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  Izhevsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 Unmanned Systems Group (Izhevsk, Russia) has successfully conducted joint flights of Supercam UAV together with manned aircrafts (both equipped with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system) in conjuction with FGUP "GosNIIAS" on a drifting ice base in the Arctic. Rapid deployment of an aerodrome and a base for scholars and tourists was a priority task. Possessing knowledge about ice condition is significant for people and infrastructure. Nowadays ice monitoring is executed b ... read more |
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China drone king turns to farmingShenzhen, China (AFP) June 25, 2017 China drone-maker DJI is betting on flying machines that shoot pesticide instead of photos to fend off growing competition in the global remote-controlled aircraft market. ... more  
How eggs got their shapesBoston MA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 The evolution of the amniotic egg - complete with membrane and shell - was key to vertebrates leaving the oceans and colonizing the land and air. Now, 360 million years later, bird eggs come in all ... more 
Fossil holds new insights into how fish evolved onto landCalgary, Canada (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 "It's like a snake on the outside, but a fish on the inside." The fossil of an early snake-like animal - called Lethiscus stocki - has kept its evolutionary secrets for the last 340-million ye ... more  
Comb and Copter system maps atmospheric gasesBoulder CO (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new mobile, ground-based system that could scan and map atmosphe ... more |
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Heavy rains kill 15 in Guinea since late June
Heavy rain, landslides kill more than 30 in northern China LA wildfires push insurance losses to highest since 2011: Munich Re Over 30 dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides Fukushima radioactive debris removal delayed until 2037 'Once in a hundred years': villagers clean up after deadly China floods Vietnam flash flood kills five, dozens evacuated Thirty dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides Heavy rain leaves 30 dead in Chinese capital Heavy rains leave 30 dead in Chinese capital |
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City rats: Why scientists are not hot on their tailsOxford UK (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 Researchers argue they need greater access to urban properties if they are to win the war against rats. People around the world denounce rats for fouling foods, spreading disease, starting fir ... more  
New research suggests problematic memories could be deletedWashington (UPI) Jun 22, 2017 In a series of experiments, neuroscientists were able to selectively delete different types of memories stored a single neuron belonging to a marine snail. ... more  
China's hydropower frenzy drowns sacred mountainsYajiang, China (AFP) June 26, 2017 Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below to build the country's latest mega-dam. ... more 
Wave beams mix and stir the ocean to create climateWashington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 Ocean circulation patterns have a profound effect on global climate. Waves deep within the ocean play an important role in establishing this circulation, arising when tidal currents oscillate over a ... more 
Great Barrier Reef a $42 billion asset 'too big to fail': studySydney (AFP) June 26, 2017 Australia's under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is "too big to fail", a study said Monday. ... more  
Thousands protest logging in Poland's ancient forestWarsaw (AFP) June 24, 2017 Thousands demonstrated in Warsaw on Saturday demanding an end to large-scale logging in Poland's ancient Bialowieza forest, just days after the enviroment minister called for it to be stripped of protected UNESCO status. ... more |
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Hopes dim in search for 93 missing in China landslideDiexi, China (AFP) June 25, 2017 Rescuers kept digging through rocks and earth for more than 90 people still missing Sunday after a huge landslide entombed a village in southwest China, but some relatives lost hope of finding them alive. ... more  
Fire licks Spanish nature reserve, 1,800 evacuatedMadrid (AFP) June 25, 2017 Hundreds of firefighters battled Sunday to contain a fire after it broke out at a nature reserve in southern Spain, prompting the evacuation of more than 1,800 people, authorities said. ... more 
Hopes dim in search for 118 buried by China landslideDiexi, China (AFP) June 25, 2017 Rescuers dug through earth and rocks for a second day on Sunday in an increasingly bleak search for some 118 people still missing after their village in southwest China vanished under a huge landslide. ... more
Huge fire razes large area of Dutch nature reserveThe Hague (AFP) June 23, 2017 A huge blaze erupted overnight in a Dutch nature reserve destroying a large swathe of vegetation with dozens of firefighters still battling to douse the flames on Friday morning. ... more |
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  Paris (AFP) June 23, 2017 
Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left Iraq when they were children.
Would they be fighting against Islamic State like their cousins back in Kirkuk?
What is almost certain they would not be showing their first collection at Paris fashion week sandwiched in Friday's schedule between storied brands such as Berluti and Comm ... moreDiexi, China (AFP) June 25, 2017Hopes dim in search for 93 missing in China landslide Diexi, China (AFP) June 25, 2017Hopes dim in search for 118 buried by China landslide  Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2017FLIR awarded $17.9 million contract for Coast Guard surveillance systems |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 
When Apollo astronauts on the Moon spoke with Mission Control on Earth, there was a noticeable time gap between a statement from Tranquility Base and its immediate acknowledgment from Houston. The gap lasted almost three seconds, or ten times longer than human reaction times would account for.
What was happening? The answer is simple: space. The Moon orbits far enough from Earth that light ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Universal stabilization  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2017Helium droplets offer new precision to single-molecule laser measurement  Paris (ESA) Jun 21, 2017Magnetic space tug could target dead satellites |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 
Ocean circulation patterns have a profound effect on global climate. Waves deep within the ocean play an important role in establishing this circulation, arising when tidal currents oscillate over an uneven ocean bottom. The internal waves that are generated by this process stir and mix the ocean, bringing cold, deep water to the surface to be warmed by the sun.
This week in the journal Ph ... more Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2017Algae The final frontier Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2017Great Barrier Reef a $42 billion asset 'too big to fail': study Yajiang, China (AFP) June 26, 2017China's hydropower frenzy drowns sacred mountains |
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 Cardiff, UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
Scientists believe they have discovered the reason behind mysterious changes to the climate that saw temperatures fluctuate by up to 15C within just a few decades during the ice age periods. In a new study, the researchers show that rising levels of CO2 could have reached a tipping point during these glacial periods, triggering a series of chain events that caused temperatures to rise abruptly. ... more Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Widespread snowmelt in West Antarctica during unusually warm summer  Nashville TN (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast... 8,200 years ago  La Paz (AFP) June 22, 2017Bolivian glacier samples ready for global ice archives |
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 Bordeaux (AFP) June 22, 2017 
With a middle-class increasingly thirsty for reds, whites and Italian bubbly, China is the hot ticket for wine traders looking for opportunities at this year's Vinexpo industry extravaganza.
The world's most populous nation has for years been seen as an El Dorado for foreign wine-makers - but those hoping to cash in need to keep up with continuing rapid transformations in the market, includ ... more Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2017China opens gates to US beef imports  Bordeaux (AFP) June 21, 2017Growers at Bordeaux winefest unite against climate change  Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2017China 'backyard' pig farmers squeezed as sector scales up |
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Volcanologists are gaining a new understanding of what's going on inside the magma reservoir that lies below an active volcano and they're finding a colder, more solid place than previously thought, according to new research published June 16 in the journal Science. It's a new view of how volcanoes work, and could eventually help volcanologists get a better idea of when a volcano poses the most ... more Abidjan (AFP) June 21, 2017Heavy rains have killed 15 in Ivory Coast  Miami (AFP) June 22, 2017One killed as Storm Cindy makes landfall in southern US  Guatemala City (AFP) June 22, 20176.8-magnitude quake hits Guatemala, second in eight days: USGS |
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 Bamako (AFP) June 24, 2017 
Mali's government and armed groups which signed a 2015 peace deal have relaunched talks aimed at speeding up its implementation after several delays, they told AFP Saturday.
The accord signed in 2015 aimed at curbing separatist uprisings in Mali's north after a 2012 rebellion was hijacked by jihadists, throwing the nation into chaos.
But several of its key planks have yet to be fully imp ... more Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) June 20, 2017Clashes erupt in C. Africa a day after peace deal  Bamako (AFP) June 20, 2017Mali ex-rebels reject national charter on peace deal anniversary; Dozens killedw/l Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) June 19, 2017C. Africa govt inks peace deal with rebel groups |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world in four dimensions but a new study has discovered structures in the brain with up to eleven dimensions - ground-breaking work that is beginning to reveal the brain's deepest architectural secrets.
Using algebraic topology in a way that it has never been used before in neuroscience, a team from the Blue Brain Projec ... moreWashington (UPI) Jun 22, 2017New research suggests problematic memories could be deleted  United Nations, United States (AFP) June 21, 2017World population to reach 9.8 bln in 2050, UN says Shanghai (AFP) June 17, 2017Chinese gays hear wedding bells as Taiwan move fuels hope |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 
The world's oceans are like brakes slowing down the full effects of greenhouse gas warming of the atmosphere. Over the last ten years, one-fourth of human-emissions of carbon dioxide as well as 90 percent of additional warming due to the greenhouse effect have been absorbed by the oceans. Acting like a massive sponge, the oceans pull from the atmosphere heat, carbon dioxide and other gases, such ... more Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Jun 26, 2017How the climate can rapidly change at tipping points Paris (AFP) June 24, 2017Climate change more important than partisan politics: Schwarzenegger  Warder, Ethiopia (AFP) June 22, 2017Starvation looms as food runs out in drought-hit Ethiopia |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 23, 2017 
ESA's Proba-V minisatellite has captured the forest fire raging in central Portugal, revealing blackened scars and columns of smoke as well as pinpointing active fire hotspots.
More than a thousand firefighters are tackling the forest fire in the Pedrogao Grande region, north east of Lisbon, which has been aflame since Saturday. Some 64 people have been reported dead and more than 130 inju ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 22, 2017A smokestack to the Northern Hemisphere stratosphere  Cotonou (AFP) June 18, 2017Free mapping: plotting development in Africa  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Watching cities grow |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 
The evolution of the amniotic egg - complete with membrane and shell - was key to vertebrates leaving the oceans and colonizing the land and air. Now, 360 million years later, bird eggs come in all shapes and sizes, from the almost perfectly spherical eggs of brown hawk- owls to the tear-drop shape of sandpipers' eggs. The question is, how and why did this diversity in shape evolve?
The an ... moreCalgary, Canada (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Fossil holds new insights into how fish evolved onto land  Oxford, UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Volcanic eruptions triggered dawn of the dinosaurs  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Brazilian carnivorous mammal-like reptile fossil may be new Aleodon species |
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 (UPI) Jun 12, 2017 
There's no alternative but to pursue an energy strategy that calls for a low-carbon trajectory for economic growth, European leaders said from Vienna.
More than 100 delegates were on hand for a forum in Vienna on the transition to an energy pathway focused on renewable and alternative energy resources.
"There is no other alternative for the Energy Community members than to follow ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017Divestment streak continues for British energy company Centrica  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017New ultrathin material for splitting water could make hydrogen production cheaper  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Keeping the hydrogen coming |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
There's no substitute for using the right tool for the job at hand. Using low-energy radiation sources simply isn't suitable for certain tasks: equipment used in cancer treatment requires a strong, monochromatic source of radiation to produce hard X-rays. Other similar radiation sources find applications in nuclear waste processing.
To design devices that steadily emit a specific type of r ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017A seaweed derivative could be just what lithium-sulfur batteries need  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017Rosatom Develops Radiation-Powered Electricity Source for Medicine, Outer Space  Upton NY (SPX) Jun 23, 2017New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for hydrogen production |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 
Researchers argue they need greater access to urban properties if they are to win the war against rats.
People around the world denounce rats for fouling foods, spreading disease, starting fires, and even disabling motor vehicles. One might assume because of the threat city rats pose to health and safety, scientists would be hot on their tails--tracking every movement, monitoring each dise ... more Berlin (AFP) June 24, 2017Panda mania hits Germany as China's cuddly envoys arrive  Harare (AFP) June 22, 2017Zimbabwe begins mass transfer of animals to Mozambique  Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2017Mass wildebeest drownings bolster Mara River ecosystem |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2017 
Chinese cities are cracking down on jaywalkers by installing facial recognition kits at intersections to identify and shame them by posting their photo on public screens, state media said Tuesday.
It is the latest use of the technology in China, where it has been used by fast-food chain KFC to predict orders and in public restrooms to foil toilet paper thefts.
This time, cities in four p ... more Hong Kong (AFP) June 19, 2017Best foot forward: Hong Kong's military-style youth groups  Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2017China executives tied to Communist Party critic convicted Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2017US billionaire brings Dutch painters to China's masses |
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 Warsaw (AFP) June 24, 2017 
Thousands demonstrated in Warsaw on Saturday demanding an end to large-scale logging in Poland's ancient Bialowieza forest, just days after the enviroment minister called for it to be stripped of protected UNESCO status.
Bialowieza, straddling Poland's eastern border with Belarus, includes one of the largest surviving parts of the primeval forest that covered the European plain 10,000 years ... moreWarsaw (AFP) June 21, 2017Poland says primeval forest should not be UNESCO natural heritage site  Oslo (AFP) June 19, 2017Religious leaders join forces to protect rainforests  Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Peatlands, already dwindling, could face further losses |
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