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New study reveals coral reefs may support much more biodiversity than previously thoughtWashington DC (SPX) Nov 09, 2011 Smithsonian scientists and colleagues conducted the first DNA barcoding survey of crustaceans living on samples of dead coral taken from the Indian, Pacific and Caribbean oceans. The results suggest that the diversity of organisms living on the world's coral reefs is seriously underestimated. The team's research "The Diversity of Coral Reefs: What Are We Missing?" was published in October in the journal PLoS ONE. At depths of 26 to 39 feet, the scientists collected dead coral from five different l ... read more |
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  Clean soot particle filters The soot particle filters found on diesel vehicles are designed to ensure that no harmful particles make their way through the exhaust pipe. Often, though, the exhaust from newer-model engines is no ... more | .. |
  Research team unravels tomato pathogen's tricks of the trade For decades, scientists and farmers have attempted to understand how a bacterial pathogen continues to damage tomatoes despite numerous agricultural attempts to control its spread. Pseudomonas ... more | .. |
 Nitrogen Fertilizers' Impact on Lawn Soils Nitrogen fertilizers from farm fields often end up in aquatic ecosystems, resulting in water quality problems, such as toxic algae and underwater 'dead zones'. There are concerns that fertilizers us ... more | .. |
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 Do Bacteria Age? Biologists Discover the Answer Follows Simple Economics When a bacterial cell divides into two daughter cells and those two cells divide into four more daughters, then 8, then 16 and so on, the result, biologists have long assumed, is an eternally youthf ... more | .. |
  Thai opposition challenges PM over flood budget Thailand's opposition lashed out Wednesday at Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's financial plans for dealing with the worst floods in half a century, saying the economy was under threat. ... more | .. |
  UA scientists find evidence of Roman period megadrought Almost nine hundred years ago, in the mid-12th century, the southwestern U.S. was in the middle of a multi-decade megadrought. It was the most recent extended period of severe drought known for this ... more | .. |
  Record storm blasts US state of Alaska A massive storm pounded the rural western coast of Alaska early Wednesday with hurricane-force gusts, severe coastal flooding and widespread blizzard conditions, US meteorologists said. ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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  Climate to widen sleeping sickness risk to southern Africa Sleeping sickness could threaten tens of millions more people as the tsetse fly which transmits the disease spreads to southern Africa as a result of global warming, a study published on Wednesday says. ... more | .. |
  Sea life "must swim faster to survive" Fish and other sea creatures will have to travel large distances to survive climate change, international marine scientists have warned. Sea life, particularly in the Indian Ocean, the Western and E ... more | .. |
  Aid groups warn over Pakistan flood fund Aid groups warned on Wednesday that vital relief efforts for five million people affected by floods in Pakistan's fertile southern belt could be cut back because of a shortfall in foreign donations. ... more | .. |
  NASA Airborne Mission Maps Remote, Deteriorating Glaciers A close-up image of the crack spreading across the ice shelf of Pine Island Glacier shows the details of the boulder-like blocks of ice that fell into the rift when it split. For most of the 18-mile ... more |
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 Vietnam floods kill at least 100 The death toll from weeks of severe flooding in Vietnam has climbed to 100, the government said Wednesday, as a fresh deluge in central provinces prompted the evacuation of some 30,000 people. ... more | .. |
 Maryland Climate Plan Passes Key Tests in UMD Studies Maryland's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020 meets a series of benchmark tests set by state lawmakers, concludes a new pair of studies by the University of Maryland Center for ... more | .. |
  China to send armed patrols on Mekong: report China and several neighbouring countries will provide armed escorts to ships navigating the Mekong River, state media said Wednesday, after 13 Chinese sailors were killed on the key waterway last month. ... more | .. |
  High toxic levels found at school, market neighboring informal e-waste salvage site in Africa Tests at a school beside an informal electronic waste salvage site in Ghana's capital Accra reveal contamination due to lead, cadmium and other health-threatening pollutants over 50 times higher tha ... more |
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New satellite operations centre planned for Germany to support EU constellation
N. Korea warns of more 'offensive action' after latest missile launch
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 Somali pirate attacks hit record level Attacks on shipping by increasingly sophisticated Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean reached record levels in the first nine months of the year, the International Maritime Bureau says. ... more | .. |
  Dalai Lama blames Chinese for Tibet deaths Tibetans setting themselves on fire are protesting Beijing's "cultural genocide" policy in Tibet, the Dalai Lama said at the end of a visit to Japan. ... more | .. |
  Clinton says AIDS-free generation is US priority US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared an AIDS-free generation a US priority Tuesday, saying such a "historic" goal can be met by combining prevention strategies worldwide. ... more | .. |
 Orange smoke billows out of Congolese volcano Clouds of orange smoke and ash billowed out of Africa's most active volcano Nyamulagira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday after it erupted spectacularly at the weekend. ... more |
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  India facing twin epidemic time bomb: doctors India is facing a twin epidemic of diabetes and high blood pressure, doctors have warned, after the results of a countrywide study suggested that one in five people had both conditions. ... more | .. |
 Nepal children to track elusive snow leopard Conservationists in Nepal have enlisted an army of school children to record the movements of the mysterious snow leopard, one of the most elusive predators in the world, a scientist said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Thai PM to skip APEC summit due to flood crisis Thailand's prime minister said on Tuesday she would miss an Asia-Pacific summit in Hawaii this weekend, postponing her debut on the world stage to deal with the kingdom's worst floods in half a century. ... more | .. |
 Tokyo city starts radiation tests on food in shops Tokyo city government on Tuesday began radiation tests on samples of food bought in shops to reassure residents amid a contamination scare after a major nuclear accident in northeast Japan. ... more |
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Closest-ever view of planet-forming disk captured around distant star
AI-developed controller directs satellite in pioneering in-orbit maneuver
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 Celebrities pressure China over pollution gauge Several Chinese celebrities have joined an online campaign aimed at pressuring the government into improving the way it measures air pollution, as residents increasingly worry about their health. ... more | .. |
 Australia passes controversial carbon pollution tax Australia's parliament approved a controversial pollution tax on Tuesday, after years of bitter debate over the reform which is aimed at lowering carbon emissions blamed for climate change. ... more | .. |
 China's 'soft power' push stumbles at the movies Everybody knows Oscar. From Beijing to Paris and New York to Sao Paolo, the golden statuette honouring the best movies in the world is a symbol of the "soft power" prowess of the United States. ... more | .. |
 Colombia mudslide toll climbs to 39 The death toll from a massive mudslide has risen to 39, officials said Monday, as rescuers struggled to find more survivors in this mountainous, coffee-growing region beset by days of heavy rain. ... more |
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  The benefits of being the first to settle New research into the genealogies of early human pioneers suggests that the settlers who were first to colonize a new region of the world produced more offspring than the settlers who followed them. ... more | .. |
  Thousand-Color Sensor Reveals Contaminants in Earth and Sea The world may seem painted with endless color, but physiologically the human eye sees only three bands of light - red, green, and blue. Now a Tel Aviv University-developed technology is using colors ... more | .. |
 Geologists find ponds not the cause of arsenic poisoning in India's groundwater The source of arsenic in India's groundwater continues to elude scientists more than a decade after the toxin was discovered in the water supply of the Bengal delta in India. But a recent study with ... more | .. |
 Analysis reveals malaria as ancient, adaptive and persistent foe One of the most comprehensive analyses yet done of the ancient history of insect-borne disease concludes for the first time that malaria is not only native to the New World, but it has been present ... more |
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