Odds and ends

Brain and bacteria

http://theconversation.com/how-the-brain-helps-the-body-fight-bacteria-70833

Master regulator of cellular aging discovered

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112141350.htm

New White House Strategy Preps Earth for Asteroid Hit Scenarios. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwqvzrpjk

Scientists find new mechanism for memory formation http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315184.php

Cancer spread cut by 75% in tests - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38582007

Odds and ends

Viruses in genome important for our brain

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112110840.htm

Exercise: 20 minutes can act as anti-inflammatory

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112115722.htm

How well do we understand the relation between incorrect chromosome number, cancer?

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112130128.htm

Researchers create mosquito resistant to dengue virus

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112141146.htm

Biologists discover how viruses hijack cell's machinery -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112141203.htm


Sri Lankan news
 

The budget-friendly island that offers a perfect dose of winter sun. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw6InzmzM

 5 street eats you have to try in Sri Lanka. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/sri-lanka-street-food-you-have-to-try-colombo-tours-best-restaurants-isso-vadei-kottu-hoppers-a7524786.html

Heart Stent Sales Representatives Banned From Hospitals - http://anynews.lk/s/jo7x

Odds and ends

China school allows students to ‘borrow’ marks  http://anynews.lk/s/jn0e 

 Stress and blood clots

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4111656/How-stress-puts-higher-risk-heart-attack-Higher-activity-certain-brain-linked-clotting-aorta.html

 New car battery

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4110348/Samsung-shows-electric-car-battery-charge-300-miles-just-20-minutes.html

Migration from Africa

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4103074/The-journey-ancestors-New-model-brings-step-closer-understanding-migration-Africa.html

 Namibian genocide

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4107344/Germany-sued-refuses-pay-reparations-forgotten-genocide-100-000-Namibian-tribesmen-early-1900s-considered-precursor-Holocaust.html

Couch potatoes and Dementia

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4106556/Couch-potatoes-highest-risk-dementia-Skipping-exercise-dangerous-carrying-Alzheimer-s-gene.html

 

 Sri Lankan news

GTF Wants Govt. To Faithfully Implement CTF Recommendations - http://anynews.lk/s/jmjj 

 

Foreigners who invest over USD 300,000 to get 2 to 5 year visa - http://anynews.lk/s/jmph