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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 15, 2018 A new NASA Earth science mission in the early stages of design may achieve a transformational advance in our understanding of the global carbon cycle by mapping concentrations of key carbon gases from a new vantage point: geostationary orbit. Satellites in geostationary orbit travel at the same speed as Earth's rotation, allowing them to remain over the same place on Earth's surface at all times. The Geostationary Carbon Observatory (GeoCarb), targeted for launch in the early 2020s, will build on ... read more |
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NASA Calculated Heavy Rainfall Leading to California MudslidesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 Winter rains falling on recently burned ground triggered deadly mudslides in Santa Barbara County, California on January 9. NASA calculated the amount of rain fall between January 8 and 10, 2018 and ... more 
NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission surpasses expectations flying to new heights in 2017Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 In the cold vacuum of space, four satellites travel through the darkness, cruising around Earth at speeds up to 22,300 miles per hour. These spacecraft comprise NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale miss ... more  
With headbands, sensor socks, wearable tech seeks medical inroadsLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 Want to manage your stress? A "neurofeedback" headband could help. Need to be sure your elderly father is taking his medication? Attach a sensor to his sock. ... more  
Sisi vows to protect Egypt's water supplyCairo (AFP) Jan 15, 2018 President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed Monday to protect Egypt's water supply while striving for peace with the Nile upstream countries of Sudan and Ethiopia, which is building a controversial dam. ... more |
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12,000 flee as lava oozes from Philippine volcanoCamalig, Philippines (AFP) Jan 15, 2018 Thousands fled from their homes as lava oozed out of a rumbling Philippine volcano on Monday in what volcanologists described as a "quiet eruption", warning it could lead to a hazardous explosion within days. ... more 
Madagascar cyclone death toll hits 51, 22 missingAntananarivo (AFP) Jan 15, 2018 The cyclone that slammed into Madagascar earlier this month has claimed 51 lives, with 54,000 people displaced by flooding, heavy rain and high winds, authorities said. ... more 
Potential brain-machine interface for hand paralysisWashington DC (SPX) Jan 16, 2018 A brain-machine interface that combines brain stimulation with a robotic device controlling hand movement increases the output of pathways connecting the brain and spinal cord, according to a study ... more  
Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to EarthBerkeley CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 Two wayward space rocks, which separately crashed to Earth in 1998 after circulating in our solar system's asteroid belt for billions of years, share something else in common: the ingredients for li ... more  
Artificial muscles power up with new gel-based roboticsMatsumoto, Japan (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 Scientists are one step closer to artificial muscles. Orthotics have come a long way since their initial wood and strap designs, yet innovation lapsed when it came to compensating for muscle power-- ... more  
Life-saving NASA Communications System Turns 20Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) don't just enable data from spacecraft to reach Earth - they provide internet and even telemedicine to researchers at the South Pole. The South Pole ... more |
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 Genetic mechanism that could enhance yield in cereal crops  
Wearable sensors for plants enable measurements of water use in cropsAmes IA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Iowa State University plant scientist Patrick Schnable quickly described how he measured the time it takes for two kinds of corn plants to move water from their roots, to their lower leaves and then ... more 
Lightening Up Soybean Leaves May Boost Food SupplyPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 05, 2018 A new university-led study has shown that lightening the color of soybean leaves may increase the growth and yield of this major world food crop. The finding offers a strategy to help address Earth' ... more 
Annual forage crops offset losses from alfalfa winterkillWashington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Meet alfalfa, a perennial legume used mainly as high-quality feed for dairy cattle. Alfalfa is also used as feed for beef cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. It's high in protein (16-20% crude protein ... more 
Predicting the effect of climate change on crop yieldsUrbana IL (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Scientists now have a new tool to predict the future effects of climate change on crop yields. Researchers from University of Illinois are attempting to bridge two types of computational crop ... more |
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 Musselburgh UK (SPX) Jan 16, 2018 
Astrosat, one of the leading businesses in Europe's space exploitation industry, has formed a partnership with Irish start-up DroneSAR- Search and Rescue, to incorporate drone software with Astrosat's Recovery and Protection in Disaster (RAPID) system.
The RAPID system is designed to provide intelligent situational awareness and support in the context of disaster scenarios to aid, inform a ... more London UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Tracing how disaster impacts escalate will improve emergency responses  Paris (AFP) Jan 10, 2018When humans wage war, animals suffer too: study  Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2018Hurricane-hit Puerto Rico launches new drive for US statehood |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 
A new 3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures, which could be used for tissue regeneration and replica organs.
Imperial College London researchers have developed a new method for creating 3D structures using cryogenics (freezing) and 3D printing techniques.
This builds on previous research, but is the first to create structures that are soft enough ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Room-temperature multiferroic thin films and their properties  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018NASA team first to demonstrate x-ray navigation in space  Lemont IL (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Breaking bad metals with neutrons |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 
In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950. Scientists expect oxygen to continue dropping even outside these zones as Earth warms.
To halt the decline, the world needs to rein in both climate change and nutrien ... more The Hague (AFP) Jan 13, 2018Sea levels off Dutch coast highest ever recorded in 2017 Cairo (AFP) Jan 15, 2018Sisi vows to protect Egypt's water supply  Phnom Penh (AFP) Jan 11, 2018China lavishes cash on ally Cambodia with eyes on the Mekong |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 
Light is an important cue for nearly all life on Earth. Plants use light for photosynthesis, animals use light to set sleep cycles, and marine organisms use light to find food, avoid predators and even hide in plain sight.
Since 2014, University of Delaware marine scientist Jonathan Cohen has been studying how winter darkness in the polar night affects biological processes and marine organ ... more Lawrence KS (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Machine learning predicts new details of geothermal heat flux beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet  Cape Cod MA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Scientists find surprising evidence of rapid changes in the Arctic  Fort Collins CO (SPX) Jan 09, 2018In Antarctic dry valleys, early signs of climate change-induced shifts in soil |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 
The future of weeding is here, and it comes in the form of a robot. The growing popularity of robotic weeders for specialty crops has grown partly out of necessity, says Steven Fennimore, an extension specialist at the University of California, Davis. Specialty crops are vegetables like lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, and onions. They are not mass-produced like corn, soybeans, and wheat.
The ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Jan 05, 2018Lightening Up Soybean Leaves May Boost Food Supply  La Jolla CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Self-defense for plants  St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Genetic mechanism that could enhance yield in cereal crops |
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 Camalig, Philippines (AFP) Jan 15, 2018 
Thousands fled from their homes as lava oozed out of a rumbling Philippine volcano on Monday in what volcanologists described as a "quiet eruption", warning it could lead to a hazardous explosion within days.
Lava was slowly flowing out of the Mayon volcano's crater along with a spectacular 1,000-metre (3,280-foot) ash plume rising into the sky, the nation's volcanology institute said.
M ... moreManila (AFP) Jan 14, 2018Philippines' Mayon volcano alert raised as eruption feared  Lima (AFP) Jan 14, 2018Two dead in Peru after 7.3-magnitude quake Antananarivo (AFP) Jan 15, 2018Madagascar cyclone death toll hits 51, 22 missing |
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 Yaounde (AFP) Jan 10, 2018 
Forty-three gold diggers died in abandoned mines in Cameroon in the first 10 months of last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday.
"The toll of people who died in mining holes... reached 43 in the first 10 months" of 2017, said Foder, a local NGO whose full name in English means Forest and Rural Development.
The group said much of the blame lay with corporations, many of them Chinese, wh ... more Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 5, 2018IS-allied Boko Haram faction claims killing of Nigerian troops  Bamako (AFP) Dec 31, 2017Mali president names new govt after ex-PM's resignation  Conakry (AFP) Dec 30, 2017Guinea massacre suspects to go before criminal tribunal |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 
Never trust anyone who is rude to a waiter, advice columnists say. For most people, acting nasty is a big turnoff.
But while humans generally prefer individuals who are nice to others, a Duke University study finds bonobos are more attracted to jerks.
The researchers were surprised by the findings because these African apes - our closest relatives in the animal kingdom along with chi ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Unlike people, bonobos don't 'look for the helpers'  Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2018Study: When the going gets tough, women are more resilient than men  Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018Study redefines understanding of old age throughout human history |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 
The Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius will slip beyond reach unless nations act now to slash carbon pollution, curb energy demand, and suck CO2 from the air, according to a draft UN report.
Without such efforts, "holding warming to 1.5 C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the 21st century [is] extremely unlikely," said the 1,000-page report, prepared b ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) Jan 04, 2018Researchers use global thermometer to track temperature extremes, droughts  (UPI) Jan 12, 2018Colorado's governor sees climate efforts as an economic engine  Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Trump says US could 'conceivably' return to Paris climate deal |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 16, 2018 
British 'New Space' pioneer Earth-i has confirmed that the pre-production prototype satellite of its upcoming satellite constellation was successfully launched late last week.
The new commercial constellation - which the company announced is called Vivid-i - will be the first of its kind to provide full-colour video; and the first European-owned constellation able to provide both video and ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 11, 2018Scientists examine how aerosol types influence cloud formation  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Jet stream changes since 1960s linked to more extreme weather  Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Frequent growth events and fast growth rates of fine aerosol particles in Beijing |
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 Chestnut Hill MA (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 
Visiting a colleague in Germany in 2012, Boston College Research Professor Paul K. Strother was examining soil samples for pollen, spores, pieces of plants and insect legs - organic debris that might otherwise have been considered "pond scum" when it was trapped in sediment during cataclysmic earth events 200 million years ago.
The slides of rock samples drilled in the German countryside i ... more Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Print a 200-million-year-old dinosaur fossil in your own home  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 15, 2018New turkey-sized dinosaur from Australia preserved in an ancient log-jam  (UPI) Jan 12, 2018Sharks, humans shared common ancestor 440 million years ago |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 
The US energy watchdog terminated Monday a key proposal by President Donald Trump's administration to subsidize coal and nuclear plants, finding it neither justified nor reasonable.
The decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) was handed down in a unanimous verdict by its five members, a majority of whom belong to the president's Republican Party.
Energy Secretary Rick ... more Washington (UPI) Jan 09, 2018U.S. utility regulator ponders grid reliability Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2018U.S. blizzard to test gas, electric markets  Paris (AFP) Dec 24, 2017'Virtual gold' may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty |
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 
A KAIST research team has discovered a method to flip between superconducting and non-superconducting states within an iron-based superconductor using a type of electron microscopy. The team applied spin-polarized and non-polarized currents to locally change the magnetic order in the sample.
The team led by Professor Jhinhwan Lee of the Department of Physics identified a basic physical pri ... more Umea, Sweden (SPX) Jan 11, 2018The LECs now an efficient and bright device  Upton NY (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Surprising discovery could lead to better batteries  Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 11, 2018New, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2018 
New research suggests purging is an important part of an ant colony's defense against infection.
An international team of scientists from Europe and Australia found Lasius neglectus ants sacrifice peers that have grown too sick to be cared for and nursed back to health. The sick ants are killed to prevent the spread of infection.
Researchers studied ants' behavioral responses to ... more Cincinnati OH (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Expert unlocks mechanics of how snakes move in a straight line  Pasadena CA (SOX) Jan 15, 2018New technology will create brain wiring diagrams  Saint-Aignan-Sur-Cher, France (AFP) Jan 13, 2018France's first panda cub makes debut appearance |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 
A former chief of staff of China's military is under investigation on "suspicion of bribery", state media said Tuesday, as Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-graft crackdown claimed another top general.
Fang Fenghui was appointed to the PLA's top post in 2012. But he was abruptly replaced in late August amid a stand-off with India over a territorial dispute and just days after he had met US top bras ... more Shanghai (AFP) Jan 12, 2018China shuts Marriott website over Tibet mistake  Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2018'Frost Boy' stirs poverty debate in China  Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2018China jails two for life for $2.4 bn pyramid scam |
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 Ziguinchor, Senegal (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 
The brutal murder of 14 people in a protected forest in Senegal's southern Casamance region has interrupted years of relative calm in this once restive region.
A week on, what do we know about the motivations for the killings and their repercussions?
- What happened? -
On January 6, around 20 men were collecting wood in the protected forest of Bayottes, close to the regional capital ... more Dakar (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Senegal in crackdown on timber trafficking after massacre  Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017North Atlantic Oscillation dictates timing of tree reproduction in Europe  New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 14, 2017African deforestation not as great as feared |
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