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  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 According to researchers at Aalto University, Finland, large-scale weather cycles, such as the one related to the El Nino phenomenon, affect two-thirds of the world's cropland. In these so called climate oscillations, air pressure, sea level temperature or other similar factors fluctuate regularly in areas far apart in a way that causes rain and temperature patterns to shift significantly. 'During recent years, researchers' ability to predict these oscillations has improved significantly. With thi ... read more |
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New climate model developed by Russian and German scientistsKazan, Russia (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Professor Aleksey Eliseev, Chief Research Associate at Kazan University's Near Space Research Lab, comments, "To find solutions for some tasks in climate research, we need calculations for hundreds, ... more  
Automated sea vehicles for monitoring the oceansParis (ESA) Mar 28, 2018 A new company from ESA's UK business incubator has developed an autonomous boat that is propelled by the waves and carries ocean sensors powered by solar energy. Advances in ocean monitoring a ... more  
Nonsurgical neural interfaces could expand use of neurotechnologyWashington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Over the past two decades, the international biomedical research community has demonstrated increasingly sophisticated ways to allow a person's brain to communicate with a device, allowing breakthro ... more 
New research shows how submarine groundwater affects coral reef growthHonolulu, Hawaii (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Groundwater that seeps into the coastal zone beneath the ocean's surface - termed submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) - is an important source of fresh water and nutrients to nearshore coral reefs ... more |
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Research shows fertilization drives global lake emissions of greenhouse gasesDuluth MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 A paper published this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters is the first to show that lake size and nutrients drive how much greenhouse gases are emitted globally from lakes into t ... more 
The saga of India's remote sensing satellite networkNew Delhi, India (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 IRS-1A, the first of the series of indigenous state-of-art operating remote sensing satellites, was successfully launched into a polar sun-synchronous orbit on March 17, 1988 from the Soviet Cosmodr ... more 
Proba-1 spots Giza pyramids from spaceWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2018 As Proba-1 passed over Egypt earlier this year, its camera caught a glimpse of the Giza pyramids. The European Space Agency shared the bird's-eye view of the Giza pyramid complex on Wednesday. ... more  
Structure is decisive to algaeNuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Blue-green algae are one of the oldest organisms in the world and have an important role to play in many ecosystems on Earth. However, it has always been difficult to identify fossils as blue-green ... more 
Spiders, scorpions use leg genes to grow their headsWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 Arachnids don't need specialized genes to develop a head. According to a new study published this week in the journal PNAS, they simply use their leg genes. ... more |
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How infighting turns toxic for chimpanzeesDurham NC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Power. Ambition. Jealousy. According to a new study, the same things that fuel deadly clashes in humans can also tear apart chimpanzees, our closest animal relatives. In the early 1970s, prima ... more  |
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Mass extinction with prior warningNuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Mass extinctions throughout the history of the Earth have been well documented. Scientists believe that they occurred during a short period of time in geological terms. In a new study, palaeobiologi ... more 
Being human: Antony Gormley's new bodiesHong Kong (AFP) March 28, 2018 Some of the figures seem to be concentrating on yoga poses. One is standing on its head, another lies down with its upper back and legs lifted, its "core" apparently hard at work. ... more 
Deep-sea wildlife more vulnerable to extinction than first thoughtOxford UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 We have only known about the existence of the unusual yeti crabs (Kiwaidae) - a family of crab-like animals whose hairy claws and bodies are reminiscent of the abominable snowman - since 2005, but a ... more 
Water's behavioral anomalies finally explainedWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 Water is one of the most peculiar liquids, but scientists are finally beginning to understand its strange behavior. ... more 
Climate change threatens world's largest seagrass carbon storesBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented marine heat wave that elevated water temperatures 2-4C above average for more than 2 months. The heat wave resulted in defol ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A former justice of the US Supreme Court - guardian of the country's Constitution - appealed on Tuesday for the repeal of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
John Paul Stevens made the call in an op-ed in The New York Times three days after the "March for Our Lives," nationwide protests that were the largest in support of gun control for nearly two decades.
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 Changchun, China (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
Femtosecond lasers are capable of processing any solid material with high quality and high precision using their ultrafast and ultra-intense characteristics. With the continuous development of laser technology, ultrafast laser manufacturing would hopefully become one of the primary methods employed in high-end manufacturing in the future.
Recently, researchers realized a new method termed ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
Oceanic sensor networks that collect and transmit high-quality, real-time data could transform our understanding of marine ecology, improve pollution and disaster management, and inform the multiple industries that draw on ocean resources. A KAUST research team is designing and optimizing underwater wireless sensor networks that could vastly improve existing ocean sensing equipment.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
An unusual hole in the sea ice cover over the Arctic Ocean and unexplored areas of the bedrock beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet are among the targets for this year's mapping of Arctic ice conditions by NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne mission.
On March 22, NASA completed the first IceBridge flight of its spring Arctic campaign with a survey of sea ice north of Greenland. This year marks ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
Scientists have found a way to stop the spread of rice blast, a fungus that destroys up to 30% of the world's rice crop each year.
An international team led by the University of Exeter showed that chemical genetic inhibition of a single protein in the fungus stops it spreading inside a rice leaf - leaving it trapped within a single plant cell.
The finding is a breakthrough in terms o ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) March 25, 2018  A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, triggering a brief tsunami alert that was swiftly lifted, according to seismic monitoring organisations.
The quake struck deep at some 171 kilometres (106 miles) below the earth's surface in the Banda Sea, the US Geological Survey said.
A tsunami alert was initially triggered by the Indian Ocean Tsunami ... more |
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 Accra (AFP) March 28, 2018 
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Accra, Ghana's capital, on Wednesday to protest against a controversial military deal with Washington which was passed by parliament last week.
The agreement was approved by President Nana Akufo-Addo's government on Friday but has come under heavy criticism from the opposition who say it undermines the country's sovereignty.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
DARPA launched the Restoring Active Memory (RAM) program in November 2013 with the goal of developing a fully implantable, closed-loop neural interface capable of restoring normal memory function to military personnel suffering from the effects of brain injury or illness. Just over four years later, the program is returning remarkable results.
This week, RAM researchers at Wake Forest Bapt ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) March 27, 2018 
Canada will likely miss a 2020 interim carbon emissions reduction target and will need to take strong measures if it further hopes to meet its Paris agreement commitment, said an audit released Tuesday.
Canada had set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming by 17 percent by 2020, from 2005 levels, and by 30 percent by 2030.
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2018 
Lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in Earth's atmosphere almost every second. The inner workings of these magnificent forces of nature are still unknown, but a rare observation by an ESA astronaut gave a boost to the science community. A European detector will take on the challenge of hunting for thunderstorms from space next week.
As he flew over India at 28 800 km/h on the Int ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018  Some 200 million years ago, what's now Connecticut was home to a massive-mouthed reptile. According to new research published in the journal Nature Communications, the jaws of Colobops noviportensis were much larger than those of other reptiles from the Triassic.
Even compared to today's diversity of reptiles, the ancient lizard-like species boasted an impressively large bite - especia ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 22, 2018 
World landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building will go dark this weekend to support the fight against climate change and highlight the dangers mankind poses to nature.
The 11th edition of Earth Hour, an annual bid to raise awareness about climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, will see iconic structures cut the lights at a time when global temperatures are the hig ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
They die at the most inconvenient times. Cellphones go dark during important conversations because a battery hasn't been recharged. Or the automotive industry revs up with excitement for a new battery-powered vehicle, but it needs frequent recharging. Or yardwork is delayed because the battery for your string trimmer is dead.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have developed ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 
Scientists at Rice University are trying to measure the impact of Hurricane Harvey on fire ant populations, an invasive species common throughout the South.
Previous studies suggest invasive species take over and thrive in damaged ecosystems. Hurricane Harvey offered ecologists another chance to test the theory.
"Hurricane Harvey was, among other things, a grand ecological experi ... more |
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 Vatican City (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A Chinese bishop recognised by the Vatican has been arrested in his diocese just as Beijing and the Holy See are set to confirm a historic agreement on the appointment of bishops, a Vatican-linked website reported.
AsiaNews, run by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions - a missionary society recognised by the Vatican - wrote on Tuesday that Vincent Guo Xijin, bishop of the diocese ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Nature is rife with symbiotic relationships, some of which take place out of sight, like the rich underground exchange of nutrients that occurs between trees and soil fungi.
But what happens in the dark may have profound implications above ground, too: A major new study reveals that soil fungi could play a significant role in the ability of forests to adapt to environmental change.
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