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  Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 Researchers have developed a way to mine electronic government records for evidence of significant historical events. For journalists and historians, sorting through government records is a tedious but important job. Though many government records aren't released until after a news event has come and gone, once published, the documents can shed new light historical happenings. Data scientists at Columbia University in New York have developed a way to more quickly and efficiently identify ... read more |
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Engineers hack cell biology to create 3-D shapes from living tissueWashington DC (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Many of the complex folded shapes that form mammalian tissues can be recreated with very simple instructions, UC San Francisco bioengineers report December 28 in the journal Developmental Cell. ... more  
Pakistan's girl cadets dream of taking powerMardan, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 31, 2017 At a revolutionary school in Pakistan, Durkhanay Banuri dreams of becoming military chief, once a mission impossible for girls in a patriarchal country where the powerful army has a severe problem with gender equity. ... more  
NASA satellite spots shattered iceberg beneath the Arctic's midnight sunWashington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 A newly released NASA image showcases the fragmented state of iceberg B-44, glistening in the midnight sun of the Arctic. ... more  
Chinese ban on ivory sales goes into effectBeijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2017 China's complete ban on ivory trade went into effect Sunday, officials said, a major step forward in Beijing's efforts to rein in what was once the world's largest market for illegal ivory. ... more |
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Albania losing its eagle to rampant poachingTirana (AFP) Dec 29, 2017 It is Albania's national symbol, but the eagle may soon only be found on the flag. The majestic bird is threatened with extinction due to widespread poaching of raptors. ... more  
Study shows streams are reliable indicators of a region's environmental healthWashington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 New research shows streams are stable and reliable indicators of a region's ecological and environmental health. ... more 
25-year coral survey shows the Caribbean is environmentally-stressedWashington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 The Caribbean's coral is environmentally stressed, according to the conclusions of a recently-completed 25-year survey. ... more 
The Caribbean is stressed outPanama City, Panama (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Forty percent of the world's 2.5 billion people live in coastal cities and towns. A team including Smithsonian marine biologists just released 25 years of data about the health of Caribbean coasts f ... more  
25 tonnes of toxic waste found dumped near BelgradeBelgrade (AFP) Dec 30, 2017 The mayor of a Belgrade suburb said Saturday that a large-scale investigation will be launched following the discovery of 25 tonnes of toxic waste found dumped in a private field. ... more 
Russian environmental campaigner hospitalised after beatingMoscow (AFP) Dec 29, 2017 A prominent Russian environmental campaigner was severely beaten by masked assailants and hospitalised with injuries, a fellow activist told AFP Friday. ... more |
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Curbing climate changeKnoxville TN (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Humans may be the dominant cause of global temperature rise, but they may also be a crucial factor in helping to reduce it, according to a new study that for the first time builds a novel model to m ... more 
Quarter of land will be drier under 2 C warming: studyParis (AFP) Jan 1, 2018 More than a quarter of Earth's land surface will become "significantly" drier even if humanity manages to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, the goal espoused in the Paris Agreement, scientists said on Monday. ... more  
Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolutionNorwich UK (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolut ... more  
UN's Guterres issues year-end 'red alert' for a world dividedUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 31, 2017 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday issued a year-end "red alert" to a world he said faces the perils of inequality, nationalism, xenophobia and possibly even nuclear war unless it works to resolve its differences. ... more |
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  United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 31, 2017 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday issued a year-end "red alert" to a world he said faces the perils of inequality, nationalism, xenophobia and possibly even nuclear war unless it works to resolve its differences.
"When I took office one year ago, I appealed for 2017 to be a year for peace," he said in his New Year's message. "Unfortunately, in fundamental ways, the world has go ... more Rome (AFP) Dec 28, 2017Italy to send troops to Niger to stem migrant flow: PM  Freetown (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Sierra Leone mudslide survivors living back in danger zone  Ain Issa, Syria (AFP) Dec 26, 2017Displaced Syrians survive war but face battle against cold |
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 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 
A team of scientists from Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center (Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Sciences) and Siberian Federal University synthesized thin crystal ferromagnetic films and developed a technology for their shaping. Processed films can be used in electronic and spintronic chips. The results of the study were published in Thin Solid Films journal.
The team created films that ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Data scientists mine government data for evidence of historical events  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 26, 2017Two holograms in one surface  Boston MA (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Single metalens focuses all colors of the rainbow in one point |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Dec 28, 2017 
Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have been able to map out how water fluctuates between two different states when it is cooled. At -44 C these fluctuations reach a maximum pointing to the fact that water can exist as two different distinct liquids. The findings will be published in the journal Science.
Water, both common and necessary for life on earth, behaves very ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Study identifies California cliffs at risk of collapse Panama City, Panama (SPX) Jan 02, 2018The Caribbean is stressed out Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017Study shows streams are reliable indicators of a region's environmental health |
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A newly released NASA image showcases the fragmented state of iceberg B-44, glistening in the midnight sun of the Arctic.
B-44 is the berg that calved from Pine Island Glacier in September. Pine Island Glacier is one of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's main outflows. B-44 was the second major fragment to separate from the glacier in the last several years. The first calving occurred in 20 ... more Hanover NH (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Warming seas double snowfall around North America's tallest peaks  Washington (UPI) Dec 21, 2017Algae growth is accelerating melting in Greenland  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017NASA scientists embark on extreme Antarctic Trek |
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Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution
Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolution of the post war period.
The speed breeding platform developed by teams at the John Innes Centre, University of Queensland and University of Sydney, uses a glasshouse or an artificial environ ... more Cambridge UK (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Rust stemmed for wheat  Paris, France (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Unexpected agricultural production allowed pre-Hispanic society to flourish in arid Andes  Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Breakthrough pulls science ahead in race against devastating wheat disease |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Dec 29, 2017 
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano experienced its biggest eruption of the year this week, spewing clouds of gas and showering ash into the sky, a local official said Friday.
The volcano, which roared back to life in 2010 after four centuries of silence, has been erupting steadily since 2015, displacing more than 3,000 families.
Wednesday's eruption "was the biggest eruption this year, g ... more New Delhi (AFP) Dec 27, 2017India says more than 660 missing one month after deadly cyclone  Tehran (AFP) Dec 21, 2017Two die in Iran quake panic  Manila (AFP) Dec 25, 2017Philippines storm death toll climbs to 240, scores missing |
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 Bamako (AFP) Dec 31, 2017 
Mali's president has appointed the government of the country's new prime minister, as he prepares for a presidential campaign amid an ongoing threat from jihadists.
According to a decree published Sunday, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita installed 36 ministers for Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga's government.
Six new members are entering the government, formed hours after 63-year-old Maiga's app ... more Conakry (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Guinea massacre suspects to go before criminal tribunal  Kinshasa (AFP) Dec 28, 2017Soldier among seven killed in DRCongo clashes  Nairobi (AFP) Dec 27, 2017US forces kill 13 Shabaab militants in air strike |
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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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 Knoxville TN (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 
Humans may be the dominant cause of global temperature rise, but they may also be a crucial factor in helping to reduce it, according to a new study that for the first time builds a novel model to measure the effects of behavior on climate.
Drawing from both social psychology and climate science, the new model investigates how human behavioral changes evolve in response to extreme climate ... more New York NY (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Humidity may prove breaking point for some areas as temperatures rise, says study  Bilbao, Spain (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Droughts and ecosystems are determined by the interaction of two climate phenomena  Washington (AFP) Dec 29, 2017As cold wave sweeps N.America, Trump makes light of climate change |
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 New Delhi, India (SPX) Jan 02, 2018  India, with nearly 3.3 million sq.km. geographical area, is endowed with natural resources such as forests, crop lands, water resources, minerals, wetlands, snow and glaciers etc. The accurate information on the availability of natural resources and their optimal management is vital for sustainable development and overall socio-economic growth of the country.
Resourcesat series of satellit ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2017Scientists discover unexpected side effect to cleaning up urban air  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 28, 2017DLR and Japan sign collaboration agreement on climate research  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 26, 2017Prototype space sensors take test ride on NASA ER-2 |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 28, 2017 
Paleontologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto have entirely revisited a tiny yet exceptionally fierce ancient sea creature called Habelia optata that has confounded scientists since it was first discovered more than a century ago.
The research by lead author Cedric Aria, recent graduate of the PhD program in the department of ecology an ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2017Half-billion-year-old microscopic animal fossils found in Greenland  Madison WI (SPX) Dec 22, 2017Fossils Show Life on Earth Began Before 3.5 Billion Years Ago  Buenos Aires (AFP) Dec 22, 2017Giant marine reptile lived in Antarctic 150 million years ago: scientists |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 
Utility companies in Michigan are called to report the benefits from the federal tax overhaul in part so consumers can benefit, a state commission said.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping overhaul of the federal tax code before leaving for end-of-year holiday season at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last week. The measure extends temporary relief to American taxpay ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Alaskan microgrids offer energy resilience and independence  Paris (AFP) Dec 24, 2017'Virtual gold' may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty  Paris, France (SPX) Dec 27, 2017As building floor space increases energy use rising fast |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 
Thermoelectric (TE) materials could play a key role in future technologies. Although the applications of these remarkable compounds have long been explored, they are mostly limited to high-temperature devices.
Recently, researchers at Osaka University, in collaboration with Hitachi, Ltd., developed a new TE material with an improved power factor at room temperature. Their study, published ... more Livermore CA (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Sandia researchers make solid ground toward better lithium-ion battery interfaces  Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017New test procedure for developing quick-charging lithium-ion batteries  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Dec 19, 2017AI helps accelerate progress toward efficient fusion reactions |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017 
Veterinary surgeons at Tufts University have completed a first-of-its-kind brain surgery to treat hydrocephalus in a Northern fur seal.
The seal, named Ziggy Star, had exhibited worsening neurological symptoms over several years, moving caretakers to proceed with the risky surgery. Ziggy is now recovering at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.
"The ability to successfully complet ... moreTirana (AFP) Dec 29, 2017Albania losing its eagle to rampant poaching Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Chinese ban on ivory sales goes into effect Tirana (AFP) Dec 29, 2017Albania losing its eagle to rampant poaching |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 29, 2017 
While their country's leader has encouraged citizens to work harder and dream big, some Chinese millennials are declaring their allegiance to the art of being average.
Nicknamed "Buddhist Youth", these young people have embraced a laissez-faire approach to life which has more to do with being chilled out than reading sutras.
"Life is quite tiring," said 23-year-old Guo Jia, who believes ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong  Phnom Penh (AFP) Dec 27, 2017Cambodia sends maids to HK to plug gap after abuse scandals  Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2017US and Germany urge China to release jailed activist |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017 
Trees synchronize their reproductive schedule with the North Atlantic Oscillation, a climate pattern that influences zonal winds and the strength of storms.
The NAO describes fluctuations in the region's air pressure differences. Shifts in the region's pressure gradients affect atmospheric circulation and Europe's climate patterns.
And according to the latest analysis, the oscill ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 14, 2017African deforestation not as great as feared  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 |
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