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  London UK (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 Ancient microbes may have been producing oxygen through photosynthesis a billion years earlier than we thought, which means oxygen was available for living organisms very close to the origin of life on earth. In a new article in Heliyon, a researcher from Imperial College London studied the molecular machines responsible for photosynthesis and found the process may have evolved as long as 3.6 billion years ago. The author of the study, Dr. Tanai Cardona, says the research can help to solve the con ... read more |
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Where fresh is cool in Bay of BengalCape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 Each summer, the South Asian monsoon transforms parts of India from semi-arid into lush green lands able to support farming. The annual infusion of rainfall and resulting runoff into the Ganges, Bra ... more  
Research brief: Shifting tundra vegetation spells change for arctic animalsMinneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 For nearly two decades, scientists have noted dramatic changes in arctic tundra habitat. Ankle-high grasses and sedges have given way to a sea of woody shrubs growing to waist- or neck-deep heights. ... more 
Glaciers in Mongolia's Gobi Desert actually shrank during the last ice ageSeattle WA (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice sheets expanded around the planet. That may hold true for most of Europe and North America, but new research from ... more  
Women blazing a trail in 'men's jobs'Paris (AFP) March 7, 2018 In the ring, battling flames or lifting off into space, women have entered professions generally considered to be men's jobs. ... more |
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Chinese fishermen seek divine blessings in troubled watersNanri, China (AFP) March 7, 2018 "Possessed" by local gods, elaborately dressed villagers in a fishing community in eastern China are carried into the surf to ensure an abundant catch, a centuries-old rite needed now more than ever as fish stocks decline. ... more  
Genetic tweak makes plants use 25% less waterParis (AFP) March 6, 2018 Researchers on Tuesday unveiled a genetic modification that enables plants to use a quarter less water with scant reduction in yield. ... more 
Carrefour's chicken blockchain set to lay eggsParis (AFP) March 6, 2018 French supermarket group Carrefour said Tuesday it would expand its blockchain-based food traceability programme, which is currently in place for some chickens, to eight other products including eggs by the end of the year. ... more  
Strong aftershock as aid starts reaching quake-hit PNGSydney (AFP) March 7, 2018 Critical relief supplies are finally flowing into areas of Papua New Guinea devastated by a strong earthquake, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said, as another 6.7-magnitude tremor rocked the region Wednesday. ... more  
Belgium distributes iodine pills in case of nuclear accidentBrussels (AFP) March 6, 2018 Belgium began Monday to make iodine pills available free to its 11 million people in case of an accident at its ageing nuclear plants but said there was no "specific risk." ... more |
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Norway boosts quotas to revive whalingOslo (AFP) March 6, 2018 Norway announced Tuesday a 28 percent increase of its annual whaling quota to 1,278 whales in a bid to revive the declining hunt amid international controversy. ... more  |
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18 workers abducted in DR Congo wildlife parkKinshasa (AFP) March 7, 2018 Eighteen employees of a gorilla sanctuary in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been abducted by a militia group, sources said on Wednesday. ... more  
Naps and noodle talk at Chinese parliament term limit 'debate'Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2018 China is set to pass its first constitutional amendments in 14 years this weekend, but at Wednesday's public discussion on the changes, delegates seemed more interested in talking about beef noodles and taking naps. ... more 
Tillerson heads to Africa, with China in his sightsWashington (AFP) March 6, 2018 Washington's top diplomat set off for Africa on Tuesday to tour countries that form a new theater for competition with America's ambitious great power rival China. ... more 
Food abundance driving conflict in Africa, not food scarcityHanover NH (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 In Africa, food abundance may be driving violent conflict rather than food scarcity, according to a study published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, a publication of the Agricultur ... more 
Ethiopia: Ancient land beset by long-running divisionsParis (AFP) March 6, 2018 A cradle of mankind, modern-day Ethiopia is riven by ethnic tensions, gripped by anti-government rebellions and now under a state of emergency. ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) March 6, 2018 
Belgium began Monday to make iodine pills available free to its 11 million people in case of an accident at its ageing nuclear plants but said there was no "specific risk."
The government also launched a website in the country's official languages French, Dutch and German to tell people what to do in an emergency as it began implementing plans announced two years ago.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 08, 2018 
The first Russian atmospheric satellite dubbed Sova was successfully tested at an altitude of 12.4 miles, a representative of Russia's Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI) told Sputnik.
"Sova's tests in the stratosphere in the summer of 2017 were successful. There was a long flight at an altitude of about 20,000 meters (66,000 feet). Unfortunately, the device got into a zone of severe tu ... more |
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 Cape Town (AFP) March 7, 2018 
Cape Town will not be forced to shut-off normal water supplies in 2018 in response to a three-year-long drought as previously feared, the region's governing party said Wednesday.
Mmusi Maimane, who leads the Democratic Alliance which controls both the Cape Town city council and the wider Western Cape province, said that a 60 percent reduction in consumption averted the shut-off.
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 Minneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 
For nearly two decades, scientists have noted dramatic changes in arctic tundra habitat. Ankle-high grasses and sedges have given way to a sea of woody shrubs growing to waist- or neck-deep heights. This shrubification of the tundra challenges animals like caribou that are adapted to low-stature arctic vegetation.
Pinpointing a cause has been difficult. However, new UMN research published ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 6, 2018 
French supermarket group Carrefour said Tuesday it would expand its blockchain-based food traceability programme, which is currently in place for some chickens, to eight other products including eggs by the end of the year.
Blockchain is the technology behind cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, but companies and public authorities are rapidly creating new applications which allows for the se ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 7, 2018 
Critical relief supplies are finally flowing into areas of Papua New Guinea devastated by a strong earthquake, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said, as another 6.7-magnitude tremor rocked the region Wednesday.
At least 67 people were killed by the initial quake in the Pacific nation's mountainous interior on February 26, according to the Red Cross, with 500 injured and 17,000 displaced.
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 Kinshasa (AFP) March 7, 2018  Eighteen employees of a gorilla sanctuary in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been abducted by a militia group, sources said on Wednesday.
An official with an NGO said the abduction took place on Monday in the area of Nzovu, which lies in the huge Kahuzi-Biega National Park, and an armed group called the Mai-Mai Raia Mutomboki was responsible.
The victims comprise nine administr ... more |
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 Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 
Klas Tybrandt, principal investigator at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linkoping University, has developed new technology for long-term stable neural recording. It is based on a novel elastic material composite, which is biocompatible and retains high electrical conductivity even when stretched to double its original length.
The result has been achieved in collaboration with col ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2018 
Scientists have developed new models to better understand how governments can work together to ensure global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100.
The different models consider a variety of political, socioeconomic and technological factors, including the impacts of economic inequality, energy demand and regional cooperation. The models considered five different so-called S ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2018 
A newly launched satellite will augment the GOES-16 weather satellite and provide broad coverage with powerful new weather monitoring technology for meteorologists to provide life and property-saving forecasts. On Thursday, at 5:02 p.m. ET, NOAA's GOES-S weather satellite was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket and has successfully established communications.
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 London UK (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 
Ancient microbes may have been producing oxygen through photosynthesis a billion years earlier than we thought, which means oxygen was available for living organisms very close to the origin of life on earth. In a new article in Heliyon, a researcher from Imperial College London studied the molecular machines responsible for photosynthesis and found the process may have evolved as long as 3.6 bi ... more |
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 San Juan (AFP) March 1, 2018 
Puerto Rico's power grid broke down again on Thursday, leaving some 800,000 customers without power, as the US Caribbean possession struggles to recover five months after Hurricane Maria slammed the island.
Justo Gonzalez, head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), said that one of the island's main transmission lines was out of service. Officials said the line should be fully ... more |
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
A KAIST team identified the basic principle of electric wind in plasma. This finding will contribute to developing technology in various applications of plasma, including fluid control technology.
Professor Wonho Choe from the Department of Physics and his team identified the main principle of neutral gas flow in plasma, known as 'electric wind', in collaboration with Professor Se Youn Moo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2018 
Scientists have observed a tropical hummingbird species, the black jacobin hummingbird, making an unusual cricket-like sound. According to new research, the high-frequency pitch is unrecognizable by other birds.
Researchers first heard the chirping will studying hummingbirds in the rainforests of eastern Brazil.
"We heard prominent high-pitch sounds that sounded perhaps like a cr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2018  China is set to pass its first constitutional amendments in 14 years this weekend, but at Wednesday's public discussion on the changes, delegates seemed more interested in talking about beef noodles and taking naps.
No one expected dissent as legislators from the northwest provinces of Gansu and Qinghai gathered in Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People Wednesday to deliberate changes ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 5, 2018 
Nearly a fifth of Europe's wood beetle species face extinction because the old, decaying trees they depend on have been cleared from forests, scientists warned Monday.
Many saproxylic - literally, "dead wood" - beetles could disappear if remaining old-growth trees are not allowed to decline naturally, according to a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which ... more |
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