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  Libreville (AFP) May 24, 2018 Russia and China are muscling their way into the Central African Republic as Western clout in the mineral-rich, strategically important nation seems to wane, analysts say. Ranked at the very bottom of the UN's 188-nation Human Development Index, CAR is mired in poverty and strife. Most of the country is in the hands of militia groups, and violence has prompted a quarter of its 4.5 million people to flee their homes. Even so, the dirt-poor nation sparkles in natural wealth - from diamonds and go ... read more |
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France to pump 65 million euros into African startupsParis (AFP) May 24, 2018 France will plough 65 million euros ($76 million) into startups in Africa, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday at a technology conference in Paris. ... more  
17 missing as cyclone pummels Yemen's Socotra islandSocotra, Yemen (AFP) May 24, 2018 Seventeen people were missing and hundreds of others evacuated from their homes Thursday after a cyclone hit Socotra, with Yemen's government declaring the island a "disaster province". ... more 
Hurricanes: A bit stronger, a bit slower, and a lot wetter in a warmer climateBoulder CO (SPX) May 25, 2018 Scientists have published a detailed analysis of how 22 recent hurricanes would change if they instead formed near the end of this century. While each storm's transformation would be unique, on bala ... more  
Humans may influence cancer in many other species on the planetTempe AZ (SPX) May 25, 2018 As humans, we know that some of our activities can cause cancer to develop in our bodies. Smoking, poor diets, pollution, chemicals used as additives in food and personal hygiene products, and even ... more |
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Loss of marine habitats is threatening the global fishing industrySwansea UK (SPX) May 25, 2018 Seafood consumption is both a love and a necessity for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. And its supply is a key part of maintaining food security for the whole planet. But during a time of ... more  
Dusty rainfall records reveal new understanding of Earth's long-term climateTucson AZ (SPX) May 25, 2018 Ancient rainfall records stretching 550,000 years into the past may upend scientists' understanding of what controls the Asian summer monsoon and other aspects of the Earth's long-term climate, repo ... more  
Cold production of new seafloorKiel, Germany (SPX) May 25, 2018 A mountain range with a total length of 65,000 kilometers runs through all the oceans. It marks the boundaries of tectonic plates. Through the gap between the plates material from the Earth's interi ... more  
Prehistoric people also likely disrupted by environmental changeNashville TN (SPX) May 25, 2018 Prehistoric people of the Mississippi Delta may have abandoned a large ceremonial site due to environmental stress, according to a new paper authored by Elizabeth Chamberlain, a postdoctoral researc ... more  
Deadly malaria's evolution revealedLondon, UK (SPX) May 25, 2018 The evolutionary path of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has been revealed for the first time. This parasite is a member of a parasite family called the Laverania that o ... more |
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 University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics adopts Ada and GNAT Pro for NASA project  
First light for the storm hunterParis (ESA) May 24, 2018 As the International Space Station flew over the Indonesian coast of Sumatra on an April night, lightning from a thunderstorm reached the upper layers of the atmosphere and its light show was captur ... more  |
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Navy captain accused in deadly Tunisia migrant boat sinkingTunis (AFP) May 18, 2018 A Tunisian military probe into the sinking of a migrant boat in October that killed 46 people has blamed the captain of a naval vessel which struck it, the presidency said Friday. ... more 
Arkema's Texas plant unprepared for Harvey floods, inquiry findsChicago (AFP) May 24, 2018 A US oversight agency said Thursday that a flooded Arkema chemical plant in Texas, where organic compounds ignited during last year's Hurricane Harvey, was inadequately prepared for a catastrophic flood. ... more  
Graft-busting journalist returns to new MalaysiaKuala Lumpur (AFP) May 21, 2018 Clare Rewcastle Brown was harassed and vilified for years for waging a quixotic campaign to expose Malaysian corruption that helped topple the country's long-ruling regime. ... more 
Excess nutrients, coupled with climate change, damage the most highly resilient coralsTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) May 24, 2018 Over the last 30 years, 50% of the world's coral reefs have suffered significant damage due to climate change and acidification with the last three being the worst in reefs recent history. Major cor ... more 
'Uniquely human' muscles have been discovered in apesWashington DC (SPX) May 24, 2018 Muscles once thought 'uniquely human' have been discovered in several ape species, challenging long-held theories on the origin and evolution of human soft tissues. The findings question the anthrop ... more |
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 Chicago (AFP) May 24, 2018 
A US oversight agency said Thursday that a flooded Arkema chemical plant in Texas, where organic compounds ignited during last year's Hurricane Harvey, was inadequately prepared for a catastrophic flood.
An investigation by the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) found that the French multinational company's plant outside of Houston relied on the judgment of its employees rather than official fl ... more |
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 Turku, Finland (SPX) May 23, 2018 
UV radiation is known to cause many skin and eye diseases such as cancer. Therefore, it is essential to have a simple method for detecting the quantity and quality of UV radiation from, for example, the Sun.
This is currently achieved by using mainly organic molecules that change colour under UV radiation. The downside of using these molecules, however, is their poor durability which is du ... more |
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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) May 24, 2018 
A joint U.S./German space mission to track the continuous movement of water and other changes in Earth's mass on and beneath the planet's surface successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT Tuesday from the California coast.
The twin spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO), a joint NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) mission, lifted off on a ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) May 24, 2018 
Ice cores offer a window into the history of Earth's climate. Layers of ice reveal past temperatures, and gases trapped in bubbles reveal past atmospheric composition. The oldest continuous ice core so far comes from Dome C in East Antarctica and extends back 800,000 years.
But a tantalizing clue recently offered the possibility to go back even further. A collaborative study between the Un ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) May 25, 2018 
The soil supporting a field of crops teems with life. Untold numbers of bacteria and fungi strive for space and food. Most are harmless. Many are vital to creating healthy soil. But farmers worry about a handful of species that cause devastating crop diseases, and they often turn to chemical pesticides to keep those pathogens in check.
New research shows how some of these harmful microbes ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) May 24, 2018 
Hurricane Patricia, which battered the west coast of Mexico in 2015, was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere. Amid the extreme violence of the storm, scientists observed something new: a downward beam of positrons, the antimatter counterpart of electrons, creating a burst of powerful gamma-rays and x-rays.
Detected by an instrument aboard NOAA's Hurric ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) May 24, 2018 
Russia and China are muscling their way into the Central African Republic as Western clout in the mineral-rich, strategically important nation seems to wane, analysts say.
Ranked at the very bottom of the UN's 188-nation Human Development Index, CAR is mired in poverty and strife. Most of the country is in the hands of militia groups, and violence has prompted a quarter of its 4.5 million pe ... more |
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 Nashville TN (SPX) May 25, 2018 
Prehistoric people of the Mississippi Delta may have abandoned a large ceremonial site due to environmental stress, according to a new paper authored by Elizabeth Chamberlain, a postdoctoral researcher in Earth and environmental sciences, and University of Illinois anthropologist Jayur Mehta.
The study, published online May 18 in the peer-reviewed Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) May 25, 2018 
Ancient rainfall records stretching 550,000 years into the past may upend scientists' understanding of what controls the Asian summer monsoon and other aspects of the Earth's long-term climate, reports a University of Arizona-led international team of researchers in the May 25 issue of the journal Science.
The standard explanation of the Earth's regular shifts from ice ages to warm periods ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 24, 2018 
On May 3, the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted from new fissures and sent lava flowing over streets and neighborhoods. As the disaster response on the ground lead by the U.S. Geological Survey kicked into gear, managers from NASA's Earth Science Disasters Program heard from response agencies and sent out a call to NASA's own researchers, data managers, and satellite teams: What can ... more |
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 Eugene OR (SPX) May 24, 2018 
Chemical signatures in shale, the Earth's most common sedimentary rock, point to a rapid rise of land above the ocean 2.4 billion years ago that possibly triggered dramatic changes in climate and life.
In a study published in the May 24 issue of the journal Nature, researchers report that shale sampled from around the world contains archival quality evidence of almost imperceptible traces ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Bitcoin's burgeoning electricity demands have attracted almost as much attention as the cryptocurrency's wildly fluctuating value. But estimating exactly how much electricity the Bitcoin network uses, necessary for understanding its impact and implementing policy, remains a challenge.
In the first rigorously peer-reviewed article quantifying Bitcoin's energy requirements, a Commentary appe ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) May 24, 2018 
A 10-fold increase in the ability to harvest mechanical and thermal energy over standard piezoelectric composites may be possible using a piezoelectric ceramic foam supported by a flexible polymer support, according to Penn State researchers.
In the search for ways to harvest small amounts of energy to run mobile electronic devices or sensors for health monitoring, researchers typically ad ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 22, 2018 
Bolivia's Madidi National Park is the world's most biodiverse protected area, according to a newly completed two-year survey of the park's plant and animal inhabitants dubbed "Identidad Madidi."
While documenting the park's thousands of plant and animal species, researchers identified 120 new candidate species of plants, butterflies and vertebrates.
"We have accomplished everythi ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) May 23, 2018 
Centuries ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea off the coast of Indonesia. The wooden hull disintegrated over time, leaving only a treasure trove of cargo. The ship had been carrying thousands of ceramics and luxury goods for trade, and they remained on the ocean floor until the 1980s when the wreck was discovered by fishermen.
In the years since, archaeologists have been studying artifacts re ... more |
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 Upton NY (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Do you know someone who's so caught up in the details of a problem that they "can't see the forest for the trees?" Scientists seeking to understand how forests recover from wildfires sometimes have the opposite problem. Conventional satellite systems that survey vast tracts of land burned by forest fires provide useful, general information, but can gloss over important details and lead scientist ... more |
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