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Cool-season grasses more profitable than warm-season grassesVernon TX (SPX) Jul 12, 2011 Access to swine effluent or waste water can help a producer grow more grass. But a Texas AgriLife Researcher says the grass is "greener" economically if it is a cool-season rather than a warm-season variety. Dr. Seong Park, AgriLife Research economist in Vernon, said while the warm-season grasses appear to have a greater growth boost with swine effluent application, the cool-season grasses have marketing advantages that make it a more viable economic option for producers in the Oklahoma Panhandle ... read more |
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  Air pollution linked to learning and memory problems and depression Long-term exposure to air pollution can lead to physical changes in the brain, as well as learning and memory problems and even depression, new research in mice suggests. While other studies h ... more | .. |
  Australian volcano eruptions overdue Using the latest dating techniques, scientists from the University of Melbourne's School of Earth Sciences and the Melbourne School of Engineering have calculated the ages of the small volcanoes in ... more | .. |
  Early embryos can correct genetic abnormalities during development Professor William G. Kearns told the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology that a three-day-old embryo (called a cleavage stage embryo) with an incorrect number ... more | .. |
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  ERS exits with final focus on changing glaciers Some of the last images from ESA's ERS-2 satellite have revealed rapidly changing glacial features in Greenland. In its final days, the veteran satellite gave us frequent views of the Kangerdlugssua ... more | .. |
 Sweetpotato foundation seed tested in commercial operations Sweetpotato is gaining popularity in the United States, where health-conscious consumers have created increased demand for the tasty, versatile food. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ... more | .. |
 Astrium to build Sentinel-4 atmospheric sensors ESA has awarded a contract worth almost 150 million euro to Astrium to develop and build two satellite sensors that will monitor Earth's atmosphere as part of Europe's Global Monitoring for Environm ... more | .. |
  Islands of Life, Part III In 2005, after years of effort, researchers had all but given up on finding bacterial colonization in the hyperarid core of Chile's Atacama Desert. It was simply too dry, they concluded, to support ... more |
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Nuclearn Deploys Gamma2 AI to Revolutionize Nuclear Plant Operations
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  NASA's Aura Satellite measures pollution from New Mexico, Arizona fires NASA's Aura Satellite has provided a view of nitrogen dioxide levels coming from the fires in New Mexico and Arizona. Detecting nitrogen dioxide is important because it reacts with sunlight to creat ... more | .. |
  Antarctic krill help to fertilize Southern Ocean with iron A new discovery reveals that the shrimp-like creature at the heart of the Antarctic food chain could play a key role in fertilising the Southern Ocean with iron - stimulating the growth of phytoplan ... more | .. |
 New study suggests severe deficits in UK honeybee numbers A study published by the University of Reading's Centre for Agri Environmental Research suggests that honeybees may not be as important to pollination services in the UK than previously supposed. Th ... more | .. |
 Dr VS Hegde Appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Antrix Corporation Limited Dr VS Hegde, Outstanding Scientist and Scientific Secretary, ISRO has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Antrix Corporation Limited of the Department of Space. Dr Hegde, a ... more |
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  Qatar royal in bid to save rare bird Qatar's royal family is trying to save the world's rarest parrot, a bird not seen in its native Brazil for more than 10 years, conservationists say. ... more | .. |
  Wis. company product cleans with ozone A U.S. company says its ozone-based laundry disinfectant system can cut the cost of doing commercial laundry in half. ... more | .. |
 Antarctic suvey finds undersea volcanoes A British Antarctic Survey team says it has discovered underwater volcanoes in waters around the remote Sandwich Islands. ... more | .. |
  Global warming: Cities, too, are carbon 'sinks' Scientists on Tuesday offered a slender piece of good news about global warming, reporting that cities can be of surprising help in soaking up carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal greenhouse gas. ... 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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 Nestle to pay 1.4 bn francs for 60% of Hsu Fu Chi Swiss food giant Nestle said on Monday it had agreed to take a majority stake in Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi for 1.4 billion francs (1.2 billion euros, $1.7 billion). ... more | .. |
 Floods claim lives in Nigeria's largest city Flooding from heavy rains in one of Africa's largest cities has led to a number of deaths and caused residents to flee their homes, officials in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Quake hits off Philippine coast, no damage A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Philippines on Tuesday but caused no damage, authorities said. ... more | .. |
 US pledges $5 million for drought-hit Somalis The United States on Monday pledged $5 million (3.5 million euros) to assist thousands of Somalis affected by a harsh drought that has hit the Horn of Africa region. ... more |
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  Storms hit air travel, spark power cuts in US midwest A line of powerful thunderstorms swept across the upper Midwest Monday, grounding hundreds of flights at Chicago's airports and cutting power to more than half a million homes and businesses in the region. ... more | .. |
  Push to bring whaling body into 'modern age' The International Whaling Commission gathered Monday beset by familiar divisions and facing calls for reforms to improve transparency and root out alleged corruption. ... more | .. |
  Overuse of C.Asia's Amu-Darya a threat to stability: UN The over-exploitation of the Amu-Darya river which snakes across Afghanistan, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, could threaten the long-term stability of the region, the UN said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Chinese bishops 'taken away' by police: report Four bishops loyal to the Vatican have been "taken away" by Chinese police in recent days to take part in a state-sanctioned ordination, the Catholic news agency AsiaNews said on Monday. ... 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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China says Tibetans 'closely' linked to majority Han China said Monday Tibetans had been "closely connected" to its majority Han ethnic group "since ancient times", as it marks 60 years since the Himalayan region was "peacefully liberated" by its troops. ... more | .. |
  Madagascar seizes rosewood containers at port Madagascan authorities impounded six containers of rosewood, precious timber whose export is banned, at a port in the northwest of the country and detained a lawmker, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Ridley Scott unfazed by volcano shoot Acclaimed director Ridley Scott began on Monday shooting scenes for his next film at the foot of an Icelandic volcano that may be stirring to life, but appeared unfazed by the prospect of an eruption. ... more | .. |
Thai 'rhino horn dealer' arrested in S.Africa South African police have arrested a Thai national accused of organising rhinoceros hunts to sell the animals' horns on the international black market, officials said Monday. ... more |
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Top China editor says 'private interests' censor press One of China's most influential journalists said Monday that efforts to silence the country's press frequently come from "private interests" rather than Beijing's official army of censors. ... more | .. |
Indonesia raises red alert at volcano Indonesia on Monday said it would evacuate hundreds of people living near Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island after raising the volcano's alert status to the highest level. ... more | .. |
 Herbicide implicated in mass tree death A new herbicide may be killing Norway spruce and white pine trees across the United States, and DuPont now says its product should not be sprayed near them. ... more | .. |
Australia begins selling disputed pollution tax Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard began Monday the mammoth task of selling a bold new tax on carbon emissions to sceptical voters, in a battle that could make or break her fragile rule. ... more |
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