Our interviewee today is Mike Anderson, an adviser to FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Team 116 at Herndon High School in Virginia. He's here to tell us about the new embedded Linux controller FIRST is using this year. It is apparently a bit short of documentation at this stage, so team 116 and others have been posting what they learn at Chief Delphi, which is 'the' FIRST online discussion forum (and fun to read to keep up with all things FIRST). We've talked about FIRST before. We've taken you to FIRST competitions, and looked behind the scenes at the building of a FIRST robot, and will no doubt keep covering a selection of FIRST activities in the future.

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Canadian government had been refusing to give Egyptian-born Mohamed Fahmy a new one citing his bail conditions.

EU-kommissionens ordförande Jean-Claude Juncker behöver 8 miljarder euro till en grundplåt för sin stora investeringsplan för Europas återhämtande, och vill ta en del av pengarna ur EU:s forskningsfond. Men protesterna haglar från forskare, universitet, EU:s revisionsrätt och EU-parlamentet.

EU-kommissionens ordförande Jean-Claude Juncker behöver 8 miljarder euro till en grundplåt för sin stora investeringsplan för Europas återhämtande, och vill ta en del av pengarna ur EU:s forskningsfond. Men protesterna haglar från forskare, universitet, EU:s revisionsrätt och EU-parlamentet.

Jas Gripen har i åratal dragits med fel som begränsar användningen av stridsflygplanen, rapporterar TV4 Nyheterna.

An anonymous reader writes: Scientists working in the area of pancreatic cancer research have uncovered a technique that sees cancerous cells transform back into normal healthy cells. The method relies in the introduction of a protein called E47, which bonds with particular DNA sequences and reverts the cells back to their original state. The study (abstract) was a collaboration between researchers at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, University of California San Diego and Purdue University. The scientists are hopeful that it could help combat the deadly disease in humans.

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An anonymous reader writes: Scientists working in the area of pancreatic cancer research have uncovered a technique that sees cancerous cells transform back into normal healthy cells. The method relies in the introduction of a protein called E47, which bonds with particular DNA sequences and reverts the cells back to their original state. The study (abstract) was a collaboration between researchers at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, University of California San Diego and Purdue University. The scientists are hopeful that it could help combat the deadly disease in humans.

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German champions overturn two-goal deficit to beat Porto; Neymar's brace helps Barca beat PSG.