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Warm Ocean Currents Cause Majority of Ice Loss from AntarcticaWashington DC (SPX) May 01, 2012 Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica, a new study using measurements from NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) revealed. An international team of scientists used a combination of satellite measurements and models to differentiate between the two known causes of melting ice shelves: warm ocean currents thawing the underbelly of the floating extensions of ice sheets and warm air melting them from abov ... read more |
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  'Inhabitants of Madrid' ate elephants' meat and bone marrow 80,000 years ago Humans that populated the banks of the river Manzanares (Madrid, Spain) during the Middle Palaeolithic (between 127,000 and 40,000 years ago) fed themselves on pachyderm meat and bone marrow. This i ... more | .. |
  Antibiotic resistance flourishes in freshwater systems The author Dr. Seuss may have been on to something when he imagined that microscopic communities could live and flourish on small specs of dust, barely visible to the naked eye. In fact, such vibran ... more | .. |
  New study sheds light on debate over organic vs. conventional Can organic agriculture feed the world? Although organic techniques may not be able to do the job alone, they do have an important role to play in feeding a growing global population while minimizin ... more | .. |
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  Wind pushes plastics deeper into oceans, driving trash estimates up While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of plasti ... more | .. |
  Boron-Nitride Nanotubes Show Potential in Cancer Treatment A new study has shown that adding boron-nitride nanotubes to the surface of cancer cells can double the effectiveness of Irreversible Electroporation, a minimally invasive treatment for soft tissue ... more | .. |
 Intense light prevents, treats heart attacks There are lots of ways to treat a heart attack - CPR, aspirin, clot-busters and more. Now CU medical school researchers have found a new candidate: Intense light. "The study suggests that stro ... more | .. |
 Slicing mitotic spindle with lasers, nanosurgeons unravel old pole-to-pole theory The mitotic spindle, an apparatus that segregates chromosomes during cell division, may be more complex than the standard textbook picture suggests, according to researchers at the Harvard School of ... more |
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 Eating more berries may reduce cognitive decline in the elderly Blueberries and strawberries, which are high in flavonoids, appear to reduce cognitive decline in older adults according to a new study published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Ne ... more | .. |
 First evaluation of the Clean Water Act's effects on coastal waters reveals major successes Levels of copper, cadmium, lead and other metals in Southern California's coastal waters have plummeted over the past four decades, according to new research from USC. Samples taken off the co ... more | .. |
  Jordan's king walks a tightrope on reform King Abdullah II, a key U.S. ally in the Arab world, has gone through three prime ministers in 18 months as he struggles to avoid the kind of Arab Spring political upheaval that toppled four presidents in 2011. ... more | .. |
  EU hands extra 20 mln euros to Pakistan flood victims Brussels on Monday announced a further 20 million euros in aid to victims of Pakistan's 2011 monsoon floods, as well as people displaced by conflict, bringing funding this year to 55 million euros. ... more |
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 Australia to protect most vulnerable koalas Australia moved Monday to protect its most vulnerable koalas, listing the much-loved furry tree-dwellers as a threatened species in parts of the country. ... more | .. |
 Pesticide exposure linked to brain changes: study When pregnant women are exposed to moderate levels of a common pesticide, their children may experience lasting changes in brain structure linked to lower intelligence, a US study said Monday. ... more | .. |
  China says shuts Coke plant after chlorine reports Coca-Cola has been ordered to temporarily halt production at a bottling plant in northern China after media reports of chlorine in its products, according to a government statement. ... more | .. |
  Chinese activist in US embassy: fellow dissident Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is holed up in the US embassy in Beijing but is not seeking asylum, another rights activist said Monday as the spectre of a China-US diplomatic wrangle loomed. ... more |
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Top U.S. defense contractor L3 Tech to pay $62M to settle claims of deceptive practices
North Korean warship has 'serious accident' at launch
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 Hong Kong delays China patriotism lessons Hong Kong said Monday it would delay the introduction of mandatory "national education" classes, which have been criticised as a bid to brainwash children with Chinese patriotism. ... more | .. |
 Learning mechanism of the adult brain revealed They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, this is not always true. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN-KNAW) have now discovered how the adult brain can ... more | .. |
  How stem cell therapy can keep the immune system under control A new study, appearing in Cell Stem Cell and led by researchers at the University of Southern California, outlines the specifics of how autoimmune disorders can be controlled by infusions of mesench ... more | .. |
 Just a few cell clones can make heart muscle Just a handful of cells in the embryo are all that's needed to form the outer layer of pumping heart muscle in an adult zebrafish. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center used zebrafish embryo ... more |
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 Discovery of earliest life forms' operation promises new therapies for key diseases Bacteria provide a well-known playground for scientists and the evolution of these earliest life forms has shed important perspective on potential therapies for some of the most common, deadly disea ... more | .. |
 Scripps Research Institute scientists solve a mystery of bacterial growth and resistance Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have unraveled a complex chemical pathway that enables bacteria to form clusters called biofilms. Such improved understanding might eventually aid the de ... more | .. |
 New study chronicles the rise of agriculture in Europe An analysis of 5,000-year-old DNA taken from the Stone Age remains of four humans excavated in Sweden is helping researchers understand how agriculture spread throughout Europe long ago. According t ... more | .. |
 Lighting up to take down bacteria Whilst some bacteria can provide health benefits there are others that can do annoying things - like kill you. So in order to save ourselves we should probably kill them first. So, stand aside bacte ... more |
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SpaceX mega-rocket Starship 9 cleared for launch following earlier mission failures
Rocky road geology reveals billion year story inside Martian crater
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  "Warming hole" delayed climate change over eastern United States Climate scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered that particulate pollution in the late 20th century created a "warming hole" over the eastern Unit ... more | .. |
  Mysterious 'Monster' Discovered By Amateur Paleontologist Around 450 million years ago, shallow seas covered the Cincinnati region and harbored one very large and now very mysterious organism. Despite its size, no one has ever found a fossil of this "monst ... more | .. |
 Warm ocean currents cause majority of ice loss from Antarctica Reporting in the journal Nature, an international team of scientists led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has established that warm ocean currents are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Ant ... more | .. |
 China raises profile as Tonga rebuilds after riots Jason Ng wasn't living in Tonga in 2006 when riots, which had Chinese-owned small businesses among their targets, left eight people dead and the centre of the capital Nuku'alofa a smouldering ruin. ... more |
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 Disbelief in village over China activist's daring escape As the daring escape from house arrest of Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng makes world headlines, locals in his village expressed disbelief that "the blind man" could flee the intense security surrounding him. ... more | .. |
  Moscow swelters in record heat Moscow sweltered in unseasonable heat on Sunday, with temperatures of nearly 29 degrees Celsius (84.2 Fahrenheit), a record for April since data collection began 130 years ago, authorities said. ... more | .. |
 Chinese activist latest held after Chen escape Outspoken Chinese government critic Hu Jia has been detained in the latest move by security forces against people linked to activist Chen Guangcheng, who is reportedly under US "protection". ... more | .. |
 Regulators eye Google in Argentina, South Korea Google's online search and advertising services are under scrutiny by regulators in Argentina and South Korea, the company has confirmed. ... more |
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