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Congresswoman takes aim at high costs of diabetes meds
Albuquerque, Jun 29 (AP/UNB) — Taxpayers and patients in the U.S. could save millions of dollars a year if they were able to pay what people in other countries do for insulin and other medications required by diabetics, a lawmaker said Friday.
Technology allows clinicians to see patients' real-time pain
Chicago, June 29 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) have developed a technology to help clinicians "see" and map patient pain in real-time through special augmented reality glasses.
Israeli research findings on sea urchins may lead to new cancer treatment
Jerusalem, June 29 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Israeli researchers have discovered how sea urchins build their skeleton, which could lead to new treatment for cancer, the northern University of Haifa (UH) reported on Thursday.
Fossil of extinct giant wombat discovered in Australia
Sydney, June 29 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The fossilized jaw of a diprotodon, a member of Australia’s now extinct megafauna, has been uncovered in a remote location in southern New South Wales State, the Australian Museum said on Friday.
Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China
San Francisco, June 29 (AP/UNB) — Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, shifting away from a U.S. assembly line it had been using for that product in recent years, according to a report published Friday.
NASA: Intense work under way on rocket for future moonshots
New Orleans, June 29 (AP/UNB) — Crews are working around the clock at a NASA rocket factory, intent on meeting a new fall 2020 deadline to test launch a mega-rocket designed to propel astronauts to the moon and beyond, a space agency official said Friday.
This rock-eating ‘worm’ could change the course of rivers
Dhaka, June 29 (UNB) - Shipworms have long been a menace to humankind, sinking ships, undermining piers, and even eating their way through Dutch dikes in the mid-1700s. Now, researchers have found the first shipworm that eschews wood for a very different diet: rock, reports Science Magazine. The new shipworm—a thick, white, wormlike creature that can grow to be more than a meter long—lives in freshwater. Researchers first spotted the species (Lithoredo abatanica) in 2006 in thumb-size burrows in the limestone banks of the Abatan River in the Philippines. But it wasn’t until 2018 that scientists were able to study the organism in detail.
Facebook's digital currency may flourish where banks don't
New York, Jun 28 (AP/UNB) — Europeans and Americans have their Visa and Mastercards. For everyone else, here comes ... Libra?
Politicians' tweets could get slapped with warning labels
San Francisco, Jun 28 (AP/UNB) — Presidents and other world leaders and political figures who use Twitter to threaten or abuse others could find their tweets slapped with warning labels.
Report: Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China
San Francisco, Jun 28 (AP/UNB) — A newspaper is reporting that Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, shifting away from a U.S. assembly line it had been using for that product in recent years.