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Flowering Plant Study 'Catches Evolution In The Act'Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 23, 2011 A new University of Florida study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species' genes are reset, allowing for greater genetic variation. Researchers say the study, to be published in Current Biology, could lead to a better understanding of how to best grow more stable and higher yielding agricultural crops. "We caught evolution in the act," said Doug Soltis, a distinguished professor in UF's biology department and study co-author. "New and diverse patterns o ... read more |
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  Fault-Finding Coral Reefs Can Predict the Site of Coming Earthquakes In the wake of the devastating loss of life in Japan, the urgent question is where the next big earthquake will hit. To answer it, geologist Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham and his doctoral student Gal Hartma ... more | .. |
  Ancient Trash Heaps Gave Rise To Everglades Tree Islands Garbage mounds left by prehistoric humans might have driven the formation of many of the Florida Everglades' tree islands, distinctive havens of exceptional ecological richness in the sprawling mars ... more | .. |
 Fish Know To Avoid The Spear Fish are not as dumb as people sometimes think: marine scientists have found that fish that are regularly hunted with spearguns are much more wary and keep their distance from fishers. In inve ... more | .. |
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  Primordial Soup Gets Spicier Stanley Miller gained fame with his 1953 experiment showing the synthesis of organic compounds thought to be important in setting the origin of life in motion. Five years later, he produced samples ... more | .. |
  Native Americans Modified American Landscape Years Prior To The Arrival Of Europeans A new study by Baylor University geology researchers shows that Native Americans' land use nearly a century ago produced a widespread impact on the eastern North American landscape and floodplain de ... more | .. |
  New Imaging Technique Provides Rapid, High-Definition Chemistry With intensity a million times brighter than sunlight, a new synchrotron-based imaging technique offers high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues with unprecedented speed and ... more | .. |
 MU Researcher Works To Save One Of The World's Most Endangered Birds The Tuamotu Kingfisher is a multicolored, tropical bird with bright blue feathers, a dusty orange head, and a bright green back. The entire population of these birds - less than 125 - lives on one t ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
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  Arab uprising infects 'immune' Syria The Syrian regime in Damascus, which President Bashar Assad recently claimed was "immune" from the political upheaval gripping the Arab world, is now grappling with street protests on a scale not seen for a generation. ... more | .. |
 France urges European controls on all Japanese produce France has urged the European Commission to impose "systematic controls" on imports of fresh produce from Japan into the EU, amid fears of nuclear contamination, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Caribbean to test tsunami preparedness The first tsunami exercise for the Caribbean gets underway Wednesday with the participation of 33 countries, testing the region's emergency preparedness after Japan's recent devastation, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Battle to cool Japan plant as food jitters grow Engineers racing to cool a stricken nuclear plant in Japan partially restored power to a control room on Tuesday, as radioactivity in more foodstuffs fuelled anxiety over product safety. ... more |
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 Food Agency calls for increased, safe urban water supplies The UN's food agency marked World Water Day on Tuesday by calling for new and innovative approaches to ensuring city dwellers in developing countries have access to safe and adequate water supplies. ... more | .. |
 Major legal blow to European anti-GM crops lobby Europe's top court adviser dealt a huge blow to the anti-GM foods lobby Tuesday, saying states broke EU law by halting genetically-modified crop cultivation without first seeking action in Brussels. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima: Japan faces a lasting nuclear headache The Fukushima nuclear crisis will leave Japan with a cleanup problem that will last for years or even decades and carry an astronomical cost, experts said. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea and North agree volcano research talks South Korea on Tuesday agreed to Pyongyang's offer to hold joint research into volcanic activity in the peninsula's highest mountain, suggesting officials meet next week in a rare sign of cooperation. ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
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 Baby steps for small business after Japan tsunami It's hard to see how business can thrive in the post-tsunami devastation in Japan, but consumer demand is running high - and Sayuri Miyakawa is determined to supply it. ... more | .. |
  US tells states to protect rights of people with AIDS The US government on Monday ordered US states and territories to ensure occupational trade schools and licensing agencies don't discriminate against applicants who have HIV or AIDS. ... more | .. |
 Smoke, steam rise from Japan nuclear plant: Kyodo Smoke and steam again rose from damaged reactors on Tuesday at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, where workers have battled to avert a large-scale disaster, Kyodo News reported. ... more | .. |
 Japan nuke plant 'was crippled by 14-metre tsunami' The monster tsunami which left a Japanese nuclear power plant on the brink of meltdown measured at least 14 metres (46 feet) high, the plant's operator said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Revisiting 1950s Experiments For Signs Of Life's Origin In the 1950s, biochemist Stanley Miller performed a series of experiments to demonstrate that organic compounds could be created under conditions mimicking the primordial Earth. Some unused samples ... more | .. |
 A Carbon Cloak To Spy On Bacteria Vikas Berry, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Kansas State University, and his research team are wrapping bacteria with graphene to address current challenges with imaging bacteria und ... more | .. |
  Intervention Offers 'Best Chance' To Save Species Endangered By Climate Change A University of York scientist is proposing a radical programme of 'assisted colonisation' to save species endangered by climate change. Chris Thomas, Professor of Conservation Biology, says the str ... more | .. |
 New Plant Species Gives Insights Into Evolution A new plant species is providing an insight into how evolution works and could help improve crop plants, scientists have revealed. The new plant species, Tragopogon miscellus, appeared in the United ... more |
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  A New Evolutionary History Of Primates A robust new phylogenetic tree resolves many long-standing issues in primate taxonomy. The genomes of living primates harbor remarkable differences in diversity and provide an intriguing context for ... more | .. |
  War clouds gather over Sudan again Six years after the end of a ruinous civil war in Sudan, war clouds are gathering over the ravaged East African region again amid a string of deadly clashes that threaten the emergence of an independent state in the south scheduled for July. ... more | .. |
 Smoke slows race to cool Japan nuclear plant Smoke belched from a stricken nuclear plant in Japan on Monday, disrupting urgent efforts to repair the cooling systems as Tokyo halted some food shipments owing to radiation worries. ... more | .. |
 African cities need 'greener' water infrastructure: UN African cities need to move toward greener water and sanitation projects, such as rainwater collection, to keep pace with booming urban populations, a new United Nations report said Monday. ... more |
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 'Ordinary guy' Putin meets snow leopard Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stood metres away from a snow leopard in his latest stunt involving a threatened animal but insisted Monday he was just an "ordinary guy" in touch with Russia's problems. ... more | .. |
  France fines Google 100,000 euros over Street View France's data privacy regulator said Monday it had imposed a record fine of 100,000 euros ($142,000) on Google for private information collected while compiling its panoramic Street View service. ... more | .. |
 UN atomic watchdog says Japan crisis will be overcome UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano said Monday he had "no doubt" that the current nuclear crisis in Japan would be "effectively overcome". ... more | .. |
 Passions stirred, Gbagbo backers "ready to die" for I.Coast With a tightly-clenched fist angrily puncturing the air, Guillaume, a young supporter of strongman Laurent Gbagbo declares himself ready to die to free Ivory Coast. ... more |
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