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Geological record shows air up there came from belowPrinceton NJ (SPX) May 25, 2012 The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, according to new research that links the long-ago proliferation of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere to a sudden change in the inner workings of our planet. Princeton University researchers report in the journal Nature that rocks preserved in the Earth's crust reveal that a steep decline in the intensity of melting within the planet's mantle - the hot, heat-transferring rock layer betwee ... read more |
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  Hacking code of leaf vein architecture solves mysteries, allows predictions of past climate UCLA life scientists have discovered new laws that determine the construction of leaf vein systems as leaves grow and evolve. These easy-to-apply mathematical rules can now be used to better predict ... more | .. |
  Human-like spine morphology found in aquatic eel fossil For decades, scientists believed that a spine with multiple segments was an exclusive feature of land-dwelling animals. But the discovery of the same anatomical feature in a 345-million-year-old eel ... more | .. |
  New Study by WHOI Scientists Provides Baseline Measurements of Carbon in Arctic Ocean Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have conducted a new study to measure levels of carbon at various depths in the Arctic Ocean. The study, recently published in the jou ... more | .. |
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 Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study published May 10 in Geophysical Research Letters. How much the warming effect of these clou ... more | .. |
  Scientists discover a new sensory organ in the chin of baleen whales Lunge feeding in rorqual whales (a group that includes blue, humpback and fin whales) is unique among mammals, but details of how it works have remained elusive. Now, scientists from the Smithsonian ... more | .. |
  Latest Southern Ocean research shows continuing deep ocean change Comparing detailed measurements taken during the Australian Antarctic program's 2012 Southern Ocean marine science voyage to historical data dating back to 1970, scientists estimate there has been a ... more | .. |
  We can learn a lot from other species Researchers at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute have confirmed the long-held belief that studying the genes we share with other animals is use ... 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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 Ancient giant turtle fossil revealed Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found just such a specimen - the fossilized ... more | .. |
 Illuminating the Ancient History of Circumarctic Peoples Two studies led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and National Geographic's Genographic Project reveal new information about the migration patterns of the first humans to settle the ... more | .. |
  Hurricane Bud forms off southwest Mexico: US monitors The first eastern Pacific hurricane of the 2012 season, named Bud, has formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Center said early Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Internet voting still faces hurdles in US Shop online. Bank online. Why not vote online? ... more |
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  China police interrogate party members over letter Chinese police have interrogated Communist Party veterans who publicly called for the ouster of the country's top security official ahead of a leadership change, two of the party members said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia's rapid deforestation continues? Indonesia needs to address loopholes in its moratorium on deforestation, Greenpeace said. ... more | .. |
  Spain cuts aid to Caribbean, S. America All but the poorest of Caribbean and Latin American countries are set to lose Spanish development aid because of the European nation's severe credit crunch and urgent financial requirements in a hard-pressed domestic economy. ... more | .. |
 EP report urges women's rights in Turkey The European Parliament this week adopted a report urging Turkey to follow up on its recent work toward securing gender equality and women's rights. ... 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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 NOAA: 2012 sees normal hurricane season The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday predicted a near-normal 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. ... more | .. |
 China at heart of ivory plunder surge, US Senate told Chinese-backed crime groups are leading a surge in African elephant poaching to meet China's thirst for ivory, and terror groups are elbowing in on the lucrative trade, US lawmakers heard Thursday. ... more | .. |
  China hits back at claims it is blocking climate talks China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes. ... more | .. |
  Germany, India in talks over treating Bhopal waste A German development aid organisation said Thursday it was in talks with the Indian government to dispose of 350 tonnes of toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. ... more |
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 Mexico on alert as hurricane Bud gathers force Mexican authorities were on stand-by Thursday as the first eastern Pacific hurricane of the 2012 season, named Bud, strengthened to a category two storm off the southwestern coast. ... more | .. |
 Sahel food crisis to remain critical in coming months: UN UN aid chief Valerie Amos said Thursday that a humanitarian crisis arising from food shortages in the drought-stricken Sahel would remain critical in the next few months. ... more | .. |
 Rousseff under pressure to veto Brazil's new forest code Activists on Thursday said they handed Brazil's president a petition with nearly two million signatures urging her to veto a new forestry code that could result in increased Amazon rainforest deforestation. ... more | .. |
 US says rights in China deteriorating The United States said Thursday that China's human rights record was getting worse as authorities step up efforts to stifle dissent, even though Beijing let a top activist leave for New York. ... 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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 Romney in new China dig at Obama Mitt Romney fired a fresh jab at President Barack Obama Thursday over his China policy, in a new web video vowing to make China "play by the rules" of global trade on his first day in the White House. ... more | .. |
  Iran navy saves US freighter from pirates: report Iran's navy said Thursday it saved an American-flagged cargo ship that was being attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Oman. ... more | .. |
 Finding fingerprints in sea level rise It was used to help Apollo astronauts navigate in space, and has since been applied to problems as diverse as economics and weather forecasting, but Harvard scientists are now using a powerful stati ... more | .. |
 1,000 years of climate data confirms Australia's warming In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region over the last 1000 years. ... more |
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 Research Opens Doors To UV Disinfection Using LED Technology Research from North Carolina State University will allow the development of energy-efficient LED devices that use ultraviolet (UV) light to kill pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. The technolog ... more | .. |
  Secret soil cracks linger, despite surface sealing Deep cracks in soil can remain open underground even after they have visibly sealed on the surface, a new study has found. The results could have important implications for agricultural management a ... more | .. |
 Fighting bacteria's strength in numbers Nottingham UK (SPX) May 24, 2012 Scientists at The University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-he ... more | .. |
 Earth's water cycle intensifying with atmospheric warming In a paper published in the journal Science, Australian scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif ... more |
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