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  Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 Seismologists in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday voiced concern after four light earthquakes were felt in the east of the country. Four tremors, each higher than four on the Richter scale, have been recorded in less than week, with the latest overnight Monday registering 4.5, said Professor Kacho Karume, in charge of the Volcanology Observatory of Goma (OVG), told AFP. Quakes are not infrequent in eastern DR Congo, a region that lies next to Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. However, the ... read more |
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Genetic tool that can doom a species under UN reviewParis (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 For some, a new cutting-edge technology called gene drive is the silver bullet able to wipe out invasive species decimating island wildlife, and eradicate the malaria-bearing mosquitos that killed nearly half a million people last year, mostly in Africa. ... more  
Babies' brains at risk from toxic pollution: UNNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 6, 2017 As New Delhi and other major cities hit new toxic smog peaks, the United Nations sounded the alarm Wednesday over the damage that pollution is doing to babies' developing brains. ... more  
World AIDS chief warns of risk for Africa's child bridesAbidjan (AFP) Dec 4, 2017 The head of the UN's AIDS agency on Monday urged African countries to protect young women and children who are bearing the brunt of the continent's AIDS epidemic. ... more  
UN urges 'humanitarian pause' for YemenGeneva (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 The UN on Tuesday called for a "humanitarian" truce in air strikes and fighting in Yemen as it seeks to deliver aid to people trapped in the capital Sanaa. ... more |
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World's smallest tape recorder is built from microbesNew York NY (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Through a few clever molecular hacks, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have converted a natural bacterial immune system into a microscopic data recorder, laying the groundwork for a ... more  
What makes soil, soil? Researchers find hidden clues in DNAManchester UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Ever wondered what makes a soil, soil? And could soil from the Amazon rainforest really be the same as soil from your garden? Researchers at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) an ... more  
Scientists discover most blue whales are right-handedCorvallis OR (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 A team of scientists that used motion-sensing tags to track the movements of more than five dozen blue whales off the California coast discovered that most have a lateralization bias - in other word ... more 
Light green plants save nitrogen without sacrificing photosynthetic efficiencyChampaign IL (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 The top leaves of crops absorb far more light than they can use, starving lower leaves of light. Scientists designed plants with light green leaves with hopes of allowing more light to penetrate the ... more  
Mass of warm rock rising beneath New EnglandNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Slowly but steadily, an enormous mass of warm rock is rising beneath part of New England, although a major volcanic eruption isn't likely for millions of years, a Rutgers University-led study sugges ... more 
African protected area can support 10s of thousands of elephantsMaputo, Mozambique (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Despite some forest loss, Mozambique's sprawling Niassa National Reserve has the potential to support tens of thousands of elephants and 1,000 lions according to a new land-use study published in th ... more |
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 Robotic device tracks plant growth at the cellular level 
Eruption clues: UNH researchers create snapshot of volcano plumbingDurham NH (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Much like a forensic team recreates a scene to determine how a crime was committed, researchers at the University of New Hampshire are using scientific sleuthing to better understand the journey of ... more  
Haze pollution affects satellite cloud detectionBeijing, China (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 It is very important to observe and study cloud properties because clouds play an important role in weather, climate, and the Earth's energy balance. Satellite remote sensing is commonly used to obt ... more 
'Whodunnit', as Aussie reptiles go extinct: studyTokyo (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 Three species of reptile on Christmas Island in Australia have been declared extinct in the wild, according to a study released on Tuesday, with scientists baffled as to the cause. ... more 
Pole to pole, linemen hard at work restoring power in Puerto RicoPonce, Puerto Rico (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 For Puerto Rico's exhausted electricity crews, their greatest joy is hearing the cry: "We've got power!" ... more |
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  Ponce, Puerto Rico (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 
For Puerto Rico's exhausted electricity crews, their greatest joy is hearing the cry: "We've got power!"
They've been working 12-hour shifts, six days a week since Hurricane Maria hit the island on September 20, shredding the US commonwealth's rickety power grid.
"It's tough," says Daniel Velez, 42, rivers of sweat streaming down his face from under his yellow helmet.
Velez is part o ... moreGeneva (AFP) Dec 5, 2017UN urges 'humanitarian pause' for Yemen  Bethlehem PA (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Identifying optimal adaptation of buildings threatened by hurricanes, climate change  Orlando (AFP) Dec 4, 2017Big changes for Florida with mass Puerto Rican immigration |
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 London UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 
A compound found in seaweed could protect human skin from the damaging impact of the sun without causing harm to marine ecosystems.
The use of sunscreens is advocated to prevent sun damage, but most formulations contain synthetic UV radiation filters that can make their way in to water systems. Many of these are not ecocompatible and may harm fragile marine life including coral, fish and m ... more Houston TX (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Borophene shines alone as 2-D plasmonic material  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 05, 2017New microscope sets a record for visualizing surface wetting properties  Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Dec 06, 2017First step toward practical application of holographic memory with magnetic assist |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Dec 05, 2017 
New research demonstrates that seagrass meadows are important fishing grounds all around the globe. The work highlights that there is an urgent need to start appreciating and understanding this role to be able to build more sustainable fisheries. A study led by Dr Lina Mtwana Nordlund at Stockholm University, published in the scientific journal Fish and Fisheries, examines the global extent to w ... more Watamu, Kenya (AFP) Dec 4, 2017Sea turtles' sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic 'soup'  St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Sharks evolved aircraft-like attributes to suit habitats  Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 01, 2017There's a deeper fish in the sea |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 
Arctic and major fishing nations, including China, announced Friday that they have agreed to a moratorium on commercial fishing in Arctic waters before a fishery in the icy region is even feasible.
The far north is warming at nearly twice the global average rate, causing changes in the size and distribution of fish stocks that may become more attractive to fishers in the medium to long term. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Antarctic Selfie's Journey to Space via Disruption Tolerant Networking  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Antarctic landscape insights keep ice loss forecasts on the radar  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Operation IceBridge 2017: The Beauty of Ice |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 
The top leaves of crops absorb far more light than they can use, starving lower leaves of light. Scientists designed plants with light green leaves with hopes of allowing more light to penetrate the crop canopy and increase overall light use efficiency and yield. This strategy was tested in a recent modeling study that found leaves with reduced chlorophyll content do not actually improve canopy- ... moreManchester UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2017What makes soil, soil? Researchers find hidden clues in DNA  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 4, 2017Tokyo 2020 to feed IOC food from disaster-hit regions  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Robotic device tracks plant growth at the cellular level |
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 Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 
Seismologists in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday voiced concern after four light earthquakes were felt in the east of the country.
Four tremors, each higher than four on the Richter scale, have been recorded in less than week, with the latest overnight Monday registering 4.5, said Professor Kacho Karume, in charge of the Volcanology Observatory of Goma (OVG), told AFP.
Quakes are ... more Tirana (AFP) Dec 3, 2017Albania sends in military rescue as heavy rains trigger huge floods Durham NH (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Eruption clues: UNH researchers create snapshot of volcano plumbing  Paris, France (SPX) Dec 05, 2017New early signals to quantify the magnitude of strong earthquakes |
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 Maseru, Lesotho (AFP) Dec 2, 2017 
A 258-strong regional force was deployed to Lesotho on Saturday to ease security concerns in the landlocked kingdom after the killing of the country's top army commander in September.
The move by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional bloc, was approved in September after Khoantle Motsomotso was shot dead at a barracks by officers from a perceived rival faction.
Th ... more Bamako (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Mali justice minister resigns after activist's acquittal  Abidjan (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Cash and history keep Europe as Africa's prime partner Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2017China hails new Zimbabwe leader, denies role in transition |
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 Salt Lake City, United States (AFP) Dec 5, 2017 
US President Donald Trump slashed the size of two Utah conservation areas Monday, the first such large-scale reversal in more than 100 years.
Trump traveled to Salt Lake City to announce that he was cutting 85 percent of the vast Bears Ears National Monument and around 45 percent of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Trump painted the decision as giving government-held land ... more Durham NC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Chimp females who leave home postpone parenthood  Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Long-term logging study demonstrates impacts on chimpanzees and gorillas  Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2017What grosses out a chimpanzee? |
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 Southampton UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2017 
A decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels led to a fundamental shift in the behaviour of the Earth's climate system around one million years ago, according to new research led by the University of Southampton.
A team of international scientists used new geochemical measurements, coupled with a model of the 'Earth system', to show that the growth and changing nature of continenta ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 4, 2017Around 50 leaders set for Paris climate summit  Washington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017Europe backing climate ambitions with capital  Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Researchers pin down one source of a potent greenhouse gas |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 06, 2017 
Launched on 13 October, the Sentinel-5P satellite has delivered its first images of air pollution. Even though the satellite is still being prepared for service, these first results have been hailed as exceptional and show how this latest Copernicus satellite is set to take the task of monitoring air quality into a new era.
This new mission promises to image air pollutants in more detail t ... moreBeijing, China (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Haze pollution affects satellite cloud detection Paris (AFP) Nov 30, 2017French NGO helps African mums shake off AIDS stigma  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017OGC seeks public comment on CDB Multi-spectral Imagery Extension |
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 Manchester UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 
Scientists have found the halogen levels in the meteorites that formed the Earth billions of years ago are much lower than previously thought.
The research was carried out by international team of researchers, led by the Universities of Manchester and Oxford, and has recently been published in Nature.
Halogens such as Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine, form naturally occurring salts which ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Evolution: In the beginning there was the sponge  San Antonio TX (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Collisions After Moon Formation Remodeled Early Earth  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 30, 2017Pterosaur hatchlings needed their parents, trove of eggs reveals |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017 
Electrical physicists from Czech Technical University have provided additional evidence that new current sensors introduce errors when assessing current through iron conductors. It's crucial to correct this flaw in the new sensors so that operators of the electrical grid can correctly respond to threats to the system.
The researchers show how a difference in a conductor's magnetic permeabi ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Japan faces challenges in cutting CO2, Moody's finds  Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017IEA: An electrified world would cost $31B per year to achieve  Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017'Fuel-secure' steps in Washington counterintuitive, green group says |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 
Replacing your everyday gas guzzler with a hydrogen fueled car could drastically reduce your carbon footprint. So why don't we all make the switch?
One of reasons we don't is the expensive platinum catalyst required to operate hydrogen fuel cells efficiently.
Research led by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, Merced aim at bringing down the cost of hydroge ... more Adelphi MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Army researchers seek better batteries  Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Dec 1, 2017Musk's record-breaking battery officially launches in Australia  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Batteries with better performance and improved safety |
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 Maputo, Mozambique (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 
Despite some forest loss, Mozambique's sprawling Niassa National Reserve has the potential to support tens of thousands of elephants and 1,000 lions according to a new land-use study published in the journal Parks.
Niassa Reserve is Mozambique's largest protected area, spanning 42,300 square kilometers (16,300 square miles), and is considered one of the least biologically explored regions ... more Colombo (AFP) Dec 1, 2017Five arrested over elephant killing in Sri Lanka Paris (AFP) Dec 5, 2017Genetic tool that can doom a species under UN review Tokyo (AFP) Dec 5, 2017'Whodunnit', as Aussie reptiles go extinct: study |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 
A Beijing kindergarten teacher used sewing needles to punish children for not sleeping, police said, but other abuse claims have been rejected by an investigation into a scandal that sparked national outrage.
Authorities opened the probe into RYB Education New World kindergarten last week after parents said toddlers were given mysterious pills and had apparent needle marks.
The 22-year-o ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 1, 2017Tibetan monk self-immolates in China: campaigners  Shanghai (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Shanghai schools fly the flag for China's next generation  Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Chinese general kills himself after facing graft probe |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2017 
The equivalent of 85 billion tons of carbon dioxide - a huge amount equal to three-quarters of the carbon stored in forests across the contiguous United States - is locked in the living vegetation of one African country that holds much of the second largest tropical rainforest in the world, according to new research.
The study conducted by NASA, UCLA and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Germ ... more Jakarta (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Greenpeace slams Indonesia palm oil industry on deforestation  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Amazon's recovery from forest losses limited by climate change  Warsaw (AFP) Nov 21, 2017Poland says compliant with EU court order against ancient forest logging |
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