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Critters on Ocean Floor Communicating in Synchronized RumblesMiami FL (SPX) Sep 13, 2011 Understanding animal communication has long been a fascinating and vast area of research for those who dare to welcome the challenge. Some species use body language to express their message while others use calls and loud noises. In fact, some animals communicate in frequencies that are inaudible to humans, either above or below our hearing range. But how do critters on the ocean floor use communication to fend off predators, attract mates and protect their homes? This was the question six s ... read more |
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  Homeowners, taxpayers pay billions to fight invasive pests Homeowners and taxpayers are picking up most of the tab for damage caused by invasive tree-feeding insects that hide in packing materials, live plants and other goods imported from countries into th ... more | .. |
 A scientific 'go' for commercial production of vitamin-D enhanced mushrooms A new commercial processing technology is suitable for boosting the vitamin D content of mushrooms and has no adverse effects on other nutrients in those tasty delicacies, the first study on the top ... more | .. |
  Scientists probe connection between sight and touch in the brain Shakespeare famously referred to "the mind's eye," but scientists at USC now have also identified a "mind's touch." USC scientists have discovered that as you look at an object, your brain not only ... more | .. |
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  The evolving role of clinical microbiology laboratories With the increasing availability of sophisticated technologies to rapidly diagnose and treat infectious diseases, the duties and the role of clinical laboratory microbiologists, who traditionally pe ... more | .. |
 China plant resources need additional protections China needs to change where it sites its nature reserves and steer people out of remote rural villages toward cities to protect its valuable but threatened wild plant resources, according to an arti ... more | .. |
 Genomic analysis of superbug provides clues to antibiotic resistance An analysis of the genome of a superbug has yielded crucial, novel information that could aid efforts to counteract the bacterium's resistance to an antibiotic of last resort. The results of the res ... more | .. |
 Australopithecus sediba paved the way for Homo species Researchers have revealed new details about the brain, pelvis, hands and feet of Australopithecus sediba, a primitive hominin that existed around the same time early Homo species first began to appe ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
Teaching robots to map large environments
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  Satellites improve disaster monitoring efficiency in China Two small disaster monitoring satellites, launched in 2008, have allowed China to more rapidly monitor natural disasters with greater range, said the National Commission for Disaster Reduction Tuesd ... more | .. |
 GIS Finds its Way to The Cloud Setting up a GIS system just got simpler thanks to cloud computing. Cloud computing furnishes technological capabilities - commonly maintained off-premise that are delivered on demand as a service v ... more | .. |
  IBM supercomputer Watson to assist doctors Dr. Watson will see you now. ... more | .. |
  UN steps in as Pakistan floods kill 200 The United Nations on Monday began a drive to feed half a million people affected by torrential rains in Pakistan where a second year of flooding has killed more than 200, officials said. ... more |
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  Italy says vulnerable to neighbours' nuclear mishaps Italy said Monday the blast that killed one person and injured four at a nuclear site in France highlighted its own vulnerability to such atomic incidents on the territory of its neighbours. ... more | .. |
  Turkish delegation in Mogadishu for aid, trade issues A large Turkish delegation spent Monday in famine-hit Mogadishu assessing investment opportunities and delivering aid, a Somali government statement said. ... more | .. |
 Romania vows to fight illegal fishing in the Danube delta Romania's governement wants to step up the fight against illegal fishing in the Danube delta, a natural zone listed on UNESCO's World Heritage list, the environment minister said on Monday. ... more | .. |
One dead, four injured in French nuclear plant blast One person was killed and four injured in a blast at a nuclear site in the south of France on Monday as the government sought to play down fears of a radioactive leak. ... more |
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European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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 One dead as Hurricane Katia remnants hit Britain One motorist was killed Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Katia battered much of Britain with winds up to 82 miles (132 kilometres) per hour. ... more | .. |
  Sudan parliament okays Blue Nile military action Sudan on Monday approved military action over the embattled state of Blue Nile bordering South Sudan just days after the rivals agreed to withdraw their troops from another flashpoint border region. ... more | .. |
  Nepal arrests 20 Tibetan teens crossing from China Nepal has detained 20 Tibetan teenagers for entering the country illegally from China, police said Monday, weeks after the government assured Beijing that it would crack down on anti-China activity. ... more | .. |
 'The Island President': a fight against climate change Elected president of the Maldives after spending 20 years leading a pro-democracy movement against a cruel dictatorship, Mohammed Nasheed believes it will have all been for naught if his nation of 1,200 islands is swallowed up by the ocean. ... more |
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 A breath detector to find disaster victims Scientists on Sunday said they had devised sensors to detect breath and sweat which one day could locate survivors buried under buildings hit by an earthquake or a bomb blast. ... more | .. |
  Spain battles wildfire, evacuates 200 Firefighters backed by planes and helicopters battled towering flames in southern Spain Monday, trying to tame a forest fire that forced 200 people to evacuate, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Happy Feet the penguin missing in Southern Ocean Scientists tracking Happy Feet, the wayward penguin who became a worldwide celebrity after washing up on a New Zealand beach, said Monday they had lost contact with the giant bird. ... more | .. |
  Vancouver marks birth of Greenpeace 40 years ago A simple phone call about dead sea otters washing up on the shores of Alaska after US nuclear tests lead to the birth of environmental organization Greenpeace four decades ago. ... more |
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SpaceX launches 29 satellites after fireball spotted in the sky
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 NASA Sees 4 Tropical Cyclones in the Atlantic There were four tropical cyclones or remnants plaguing the Atlantic Ocean basin on Sept. 8, 2011, and one satellite captured all four in one image: Katia, Lee, Maria and Nate. NOAA's GOES-13 s ... more | .. |
 Storm data uncovers landfall threat probabilities Scientists at the University of Miami's (UM's) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have found an intriguing relationship between hurricane tracks and climate variability. Angela Colb ... more | .. |
 Human brain evolution, new insight through X-rays A paper published in Science reveals the highest resolution and most accurate X-ray scan ever made of the brain case of an early human ancestor. The insight derived from this data is like a powerful ... more | .. |
  Evidence for a persistently iron-rich ocean changes views on Earth's early history Over the last half a billion years, the ocean has mostly been full of oxygen and teeming with animal life. But earlier, before animals had evolved, oxygen was harder to come by. Now a new study led ... more |
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 800,000 years of abrupt climate variability An international team of scientists, led by Dr Stephen Barker of Cardiff University, has produced a prediction of what climate records from Greenland might look like over the last 800,000 years. ... more | .. |
  Microbes travel through the air Preliminary research on Fusarium, a group of fungi that includes devastating pathogens of plants and animals, shows how these microbes travel through the air. Researchers now believe that with impro ... more | .. |
 Extreme summertime temperatures to become a regular occurrence In an article in the current issue of the journal Climatic Change Letters, Boston University researchers have estimated the impact near-term increases in global-mean temperatures will have on summer ... more | .. |
 Tropical Storm Maria Makes It A West Side Story Tropical Storm Maria is making her own "West Side Story" and is headed in the direction of the Lesser Antilles. Satellite imagery shows Maria's close proximity to the island chain in the Caribbean. ... more |
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