyoming, but Grand Teton National Park is always in the shadow of its world-renowned neighbor, Yellowstone National Park. |
 | First eclipse in 99 years to sweep North AmericaThe first total solar eclipse to sweep North America in nearly a century will march across the continent August 21, casting a shadow over millions of people from coast to coast. |
 | Of demons and dragons - the history of solar eclipsesA dragon eating the Sun. Make that a giant toad. A demon. No, a vampire! |
Facts about the US solar eclipse on August 21On Monday, August 21, for the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will march across the entire United States. | |
Large asteroid to safely pass earth on September 1Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million kilometers, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances). Florence is among the largest near-Earth asteroids that are several miles is size; measurements from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and NEOWISE mission indicate it's about 2.7 miles (4.4 kilometers) in size. | |
 | ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipsesAstrophysicists are joining sightseers in watching Monday's total solar eclipse across North America but, in the decade to come, they will be viewing eclipses that last for hours instead of a few minutes – thanks to a pioneering ESA space mission. |
 | Image: Jupiter—a new point of viewThis striking Jovian vista was created by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft. |
 | Can astronauts see stars from the space station?I've often been asked the question, "Can the astronauts on the Space Station see the stars?" Astronaut Jack Fischer provides an unequivocal answer of "yes!" with a recent post on Twitter of a timelapse he took from the ISS. Fischer captured the arc of the Milky Way in all its glory, saying it "paints the heavens in a thick coat of awesome-sauce!" |
 | NASA launches last of its longtime tracking satellitesNASA launched the last of its longtime tracking and communication satellites on Friday, a vital link to astronauts in orbit as well as the Hubble Space Telescope. |
 | US post offices in path of eclipse offer special postmarksMore than 110 U.S. Postal Service offices are offering special postmarks for Monday's total solar eclipse. |
Researchers will follow in the moon's slipstream to capture high-res sunspot imagesWhile much of the research around the eclipse on Monday will focus on the effects of the Sun's brief, daytime disappearance on Earth and its atmosphere, a group of solar physicists will be leveraging the rare event to capture a better glimpse of the star itself. | |
 | Eclipse weather forecast: Best in West, least in EastThe early eclipse weather forecast looks best in the West and least in the East with patchy clouds muddling up the picture in between. |
Technology news
Indian IT company Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resignsThe CEO of India-based outsourcing and information technology company Infosys, Vishal Sikka, has resigned following differences with some founders of the company, including N.R. Narayana Murthy. | |
 | Australia to regulate virtual currency exchanges like BitcoinAustralia is set to regulate virtual currency exchanges such as Bitcoin and strengthen the powers of its financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC as it cracks down on money laundering and terrorism financing. |
Online piracy sites blocked in Australia crackdownAn Australian court on Friday ordered internet providers to block more than 40 piracy websites after a successful case by leading film distributors, in a major ruling on online content sharing. | |
Apple's deep pockets could take on Hollywood, NetflixThe potential move of Apple into streaming video could reshape an industry which is already feeling the impact from new players like Netflix. | |
 | Tech companies can distinguish between free speech and hate speech if they want toIn the wake of violence in the US town of Charlottesville, the tech industry has started removing access to some of their services from groups associated with the far-right and those espousing racial intolerance. |
 | The power of perovskiteOIST researchers improve perovskite-based technology in the entire energy cycle, from solar cells harnessing power to LED diodes to light the screens of future electronic devices and other lighting applications. |
 | Making driverless cars safe for pedestriansRight now, there are two ways to be safe crossing a road: Wait until no cars are close by, so there's enough time to make it to the other side of the street – or communicate with oncoming drivers. As the number of pedestrian deaths on U.S. roads climbs, up 25 percent since 2010 to more than 5,000 people in 2015, the dawn of driverless cars offers the promise of improving that sad safety record. |
 | Bioelectricity from eelsNUS biologists have gained insights on factors affecting electric discharge intensity from the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus. |
Will we all be passengers or are we putting the cart before the horse?Iggy Pop's song, "The Passenger" has already been used for car adverts and yet seems out of tune when cars are sold as enablers of freedom, won through agency and control. But with the coming era of autonomous vehicles, it aptly represents a new kind of freedom on the roads. | |
 | Independent music labels are creating their own streaming services to give artists a fair dealMusic streaming services are hard to beat. With millions of users – Spotify alone had 60m by July 2017, and is forecast to add another 10m by the end of the year – paying to access a catalogue of more than 30m songs, any initial concerns seem to have fallen by the wayside. |
 | New solar forecasting tool could help increase efficiency and reduce energy costsA research group at the University of Sheffield has developed a solar forecasting service, helping to increase the efficiency of the electricity system and reduce energy costs. |
 | Study finds 'modest correlation' between journalists' social networks and ideology of their news contentIn a new study, an interdisciplinary team of Northeastern University researchers has found a "modest correlation" between a journalist's Twitter network and the ideological dimensions of his or her news content. The researchers emphasized that while their work doesn't show causation, it does represent "a crucial first step toward greater critical examination of emerging patterns of media bias." |
 | China opens its first 'cyber court'China's first "cyber court" was launched on Friday to settle online disputes, as the legal system attempts to keep up with the explosion of mobile payment and e-commerce. |
 | Digital symbiosis lets robot co-workers predict human behaviourStephen Hawking and Elon Musk fear that the robotic revolution may already be underway, but automation isn't going to take over just yet – first machines will work alongside us. |
 | Hollywood's hacking pains are bigger than movie leaksPiracy is a long-running and even routine issue for Hollywood, whether it's street vendors hawking bootleg DVDs on street corners or video uploaded to file-sharing sites like Pirate Bay. Now cybercriminals are also putting embarrassing chatter and other company secrets at risk. |
 | Wisconsin Assembly passes $3 billion for FoxconnThe Wisconsin Assembly approved a $3 billion tax break Thursday with bipartisan support for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group to build a massive display panel factory in the state, a project President Donald Trump touted as a transformational win for the U.S. economy. |
 | Alleged Yahoo hacker in Canada agrees to extradition to USA Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails agreed Friday to forgo his extradition hearing and go face the charges in the United States. |
Medicine & Health news
 | Researchers find monkey brain structure that decides if viewed objects are new or unidentifiedA team of researchers working at the University of Tokyo School of Medicine has found what they believe is the part of the monkey brain that decides if something that is being viewed is recognizable. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes a series of brain experiments they conducted with macaques that shed light on how the animals decide whether they have seen something before or not. |
 | Study of nervous system cells can help to understand degenerative diseasesThe results of a new study show that many of the genes expressed by microglia differ between humans and mice, which are frequently used as animal models in research on Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. |
 | Bio-inspired materials give boost to regenerative medicineWhat if one day, we could teach our bodies to self-heal like a lizard's tail, and make severe injury or disease no more threatening than a paper cut? |
 | Artificial neural networks decode brain activity during performed and imagined movementsArtificial intelligence has far outpaced human intelligence in certain tasks. Several groups from the Freiburg excellence cluster BrainLinks-BrainTools led by neuroscientist private lecturer Dr. Tonio Ball are showing how ideas from computer science could revolutionize brain research. In the scientific journal Human Brain Mapping, they illustrate how a self-learning algorithm decodes human brain signals that were measured by an electroencephalogram (EEG). It included performed movements, but also hand and foot movements that were merely thought or an imaginary rotation of objects. Even though the algorithm was not given any characteristics ahead of time, it works as quickly and precisely as traditional systems that have been created to solve certain tasks based on predetermined brain signal characteristics, which are therefore not appropriate for every situation. The demand for such diverse intersections between man and machine is huge: At the University Hospital Freiburg, for instance, it could be used for early detection of epileptic seizures. It could also be used to improve communication possibilities for severely paralyzed patients or an automatic neurological diagnosis. |
Researchers investigate the potential of spider silk protein for engineering artificial heartEver more people are suffering from cardiac insufficiency, despite significant advances in preventing and minimising damage to the heart. The main cause of reduced cardiac functionality lies in the irreversible loss of cardiac muscle cells due to disease, especially ischaemic diseases such as cardiac infarction. There is still no treatment to reverse damage of this nature. Research is ongoing to develop methods of repairing such damage to normalise cardiac function. A promising approach: cardiac muscle tissue made of spider silk. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and their colleagues at the University of Bayreuth investigated whether an artificial silk protein developed in the laboratory could be suitable for engineering cardiac tissue. They have published their results in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. | |
 | Make way for hemoglobinEvery cell in the body, whether skin or muscle or brain, starts out as a generic cell that acquires its unique characteristics after undergoing a process of specialization. Nowhere is this process more dramatic than it is in red blood cells. |
 | Novel approach to track HIV infectionNorthwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel method of tracking HIV infection, allowing the behavior of individual virions—infectious particles—to be connected to infectivity. |
Contraceptive pill linked to lowered risk of rheumatoid arthritisTaking the contraceptive pill, particularly for seven or more consecutive years, is linked to a lowered risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, finds research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. | |
 | Only two-thirds of trainee GPs plan to work in NHS general practiceA new study by the University of Warwick indicates that only two in three doctors who are completing their training to become GPs plan to work in NHS general practice. |
 | Data revealed under FOI shows benefits of multiple sclerosis drug currently blocked by regulatorsA drug that is blocked by the EU regulatory system has now been found to improve the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). |
 | Team identifies mechanism for resilience in people with high risk of bipolar disorderResearchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a brain mechanism in siblings of bipolar patients that makes them resilient to bipolar disorder. The results suggest that the brain is able to adapt to the biological risk for bipolar disorder and open new avenues in pursuing further research to enhance resilience in those at risk and currently affected. |
 | Doctors exploring how to prescribe income securityPhysicians at St. Michael's Hospital are studying how full-time income support workers hired by health-care clinics can help vulnerable patients or those living in poverty improve their finances and their health. |
 | The biometrics of sports success—it's all in the handsTake a minute to look at your hands and pay special attention to the difference in length between your index finger and ring finger. This is your digit ratio. |
 | Lasers used to detect risk of heart attack and strokePatients at risk of heart attacks and strokes may be spotted earlier thanks to a diagnosis tool that uses near-infrared light to identify high-risk arterial plaques, according to research carried out at WMG, University of Warwick, the Baker Institute and Monash University. |
 | Prescription drug monitoring programs evaluated by researchersDeaths resulting from prescription drug overdoses have increased more than seven-fold over the last several decades, and public health officials are calling the epidemic the worst drug crisis in American history. |
 | What's your gut instinct?It's no secret that diet, exercise, medicine usage, and other habits affect your health and lifestyle, but how they do so is different for everyone. The Internet is filled with opinions on the matter. A quick Google search on "how do diet, exercise, medicine usage, and other habits affect your health and lifestyle" yields more than 3,000,000 results! A new project at UC San diego has set out to help alleviate some of the confusion by creating an educational platform for people to ask and answer gut health-related questions. |
Block estrogen to treat lung diseaseThe strongest epidemiological risk factor for many forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is female gender. Increased estrogen makes females three times more likely to develop PAH, a chronic disease that eventually leads to right heart failure and death. | |
 | Sleep patterns contribute to racial differences in disease riskPoor sleep patterns could explain, in part, the differences in the risk of cardiometabolic disease between African-Americans and European-Americans, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
New review sheds light on why dance is not only about sex and beautyIn a biological sense dance has many more benefits for our mental and physical health than solely being an asset for looking pretty or increasing the odds of attracting a partner, according to a new review from researchers at City, University of London, the University of California Irvine, and the University of the Balearic Islands in Spain. | |
 | Low birth weight and future heart problems—early clues in the newborn periodA Monash University led study has revealed early clues to identifying which low-weight new born babies are at risk of developing future heart problems, opening the way to better monitoring and treatment. |
 | Antibiotics found to weaken immune response to diseaseAdding another reason for doctors to avoid the overuse of antibiotics, new research shows that a reduction in the variety of microbes in the gut interferes with the immune system's ability to fight off disease. |
 | Faulty gene linked to obesity in adultsGroundbreaking new research linking obesity and metabolic dysfunction to a problem in the energy generators in cells has been published by researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia. |
 | Why the very idea of 'screen time' is muddled and misguidedThe idea of "screen time" causes arguments – but not just between children and their anxious parents. The Children's Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, recently compared overuse of social media to junk food and urged parents to regulate screen time using her "Digital 5 A Day" campaign. |
 | This may not be the 'biggest flu season on record', but it is a big one – here are some possible reasonsThis year, the number of laboratory-confirmed influenza (flu) virus infections began rising earlier than usual and hit historic highs in some Australian states. If you have been part of any gathering this winter, this is probably not news. |
 | Allergic cross-reactivity between cypress pollen and peaches/citrus fruits finally explainedToday, many people suffer from allergies, especially in industrialized countries, where almost 30 percent of the population is affected. Doctors are observing an increase in cases of "pollen food associated syndrome," or "combination" allergies, i.e. those which occur via a cross-reaction between pollen (respiratory allergies) and food (food allergies). |
 | Mineral layer around avian flu pathogen may be the cause for human infectionsAvian flu can be transmitted from birds to humans; transmission among humans, however, is limited. The reason may be an eggshell-like mineral layer that the virus acquires due to the high calcium concentration in the intestines of birds. As reported by Chinese researchers in the journal Angewandte Chemie, these mineralized viruses are significantly more infectious and, in addition, more robust and heat stable than the native viruses. |
Researchers link technologies and rejection of wife-beating justificationsWomen with technologies like computers and mobile phones in their homes are more likely to reject justifications for wife beating, according to new findings from Susan B. Sorenson and Lauren Ferreira Cardoso of the University of Pennsylvania. What's more, the greater the number of these technologies in the household, the increased likelihood of this being true. | |
A plant-based delivery system for anti-cancer drugsAn article published in Experimental Biology and Medicine (Volume 242, Issue 14, August, 2017) reports that a plant virus-based system can be used to deliver anti-cancer drugs. The study, led by Dr. Nicole Steinmetz in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Case Western Reserve University Schools of Engineering and Medicine in Cleveland, OH demonstrates that a complex consisting of tobacco mosaic virus and vcMMAE, a first-line chemotherapy agent for the treatment of lymphoma, can kill cancer cells. | |
 | Treat cancer patients more gentlyIt often takes years until new procedures for treating cancer can be used in an everyday clinical environment. Beforehand, they go through numerous studies, in which doctors and researchers check the efficacy and safety of the procedure, with the active involvement of the affected patients. Improving the quality of cancer treatments by using new methods is the goal of the Danish-German research project "InnoCan: Innovative High Technology Cancer Treatment Denmark-Germany". Until the end of 2018, the Department of Radiotherapy at Kiel University (CAU) and the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) will be involved in the project, which has a total budget of 4.27 million Euros. Funding for the project at the Kiel site is nearly 460,000 Euros. InnoCan is being funded by Interreg Deutschland-Danmark with means from the European Regional Development Fund. |
Fungal disease spreads through UK hospitals – here's what you need to know about _Candida auris_At least 20 NHS Trust hospitals have been hit by a drug-resistant fungus, Candida auris. So far, 200 people have been contaminated or infected with the fungus, which can cause potentially deadly complications. | |
 | New study rebuts the claim that antidepressants do not workA theory that has gained considerable attention in international media, including Newsweek and the CBS broadcast 60 minutes, suggests that antidepressant drugs such as the SSRIs do not exert any actual antidepressant effect. A research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy has now analyzed data from clinical trials and can rebut this theory. |
Hypertension during pregnancy may affect women's long-term cardiovascular healthWomen who experience hypertension during pregnancy face an increased risk of heart disease and hypertension later in life, according to a new study. | |
 | How whip-like cell appendages promote bodily fluid flowResearchers at Nagoya University have identified a molecule that enables cell appendages called cilia to beat in a coordinated way to drive the flow of fluid around the brain; this prevents the accumulation of this fluid, which otherwise leads to swelling of the head as found in the condition hydrocephalus. |
 | Population health impact of infants born small for gestational age in low- and middle-income countriesIn low-and middle-income countries, it is common for babies to be born of low birth weight, due to either inadequate growth in utero (fetal growth restriction) and/or preterm birth, (birth before 37 weeks gestation). Maternal undernutrition, infections, poor access to health care and environmental exposures during pregnancy are risk factors for both of these conditions. Babies born too small or too soon are at a high risk of mortality, stunted growth, developmental delay, and chronic disease. |
 | Vietnam battles dengue outbreaks with 42 percent more casesVietnam has been battling raging dengue fever outbreaks with more than 10,000 new infections reported over the past week stretching its medical system. |
 | Amid India oxygen scandal, docs want focus on encephalitisDozens of children died last week in a decrepit government hospital in northeastern India, prompting public outcry over whether an oxygen shortage was to blame. Answers remain unclear, but doctors who have spent decades treating sick kids in the area say the incident is a symptom of a greater problem: Chronic mismanagement, corruption and outright negligence are worsening encephalitis outbreaks that sicken thousands of children every year. |
 | Are you ignoring gum disease?(HealthDay)—Going to the dentist might not be a favorite on your to-do list, but these check-ups are important not only for your teeth, but also for your gums. |
 | Increasing physical activity, function can decrease fall fears(HealthDay)—Enhancing physical activity level and function can decrease the fear of falling among elderly patients, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. |
 | On-pump CABG leads to higher rates of five-year survival(HealthDay)—Five years after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, patients whose operation was performed with cardiopulmonary bypass (on pump) lived longer than those whose surgeons performed the procedure without cardiopulmonary bypass (off pump), according to a report published in the Aug. 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. |
GIST tumors linked to NF1 mutations, genetic testing neededResearchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Fox Chase Cancer Center, have determined that a specific region of the small bowel, called the duodenal-jejunal flexure or DJF, shows a high frequency of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) with mutations of the NF1 gene. Results of the study were published in the August online issue of JCO Precision Oncology. | |
 | Despite benefits, half of parents against later school start timesLeading pediatrics and sleep associations agree: Teens shouldn't start school so early. |
 | Smokers 20 percent more likely to quit when cigarettes cost $1 moreOlder smokers are usually more set in their ways, but a dollar increase in cigarette prices makes them 20 percent more likely to quit, a new Drexel University study found. |
 | Death rates far higher for 'alternative' cancer cures: studyPeople who choose alternative cures for common cancers are up to five times more likely to die compared to those opting for standard treatments, the lead scientist of a new study told AFP Friday. |
 | Clinical signs best predictors of mortality in critically ill calvesClinical signs such as gastrointestinal problems or septic arthritis may be better predictors of mortality in neonatal calves with diarrhea than blood pH levels and other laboratory findings, a new study suggests. |
 | Study of California kidney cancer shows declining incidence, end of a trendA review of kidney cancer in California from 1988 through 2013 by the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI) has concluded that the high incidence of small tumors and early-stage disease observed in California from 1988 until about 2009 has declined and stabilized in recent years, signaling the end of a trend. |
 | To reduce postoperative pain, consider sleep—and caffeineSleep is essential for good mental and physical health, and chronic insufficient sleep increases the risk for several chronic health problems. |
Vitamin D deficiency linked to increased heart failure risk in older adultsA recent study found an elevated risk of heart failure in more than half of older individuals, and this risk was significantly associated with vitamin D deficiency. Specifically, vitamin D deficiency was linked with a 12.2-times increased risk of heart failure. | |
Biology news
 | Histone 1, the guardian of genome stabilityScientists headed by Ferran Azorín at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have discovered why histone 1 is a major protection factor against genomic instability and a vital protein. Their study of the function of histone 1, the least known of the five histones, has been published in the journal Nature Communications. |
 | Ocean channel in Bahamas marks genetic divide in Brazilian free-tailed batsBrazilian free-tailed bats are expert flyers, capable of migrating hundreds of miles and regularly traveling more than 30 miles a night. But they pull up short at a narrow ocean channel that cuts across the Bahamas, dividing bat populations that last shared an ancestor hundreds of thousands of years ago. |
Genuinely extinct or just not worth looking for? Scientists set out to discover just how endangered certain species areScientists are heading off in search of a rare species of bird which has not been seen for 17 years. | |
 | The Western Ghats of India revealed two new primitive species of earthwormThe Western Ghats mountains lie at the southwestern continental margin of Peninsular India and extend all the way from Gujarat to Kerala. The massif has earned its place amongst the eight 'hottest' biodiversity hotspots in the world. |
 | Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardensRoberto Altamirano has the lake to himself as he casts his glistening net onto the still water in a perfect circle, lets it sink, then slowly pulls it in. |
 | Detecting defects hidden in hidesAn Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist has found a way to spot defects in the animal hides that become footwear, sporting goods, fashion accessories, and other leather goods. |
 | Calves should receive more pain relief during husbandry procedures, researchers findCalves may not be receiving the right level of pain relief when undergoing routine animal husbandry procedures including castration and disbudding, new research has found. |
 | Migrating birds use a magnetic map to travel long distancesBirds have an impressive ability to navigate. They can fly long distances, to places that they may never have visited before, sometimes returning home after months away. |
 | Drug resistance in an intestinal parasite of piglets confirmed for the first timeThe parasite Cystoisospora suis causes diarrhea in pigs, especially in newborn piglets, and is capable of quickly spreading across farms. For this reason, pig farmers in Europe preventively use toltrazuril to control parasite development. In contrast to congeneric parasites in chicken, no resistance to this pharmaceutical compound was described in pig parasites until recently. In an article in Parasites & Vectors, researchers of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, have now for the first time confirmed that toltrazuril is ineffective against a Dutch isolate of the parasite. Even though antiparasitic resistance in pig parasites is developing slowly, monitoring of resistance should be intensified due to the lack of alternative treatment options, and increased hygiene measures should be taken to prevent pathogen spread. |
 | S. Africa opposes online rhino horn auctionSouth Africa on Friday moved to halt an online auction of rhino horn starting next week, as outraged conservationists said the sale would undermine the global ban on rhino trade. |
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