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Evidence of oceanic 'green rust' offers hope for the futureNewcastle UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 A rare kind of mineral which scientists hope could be used to remove toxic metals and radioactive species from the environment played a similar, crucial role early in Earth's history. Research carried out by an international team of leading biogeochemists suggests for the first time that 'green rust' was likely widespread in ancient oceans and may have played a vital role in the creation of our early atmosphere. Led by Newcastle University, UK, the study shows that during the Precambrian period, g ... read more |
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  China to invest in Earth monitoring system China says it will invest $81 million to build a national network to monitor movement in the Earth's crust and for other Earth sciences in the next four years. ... more | .. |
  U.S. urges action on global cattle disease A global strategy to combat foot-and-mouth disease must be based on collective action and solid commitments from all countries, the U.N. food agency says. ... more | .. |
  Seeing inside tissue Imagine if doctors could perform surgery without ever having to cut through your skin. Or if they could diagnose cancer by seeing tumors inside the body with a procedure that is as simple as an ultr ... more | .. |
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 Lab-on-a-chip detects trace levels of toxic vapors in homes near Utah Air Force Base A lab-on-a-chip technology that measures trace amounts of air contaminants in homes was successfully field-tested by researchers at the University of Michigan. Even in the presence of 50 other indoo ... more | .. |
 Maths formula leads researchers to source of pollution The leaking of environmentally damaging pollutants into our waters and atmosphere could soon be counteracted by a simple mathematical algorithm, according to researchers. Presenting their research i ... more | .. |
 Magnet helps target transplanted iron-loaded cells to key areas of heart Optimal stem cell therapy delivery to damaged areas of the heart after myocardial infarction has been hampered by inefficient homing of cells to the damaged site. However, using rat models, research ... more | .. |
 Pasta made from green banana flour a tasty alternative for gluten free diets People with celiac disease struggle with limited food choices, as their condition makes them unable to tolerate gluten, found in wheat and other grains. Researchers from the University of Brazil hav ... more |
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Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan's first 'AI supercomputer'
China's Xiaomi to invest nearly $7 bn in chips
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  Scotland seeks help in 'mackerel war' Scotland's fisheries chief says he and his Norwegian counterpart will seek ways to pressure Iceland and the Faroe Islands over "unsustainable" mackerel quotas. ... more | .. |
  Did pre-human diet choice affect survival? A pre-human relative species ate only forest foods even though they lived near grassy savanna with tasty tubers and even juicy animals, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 High levels of lead found in Indian Ocean U.S. researchers say they have discovered high concentrations of lead in the Indian Ocean despite leaded gasoline having been slowly phased out worldwide. ... more | .. |
  Software identifies censored China microblog posts Hong Kong researchers have developed software able to identify censored posts on China's main microblog, they said Thursday. ... more |
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  40 missing after China mudslide: state media Torrential rains in mountainous southwest China triggered a mudslide that left about 40 workers building a hydroelectric dam missing on Thursday, state media reported. ... more | .. |
  Gabon burns five tonnes of ivory Gabonese President Ali Bongo on Wednesday set fire to five tonnes of ivory worth millions of euros to mark his government's commitment to battling poachers and saving elephants. ... more | .. |
 Guerilla playlists for primates on Indonesian radio With Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Katy Perry on heavy rotation, there seems at first little to distinguish Indonesia's Radio Kalaweit from any other pop station. ... more | .. |
 New York Times to launch Chinese news website The New York Times said Wednesday it was launching a Chinese-language news website to deliver "high-quality coverage of world affairs, business and culture" to readers in China. ... more |
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Denmark in 'frank' talks with China over backing Russia; Germany says China has 'a responsibility for global peace'
UK FM says EU defence pact will 'complement' NATO
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  Record radiation levels detected at Fukushima reactor TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said Wednesday record amounts of radiation had been detected in the basement of reactor number 1, further hampering clean-up operations. ... more | .. |
 Businesses push US to ratify Law of the Sea treaty American businesses are urging the United States to ratify the UN Law of the Sea Treaty, saying it is needed to boost crucial domestic energy production and end China's near-monopoly on rare earths. ... more | .. |
  Clinton hails Egypt vote but warns it's 'just the beginning' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday congratulated Egypt's newly elected Islamist president, but cautioned that the election was just a first step towards true democracy. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace sabotages Australia-bound super-trawler Greenpeace activists sabotaged a fishing super-trawler as it prepared to leave the Netherlands for Australia, the group said Thursday, chaining its propellers and suspending themselves from the ship. ... more |
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 US beaches laden with sewage, bacteria: study US beaches can be dirty places, making about 3.5 million people sick each year from sewage in the water, said an annual study Wednesday that rates American beaches by how dirty they are. ... more | .. |
Heavy rains, landslides kill 94 in Bangladesh More than 90 people have been killed in landslides in southeast Bangladesh after three days of rains that triggered flash floods and severed transport links, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Cambodia remains last vulture bastion in Southeast Asia In face of what has become a precipitous slide toward extinction across the Asian continent, the vultures of Cambodia have persisted, giving conservationists hope that these important scavengers can ... more | .. |
  Greenland ice may exaggerate magnitude of 13,000-year-old deep freeze Ice samples pulled from nearly a mile below the surface of Greenland glaciers have long served as a historical thermometer, adding temperature data to studies of the local conditions up to the North ... more |
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Space tourism's growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement
The space race is being reshaped by geopolitics, offering opportunities for countries such as New Zealand
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 Eating garbage: Bacteria for bioremediation A 150-foot-high garbage dump in Colombia, South America, may have new life as a public park. Researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated that bacteria found in the dump can be used t ... more | .. |
 Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon The vagaries of South Asian summer monsoon rainfall impact the lives of more than one billion people. A review in Nature Climate Change (June 24 online issue) of over 100 recent research articles co ... more | .. |
 Significant sea-level rise in a two degree warming world The study is the first to give a comprehensive projection for this long perspective, based on observed sea-level rise over the past millennium, as well as on scenarios for future greenhouse-gas emis ... more | .. |
 Delving Inside Earth from Space European Space Agency, or ESA, astronaut Andre Kuipers is running experiments on the International Space Station that are shedding light on conditions deep inside Earth. Orbiting some 248 miles (400 ... more |
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 Risks and rewards of quantifying nature's 'ecosystem services' How much is a stream worth? Can we put a dollar value on a wetland? Some conservation proponents have moved to establish the economic value of "ecosystem services," the benefits that nature provides ... more | .. |
 Cienega de Santa Clara unchanged after pilot run of Yuma Desalting Plant Mexico's Cienega de Santa Clara has not changed since the 2010-11 pilot run of the Yuma Desalting Plant, according to a new report from a University of Arizona-led binational team of researchers. Th ... more | .. |
  NASA chooses University professors for $151.7 million mission In 1971, NASA sent three astronauts who were University alumni to the moon as part of the Apollo 15 lunar mission. Now, three University professors have been chosen for a new NASA project, one that ... more | .. |
 Debby hits land as Florida braces for more floods Tropical storm Debby hit land as it arrived on Florida's Gulf Coast on Tuesday, threatening to dump another round of heavy rains on areas already reeling from flooding, US forecasters said. ... more |
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