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More than 1 in 10 chance of colder UK wintersLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2011 As the Sun enters a period of low solar activity over the next 50 years, new research has calculated the probability of unusually cold winter temperatures occurring in the UK. Last year, the same group of researchers, from the University of Reading, linked colder winters in Europe to low solar activity and predicted that the Sun is moving into a particularly low period of activity, meaning the UK will experience more cold winters in the future - potentially similar to those experienced in the Maun ... read more |
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  New laser technology could kill viruses and improve DVDs A team led by a professor at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering has made a discovery in semiconductor nanowire laser technology that could potentially do everythin ... more | .. |
 E. coli Can Survive in Streambed Sediments for Months Studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have confirmed that the presence of Escherichia coli pathogens in surface waters could result from the pathogen's ability to survive for m ... more | .. |
  UBC 'megapixel' DNA replication technology promises faster, more precise diagnostics UBC researchers have developed a DNA measurement platform that sets dramatic new performance standards in the sensitivity and accuracy of sample screening. The advance could improve a range of ... more | .. |
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  Scientists discover that Hawai'i is not an evolutionary dead end for marine life The question of why there are so many species in the sea and how new species form remains a central question in marine biology. Below the waterline, about 30% of Hawai'i's marine species are endemic ... more | .. |
  How hot did Earth get in the past The question seems simple enough: What happens to the Earth's temperature when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase? The answer is elusive. However, clues are hidden in the fossil record. A ne ... more | .. |
  Warming ocean layers will undermine polar ice sheets Warming of the ocean's subsurface layers will melt underwater portions of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets faster than previously thought, according to new University of Arizona-led research. ... more | .. |
 Pigeons never forget a face New research has shown that feral, untrained pigeons can recognise individual people and are not fooled by a change of clothes. Researchers, who will be presenting their work at the Society fo ... more |
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US urges China to keep Iran from shutting key trade route
Nuclearn Deploys Gamma2 AI to Revolutionize Nuclear Plant Operations
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  Singapore expertise pioneers quick and scarless surgery Patients with gastric tumours in their stomach will no longer have to suffer an eight-hour long surgery, but instead can look forward to a short day surgery which last a few minutes to an hour witho ... more | .. |
 Diners urged to eat invasive sea life A new approach to containing invasive aquatic species is gaining favor: Eating them. ... more | .. |
  Two injured in second China escalator accident At least two people were injured in an escalator accident at a subway station in Shenzhen in China, state media said Monday, days after a 13-year-old boy died in a similar accident in Beijing. ... more | .. |
  Australia sets carbon tax to fight climate change Australia announced plans on Sunday to tax carbon pollution at Aus$23 (US$24.74) per tonne to help battle climate change, as it moved towards creating the region's biggest emissions trading scheme. ... more |
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  Whales and whaling: facts and figures The International Whaling Commission starts a four-day plenary meeting Monday on the British island of Jersey, with a bid to rid the deeply divided body of allegedly corrupt practices topping the agenda. ... more | .. |
 Global whaling forum under pressure to clean house The chronically deadlocked International Whaling Commission (IWC) will debate ways to boost transparency and battle alleged corruption within its ranks at a four-day meet in Jersey from Monday. ... more | .. |
  Smartphones help world's winemakers foil fraudsters For Charles Pillitteri, the fight against fraudsters began when he discovered fake bottles of his Canadian ice wine in Taiwan in 1998. ... more | .. |
 'Death by plastic': Is ocean garbage killing whales? Millions of tonnes of plastic debris dumped each year in the world's oceans could pose a lethal threat to whales, according to a scientific assessment to be presented at a key international whaling forum this week. ... more |
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Israel targets Iran Guards, Tehran prison in fresh wave of strikes
Israel says struck to 'obstruct access routes' to Iran's Fordo
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  Hopeful Dalai Lama welcomes young monk to US The Dalai Lama voiced optimism Saturday that China will reform and allow greater freedoms as he welcomed a young potential spiritual successor before thousands of well-wishers in Washington. ... more | .. |
  Small tsunami reaches Japan after strong quake A small tsunami reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a strong quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. ... more | .. |
 Program can protect photographers An image processing system that hides the position from which photos are shot may help protesters in repressive regimes avoid arrest, an Indian researcher says. ... more | .. |
 Elephants electrocuted in northern Indian state Three wild elephants were electrocuted after they toppled a high-tension electricity line in northern India, a wildlife official said on Saturday. ... more |
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 Malaysians in Hong Kong condemn Kuala Lumpur crackdown About 80 Malaysians marched through central Hong Kong Saturday to support a simultaneous mass rally for electoral reforms back home where riot police fired tear gas and water cannon. ... more | .. |
 Another Iceland volcano stirs, causing flooding: official A massive flood of meltwater poured out of Iceland's Myrdalsjoekull glacier Saturday, raising fears of an eruption from the powerful Katla volcano underneath, but experts said a large blast was unlikely. ... more | .. |
 Four dead in rain-hit South Korea: report Floods and heavy rain left four people dead and two missing in South Korea, a news agency said Saturday, citing local officials who reported landslides across the country. ... more | .. |
  High levels of caesium found in Fukushima beef More than six times the legal limit of radioactive caesium has been found in beef from Fukushima prefecture, home to Japan's crippled nuclear plant, an official statement said Saturday. ... more |
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Lunar dust poses lower health risk than urban air pollution study shows
Macron says Europe must become 'space power' again
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 Japan says plant clean-up will take decades Japan's prime minister said on Saturday the decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant would take decades, in the first government announcement of a long-term timeframe for the clean-up. ... more | .. |
 Ash from Mount Etna closes Italian airport A southern Italian airport was on Saturday closed due to ash from Mount Etna, forcing traffic to be diverted to Palermo, the ANSA news agency said. ... more | .. |
  New EPA rule targets blowing emissions The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued final regulations capping pollution from coal-fired power plants. ... more | .. |
  S. Sudan resources raise investor hopes South Sudan's reserve of a great diversity of underexploited resources is seen set to trigger a scramble among corporations and governments for megadeals. ... more |
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 Chile volcano grounds flights in Argentina, Uruguay Clouds of ash spewing from Chile's Puyehue volcano grounded flights Friday at airports in the capitals of Uruguay and Argentina, where a major football tournament is being held. ... more | .. |
 UNHCR chief urges more help for drought-hit Somalis UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres on Friday urged more international help for thousands of Somalis devastated by a harsh drought, calling their plight the worst humanitarian tragedy. ... more | .. |
  US tornado toll hits 159 in Joplin The toll from the deadliest single tornado to strike the United States in six decades rose to 159 after a woman died of her injuries, officials in Joplin, Missouri said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Third hurricane of eastern Pacific season forms Calvin became the third hurricane of the eastern Pacific season Friday, US forecasters said, though it did not immediately threaten land. ... more |
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