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  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 Scientists will get a better understanding of our planet's carbon cycle and vegetation health through a first-of-a-kind NASA instrument built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCARB) mission will use an advanced infrared spectrograph hosted on a commercial geosynchronous satellite. The project is led by Principal Investigator Dr. Berrien Moore at the University of Oklahoma. "Lockheed Martin has the right skills to make GeoCARB a success, bringing togethe ... read more |
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Invasion of glowing tropical jellyfish baffles U.S. scientistsWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 Hilarie Sorensen intended to do her master's thesis on crystal jellyfish, the half moon-shaped bioluminescent jellies that are ubiquitous off the West Coast. Instead she'll be researching a jelly-like creature she hadn't heard of before May. ... more  
New study details one of biology's largest proteinsWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 Scientists have discovered one of the largest proteins in nature. The protein serves as an anchor for the unique bacterium living in the frigid waters of Antarctica. ... more  
Paleolithic bones reveal evidence of ritualistic cannibalismWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 Paleontologists have found evidence of ritualistic cannibalism among the remains of Stone Age humans recovered from Gough's Cave in England. ... more  
Warm periods in the 20th century are not unprecedented during the last 2,000 yearsBeijing (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 A great deal of evidence relating to ancient climate variation is preserved in proxy data such as tree rings, lake sediments, ice cores, stalagmites, corals and historical documents, and these sourc ... more |
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Three drones detected in Japan nuclear plant
Hundreds protest over water shortages in drought-hit Iraq Boats bring Philippine flood victims to safety as death toll rises Boats bring food, safe passage for Philippine flood victims Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Samoa coast: USGS Philippines shuts schools, scraps flights as Typhoon Co-May nears Downpours from storm Wipha kill three in Vietnam Adopted in US, Greek Cold War kids find long-lost families Flooding from storm Wipha cuts off hundreds in Vietnam Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 5, with 15 missing |
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Researchers discover potentially harmful nanoparticles produced through burning coalBlacksburg VA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 Environmental scientists led by the Virginia Tech College of Science have discovered that the burning of coal produces incredibly small particles of a highly unusual form of titanium oxide. Wh ... more  
Placing insects into CO2-induced suspended animation allows for live micro-CT scanningLondon, Canada (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 Until now, insects have been too wriggly to make good subjects for scientists wanting to understand more about insect innards. But an interdisciplinary team of biologists and imaging specialis ... more  
Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctic polar desertBoulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 An abnormal season of intense glacial melt in 2002 triggered multiple distinct changes in the physical and biological characteristics of Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys over the ensuing decade, new ... more 
Study finds that choice of cool roofing materials can potentially impact region's air pollutionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 In a groundbreaking study released this week, scientists at the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the University of Southern California have found that widespread installation of certa ... more  
Scientists unearth largest dinosaur species in PatagoniaWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 Paleontologists have unearthed a new species of titanosaur in Agentina's Patagonia. Researchers believe it is the largest dinosaur species ever discovered. ... more  
Cracking the code of megapestsCanberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 For the first time, researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have mapped the complete genome of two closely related megapests potentially sav ... more |
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Atlantic hurricane season could be 'extremely active': As Franklin strengthens Miami (AFP) Aug 9, 2017 The Atlantic Ocean now faces a higher likelihood of an "extremely active" hurricane season with more storms than previously predicted, US forecasters warned Wednesday, updating the previous outlook issued in May. ... more  
Canada military sets up tents at US border for Haitian refugeesOttawa (AFP) Aug 9, 2017 The Canadian military began setting up tents near the US border on Wednesday to house a surge of Haitian refugees from the United States. ... more 
Nearly 60,000 evacuated after China quake kills 19Chengdu, China (AFP) Aug 9, 2017 China on Wednesday evacuated nearly 60,000 people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19, rattling a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. ... more 
Tens of thousands evacuated after China quake kills 19Chengdu, China (AFP) Aug 9, 2017 China on Wednesday evacuated tens of thousands of people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people, rattling a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. ... more |
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  Ottawa (AFP) Aug 9, 2017 
The Canadian military began setting up tents near the US border on Wednesday to house a surge of Haitian refugees from the United States.
The modular tents being erected in the town of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Montreal, are equipped with lighting and heating equipment and will accommodate up to 500 asylum seekers, the army said in a statement.
The move ... more Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 6, 2017Brazil troops storm Rio slums to catch gang leaders  Sydney (AFP) Aug 1, 2017Tech advances will lead to MH370 discovery - Malaysia Airlines  Rome (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Italy parliament approves Libya naval mission |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 
Who is the better experimentalist, a human or a robot? When it comes to exploring synthetic and crystallization conditions for inorganic gigantic molecules, actively learning machines are clearly ahead, as demonstrated by British Scientists in an experiment with polyoxometalates published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.
Polyoxometalates form through self-assembly of a large number of met ... more Boston MA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Tiny terahertz laser could be used for imaging, chemical detection  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Machine learning could be key to producing stronger, less corrosive metals  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017NASA, Norway to develop Arctic laser-ranging station |
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 Hagatna, Guam (AFP) Aug 9, 2017 
The Pacific island of Guam remained outwardly calm Wednesday in the face of a threatened North Korean attack, and a senior official in the US territory urged people to "relax and enjoy paradise".
After US President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury" over its nuclear ambitions Tuesday, Pyongyang raised the stakes just hours later - saying it was considering missile stri ... more Alexandria VA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017No longer water under the bridge, statistics yields new data on sea levels  Washington (UPI) Aug 8, 2017Teamwork key to ocean travel for jellies Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Invasion of glowing tropical jellyfish baffles U.S. scientists |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
It seems counterintuitive, but over the eons, glaciers may have made Earth warmer, according to a Rice University professor.
Mark Torres, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, took a data-driven dive into the mechanics of weathering by glaciation over millions of years to see how glacial cycles affected the oceans and atmosphere and continue to do so.
... more Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Not all glaciers in Antarctica have been affected by climate change  Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Alaska's North Slope snow-free season is lengthening Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctic polar desert |
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 Lancaster UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 
Major changes in agricultural practices will be required to offset increases in nutrient losses due to climate change, according to research published by a Lancaster University-led team.
To combat repeated, damaging storm events, which strip agricultural land of soil and nutrients, farmers are already adopting measures to conserve these assets where they are needed.
But in a new pape ... moreCanberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Cracking the code of megapests  Paris (AFP) Aug 8, 2017Low to no risk from pesticide-tainted eggs: experts  The Hague (AFP) Aug 8, 2017Dutch egg probe widens to chicken meat tests |
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 Mexico City (AFP) Aug 8, 2017 
Tropical Storm Franklin swept Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain on its pristine beaches but doing relatively little damage - though the country was braced for a second round.
Franklin made landfall early Tuesday some 350 kilometers (215 miles) south of the beach resort of Cancun, and was advancing to the northwest at 20 kilometers per hour, according to the US Nation ... moreChengdu, China (AFP) Aug 9, 2017Tens of thousands evacuated after China quake kills 19  Beijing (AFP) Aug 8, 2017Up to 100 feared dead, thousands injured in China quake: govt Miami (AFP) Aug 9, 2017Atlantic hurricane season could be 'extremely active': As Franklin strengthens |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 09, 2017 
The recent foray of Ghana into space exploration provides immense business opportunities for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which boasts the most cost-effective launch vehicle.
New Delhi (Spuntik) - Ghana recently launched its first ever satellite, GhanaSat-1, from NASA's International Space Station. A group of students at Ghana's All Nations University (ANU) built the sate ... more Nairobi (AFP) Aug 7, 2017Calls for peace on eve of tense Kenya election  Harare (AFP) Aug 4, 2017Zimbabwe confirms clash between soldiers and police  Kigali (AFP) Aug 4, 2017Rwanda's Kagame in landslide poll win with around 98% of votes |
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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the ancestors of modern humans diverged from an archaic lineage that gave rise to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Yet the evolutionary relationships between these groups remain unclear.
A University of Utah-led team developed a new method for analyzing DNA sequence data to reconstruct the early history of the archaic human populations. They revealed an evol ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Paleolithic bones reveal evidence of ritualistic cannibalism  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance  Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Cultural flexibility was key to surviving extreme dry periods in Africa |
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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 9, 2017  The world's biggest polluter China has a "big job" ahead of it in the global fight against climate change, the UN's environment chief said Wednesday.
Since US President Donald Trump's decision in June to quit the Paris agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Beijing has proclaimed its willingness to stick to the pact.
Analysts say the US move gives China an opportunity to establi ... moreBeijing (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Warm periods in the 20th century are not unprecedented during the last 2,000 years  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 09, 2017Can poor air quality mask global warming's effects  Washington (AFP) Aug 4, 2017US to join climate talks despite Paris accord exit |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
The U.S. and Brazil are teaming up to study scintillation in the ionosphere, a phenomena that affects radio signals, disrupting communications and GPS navigation. Aerospace is providing a sensor for this international CubeSat mission, dubbed SPORT, that will be deployed off the International Space Station. The ionosphere is a portion of Earth's atmosphere where radiation from the sun creates a l ... more Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Lockheed Martin Will Build New Space Instrument Focused on Vegetation Health and Carbon Monitoring  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2017NOAA's GOES-S and GOES-T satellites coming together |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
Flowering plants with are by far the most diverse group of plants on Earth. Flowering plants arose only about 140 million years ago, but since then have diversified spectacularly. No one knows exactly how this happened, the origin and early evolution of them remains one of the biggest enigmas in biology. A new study in Nature Communications reconstructs the evolution of flowers and sheds new lig ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Scientists unearth largest dinosaur species in Patagonia  Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017Well-preserved Canadian fossil reveals dinosaur armor like no other  Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017Scientists rediscover lost burial site of famed long-necked sauropod |
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 Lincoln UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 
Plans to create 100 new 'smart' cities in India to support the country's rapidly growing urban population could have a significant detrimental impact on the environment unless greater emphasis is placed on providing new supporting infrastructure and utilities, according to a major new study.
Professor Hugh Byrd, a specialist in urban planning from the University of Lincoln, UK, conducted a ... more University Park PA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Allowable 'carbon budget' most likely overestimated  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources  Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017Google's 'moonshot' factory spins off geothermal unit |
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 Binghamton NY (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed the next step in microbial fuel cells (MFCs): a battery activated by spit that can be used in extreme conditions where normal batteries don't function.
For the last five years, Binghamton University Electrical and Computer Science Assistant Professor Seokheun Choi has focused on developing micro-power sources ... more Houston TX (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Rice develops dual-surface graphene electrode to split water into hydrogen and oxygen  Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2017BAE Systems installing heat and power plant at Portsmouth, England  Washington (UPI) Aug 7, 2017Metal clouds to protect fusion reactor walls from heat flux |
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 Gainesville FL (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 
When trouble looms, the fish-scale geckos of Madagascar resort to what might seem like an extreme form of self-defense - tearing out of their own skin.
Their unusually large, overlapping scales flake off so easily that one biologist in the late 1800s tried collecting the geckos with cotton, but even with careful handling, few fish-scale gecko specimens have been preserved with all scales i ... more New Delhi (AFP) Aug 9, 2017Rogue elephant tramples 15 to death in India, faces culling  Davis CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2017The biology of color  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Lizards demonstrate rapid evolution in the face of extreme cold |
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 Phnom Penh (AFP) Aug 9, 2017 
Cambodia is recruiting hundreds of maids to work in Hong Kong, an official said Wednesday, as the wealthy city scrambles to meet growing demand for domestic helpers and fend off concerns about exploitation.
Hong Kong is home to more than 300,000 foreign maids, mostly from the Philippines and Indonesia.
But a series of high-profile abuse cases have seized global headlines in recent years ... more Shanghai (AFP) Aug 8, 2017Flag-waving Chinese blockbuster smashes box-office records  Shanghai (AFP) Aug 8, 2017Chinese auntie enforcers jailed after reign of grey terror  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
The report finds that hydraulic failure, which is the inability of a plant to move water from roots to leaves to be almost universally present when trees died, while carbon starvation was a contributing factor roughly half of the time.
"Droughts are increasing in frequency and severity, and their impact on plants and humans, is becoming more intense," says research co-author, Dr Melanie Ze ... more Jena, Germany (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Humans have been altering tropical forests for at least 45,000 years  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Payments to rural communities offer a new opportunity to restore China's native forests  Brussels (AFP) Aug 7, 2017EU demands Polish 'reassurance' over ancient forest |
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