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Vodafone and Liberty face battle for Kabel Deutschland

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By Paul Sandle and Sophie Sassard LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone faces a battle for Germany’s largest cable company, Kabel Deutschland, although rival bidder Liberty Global of the United States has bigger regulatory and funding hurdles to overcome. Liberty Global, which owns Unity Media, Germany’s second biggest cable operator, joined the race on Tuesday Continue reading →

Paralyzed Dog Receives Stem Cell Therapy

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HIALEAH (CBSMiami) A team of Hialeah veterinarians performed a groundbreaking medical procedure on a dog to help him walk again. Brando, a 9-year-old German shepherd, received an innovative two-part stem cell therapy at Paradise Animal Clinic in Hialeah on Wednesday Continue reading →

Plasticized Bodies Come to Singapore Medical School

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At a Singapore medical school, doctors-to-be are learning anatomy on human bodies preserved in plastic. The bodies, which were donated to science, have undergone a process called plastination, which replaces the fat and water in a cadaver with plastic and other polymers. Continue reading →

'Diaoyu Islands 'have never been Japan's territory': Chinese envoy

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Beijing (China Daily/ANN) – The 1945 Potsdam Proclamation, a statement of terms for the unconditional surrender of Japan issued in the names of the United States, China and the United Kingdom, determined that the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out, including that China’s northeast regions, Taiwan Island, Penghu Islands and its surrounding islands, should return to China. The Diaoyu Islands are not within the Japanese sovereignty outlined by the declaration. Continue reading →

UCF Medical School graduated its first class Friday

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And they’re doctors. The first class of medical students to come out of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine graduated Friday morning during a ceremony on the UCF campus. The charter class of 36 graduates also was the first class of medical students in the nation to receive full-ride, four-year scholarships courtesy of community donors. Continue reading →

Research and Markets: Germany's Aerospace & Defense Industry 2013

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DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Germany’s Aerospace & Defense Industry” report to their offering. The global aerospace and defense market is deemed to be the revenues accrued by manufacturers from civil or military aerospace and defense equipment and parts or products. The defense segment also includes defense electronics and the aerospace segment includes space equipment Continue reading →

Three European aerospace firms to set up in Montreal, create nearly 200 jobs

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By Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press MONTREAL – Demand for aerospace engineers will accelerate over the next few years as three European companies announced plans that create nearly 200 jobs in Montreal. The Austrian, French and German companies said Monday they were attracted to the city because of the availability of trained workers and their ability to work with large locally based companies such as Bombardier (TSX:BBD-B.TO – News). German company PFW plans to move its Seattle-based aerospace tube and duct systems North American headquarters to Montreal Continue reading →

Space station could test 'spooky' entanglement over record distance

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ESA An artist’s conception shows the International Space Station in the midst of an experiment in quantum entanglement. By Clara Moskowitz LiveScience “Spooky” quantum entanglement connects two particles so that actions performed on one reflect on the other. Now, scientists propose testing entanglement over the greatest distance yet via an experiment on the International Space Station Continue reading →

Space Station May Test 'Spooky' Entanglement Over Largest Distance Yet

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“Spooky” quantum entanglement connects two particles so that actions performed on one reflect on the other. Now, scientists propose testing entanglement over the greatest distance yet via an experiment on the International Space Station. Until now, entanglement has been established on relatively small scales in labs on Earth Continue reading →

Aerospace group EADS weakens state control

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EADS shareholders approved sweeping reforms on Wednesday that weaken the influence of European governments and allow the aerospace giant to pursue its global ambitions unfettered. The extraordinary meeting in Amsterdam overwhelmingly adopted 15 proposed amendments in a major easing of state clout in the powerful group that also controls Airbus. They notably dissolved a complicated shareholders pact that gave EADS’s three founding states — France, Germany and Spain — veto rights on strategic decisions and rights to nominate board members Continue reading →

Neeson to get freedom of Ballymena

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irishtimes.com – Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 09:52 Related External The Irish Times takes no responsibility for the content or availability of other websites Actor Liam Neeson is to be given the freedom of his home town during a ceremony in Co Antrim later today. The star of Schindlers List and Michael Collins will be honoured in Ballymena. Neeson began his career in Belfasts Lyric Theatre and later joined the Abbey Theatre in Dublin before moving to London, then Hollywood Continue reading →

Silk Road to the Skies.Super Computer Project – Video

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Silk Road to the Skies.Super Computer Project Rainer Spurzem, a German scientist who works for the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is leading a team to build a supercomputer named Tiger in the observatories. Continue reading →