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  Cincinnati OH (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 Researchers report creating a biologically accurate mass-production platform that overcomes major barriers to bioengineering human liver tissues suitable for therapeutic transplant into people. A team led by the Cincinnati Children's Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM) and Yokohama City University in Japan report their findings Dec. 5 in Cell Reports. The study's lead investigator is Takanori Takebe, MD, a physician/investigator at both institutions. The current study overcom ... read more |
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After the fire, charcoal goes against the grain, with the flowHouston TX (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 When a forest fire decimated more than 3,000 acres of Rice University-owned timberland in 2011, biogeochemist Carrie Masiello saw a silver lining in the blackened trees. Masiello is an expert ... more  
A dynamic East Antarctic ice sheet has repeatedly grown and shrunkWashington DC (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 The East Antarctic Ice Sheet locks away enough water to raise sea level an estimated 53 meters (174 feet), more than any other ice sheet on the planet. It's also thought to be among the most stable, ... more 
NASA scientists embark on extreme Antarctic TrekGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 In temperatures that can drop below -20 degrees Fahrenheit, along a route occasionally blocked by wind-driven ice dunes, a hundred miles from any other people, a team led by two NASA scientists will ... more  
Scientists share various perspectives on ozone layer recoveryGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 Each year, ozone-depleting compounds in the upper atmosphere destroy the protective ozone layer, and in particular above Antarctica. The ozone layer acts as Earth's sunscreen by absorbing harmful ul ... more |
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How much soil goes get washed down the drainBasel, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 According to a new study by the University of Basel, the European Commission - Joint Research Centre and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH, UK), almost 36 billion tons of soil is lost every ... more  
Primordial mutation helps explain origin of some organs in vertebratesMadrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 A neutral genetic mutation - a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose - that appeared over 700 million years ago in biological evolution could help explain the ori ... more  
New technique could make captured carbon more valuableIdaho Falls ID (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 Carbon capture could help the nation's coal plants reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet economic challenges are part of the reason the technology isn't widely used today. That could change if power ... more 
NASA's Aqua satellite captures smoke billowing off California coastGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 The huge amounts of smoke tumbling off the coast of California is also an indicator of how active the Thomas Fire still is. The grayish brown smoke shows that the fire is continuing to find fuel to ... more  
Heavy air pollution shuts schools in IranTehran (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 Iran shut schools around Tehran Sunday and cancelled sporting events as thick smog blanketed the capital despite curbs on road traffic and industrial activity. ... more  
Thousands stranded after storm lashes PhilippinesMatnog, Philippines (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 Thousands of people heading home for Christmas in the Philippines were stranded on Sunday by Tropical Depression Kai-Tak, a day after the storm killed three people as it pounded the nation's eastern islands. ... more |
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 Taiwan steel firm behind toxic dump in Vietnam fined again 
Macedonian capital chokes in polluted airSkopje (AFP) Dec 15, 2017 Skopje was gripped Friday for the second consecutive day by a cloud of polluted air and fog which practically paralysed the Macedonian capital and perturbed air traffic. ... more 
Toll rises to three dead after Indonesia quakeJakarta (AFP) Dec 16, 2017 At least three people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday. ... more 
Clearing the airArgonne IL (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 Residents in some areas of the developing world are currently coping with dangerous levels of air pollution. Recent research, co-led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laborat ... more 
APL Monitoring Instrument Rides into SpaceLaurel MD (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 The newest realm of space travel is closer to home than many think, but still shrouded in mystery. And while Earth's upper atmosphere may soon be a destination for tourists, scientists from the John ... more |
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  Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017  World leaders met in Paris Tuesday seeking to unlock more money to drive the global economy's shift to green energy, exactly two years after signing a global pact to avert worst-case-scenario global warming.
Without trillions of dollars invested in clean energy technology, the Paris Agreement's goal to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Leaders needed to fix global 'mess', says Kofi Annan  Fajardo, Puerto Rico (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Storm-hit Puerto Rico starving for tourists  Buffalo NY (SPX) Dec 12, 2017New mapping technique can help fight extreme poverty |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Excitonium has a team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... well... excited! Professor of Physics Peter Abbamonte and graduate students Anshul Kogar and Mindy Rak, with input from colleagues at Illinois, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Amsterdam, have proven the existence of this enigmatic new form of matter, which has perplexed scientists sinc ... more Grenoble, France (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Brittle starfish shows how to make tough ceramics  Moscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Russia says 'satellite' could have caused radioactive pollution  Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2017Army taps Northrop Grumman for new radar risk reduction work |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Western North Pacific anomalous anticyclone (WNPAC, or referred to as Philippine Sea anomalous anticyclone) is the most important anomalous circulation pattern connecting El Nin~o and East Asian-western North Pacific monsoon.
WNPAC begins from the El Nin~o mature winter to the following summer and thus is one of the most long-lasting anomalous circulation patterns over the entire tropical ... more Boston MA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Researchers establish long-sought source of ocean methane  Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Sea levels will rise, but scientists not sure how high  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Southern Ocean drives massive bloom of tiny phytoplankton |
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 Hobart, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
In a world-first, a research team of Australian and international scientists has used data collected by satellites and an ocean model to explain and predict biodiversity on the Antarctic seafloor.
The researchers combined satellite images of phytoplankton colour on the sea surface with a suite of connected models of how the microscopic phytoplankton are swept by ocean currents, sink to the ... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Tiny ice losses at Antarctica's fringes can accelerate ice loss far away  Miami (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Warming Arctic is 'new normal,' will affect us all: report  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Extreme fieldwork, climate modeling yields new insight into predicting Greenland's melt |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
According to a new study by the University of Basel, the European Commission - Joint Research Centre and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH, UK), almost 36 billion tons of soil is lost every year due to water, and deforestation and other changes in land use make the problem worse. The study also offers ideas on how agriculture can change to become a part of the solution from being part of ... more Driffield, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 12, 2017In food waste fight, Brits turn bread into beer  Cincinnati OH (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Archaeologist says fire, not corn, key to prehistoric survival in arid Southwest  Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Meadows beat out shrubs when it comes to storing carbon |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Dec 16, 2017 
At least three people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday.
The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres (56 miles) just outside the coastal town of Cipatujah on Java island late Friday, the US Geological Survey said.
The tremor was felt across the island including in the capital Jakarta, some 300 kilom ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2017West coast earthquake early warning system continues progress toward public use Matnog, Philippines (AFP) Dec 17, 2017Thousands stranded after storm lashes Philippines  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2017NASA shows new Tongan Island made of tuff stuff, likely to persist years |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 13, 2017 
The United States, Britain and France on Wednesday asked that a Russian request to send light arms to the Central African Republic be put on hold as they seek more information on the shipments, diplomats said.
Russia has asked the UN Security Council for an exemption to an arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) to allow the arms to be shipped to its armed forces.
The first d ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 16, 2017UN gives green light on Russia arms to C. Africa  United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Russia asks UN for green light to send arms to C. Africa  Ramstein, Germany (AFP) Dec 6, 2017Tillerson plans Africa trip for early 2018 |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
A neutral genetic mutation - a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose - that appeared over 700 million years ago in biological evolution could help explain the origin of complex organs and structures in human beings and other vertebrates, according to an article published in Nature Communications by a team led by CRG group leader Manuel Irimia, university profe ... more London UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Scientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Scientists revamp 'Out of Africa' model of early human migration  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 
French President Emmanuel Macron issued a stark warning on climate change at a summit in Paris on Tuesday, telling world leaders "we are losing the battle" against global warming.
"We're not moving fast enough, that's the problem," Macron told the One Planet Summit called to boost the 2015 Paris climate accord, which US President Donald Trump has renounced.
"We must all act because we wi ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Investors turn back on fossil fuels at Paris climate summit  Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Leaders join France's Macron to discuss climate cash crunch  Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Researchers pin down one source of a potent greenhouse gas |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Researchers from the University of Liverpool have spotted the equivalent of smoke-rings in the ocean which they think could 'suck-up' small marine creatures and carry them at high speed and for long distances across the ocean.
The ocean is full of eddies, swirling motions some tens to hundreds of kilometres across, which mix the water and carry it across the average currents.
The 'sm ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Space Mystery Solved by Student Satellite Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Scientists share various perspectives on ozone layer recovery Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 15, 2017APL Monitoring Instrument Rides into Space |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
A whopping 252 million years ago, Earth was crawling with bizarre animals, including dinosaur cousins resembling Komodo dragons and bulky early mammal-relatives, a million years before dinosaurs even existed. New research shows us that the Permian equator was both a literal and figurative hotspot: it was, for the most part, a scorching hot desert, on top of having a concentration of unique anima ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2017Nuclear technology helps scientists study Australia's prehistoric ecosystems  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Dec 11, 2017530-million-year-old fossil has look of world's oldest eye, study suggests  Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Inner ears of ancient, extinct sea monsters mirror those of today's animals |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017  Two years ago to the day, US secretary of state John Kerry shared in the cheers and champagne in Paris as world powers sealed a landmark global climate accord.
Returning to the French capital Tuesday for a follow-up summit, he cut a bitter and disappointed figure.
The United States' commitment to fighting climate change - something both Kerry and former president Barack Obama hoped woul ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2017To save climate, stop investing in fossil fuels: economists  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Improving sensor accuracy to prevent electrical grid overload  Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Japan faces challenges in cutting CO2, Moody's finds |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017 
Laser-driven fusion energy is a realistic goal and one within reach, according to a new paper published this week in the journal Laser and Particle Beams.
An international team of scientists argue laser and fusion technologies are advancing at such a pace that self-sustaining hydrogen-boron fusion reactions will become a reality sooner rather than later.
The quest for hydrogen-bo ... more Boston MA (SPX) Dec 18, 2017New power devices could drastically reduce energy waste  Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Battery research could triple range of electric vehicles  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Laser-boron fusion now 'leading contender' for energy |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017 
Feral foxes are no longer the archenemies of would-be loggerhead turtle moms at the second biggest nesting beach in northeast Australia. The title now belongs to the yellow-spotted goanna.
Over the last few decades, scientists have observed the Australia lizard develop a taste for the eggs of the endangered loggerhead turtle. Goannas now frequently raid turtle nests on the Queensland ne ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Scientists reveal rules for making ribs  Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017When physics gives evolution a leg up by breaking one  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Pangolin traffickers opening up new routes: study |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 15, 2017 
Three men were jailed in Hong Kong Friday for possessing and conspiring to make explosives ahead of a contentious 2015 vote on political reform.
The trio, who were found guilty last month, were sentenced to up to three years and 10 months in prison as the judge said they had embarked on "a very dangerous path".
They were detained at a time of heightened political tension in Hong Kong in ... more Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Bustling Beijing migrant area turns into ghost town  Shanghai (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Poisoned syringes fired at pet dogs for China meat trade  Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Chinese dissident's widow sends desperate letter |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
The loss of forests in Africa in the past century is substantially less than previously estimated, an analysis of historical records and paleontology evidence by Yale researchers shows.
Previous estimates put deforestation at 35% to 55% on the continent since 1900. The new analysis estimates closed-canopy forests have shrunk by 21.7%, according to findings published Dec. 11 in the journal ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Cascading use is also beneficial for wood  New York NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2017New maps show shrinking wilderness being ignored at our peril  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Forests are the key to fresh water |
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