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  Paris (ESA) Apr 12, 2018 The magnetic field is arguably one of the most mysterious features of our planet. ESA's Swarm mission is continually yielding more insight into how our protective shield is generated, how it behaves and how it is changing. Adding yet another string to its bow, Swarm is now tracking changes in the magnetic field produced in the oceans in more detail that ever before. New results from the trio of Swarm satellites are wowing this year's European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, Austria. This week ... read more |
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US approves artificial-intelligence device for diabetic eye problemsWashington, United States (AFP) April 12, 2018 US regulators Wednesday approved the first device that uses artificial intelligence to detect eye damage from diabetes, allowing regular doctors to diagnose the condition without interpreting any data or images. ... more  
Trouble in Paradise: Tourism surge lashes Southeast Asia's beachesKoh Phi Phi Ley, Thailand (AFP) April 11, 2018 Hordes of tourists clamber across the white sand with selfie sticks as Thai park rangers wade into turquoise waters to direct boats charging into the cliff-ringed cove. ... more  
Florida's cities are experiencing shorter, more intense wet seasonsWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 The wet season in Florida's cities are getting shorter and more intense compared to the sunshine state's more rural areas. ... more  
'Devastating' ocean heatwaves on the riseParis (AFP) April 12, 2018 Ocean heatwaves which can have "devastating and long-term impacts" on ecosystems have become longer and more frequent over the past century, according to an international study published Tuesday. ... more |
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A natural fertilizerSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 It's long been known that sharks help nourish coral reefs, but exactly to what extent has never been scientifically mapped out - until now. A pioneering study - led by scientists from Imperial ... more  
Organic fertilizers are an overlooked source of microplastic pollutionWashington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 Organic fertilizers from biowaste fermentation act as a vehicle for microplastic particles to enter the terrestrial environment, with the amount of microplastic particles differing based on pre-trea ... more 
New study in oxygen-deprived black sea provides insights on future carbon budgetMiami FL (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 Scientists are studying the oxygen-deprived waters of the Black Sea to help answer questions about the deepest parts of the ocean and Earth's climate. A new study led by researchers at the Uni ... more  
Scientists study the brains of bats while they flyWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have successfully recorded the brain activity of free flying bats. ... more 
Study suggests lemurs live longer by eating lessWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 Want to live longer? If you're a primate, eating less seems to help. ... more |
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Race for Mexico's 'cocaine of the sea' pushes 2 species toward extinctionSan Felipe, Mexico (AFP) April 12, 2018 The dried fish parts don't look like much to the novice eye, but the totoaba swim bladders discreetly displayed in this shop in Guangzhou, China sell for up to $20,000. ... more  |
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China launches Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellitesJiuquan, China (XNA) Apr 12, 2018 The first group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites were sent into space on Tuesday at 12:25 p.m. Beijing time from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The satell ... more  
Fit for porpoise: Gene changes made 'river pig' uniqueParis (AFP) April 12, 2018 China's critically endangered Yangtze River porpoise is a distinct species, meaning it cannot interbreed with other porpoise types to pass on its DNA, a major analysis of the creature's genome revealed on Tuesday. ... more  
Former China Politburo member pleads guilty to briberyTianjin, China (AFP) April 12, 2018 A former top Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a leadership post pleaded guilty at his bribery trial on Thursday, the latest target of President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption crusade. ... more  
What plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up, microfluidicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 For years, scientists have been inspired by nature to innovate solutions to tricky problems, even oil spills - manmade disasters with devastating environmental and economic consequences. A new USC s ... more 
The problem of jaguars and space in western ParaguayBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 The jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas and historically was found from southwestern USA to central Argentina. Today, jaguars are an endangered species throughout their natural habitat, and ha ... more |
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 Yangon (AFP) April 10, 2018 
Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to jail with hard labour for their part in the extrajudicial killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men last year, according to a Facebook post by the army chief late on Tuesday.
The bloody incident in Inn Din village on 2 September is the only atrocity to which the military has admitted during its violent crackdown in northern Rakhine state, which has forc ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
IMAGE's signal remains too weak to achieve frame lock, which is necessary to retrieve data from the spacecraft. But important steps have been taken this week to be prepared in case of re-established contact.
Last week, the engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, successfully established network connections with both the antennas at NASA's Wallops Flight Faci ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 12, 2018 
Ocean heatwaves which can have "devastating and long-term impacts" on ecosystems have become longer and more frequent over the past century, according to an international study published Tuesday.
From 1925 to 2016, the number of annual marine heatwave days globally jumped by 54 percent, with a noticeable acceleration over the last three decades, a paper in the journal Nature Communications s ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Glaciers in Alaska's Denali National Park are melting faster than at any time in the past four centuries because of rising summer temperatures, a new study finds.
New ice cores taken from the summit of Mt. Hunter in Denali National Park show summers there are least 1.2-2 degrees Celsius (2.2-3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than summers were during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. T ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 
Organic fertilizers from biowaste fermentation act as a vehicle for microplastic particles to enter the terrestrial environment, with the amount of microplastic particles differing based on pre-treatment methods and plant type, a new study shows.
Recycling of organic waste through composting or fermentation, followed by application of the resulting fertilizer products to agricultural land, ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) April 10, 2018 
It's a scientific fact: when living football legends Neymar or Lionel Messi scores a goal, the Earth moves and the ground shakes.
Don't believe it?
Ask Jordi Diaz, a researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera in Barcelona. He's got the hard proof.
"We put a seismometer inside a building in Barcelona," he explained at a geosciences conference in Vienna, where he prese ... more |
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 Accra, Ghana (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 
Ghana is ready to host the Africa Space Agency, an African Union initiative that will allow Africa to launch and explore the Space for improved technological advancement, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has announced.
He said out of the five countries including; Ghana, Namibia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Egypt that are bidding to ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 
In the first six months of life, babies can draw correlations between visual and vocal cues.
Before infants can talk, they use posture, voice and facial expressions to communicate their emotions. New research suggests babies can also interpret emotional cues.
Previous studies have found babies show a preference for happy faces and voices during their first six months of life, and ... more |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Each new season brings change. Seasonal change on land is something that we're familiar with and adjust to regularly. But what happens to billions of plankton in the ocean each season? How do they adjust to changing sunlight patterns and mixing of the water column? And what impact do these tiny critters have on us, so far away on land?
To answer those questions and others, NASA's North Atl ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2018 
In the mornings, Sylvia Beer sits at the desktop computer in her living room with a cup of coffee and looks for ridges on Mars. Her town of Wodonga, Australia, gets so hot that in summer she begins scanning Mars images at 4 a.m., when she takes medication for Parkinson's disease. The condition sometimes affects her memory and movement - she uses a cane or walker to get around, and can't walk as ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 
Dozens of giant footprints discovered on a Scottish island are helping shed light on an important period in dinosaur evolution.
The tracks were made some 170 million years ago, in a muddy, shallow lagoon in what is now the north-east coast of the Isle of Skye.
Most of the prints were made by long-necked sauropods - which stood up to two metres tall - and by similarly sized theropods, ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of fossil fuels, coupled with returning the generated revenue to the public in one form or another, can be an effective way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. That's one of the conclusions of an extensive analysis of several versions of such proposals, carried out by researchers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laborat ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Scientists from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Skoltech have demonstrated the high-temperature superconductivity of actinium hydrides and discovered a general principle for calculating the superconductivity of hydrides based on the periodic table alone. The results of their study were published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
High-temperature superconductivity ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 
Want to live longer? If you're a primate, eating less seems to help.
Previous research has shown caloric restriction prolongs the life of macaques. Now, a new study - published this week in the journal Communications Biology - shows eating less also extends the lifespan of mouse lemurs, a species thought to be a good model for humans.
Scientists in France restricted the diet of ... more |
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 Tianjin, China (AFP) April 12, 2018 
A former top Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a leadership post pleaded guilty at his bribery trial on Thursday, the latest target of President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption crusade.
Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member and party chief of the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, was accused by the prosecutor of taking advantage of his position to seek profi ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
What does it take for palm trees, the unofficial trademark of tropical landscapes, to expand into northern parts of the world that have long been too cold for palm trees to survive? A new study, led by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researcher Tammo Reichgelt, attempts to answer this question. He and his colleagues analyzed a broad dataset to determine global palm tree distribution in relation ... more |
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