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  Basel, Switzerland (SPX) May 30, 2018 Water molecules exist in two different forms with almost identical physical properties. For the first time, researchers have succeeded in separating the two forms to show that they can exhibit different chemical reactivities. These results were reported by researchers from the University of Basel and their colleagues in Hamburg in the scientific journal Nature Communications. From a chemical perspective, water is a molecule in which a single oxygen atom is linked to two hydrogen atoms. It is less ... read more |
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Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years agoStanford CA (SPX) May 30, 2018 Starting about 7,000 years ago, something weird seems to have happened to men: Over the next two millennia, recent studies suggest, their genetic diversity -specifically, the diversity of their Y ch ... more  
Invisible barrier on ocean surface can reduce carbon uptakeExeter UK (SPX) May 30, 2018 An invisible layer of biological compounds on the sea surface reduces the rate at which carbon dioxide gas moves between the atmosphere and the oceans, scientists have reported. Scientists fro ... more 
Making sense of the water supply situation in Cape TownCape Town, South Africa (SPX) May 30, 2018 Cape Town has come dangerously close to running out of water after 3 years of persistent drought. Tight water usage restrictions have been successful in stalling 'day zero' - when the city's t ... more 
Study finds big savings in removing dams over repairsPortland OR (SPX) May 30, 2018 A new study by Portland State University researchers finds billions of dollars could be saved if the nation's aging dams are removed rather than repaired, but also suggests that better data and anal ... more |
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Trump administration moves to lift ban on bear baiting in AlaskaWashington (AFP) May 22, 2018 The Trump administration on Tuesday presented a plan to roll back Obama-era rules preventing hunters in some protected zones in Alaska from luring bears with bait including bacon and donuts, and using spotlights at den sites to hunt black bear cubs and sows. ... more  
Prehistoric teeth dating back 2 million years reveal details on ancient Africa's climateToronto, Canada (SPX) May 30, 2018 New research out of South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave led by anthropologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) shows that the climate of the interior of southern Africa almost two million years ago ... more  
NIH researchers identify how eye loss occurs in blind cavefishWashington DC (SPX) May 30, 2018 Loss of eye tissue in blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus), which occurs within a few days of their development, happens through epigenetic silencing of eye-related genes, according to a study led by ... more 
Australia builds world's longest cat-proof fence to save wildlifeSydney (AFP) May 25, 2018 A conservation agency has constructed what is believed to be the world's longest cat-proof fence in central Australia to save native wildlife and vegetation ravaged by the feline predators. ... more  
Poland to probe string of blazes at landfillsWarsaw (AFP) May 29, 2018 Poland's prime minister on Tuesday asked justice and security authorities to look into dozens of blazes at landfills this year amid allegations that a "mafia" has boosted garbage imports after China banned them. ... more |
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1.5C cap on warming saves global economy trillions: studyParis (AFP) May 23, 2018 Failing to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius or less could cost the world economy tens of trillions of dollars over the next 80 years, researchers warned Wednesday. ... more  |
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France vows to outlaw glyphosate weedkillers within 3 yearsParis (AFP) May 29, 2018 The French government reiterated Tuesday a campaign pledge by President Emmanuel Macron to ban glyphosate-based herbicides by 2021, after senators refused to enshrine the pledge into law. ... more  
Air Forces's 'Guardian Angels' to receive new facilitiesWashington (UPI) May 29, 2018 Ashford Leebcor Enterprises was awarded a contract for new Guardian Angel facilities at Patrick Air Force base in Florida. ... more 
Great Barrier Reef on sixth life in 30,000 years: studyParis (AFP) May 28, 2018 Australia's Great Barrier Reef, under severe stress in a warmer, more acidic ocean, has returned from near-extinction five times in the past 30,000 years, researchers said Monday. ... more 
Phosphorus nutrition can hasten plant and microbe growth in arid, high elevation sitesBoulder CO (SPX) May 29, 2018 Glacial retreat in cold, high-altitude ecosystems exposes environments that are extremely sensitive to phosphorus input, new University of Colorado Boulder-led research shows. The finding upends pre ... more
Rise and fall of the Great Barrier ReefSydney, Australia (SPX) May 29, 2018 A landmark international study of the Great Barrier Reef has shown that in the past 30,000 years the world's largest reef system has suffered five death events, largely driven by changes in sea leve ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local economies around the globe - the effects might also propagate through the global network of trade and supply chains, a study now published in Nature Climate Change shows.
It is the first to assess this effect for flooding on a global scale, using a newly d ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 29, 2018 
It's a whole new way of thinking about sensors. The tiny fibers developed at EPFL are made of elastomer and can incorporate materials like electrodes and nanocomposite polymers. The fibers can detect even the slightest pressure and strain and can withstand deformation of close to 500% before recovering their initial shape. All that makes them perfect for applications in smart clothing and prosth ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) May 28, 2018 
Corals growing in high-latitude reefs in Western Australia can regulate their internal chemistry to promote growth under cooler temperatures, according to new research at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at The University of Western Australia.
The study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggests that ocean warming may not necessarily promote faster rates ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Glacial retreat in cold, high-altitude ecosystems exposes environments that are extremely sensitive to phosphorus input, new University of Colorado Boulder-led research shows. The finding upends previous ecological assumptions, helps scientists understand plant and microbe responses to climate change and could expand scientists' understanding of the limits to life on Earth.
The study, whic ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 29, 2018 
The French government reiterated Tuesday a campaign pledge by President Emmanuel Macron to ban glyphosate-based herbicides by 2021, after senators refused to enshrine the pledge into law.
The weedkiller, introduced in the 1970s by US agro-giant Monsanto under the brand name Roundup, is suspected by some scientists of causing cancer, with a 2015 WHO study determining it was "probably carcinog ... more |
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 Muscat (AFP) May 25, 2018  Oman said Friday that Cyclone Mekunu, which has wreaked havoc in the Yemeni island of Socotra, has intensified into category 2 as it approaches the southern part of the sultanate.
"Latest observations show that tropical cyclone Mekunu has intensified to category 2," with high wind speeds, Oman's Directorate General of Meteorology said on Twitter.
The Gulf state's early warning centre sai ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) May 30, 2018 
Six months ago, the UN Security Council agreed to send an additional 900 troops to the Central African Republic (CAR), reinforcing one of its biggest peacekeeping missions in one of the world's most dangerous countries.
So far, just 400 have arrived - a worrying sign of the problems that the UN mission, known by its French acronym MINUSCA, is having in coaxing countries into sending men to ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) May 28, 2018 
Studies examining animal alarm calls suggest species which require different escape responses for different predators are more likely to have correspondingly different alarm calls, facilitating appropriate escape responses from receivers. However, what causes calls to diversify in less urgent contexts is little examined.
"To address this, we examine a quiet contact vocalisation of chimpanz ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) May 30, 2018 
An invisible layer of biological compounds on the sea surface reduces the rate at which carbon dioxide gas moves between the atmosphere and the oceans, scientists have reported.
Scientists from Exeter, Heriot-Watt and Newcastle universities published their research in the journal Nature Geoscience, and say the findings have major implications for predicting our future climate.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2018 
Encircling Earth are two enormous rings - called the Van Allen radiation belts - of highly energized ions and electrons. Various processes can accelerate these particles to relativistic speeds, which endanger spacecraft unlucky enough to enter these giant bands of damaging radiation. Scientists had previously identified certain factors that might cause particles in the belts to become highly ene ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Sixty-six million years ago, the world burned. An asteroid crashed to Earth with a force one million times larger than the largest atomic bomb, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. But dinosaurs weren't the only ones that got hit hard - in a new study, scientists learned that the planet's forests were decimated, leading to the extinction of tree-dwelling birds.
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 Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Rising property values in Vancouver have resulted in the demolition of an unprecedented number of single-family homes in recent years, many of which were replaced with the same type of structure. Despite the better energy performance of the new homes, this cycle is likely to increase overall greenhouse gas emissions, according to new analysis from researchers at the University of British Columbi ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Researchers at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have discovered why bioelectrodes containing the photosynthesis protein complex photosystem I are not stable in the long term. Such electrodes could be useful for converting light energy into chemical energy in an environmentally friendly way.
However, the proteins, which are stable in nature, are not functional in semi-artificial systems in the l ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) May 28, 2018 
Coyotes now live across North America, from Alaska to Panama, California to Maine. But where they came from, and when, has been debated for decades. Using museum specimens and fossil records, researchers from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University have produced a comprehensive (and unprecedented) range history of the expanding species that can help reve ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2018  Police in central China have come under fire on social media over their handling of a protest by teachers demanding unpaid performance bonuses, the latest in a series of reported demonstrations by educators.
The public security bureau in Lu'an, a small town in Anhui province, said it launched an investigation into allegations that officers beat some of the teachers during Sunday's demonstrat ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Tropical rainforests play a critical role in regulating the global climate system - they represent the Earth's largest terrestrial CO2 sink. Because of its broad geographical expanse and year-long productivity, the Amazon is key to the global carbon and hydrological cycles.
Climate change could threaten the fate of rainforests, but there is great uncertainty about the future ability of rai ... more |
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