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  Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 A new study has shown that monitoring inaudible low frequencies called infrasound produced by a type of active volcano could improve the forecasting of significant, potentially deadly eruptions. Scientists from Stanford and Boise State University analyzed the infrasound detected by monitoring stations on the slopes of the Villarrica volcano in southern Chile, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The distinctive sound emanates from the roiling of a lava lake inside a crater at the volcano ... read more |
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A mineral blueprint for finding Burgess Shale-type fossilsNew Haven CT (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 Scientists have identified a mineral signature for sites that are more likely to contain rare fossils that preserve evidence of soft tissue - essential information to understanding ancient life. ... more  
Reducing bird-related tragedy through understanding bird behaviorGloucester Point VA (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 Bird-human actions can end in tragedy - for bird as well as human. John Swaddle believes technology and a solid understanding of bird behavior can make those tragedies less frequent. Swaddle is a be ... more  
Even without the clean power plan, US can achieve Paris Agreement emissions reductionsPittsburgh PA (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 Carnegie Mellon University researchers have calculated that the U.S. can meet - or even beat - the near-term carbon dioxide emission reductions required by the United Nations Paris Agreement, despit ... more  
In Kenya, anti-poaching dogs are wildlife's best friendsMaasai Mara, Kenya (AFP) Feb 19, 2018 Five-month-old bloodhound Shakaria gambols through the long savannah grasses of Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve, her playful mood swiftly turning to keen determination as she is ordered to track a human scent. ... more |
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13 killed in minister's quake zone copter crashMexico City (AFP) Feb 17, 2018 A 7.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled Mexico on Friday triggered a tragedy when a minister's helicopter killed 13 people during a crash-landing on the way to the epicenter. ... more  
S. Africa widens hunt for Zuma allies to India, ChinaJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 South Africa has widened a corruption probe into allies of ex-president Jacob Zuma to other countries including India, China and Dubai, the police minister said Sunday. ... more  
United Sun Systems and DoE launch new super cheap solar battery systemAiken, SC (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 United Sun Systems and the CEO Lars Jacobsson has signed an exclusive license agreement on a high-temperature, metal hydride-based thermal energy storage technology for concentrating solar power, wi ... more 
Leclanche selects NEXTracker's NX Drive Energy storage system for various applicationsFremont CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 NEXTracker, a Flex company, has announced that Leclanche, a global integrator of energy storage, has selected NEXTracker to supply its NX Drive energy storage system (ESS) for battery solutions the ... more  
Fungal enzymes could hold secret to making renewable energy from woodYork UK (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 An international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of York, has discovered a set of enzymes found in fungi that are capable of breaking down one of the main components of ... more |
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 GE partners with Scatec Solar for the 162-Megawatt solar project in Brazil 
Greensmith Energy storage technology selected to deliver reliable solar power in MassachusettsBoston MA (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 Greensmith Energy, a part of the Wartsila technology group, was selected by Origis Energy USA to provide advanced energy storage integrated with solar photovoltaic (PV) in Sterling, Massachusetts, U ... more  |
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The new bioenergy research center: building on ten years of successAustin TX (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 Building on the success of 10 years of investigation into the production of renewable fuels from plants, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison ... more 
Governor Cuomo Announces More Than 1,000 Percent Growth Of Solar Power In New YorkAlbany NY (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced this week that solar power in New York increased more than 1,000 percent from December 2011 to December 2017, leveraging more than $2.8 billion in private investme ... more  
World's first floating wind farm put to the testWashington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 Put to the test with high winds and strong seas, Norway's Statoil said a floating wind farm in Scottish waters shows promise for deepwater installations. ... more 
Biochar could replace unsustainable peat moss in greenhouse industryUrbana, IL (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Plant lovers are familiar with peat moss as the major component of potting mix, but harvest of the material is becoming unsustainable. Not only is peat being removed faster than it can re-form, its ... more 
At last, butterflies get a bigger, better evolutionary treeGainesville FL (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 For hundreds of years, butterfly collecting has often inspired a special kind of fanaticism, spurring lengthy expeditions, sparking rivalries and prompting some collectors to risk their fortunes and ... more |
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 Gloucester Point VA (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 
Bird-human actions can end in tragedy - for bird as well as human. John Swaddle believes technology and a solid understanding of bird behavior can make those tragedies less frequent. Swaddle is a behavioral biologist at William and Mary. He briefed attendees at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on developments in a pair of initiatives designed to minim ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
This past weekend, students, faculty and aerospace professionals gathered in Barus and Holley to participate in the tenth annual Space Horizons workshop. The event focused on the industry's shift toward the private sector, a change that has become increasingly prevalent in recent years.
The workshop was designed to provide an informal setting for conversation and interaction with the audie ... more |
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 Maputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
Mozambique authorities on Wednesday introduced water rationing to more than a million residents in the capital Maputo due to a severe drought.
The city is cutting the water supply to consumers to just 40 percent of normal levels, Casimiro Abreu, deputy director of the National Emergency Centre said in a statement.
About 1.3 million people in Maputo and its surroundings are affected by th ... more |
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 Hanover NH (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
Overwhelming scientific evidence has demonstrated that our planet is getting warmer due to climate change, yet parts of the eastern U.S. are actually getting cooler. According to a Dartmouth-led study in Geophysical Research Letters, the location of this anomaly, known as the "U.S. warming hole," is a moving target.
During the winter and spring, the U.S. warming hole sits over the Southeast, ... more |
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 Fort Collins CO (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
Rangelands are the dominant land type across the planet and millions of people rely on the natural goods and services and food security the lands provide. A recently released model, G-Range, allows scientists and policymakers to understand how changes in climate will potentially impact rangelands by running global simulations in a single process, rather than repeating hundreds or thousands of pr ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 
A new study has shown that monitoring inaudible low frequencies called infrasound produced by a type of active volcano could improve the forecasting of significant, potentially deadly eruptions.
Scientists from Stanford and Boise State University analyzed the infrasound detected by monitoring stations on the slopes of the Villarrica volcano in southern Chile, one of the most active volcano ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 
South Africa has widened a corruption probe into allies of ex-president Jacob Zuma to other countries including India, China and Dubai, the police minister said Sunday.
Fikile Mbalula made the announcement days after South Africa issued an arrest warrant for one of the brothers of the Gupta business family, close associates of scandal-plagued Zuma who was forced from power on Wednesday.
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 
As is true in humans, chimpanzees' general intelligence is correlated to their ability to exert self-control and delay gratification, according to new research at Georgia State University.
The research finding relates back to the famous "marshmallow test," an experiment originally performed at Stanford University in the 1960s. In the test, children are given the choice of taking a small, i ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2018  The top US intelligence official issued a warning on Tuesday about the dangers of climate change in testimony that was seemingly at odds with the skepticism of President Donald Trump and other members of his administration.
"The impacts of the long-term trends toward a warming climate, more air pollution, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity are likely to fuel economic and social discontent ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
Climatologists are often asked, "Is climate change making hurricanes stronger?" but they can't give a definitive answer because the global hurricane record only goes back to the dawn of the satellite era. But now, an intersection of disciplines - seismology, atmospheric sciences, and oceanography - offers an untapped data source: the continuous seismic record, which dates back to the early 20th ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 
Scientists have identified a mineral signature for sites that are more likely to contain rare fossils that preserve evidence of soft tissue - essential information to understanding ancient life.
Much of what we know about the earliest life on Earth comes from the organic remains of organisms without hard parts. Yet the vast majority of fossils rely on hard tissue such as shells, teeth, and ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 
Putting the Paris climate agreement into practice will trigger opposed reactions by investors on the one hand and fossil fuel owners on the other hand. It has been feared that the anticipation of strong CO2 reduction policies might - a 'green paradox' - drive up these emissions: before the regulations kick in, fossil fuel owners might accelerate their resource extraction to maximize profits.
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 Prague, Czech (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
Researchers from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS (IOCB Prague), Institute of Physics of the CAS (IP CAS) and Palacky University Olomouc demonstrated for the first time a single molecule piezoelectric effect.
The study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society represents a breakthrough in understanding the electromechanical behavior of individu ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
An elephant from the critically endangered Sumatran species has been found dead inside an Indonesian national park with what appear to be bullet wounds, the environment ministry said Wednesday.
The female elephant was discovered in Sumatra's Way Kambas National Park on Monday.
Her trunk was broken off and she had five holes resembling gunshot wounds on the right side of her body, it sai ... more |
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 Macau (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 
MGM China is opening its new multi-billion-dollar mega resort in Macau's glitzy Cotai strip on Tuesday following multiple delays and last-minute hiccups in the government approval process.
The launch of the $3.4-billion resort comes as Macau is undergoing something of a renaissance, with gaming revenues bouncing back after being hard hit by a corruption crackdown launched by China's Presiden ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
Tropical forests around the world play a key role in the global carbon cycle and harbour more than half of the species worldwide. However, increases in land use during the past decades caused unprecedented losses of tropical forest. Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have adapted a method from physics to mathematically describe the fragmentation of tropical fores ... more |
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