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Measuring CO2 to fight global warmingSalt Lake City UT (SPX) May 18, 2012 If the world's nations ever sign a treaty to limit emissions of climate-warming carbon dioxide gas, there may be a way to help verify compliance: a new method developed by scientists from the University of Utah and Harvard. Using measurements from only three carbon-dioxide (CO2) monitoring stations in the Salt Lake Valley, the method could reliably detect changes in CO2 emissions of 15 percent or more, the researchers report in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scien ... read more |
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  Mixed bacterial communities evolve to share resources, not compete New research shows how bacteria evolve to increase ecosystem functioning by recycling each other's waste. The study provides some of the first evidence for how interactions between species shape evo ... more | .. |
 Growing risks from hatchery fish A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan ... more | .. |
 'Citizen science' tracking climate change An American beech tree grows in Judy Wagner's backyard. For the past 18 years the retired health policy analyst has watched as the tree grew. First it became taller than the privacy fence and now it measures about 40 feet tall, standing over her townhome in Bethesda, Md. ... more | .. |
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  Ultrasensitive biosensor promising for medical diagnostics Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and "personalized medicine" tailored to the specific biochemistry of individua ... more | .. |
  Anti-whaling leader freed on bail while extradition decided A German court on Friday granted bail to Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, while authorities decide whether he can be extradited to Costa Rica. ... more | .. |
  Anthropologists discover earliest form of wall art Anthropologists working in southern France have determined that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art. Their research, reported in the most recen ... more | .. |
  Farewell to the Sun The crew of the French-Italian Concordia research base in the Antarctic saw their last rays of Sun for over four months last weekend. Near the South Pole, the outpost will now continue its research ... more |
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UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases
EU considers new anti-dumping action against Chinese tyres
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 5-limbed brittle stars move bilaterally, like people It appears that the brittle star, the humble, five-limbed dragnet of the seabed, moves very similarly to us. In a series of first-time experiments, Brown University evolutionary biologist Henry Astl ... more | .. |
  Health experts narrow the hunt for Ebola Response efforts to outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Africa can benefit from a standardized sampling strategy that focuses on the carcasses of gorillas, chimpanzees and other species known to ... more | .. |
  Protective Clothing With Built-In Air Conditioning In order to test the new smart protective vest, an experimenter wearing one has jogged several kilometers on the treadmill in a climate-controlled chamber at Empa. During the jog he lost 544 grams i ... more | .. |
UN talks take first steps on 2015 climate deal UN members on Thursday took their first steps in a marathon to negotiate a new global pact by 2015 that for the first time will place rich and poor under a common legal regime to tackle climate change. ... more |
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  China blind activist to get passport 'within 15 days' Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said Thursday China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the United States after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington. ... more | .. |
  First troops of west African force arrive in G.Bissau Some 70 soldiers of a west African force arrived Thursday in Guinea-Bissau on a mission to restore stability after the country's April 12 coup, as the prime minister of a transitional government took office. ... more | .. |
  Brazil's threatened Awa tribe outnumbered, group says Brazilian authorities have admitted that the Amazon's Awa, "Earth's most threatened tribe," are outnumbered 10 to one in just one of their reserves, Survival International said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama begins Austria visit The Dalai Lama arrived in Austria Thursday for a visit that will include a meeting with Chancellor Werner Faymann and is likely to irritate China, already angered by his previous stop in Britain. ... more |
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Trump's 'Golden Dome' US missile defense plan faces major challenges
Iran lawmakers ratify partnership treaty with Russia
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 Pro-European Tadic set for landslide win in Serbia Serbian voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president with the incumbent Boris Tadic set for a landslide victory over his nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic. ... more | .. |
 Race to save the devil Down Under It's been hundreds of years since the Tasmanian devil last lived on the Australian mainland but, in the misty hills of Barrington Tops, a pioneering group is being bred for survival. ... more | .. |
China blind activist to get passport 'within 15 days' Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said Thursday China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the United States, after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington. ... more | .. |
  Armed N.Koreans kidnap Chinese sailors: reports Twenty-nine Chinese fishermen have been kidnapped at sea by unidentified North Koreans who have demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) in ransom, fellow sailors and media said Thursday. ... more |
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  Barley takes a leaf out of reindeer's book in the land of the midnight sun Barley grown in Scandinavian countries is adapted in a similar way to reindeer to cope with the extremes of day length at high latitudes. Researchers have found a genetic mutation in some Scandinavi ... more | .. |
 Molecular subtypes and genetic alterations may determine response to lung cancer therapy Cancer therapies targeting specific molecular subtypes of the disease allow physicians to tailor treatment to a patient's individual molecular profile. But scientists are finding that in many types ... more | .. |
 Evolution's gift may also be at the root of a form of autism A recently evolved pattern of gene activity in the language and decision-making centers of the human brain is missing in a disorder associated with autism and learning disabilities, a new study by Y ... more | .. |
  Nanotube 'sponge' has potential in oil spill cleanup A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up oil in water with unparalleled efficiency has been developed with help from computational simulations performed at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ri ... more |
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Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light's ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
Tracing ancient cyanobacteria reveals early origins of circadian clocks
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  Researchers map fish species at risk from dams Dams are believed to be one of the biggest threats to freshwater organisms worldwide: They disrupt normal patterns of water and sediment flow, impede migration, and alter the character of spawning a ... more | .. |
 New research on seaweeds shows it takes more than being flexible to survive crashing waves Seaweeds are important foundational species that are vital both as food and habitat to many aquatic and terrestrial shore organisms. Yet seaweeds that cling to rocky shores are continually at risk o ... more | .. |
  Sumatra said at risk from volcanoes Sumatra, hit by deadly earthquakes and tsunamis in recent years, is at risk from another natural phenomenon, researchers say - major volcanic eruptions. ... more | .. |
 Jordan monarchy faces growing challenges Jordan's Queen Rania is coming under mounting criticism over alleged corruption in the Hashemite kingdom's political elite as the pro-Western monarchy faces major challenges to introduce reforms and scrap the 1994 peace treaty with Israel. ... more |
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 Neighboring chimp communities have their own nut-cracking styles People don't always do as their neighbors do, and the same is true of neighboring chimpanzees. That's according to a report published online on May 10 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology featu ... more | .. |
 New Zealand warned on resource usage New Zealand must do more research before exploiting marine resources, the country's national scientific academy warned. ... more | .. |
 Cattle dying, fields scorched as drought strikes Senegal In the northeastern nook of Senegal, one of the most stable and developed nations in the drought-hit Sahel region, carcasses of cattle lie in the sun, the fields have withered and food depleted. ... more | .. |
 China embassy in US cold-shoulders Tiananmen leader One of the exiled leaders of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 got the cold shoulder from the Chinese embassy in Washington on Friday when he tried to turn himself in to return home. ... more |
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