New approaches for Ebola virus therapeutics
Liverpool, UK (SPX) Sep 09, 2014 -
Researchers from the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Public Health England, have investigated new ways to identify drugs that could be used to treat Ebola virus infection.
They looked at what proteins inside a cell are critical for the functions of Ebola virus and are hijacked by the virus to help with infection.
One of the proteins they have targeted is known as VP24. ...
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Ethanol fireplaces: the underestimated risk
Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 05, 2014 -
Ethanol fireplaces are becoming more and more popular. However, they are not only highly combustible - in the past, severe accents have occurred repeatedly with decorative fireplaces. The devices also pollute the air in the rooms. This has been proven by a recent Fraunhofer study. Wood-burning ovens are also on the testing block.
Go to the DIY-market in the morning, buy the fireplace, and ...
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Breakthrough for Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells
Evanston IL (SPX) Sep 05, 2014 -
Lighter, more flexible, and cheaper than conventional solar-cell materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long shown promise for photovoltaics. But research stalled when CNTs proved to be inefficient, converting far less sunlight into power than other methods.
Now a research team led by Mark Hersam, professor of materials science and engineering and the Bette and Neison Harris Chair of Teac ...
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China's Alibaba eyes record-breaking IPO
New York (AFP) Sept 05, 2014 -
Chinese online marketplace Alibaba unveiled plans Friday to raise up to $24.3 billion in what could be the biggest stock flotation in history.
The company told US regulators it would offer some 320 million shares in a range of $60 to $66 per share. An option will be available for 48 million additional shares.
The plan would raise a minimum of $19.2 billion even if the option for addition ...
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Apple supplier in China accused of abuses
San Francisco (AFP) Sept 05, 2014 -
A Chinese factory that supplies Apple with parts has been operating with violations of basic standards for health, safety and environmental protection, an investigative report said Thursday.
China Labor Watch and Green America itemized their findings in a 25-page report based on an investigation in August of a Catcher Technology plant in the city of Suqian.
Asked about the report, Apple ...
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Panama, Suez, Nicaragua canal schemes miss trade boat: analysts
London (AFP) Sept 07, 2014 -
Vast projects to expand the Suez and Panama canals are being talked up as the biggest upheaval for decades in global maritime traffic, but experts say they could be outflanked by a trade shift towards Asia.
In recent years, freight traffic travelling from Asia to the east coast of the United States has increasingly circumvented the Panama Canal and its restrictions on ship size in favour of ...
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New phase of MH370 search to start in 2 weeks: Australia
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 06, 2014 -
An intensified underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will start in about two weeks' time, Australian premier Tony Abbott said Saturday as he visited Malaysia to discuss the issue.
Abbott said the hunt for the jet, which inexplicably veered off its Kuala Lumpur-Beijing route on March 8 with 239 people aboard, would continue for as long as necessary.
Australia has be ...
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