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A Field Of Beams
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 26, 2005By firing rapid pulses of polarized light at corn, spinach and other crops, researchers have uncovered a picture of plant health that is invisible to the naked eye. Using a portable light source and detector technology, the researchers can differentiate minute differences in leaf colors - indicators of over- or under-fertilization, crop-nutrient levels and perhaps even disease. Farmer Becomes First Chinese Individual To Breed Seeds In Space 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 26, 2005Luo Dengqiang, a farmer in Chongqing Municipality of southwest China, recently signed an agreement with the Beijing Space Satellite Application Company on sending lotus seeds to the outer space. Toxins Drove Evolution Of Human Taste Sense, Global Study Reveals 
Durham NC (SPX) Jul 26, 2005Plant toxins in the diets of early humans drove the evolution of a bitter taste receptor better able to detect them, suggests new genetic research by scientists at University College London, Duke University Medical Center, and the German Institute of Human Nutrition. |
Pakistan Says No To Joint Control Of Controversial Dam In Indian Kashmir
Jammu, India (AFP) Jul 25, 2005Pakistani officials Monday ruled out joint control of a controversial dam being built by India in disputed Kashmir after visiting the project. Keep Off Our Tiny Frozen Island, Denmark Tells Canada 
Copenhagen (AFP) Jul 25, 2005Denmark Monday protested against an unannounced visit last week by the defence minister of Canada to a small and uninhabitable island in the Arctic claimed by both countries. Scientists Sequence A Cold-Loving Marine Microbe 
Rockville MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2005At home in the deep, dark Arctic Ocean, the marine bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H keeps very cool--typically below 5° degrees Celsius. How does the bacterium function in this frigid environment? To find out, scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and collaborators have sequenced and analyzed C. psychrerythraea's genome. |
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Pirates Say Crew Of Hijacked UN Aid Ship To Be Released
Nairobi (AFP) Jul 25, 2005Gunmen have pledged to release the crew of a UN-chartered vessel carrying food aid for Somali tsunami victims which was hijacked off Somalia's coast last month, the shipowners said Monday. At Least 41 People Die In Western US Heatwave 
Phoenix, Arizona (AFP) Jul 26, 2005A relentless heatwave has killed at least 41 people in the western United States, including 21 illegal immigrants trying to cross from Mexico, since the start of July, officials said Monday. Cryosat Environmental Testing Over 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 26, 2005The intense mechanical testing period is finally over for the CryoSat satellite, and with launch just a couple of months away - the very last checks are being made before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to the launch site in Plesetsk, Russia. |
Analysis: India Gets Nuclear Deal
Washington, (UPI) July 24, 2005Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, expressed "great satisfaction" at the nuclear deal he was offered by the Bush administration in Washington this week. As well he might. But the agreement could ultimately come to be regarded as the most dangerous and reckless move of George Bush's presidency. Mideast Watch: A Nuclear-Armed Iran 
Washington (UPI) July 25, 2005Despite Tehran's vociferous claims to the contrary, evidence is mounting that Iran is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. It may now even be too late to stop this process. The real question is: What should the United States do about it? Podcasting Changing The Face Of Politics 
Washington (UPI) July 25, 2005First, it was blogs. Then, it was Meetup.com. Now, the newest technology to combine the Internet and politics is slowly starting to creep into the mainstream: podcasting. |
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