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Jan 29, 2020

AbCellera Is Mobilizing a Response to the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak as Part of Its DARPA P3 Program

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AbCellera is mobilizing its pandemic response platform based on its rapid antibody discovery technology to respond to the 2019-nCoV outbreak.

Jan 29, 2020

The JEDI Contract Speaks Volumes about GCP and Multicloud

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AWS’ and Microsoft’s role at center stage of the JEDI contract saga says a lot about the future of Google Cloud Platform and the multicloud model.

Jan 29, 2020

[CES 2020] A waltz for Ballie | Samsung

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A waltz for Ballie. Here’s how Ballie improves the quality of your “me time” and takes care of your loved ones and your home.

#CES2020 #Ballie #InnovationForDelight #Samsung

Jan 29, 2020

Australian lab first outside of China to copy coronavirus, helping vaccine push

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A Melbourne lab becomes the first outside of China to copy the deadly novel coronavirus, enabling researchers to develop screening tests and evaluate whether a future vaccine is effective.

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Jan 29, 2020

Switzerland switches off nuclear plant as it begins exit from atomic power

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MUEHLEBERG, Switzerland (Reuters) — Switzerland’s Muehleberg nuclear power station went off the grid on Friday after 47 years, marking the end of an era as the shutdown starts the country’s exit from atomic power.

Jan 29, 2020

Two satellites could hit each other Wednesday — scientists call it ‘one of the most dangerous possible collisions’

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According to NASA, in order for a satellite to stay in orbit with the Earth, the pull of gravity must be balanced with the object’s speed. As such, the two satellites on course for collision are travelling at an extremely fast relative velocity of 14.7 kilometres per second.

“They’re going to be colliding at an incredibly high speed. And, at that speed, it’s going to probably cause the smaller satellite to break up completely into smaller fragments. And each of those fragments becomes a piece of space debris in its own right,” Gorman told ScienceAlert.

The NASA/NIVR IRAS satellite and the NRO/USN POPPY 5B satellite (aka GGSE 4) are predicted to make a close approach on Wednesday. POPPY 5B has 18-metre-long gravity gradient booms so a 15-to-30 metre predicted miss distance is alarming

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Jan 29, 2020

‘Curious and curiouser!’ Meteorite chunk contains unexpected evidence of presolar grains

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An unusual chunk in a meteorite may contain a surprising bit of space history, based on new research from Washington University in St. Louis.

Presolar —tiny bits of solid interstellar material formed before the sun was born—are sometimes found in primitive meteorites. But a new analysis reveals evidence of presolar grains in part of a where they are not expected to be found.

“What is surprising is the fact that presolar grains are present,” said Olga Pravdivtseva, research associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences and lead author of a new paper in Nature Astronomy. “Following our current understanding of solar system formation, presolar grains could not survive in the environment where these inclusions are formed.”

Jan 29, 2020

A 62-year-old Chinese doctor in Wuhan ‘at the front line’ of the coronavirus outbreak has died after treating patients

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Chinese state media confirmed that Liang Wudong, an ENT specialist who retired in March 2019, died after treating coronavirus patients in Wuhan.

Jan 29, 2020

China’s first coronavirus hospital OPENS today

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China’s first coronavirus hospital has opened in a city near Wuhan after workers and volunteers spent just two days converting an empty building to a 1,000-bed emergency facility.

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Jan 29, 2020

Monkeys, bats & snakes sold at notoriously cruel market in Indonesia

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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Norwegian Alf Jacob Nilsen, 64, visited Tomohon Extreme Market in northern Indonesia to document the cruel trade in cats, dogs and endangered animals.