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May 09, 2015

Startup turns old shipping containers into farms
Las Vegas (AFP) May 7, 2015
The food tech startup Freight Farms is giving new life to old shipping containers, and at the same time giving impetus to locally grown food. At the Collision technology conference in Las Vegas, the company showed off its basil sprouts nurtured in a used cargo container equipped to let crops flourish just about anywhere. "Our mission is to create a more connected and sustainable food system," Caroline Katsiroubas of Freight Farms told AFP at the event. "Everyone wants to be more local, know ... read more

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Tornadoes tear through central US, 13 reported injured Multiple tornadoes injured at least 13 as they tore through the central United States on Wednesday destroying homes and felling trees amid heavy rains that triggered local flooding, US media reported. ... more		Nepali netizens drive quake relief effort online Just hours after a monster earthquake devastated Nepal, doctor Bishal Dhakal posted a rallying cry on Facebook calling for friends to mobilise quickly to help the relief effort. ... more		UN says it has received fraction of $415 mn appeal The United Nations said Friday it had received just $22 million of the $415 million it had appealed for in Nepal following the recent earthquake, and called for aid contributions to be "dramatically ramped up". ... more
				Prayers and ritual baths as Nepal ends quake mourning Dressed all in white and with their heads shaved, survivors of a Nepalese earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people ended 13 days of mourning Thursday as the broken capital began picking up the pieces. ... more		Beyond repair, Nepal's quake-hit homes await bulldozers As she stares forlornly at the teetering wreck she still calls home, Sobha Shakya knows it will soon be reduced to rubble by bulldozers poised to obliterate thousands more buildings in Nepal's devastated capital. ... more

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Next Generation Integrated ISR 2015 - Washington DC - July 27-29

Touch sensors on bat wings guide flight Bats are masters of flight in the night sky, capable of steep nosedives and sharp turns that put our best aircraft to shame. Although the role of echolocation in bats' impressive midair maneuvering ... more		Rupture along the Himalayan Front In their article for Lithosphere on 12 March, authors Kristin Morell and colleagues write, "The ?700-km-long 'central seismic gap' is the most prominent segment of the Himalayan front not to have ru ... more		Mechanical power by linking Earth's warmth to space AI energy demand in US proves minor climate impact COP30 climate pledges favour land-based carbon removal over emission cuts		Forests could be the trump card in efforts to end global hunger About one in nine people globally still suffer from hunger with the majority of the hungry living in Africa and Asia. The world's forests have great potential to improve their nutrition and ensure t ... more
				Warm oceans caused hottest Dust Bowl years in 1934/36 Two ocean hot spots have been found to be the potential drivers of the hottest summers on record for the Central US in 1934 and 1936. The research may also help modern forecasters predict particular ... more		England set for 'substantial increase' in record-breaking warm years The likelihood of record-breaking warm years in England is set to substantially increase as a result of the human influence on the climate, new research suggests. In a study published in IOP P ... more

Army Network Modernization 2015 - Washington DC June 23-25

Fossils help identify marine life at high risk of extinction today A detailed study of marine animals that died out over the past 23 million years can help identify which animals and ocean ecosystems may be most at risk of extinction today, according to an internat ... more		Listening for whales and fish in the Northwest Atlantic ocean Scientists are using a variety of buoys and autonomous underwater vehicles to record and archive sounds from marine mammals and fish species in the western North Atlantic through a new listening net ... more		Europe commercial satellite life extension mission set for 2027 Atlas 5 rocket launches U.S. communications satellite USS Ford in Caribbean; Maduro blasts US-T&T drills		Viruses: You've heard the bad - here's the good "The word, virus, connotes morbidity and mortality, but that bad reputation is not universally deserved," said Marilyn Roossinck, PhD, Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology and ... more
Puget Sound's clingfish could inspire better medical devices, whale tags Scooting around in the shallow, coastal waters of Puget Sound is one of the world's best suction cups. It's called the Northern clingfish, and its small, finger-sized body uses suction forces to hol ... more		Tropical marine ecosystems most at threat from human impact An international team of scientists has used the fossil record during the past 23 million years to predict which marine animals and ecosystems are at greatest risk of extinction from human impact. I ... more		Startup Pigeonly helps digitally deprived behind bars Frederick Hutson was serving time in prison for moving a mountain of marijuana when he came up with a million-dollar idea for Internet startup Pigeonly. ... more		Subtropical storm Ana forms off US East Coast US weather forecasters warned Thursday of a subtropical storm in the Atlantic that is expected to bring unseasonably heavy rains to the southeastern United States. ... more

	IBM's Watson extends cancer insights to 14 new centers IBM on Tuesday said 14 US cancer treatment centers would join a partnership to get personalized care treatment plans from the company's Watson supercomputer. ... more		South Korea vows to get tough with illegal Chinese fishing South Korean fishermen who work the flashpoint maritime border with North Korea tend to be a resilient bunch, but these days a larger, more powerful neighbour is making them lose sleep. ... more

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Space Systems Command advances New Glenn certification after latest launch

Australia PM advisor says climate change a UN-led ruse		Chicxulub and the deccan eruptions: Just a coincidence?		Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?		MOU between ISRO Department of Land Resources to beef up EO capacity		NASA Aids Response to Nepal Quake
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Global carbon dioxide levels reach new monthly record

China lodges US protest after religious freedom criticised

US-backed drug spraying triggers health fears in Colombia

Zimbabwe vows to export elephants despite criticism

Guatemala arrests ex-police official, 18 others in protester deaths

Nigeria military claims rescue of another 25 Boko Haram hostages

China to lift drug price controls from June 1: govt

Sudan military shoots down 'aerial target' near capital: army

A model approach for sustainable phosphorus recovery from wastewater

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Simulating seasons

Nature paper describes revolutionary method of making RNAs

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Hitting the borders of expansion

SwRI reveals the first 'images' of thunder

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Ankara warns against extending lifespan of Armenia's nuclear plant close to Turkey borders

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