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Scientists list top 10 new species in 2010Tempe AZ (SPX) May 25, 2011 The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of taxonomists from around the world - scientists responsible for species exploration and classification - announced their picks for the top 10 new species described in 2010. The 23 announcement coincided with the anniversary of the birth of Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist who was responsible for the modern system of plant and animal names and classifications. On this year's top 10 new spec ... read more |
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  Fungi reduce need for fertilizer in agriculture The next agricultural revolution may be sparked by fungi, helping to greatly increase food-production for the growing needs of the planet without the need for massive amounts of fertilizers accordin ... more | .. |
  What does not kill the brain makes it stronger Johns Hopkins scientists say that a newly discovered "survival protein" protects the brain against the effects of stroke in rodent brain tissue by interfering with a particular kind of cell death th ... more | .. |
  Hundreds of flights hit as ash reaches Britain Airlines grounded about 500 flights Tuesday after ash from an Icelandic volcano swept over Britain and towards northern Europe in a fresh travel nightmare for thousands of passengers. ... more | .. |
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  'Lives at stake' in hunt for US tornado survivors Rescuers combed through overturned cars and flattened buildings Tuesday hunting for survivors after this Missouri town was struck by one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded in the US. ... more | .. |
  Avian flu spreads in S.Africa despite ostrich slaughter An avian flu outbreak that has halted ostrich meat exports from South Africa has spread to a total of eight farms despite the preventive slaughter of 10,000 birds, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Stevens Senior Design Team Fights Hypothermia on the Battlefield A Biomedical Engineering Senior Design team at Stevens Institute of Technology is working with the U.S. Army and New Jersey physicians to develop a new device to combat hypothermia among wounded sol ... more | .. |
  More focus needed on mental health triage in disaster preparedness Johns Hopkins University bioethicists say disaster-response planning has generally overlooked the special needs of people who suffer from pre-existing and serious mental conditions. Survivors alread ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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 First analysis of invasive plant impacts worldwide This week the scientific journal Ecology Letters has published a synthesis of the ecological impacts of invasive plants worldwide. This global analysis has been based on more than one thousand studi ... more | .. |
  Lizard fossil provides missing link in debate over snake origins Until a recent discovery, theories about the origins and evolutionary relationships of snakes barely had a leg to stand on. Genetic studies suggest that snakes are related to monitor lizards and igu ... more | .. |
 Scientists find odd twist in slow earthquakes as tremors run backwards Earthquake scientists trying to unravel the mysteries of an unfelt, weeks-long seismic phenomenon called episodic tremor and slip have discovered a strange twist. The tremor can suddenly reverse dir ... more | .. |
  Report a push for Australia carbon tax? A new climate change report reflects the urgency of a carbon tax for Australia, said Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. ... more |
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  Sudan slides toward another civil war Six years after it ended a devastating 20-year civil war, Sudan appears to be sliding toward a new conflict between the Arab-dominated north and the Christian-animist south, which voted overwhelmingly to secede in a historic January referendum. ... more | .. |
 Innate Immune System Proteins Attack Bacteria by Triggering Bacterial Suicide Mechanisms A group of proteins that act as the body's built-in line of defense against invading bacteria use a molecular trick to induce bacteria to destroy themselves, researchers at the Indiana University Sc ... more | .. |
  Deadly clashes rock Yemen as president clings on A missile slammed into the home of a dissident Yemeni tribal chief on Tuesday, as deadly clashes raged between his clansmen and supporters of veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh who is desperately clinging to power. ... more | .. |
 Particle trap paves way for personalized medicine Sequencing DNA base pairs � the individual molecules that make up DNA � is key for medical researchers working toward personalized medicine. Being able to isolate, study and sequence these DNA molec ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
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 Arab spring could easily be 'snuffed out': Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday hailed the "courageous Arab protestors" battling tyranny, but warned their hopes could easily be crushed, pointing to the 1979 Iranian revolution. ... more | .. |
 Bacteria creates hail stones: study Hail storms seem to arise out of nowhere, leaving those pummeled by the coin- to fist-sized ice balls to wonder how they came to be. US scientists said Tuesday that plant bacteria may be to blame. ... more | .. |
  Sierra Leone chimps threatened by disappearing forest Deforestation is threatening Sierra Leone's wild chimpanzee population, west Africa's second largest, the country's deputy forestry minister told a meeting of wildlife experts Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Iceland volcano eruption slows, ash plume smaller: experts Activity at Iceland's erupting volcano has slowed significantly and its ash plume, which has dropped to a fraction of its 20 kilometre peak, could disappear by the weekend, experts said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Tornado victims 'didn't know if we were going to live' Lauren Miller wiped away tears as she sorted through family photos salvaged from the wreckage of her grandmother's Missouri home Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar prisoners go on hunger strike A group of 22 political prisoners in Yangon's notorious Insein jail has staged a hunger strike to demand better living conditions. ... more | .. |
Outside View: A Buddhist Tahrir Square? Before it became the focus of ongoing mortar exchange between Thailand and Cambodia, the ancient Preah Vihear Temple was most infamous for its role in the "Cambodian push-back." ... more | .. |
Turkish coup suspects headed to parliament He has neither held an election rally nor met any voters but Mustafa Balbay is poised to become a lawmaker, counting down the days to Turkey's parliament - and his freedom - in a solitary prison cell. ... more |
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Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian Slopes
Early Matter-Dominated Universe May Have Spawned the First Black Holes and Exotic Stars
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 Japan's TEPCO admits further reactor meltdowns The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday said it believed fuel had partially melted inside three reactors, as long suspected by experts. ... more | .. |
 Philippines braces for tropical storm Songda Philippine President Benigno Aquino put state relief agencies on alert Tuesday and warned those living near the coast to get ready to flee as the country braced for a strong tropical storm. ... more | .. |
British Airways cancels flights due to ash cloud Flagship carrier British Airways said Monday it was to temporarily suspend flights between London and Scotland as a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted towards Britain. ... more | .. |
Iceland volcano still spewing ash, Europe threatened A plume of ash from an erupting Icelandic volcano headed for Britain Tuesday, forcing flight cancellations and a change in US President Barack Obama's travel plans. ... more |
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Grim search in ravaged US town as tornado kills 116 Rescue crews clawed through the rubble Monday searching for survivors after a tornado in Missouri killed 116 people, amid warnings that more powerful storms were bearing down on the area. ... more | .. |
Japan's TEPCO admits further reactor meltdowns Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company said Tuesday it believed most of the fuel had melted at two more reactors at its tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
 China fossil shows bird and crocodile family trees split earlier than thought A fossil unearthed in China in the 1970s of a creature that died about 247 million years ago, originally thought to be a distant relative of both birds and crocodiles, turns out to have come from th ... more | .. |
  NASA/University Japan Quake Study Yields Surprises When the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, they caused widespread destruction and death. Using observations from a dense ... more |
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