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09Oct/15

Africa’s GDP growth to slow to 3.7 pct this year, World Bank

October 9, 2015EconomyAcademic disciplines, Africa, Angola, Articles, Biofuels, Botswana, Burundi, China, Economy, Economy of Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Geography of Africa, Ghana, Global Economic Prospects, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Makhtar Diop, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nairobi, Nigeria, Peak oil, Poverty, Price of oil, Punam Chuhan Pole, Rwanda, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, World Bank, World economy, Zambiasmbale

Economic growth is set to slow in Sub-Saharan Africa to 3.7 percent this year from 4.6 percent in 2014, its weakest pace since 2009, mainly due to the drop in commodity prices, the World Bank has said in its latest Africa pulse report.

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01Oct/15

Migrants leave rocks on Italian-French border

October 1, 2015WorldAbdellah, Academic disciplines, Bangladesh, Central Africa, Demography, Europe, European migrant crisis, food, France, Greece, Human migration, Illegal immigration to the United States, Immigration, Immigration to Australia, International Organization of Migration, Italian Riviera, Italy, Libya, Mali, Maritime Migrant Smuggling to Spain, Pakistan, Red Cross, Sicily, Syria, Tanja Announ, Taswalen, Ventimigliasmbale

Migrants who had taken to the rocks on the Italian-French border after their camp was dismantled by police have now left the area and many are now sheltering from bad weather at a nearby transit centre.

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11Sep/15

Female cricket brain pinpointed

September 11, 2015InnovationAcademic disciplines, Anatomy, Berthold Hedwig, Biological neural network, Brain, Branches of biology, Cambridge, Cricket, Karl-, Nervous system, Neural circuit, Neural networks, Neuron, Orthoptera, Schöneich, Stefan Schöneich, United Kingdomsmbale

Researchers believe they have pinpointed the neuronal networks of female crickets responsible for recognising the calling songs of males.

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10Aug/15

Electronic skin sensors to control mobile gadgets

August 10, 2015InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Electronic skin, Germany, ISkin, MARTIN WEIGEL, Materials, Matthew Stock, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, mobile computing, on-body mobile computing, Robotic sensing, SAARBRUCKEN, Silicone, smart phone, Stretchable electronics, Synthetic biologysmbale

iSkin prototype uses flexible, stretchable, silicone stickers as skin-worn, touch sensors for mobile computing. Matthew Stock reports.
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02Aug/15

India set to become world’s most populous country by 2022

August 2, 2015Environment7 Billion Actions, Academic disciplines, Actuarial science, Africa, Ageing, Angola, Burundi, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Demographic economics, Demography, Environment, Globalization, Human geography, Human overpopulation, India, John Wilmoth, Malawi, Mali, Millennium Development Goals, Niger, Nigeria, Overpopulation, Population, Population ageing, Population ecology, Population growth, Poverty, Projections of population growth, Social Issues, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, United Nations, United States, World population, Zambiasmbale

Global population is forecast to reach 11.2 billion in 2100, according to projections in new U.N. population report.

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26May/15

UN Human Rights Chief says more attention must be paid to migrant boat crisis

May 26, 2015WorldAcademic disciplines, Al Hussein, Articles, Australia, European migrant crisis, Foreign relations of Jordan, Geneva, House of Hashim, Human migration, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Switzerland, Zeid Raad Al Husseinsmbale

The UN Human Rights Chief has called the EU response to the migrant boat crisis “inadequate” and said Asian countries must also do more to help the plight of thousands of migrants arriving on its shores.

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20Mar/15

Turing manuscript and German ‘Enigma’ code writer to go up for sale

March 20, 2015BusinessAcademic disciplines, Alan Turing, Bletchley Park, Bonhams, Bonhams Director, British people, Cassandra Hatton, China, Cryptanalysis, Cryptography, Director of History and Science, Director of History and Science Cassandra Hatton, English people, English-language films, Enigma, Enigma machine, Germany, Human Interest, Legacy of Alan Turing, New York, Programming languages, Social Issues, Turingsmbale

HONG KONG, CHINA (REUTERS) – A notebook about mathematics and computer science written by Nazi-code breaker Alan Turing is on on display at Bonhams auction house in Hong Kong.

The 56-page manuscript is expected to fetch at least seven figures when it goes up for sale on April 13th in New York.
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