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Cooling The Planet With Crops
Bristol, UK (SPX) Jan 22, 2009
By carefully selecting which varieties of food crops to cultivate, much of Europe and North America could be cooled by up to 1C during the summer growing season, say researchers from the University of Bristol, UK. This is equivalent to an annual global cooling of over 0.1C, almost 20% of the total global temperature increase since the Industrial Revolution. The growing of crops alrea ... read more

Adaptation Plays A Significant Role In Human Evolution
Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2009
For years researchers have puzzled over whether adaptation plays a major role in human evolution or whether most changes are due to neutral, random selection of genes and traits. Geneticists at Stanford now have laid this question to rest. Their results, scheduled to be published Jan. 16 online in Public Library of Science Genetics, show adaptation-the process by which organisms change to ... more

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Countering Piracy By Maintaining The Status Quo
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2009
The U.S. Navy is finally joining international forces in the fight against the Somali piracy. The U.S. Fifth Fleet is going to deploy its forces specifically for this purpose, teaming up with the Combined Task Force 151. Supposedly, it will be composed of U.S. allies' ships and units, hence its name, the Combined Task Force. Thus, the world's most powerful fleet will embark on ensuring nav ... more

Dirty Snow Causes Early Runoff In Cascades, Rockies
Richland WA (SPX) Jan 22, 2009
Soot from pollution causes winter snowpacks to warm, shrink and warm some more. This continuous cycle sends snowmelt streaming down mountains as much as a month early, a new study finds. How pollution affects a mountain range's natural water reservoirs is important for water resource managers in the western United States and Canada who plan for hydroelectricity generation, fisheries and farming. ... more

Energy-Efficient Water Purification
New Haven CT (SPX) Jan 22, 2009
Water and energy are two resources on which modern society depends. As demands for these increase, researchers look to alternative technologies that promise both sustainability and reduced environmental impact. Engineered osmosis holds a key to addressing both the global need for affordable clean water and inexpensive sustainable energy according to Yale researchers. Yale doctoral student ... more

Geochronological Constraints Of The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Uplift
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 22, 2009
Recent sequence stratigraphy, facies distribution, and tectonic study of 92 remnant basins in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau reveals the Cenozoic evolutionary history of the plateau. During the Paleocene-Eocene (65-34 million years BP), the southern Tibet and the Yecheng area in Xinjiang were parts of the Neo-Tethys remnant sea where coastal plain fluvial facies dominated the hinterland of the ... more

 

  • Mummies Calling For Lenin Burial Arrested On Red Square


  • Museomics Yields New Insights Into Extinct Tasmanian Tiger


  • Prairie Soil Organic Matter Shown To Be Resilient Under Intensive Agriculture


  • Purdue Technology Detects Contaminant In Milk Products
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    TECH SPACE
    Nullspace speeds antenna and radar simulations with new EM software tools
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
    Nullspace Inc. has released a new version of its electromagnetic simulation suite that targets large-scale antenna and radar applications with faster frequency analysis and streamlined CAD preparati ... more
    Quantum camera startup plans satellite and telescope constellations
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
    Diffraqtion, a space startup spun out of MIT and the University of Maryland, has closed a pre-seed funding round to advance satellite constellations and telescope systems powered by a novel quantum ... more
    How IVRT Testing Ensures Consistent Product Quality
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
    Stringent quality control is essential in the pharmaceutical industry, as both cosmetics and pharmaceutical products must maintain a high standard of quality. Any deviation from these standards poses a significant threat to their market survival. ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    Musk vs OpenAI trial set for April 27
    San Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 13, 2026
    A trial in the lawsuit brought by Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman and other defendants - including tech giant Microsoft - is scheduled to begin April 27, according to a federal court order issued Tuesday. ... more
    From sci-fi to sidewalk: exoskeletons go mainstream
    Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2026
    Exoskeletons are shedding their bulky, sci-fi image to become lightweight, AI-powered consumer devices that manufacturers hope will become as commonplace as smartwatches, targeting everyone from hikers to seniors seeking to stay active. ... more
    Brew, smell, and serve: AI steals the show at CES 2026
    Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
    AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it's human against machine. ... more

     
    Refinery Dust Reveals Clues About Local Polluters
    Houston TX (SPX) Jan 22, 2009
    Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails. Investigator Shankar Chellam is heading up the case, which hinges on unique identifiers found in fine particulate matter, a mixture of organic, inorganic or metal material. This material is gi ... more

    New anti-cancer control mechanism found
    Montreal (UPI) Jan 21, 2009
    Canadian medical researchers say they have discovered a new anti-cancer, anti-infection response control mechanism. Dr. Andre Veillette of the Institute of Research Clinics in Montreal, and his team led by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mario-Ernesto Cruz-Munoz, said their discovery could have a significant impact on the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases. The team identified ... more

    Global warming hitting all of Antarctica: scientists
    Paris (AFP) Jan 21, 2009
    Scientists on Wednesday unveiled evidence to suggest global warming is affecting all of Antarctica, home to the world's mightiest store of ice. The average temperature across the White Continent has been rising for the last half century and the finger of blame points at the greenhouse effect, they said. The research, published in the British journal Nature, takes a fresh look at one of t ... more

    Elusive search for Kruger crocodile die-off baffles scientists
    Johannesburg (AFP) Jan 21, 2009
    When three rotting crocodile carcasses were spotted in a remote corner of South Africa's world famous Kruger National Park wildlife reserve, alarm bells started ringing for scientists. A quickly organised autopsy, and aerial survey, confirmed their worst fears. The giant reptiles were victims of a killer condition that had hardened their body fat to a rubber-like state, leaving them unab ... more

     

  • Climate fight will cost 175 billion euros a year by 2020: EU


  • Chinese censors cut communism, dissent from Obama speech


  • China seeks to ease fears over bird flu threat


  • China expects to invest 120 billion dollars in healthcare: govt
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    NUKEWARS
    Trump has options on Iran, but first must define goal
    Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 12, 2026
    US President Donald Trump has options to intervene in protest-hit Iran that range from low to high risk, but choosing his course depends on him deciding his ultimate goal. ... more
    Fresh from China, South Korea president to visit Japan
    Seoul (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
    South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Seoul said Friday, days after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. ... more
    South Korea's Lee says urged Xi to help curb North's nukes
    Shanghai (AFP) Jan 7, 2026
    South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday he had urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help him curb Pyongyang's nuclear programme and suggested a freeze in its development of weapons of mass destruction was "feasible" with the right conditions. ... more

    SUPERPOWERS
    Leaders of Japan and South Korea meet as China flexes muscles
    Nara, Japan (AFP) Jan 13, 2026
    Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung for talks on Tuesday aimed at demonstrating their cordial ties as Beijing pressures Tokyo over its stance on Taiwan. ... more
    MPs concerned ahead of UK decision on mega Chinese embassy
    London (AFP) Jan 13, 2026
    British MPs voiced major security concerns Tuesday over China's proposed new London embassy after a leading daily reported the site would house 208 secret rooms, including a "hidden chamber". ... more
    EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief
    Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 11, 2026
    EU countries should weigh whether to set up a combined military force that could eventually replace US troops in Europe, the bloc's defence chief said Sunday. ... more

    IRAQ WARS
    Pro-Iran camp reunites to form majority in Iraq parliament
    Baghdad (AFP) Nov 17, 2025
    Iraq's pro-Iran Coordination Framework alliance announced on Monday it had formed the majority bloc in the newly elected parliament, and said that it will nominate the next prime minister. ... more
    Iraq tribal clashes kill eight: security official
    Kut, Iraq (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
    Tribal clashes over agricultural land in central Iraq have killed eight people and injured another nine, a security official in Wasit province told AFP on Saturday. ... more
    What lies ahead in Iraq: the hard task of forming a government
    Baghdad (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
    Following Iraq's parliamentary election this week, the complex and often lengthy task of choosing the country's next leader is set to begin. ... more

    THE STANS
    Turkey will help Syria against Kurdish fighters if asked: defence ministry
    Ankara (AFP) Jan 8, 2026
    Turkey's military is ready to "support" Syria in its battle with Kurdish fighters in the northwestern city of Aleppo if Damascus asks for help, a defence ministry official said Thursday. ... more
    Iraq-based Kurdish opposition calls for strike in Iran on Thursday
    Baghdad (AFP) Jan 7, 2026
    Several Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have called for a general strike on Thursday in Iran in support of the protests in the Islamic republic, one of the exiled parties told AFP. ... more
    Casualties in Afghanistan as residents, gold miners clash: Taliban
    Afghanistan (AFP) Jan 6, 2026
    A clash over gold mining in northern Afghanistan has resulted in casualties, a Taliban official told AFP on Tuesday, after a resident said multiple people were killed in the violence. ... more
     

  • Analysis: Green sector may save economy
  • China, EU should 'unite' to tackle economic crisis: foreign minister
  • India welcomes Canada's involvement in its nuclear expansion: minister
  • Russia May Build Belarus Nuclear Plant Without Tender
  • Spain's Iberdrola, Britain's SSE plan nuclear joint venture
  • More than 550,000 Chinese laid off by credit crisis in Q4: govt
  • Hong Kong's economic growth spluttering on filthy air
  • Hong Kong MTR company wins Stockholm subway contract

  • China's Wen warns of tough economic year ahead: state media
  • Was The Economic Crisis Predicted Thirty Years Ago
  • Smart Lighting: New LED Drops The Droop
  • WTO to rule on China complaint against US trade probes: source
  • China's CNOOC to defy low oil price and boost production in 2009
  • China, Hong Kong sign 200-bln-yuan swap deal: authorities
  • 'Buy Fujitsu', company asks workers
  • Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop New Research Tool

  • Flexible Photodetectors Could Help Sharpen Photos
  • First Global Hawk Unmanned System For Environmental Science Research
  • Mars polar water is pure: study
  • A Fantastic Voyage Brought To Life
  • Biodiversity Passes The Taste Test And Is Healthier Too
  • Evolutionary Process More Detailed Than Believed
  • First-Ever Estimate Of Worldwide Fish Biomass And Impact On Climate Change
  • Genetic Snapshot Of Iceland 1,000 Years Ago



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