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US official says bird flu limits not 'censorship'Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2011 Leading US health official Anthony Fauci on Wednesday rejected claims that the United States is censoring science by seeking to limit potentially dangerous bird flu information in major journals. The controversy arose when two separate research teams - one in the Netherlands and the other in the United States - separately found ways to alter the H5N1 avian influenza so it could pass easily between mammals. Until now, bird flu has been rare in humans, but particularly fatal in those who do get ... read more |
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  Protests in southern China turn violent: witnesses Demonstrations over a power plant in southern China turned violent for a second straight day on Wednesday when police fired tear-gas and beat protesters, witnesses said. ... more | .. |
  Disease fears as Philippines flood toll tops 1,000 Survivors of devastating Philippines flash floods face a growing threat of disease including cholera and typhoid, officials warned Wednesday as the death toll rose above a thousand. ... more | .. |
 Scientists fight back in 'mutant flu' research row Leading virologists on Wednesday warned of censorship after a US bioterror watchdog asked scientific journals to withhold details of lab work that created a mutant strain of killer flu. ... more | .. |
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  Close Family Ties Keep Microbial Cheaters in Check Any multicellular animal, from a blue whale to a human being, poses a special challenge for evolution. Most of the cells in its body will die without reproducing; only a privileged few will pass the ... more | .. |
  Will Antarctic worms warm to changing climate Researchers at the University of Delaware are examining tiny worms that inhabit the frigid sea off Antarctica to learn not only how these organisms adapt to the severe cold, but how they will surviv ... more | .. |
  Climate sensitivity greater than previously believed Many of the particles in the atmosphere are produced by the natural world, and it is possible that plants have in recent decades reduced the effects of the greenhouse gases to which human activity h ... more | .. |
 Hellbender salamander study seeks answers for global amphibian decline A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to detail its skin microbes, the bacteria and fungi that defend against ... more |
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A new dimension for spin qubits in diamond
Breakthrough achieved in uranium metal production for advanced reactor fuel
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 Sensational bird finding in China In June 2011, a team of Chinese and Swedish researchers rediscovered the breeding area for the poorly known Blackthroat Luscinia obscura, in the Qinling mountains, Shaanxi province, north central Ch ... more | .. |
  Thai army targets New Year protests Thailand's army will help local police during the New Year period in case of threats to public order, especially protests over the restrictive lese-majeste laws. ... more | .. |
 China to release six pandas into wild Six captive-bred pandas will be freed into an enclosed forest in southwestern China next year in the first mass release of the highly endangered animals, the official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  No white Christmas for Canadians in 2011 Most Canadians will not wake up to a white Christmas on December 25 for the first time since Canada's weather office began recording snowfalls in 1955, the government agency said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Fukushima reactors may take 40 years to dismantle Japan said Wednesday that decommissioning the tsunami-wrecked reactors at Fukushima could take as long as 40 years, with melted nuclear fuel possibly stuck where it is for a quarter of a century. ... more | .. |
 China strives to defuse unrest in wealthy south Authorities in southern China moved Wednesday to defuse an outbreak of unrest, agreeing to free villagers detained for protesting land seizures and suspending a power plant project. ... more | .. |
  More Canadian farmers going high-tech More and more Canadian farmers are adopting mobile technology to help them manage and improve their businesses, an industry group survey found. ... more | .. |
  Fighter jets kill 10 in south Somali air raid: witnesses Fighter jets pounded rebel-held southern Somalia killing at least 10 people and wounding several others, the majority reportedly civilians, witnesses and Islamist militia commanders said Wednesday. ... more |
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China's new aircraft carrier enters service in key move to modernise fleet
Global tech tensions overshadow Web Summit's AI and robots
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  Malaysian 'lords of the jungle' cling to ancient ways As their wooden boat nears the river's edge, hunters from Malaysia's Kayan tribe reach for machetes and spears while their dogs leap out and splash up the banks on the scent of a deer. ... more | .. |
  In Romania, a pledge to shield bastion of Europe's forests On the steep, dark slopes of the Carpathian mountains, 300-year-old beech trees scrape the sky in one of Europe's last remaining virgin forests, spared from any human intervention for centuries. ... more | .. |
  Nitrogen from humans pollutes remote lakes for more than a century Nitrogen derived from human activities has polluted lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere for more than a century and the fingerprint of these changes is evident even in remote lakes located thou ... more | .. |
  Rapid rise in wildfires in large parts of Canada Large forest regions in Canada are apparently about to experience rapid change. Based on models, scientists can now show that there are threshold values for wildfires just like there are for epidemi ... more |
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  Upper atmosphere facilitates changes that let mercury enter food chain Humans pump thousands of tons of vapor from the metallic element mercury into the atmosphere each year, and it can remain suspended for long periods before being changed into a form that is easily r ... more | .. |
 Legumes give nitrogen-supplying bacteria special access pass A 125-year debate on how nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to breach the cell walls of legumes has been settled. A paper to be published by John Innes Centre scientists reports that plants themselve ... more | .. |
 Data-driven tools cast geographical patterns of rainfall extremes in new light Using statistical analysis methods to examine rainfall extremes in India, a team of researchers has made a discovery that resolves an ongoing debate in published findings and offers new insights. Th ... more | .. |
 New insight into why locusts swarm New research has found that a protein associated with learning and memory plays an integral role in changing the behaviour of locusts from that of harmless grasshoppers into swarming pests. De ... more |
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SpaceX to Acquire EchoStar AWS-3 Spectrum Licenses in $2.6 Billion Stock Deal
Robotic exosuit designed to assist astronaut movement tested in simulated lunar mission
OlmoEarth AI Platform Released to Expand Access to Planetary Data and Insights | .. |
 A major step forward towards drought tolerance in crops When a plant encounters drought, it does its best to cope with this stress by activating a set of protein molecules called receptors. These receptors, once activated, turn on processes that help the ... more | .. |
 Researchers assess effects of a world awash in nitrogen Humans are having an effect on Earth's ecosystems but it's not just the depletion of resources and the warming of the planet we are causing. Now you can add an over-abundance of nitrogen as another ... more | .. |
 Barracuda babies: Novel study sheds light on early life of prolific predator For anglers and boaters who regularly travel the coasts of Florida the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) is a common sight. Surprisingly, however, very little is known about the early life stage ... more | .. |
 Genome tree of life is largest yet for seed plants Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, The New York Botanical Garden, and New York University have created the largest genome-based tree of life for see ... more |
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 IDFC: India's water supply at risk India's rising population and economic growth are straining the country's supply of water, a report from India's Infrastructure Development Finance Co. warns. ... more | .. |
 Killer blizzard blankets central US A massive winter storm blamed for at least six deaths made travel nearly impossible in parts of the central United States Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. ... more | .. |
 Communist official heads to China protest village Residents of a Chinese village in open revolt against local authorities said Tuesday they had received word a senior Communist official was headed there to urge against a planned protest march. ... more | .. |
  Egypt military 'regrets transgressions' to women Egypt's military on Tuesday "strongly regretted" what it called "transgressions" against protesters, in a statement addressed to women after soldiers beat and stripped a female demonstrator. ... more |
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