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  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 Complex systems of microscopic tunnels found inside garnet crystals from Thailand are most likely the result of microorganisms making their homes inside these minerals, according to a study published August 8, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Magnus Ivarsson of the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues. Endolithic organisms are those that live inside a substrate, be it mineral, wood, bone, or some other material. Some microbes move into pre-existing cavities while others dig the ... read more |
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New satellite map shows ground deformation after Indonesian quakePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 09, 2018 Scientists with NASA/Caltech's Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis project (ARIA) used new satellite data to produce a map of ground deformation on the resort island of Lombok, Indonesia, following ... more  
Disaster relief: How can AI improve humanitarian assistance?Arlington VA (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 The unique topic of artificial intelligence (AI) for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) was in the spotlight last week, as leading minds from academia, industry and the federal gove ... more  
Fossils suggest Alaska served as superhighway for migrating dinosaursWashington (UPI) Aug 6, 2018 New fossils suggest hadrosaurs and therizinosaurs migrated between Central Asia and North America 100 million years ago. ... more  
Study finds possible connection between US tornado activity, Arctic sea iceChampaign IL (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 The effects of global climate change taking place in the Arctic may influence weather much closer to home for millions of Americans, researchers report. The United States has experienced many ... more |
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Firefighters make progress in California but weather not promisingMendocino, United States (AFP) Aug 9, 2018 Thousands of firefighters, backed by US troops and crews from as far away as Australia and New Zealand, made progress Wednesday in their battle with California's biggest wildfire on record - but the weather forecast for the rest of the week is not promising, officials said. ... more  
Indonesia quake toll jumps to 164, survivors wait for aidMataram (West Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia (AFP) Aug 9, 2018 The devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok was "exceptionally destructive" and wiped out entire villages in the worst-hit regions, relief agencies warned as the death toll jumped to more than 160 on Thursday. ... more  
As temperatures rise, Earth's soil is 'breathing' more heavilyRichland, WA (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 The vast reservoir of carbon stored beneath our feet is entering Earth's atmosphere at an increasing rate, most likely as a result of warming temperatures, suggest observations collected from a vari ... more  
Those fragrances you enjoy? Dinosaurs liked them firstCorvallis OR (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs walked the Earth amid the first appearance of flowering plants, new research reveals ... more  
Earth at risk of heading towards 'hothouse Earth' stateStockholm, Sweden (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2C may be more difficult than previously assessed, according to researchers. An international team of scientists has published a study in Proceedings of th ... more |
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 Pacific Ocean's effect on Arctic warming  
Half a degree less warming can avoid precipitation extremesBeijing, China (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 Just half a degree Celsius could make a major difference when it comes to global warming, according to a new paper published by a collaborative research team based in China. The study, which a ... more  |
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Expedition probes ocean's smallest organisms for climate answersGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 Satellite images of phytoplankton blooms on the surface of the ocean often dazzle with their diverse colors, shades and shapes. But phytoplankton are more than just nature's watercolors: They play a ... more 
Rain-on-snow flood risk to increase in many mountain regions of the western US, CanadaBoulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 Flooding caused by rain falling on snowpack could more than double by the end of this century in some areas of the western U.S. and Canada due to climate change, according to new research from the U ... more 
Ten ways climate change can make wildfires worseParis (AFP) Aug 8, 2018 As out-of-control wildfires ravage large swathes of Portugal, Spain and northern California, AFP talked to scientists about the ways in which global warming can amplify the problem. ... more  
The bark side of the forceParis, France (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 What forces enable trees to stand upright? To grow straight, plants need a motor system that controls their posture by generating forces to offset gravity. Scientists have long thought that this mot ... more 
Heatwave kills a tonne of Swiss fishGeneva (AFP) Aug 7, 2018 Roughly a tonne of fish have been killed in recent days by high temperatures in Swiss waters caused by the European heatwave, public broadcaster RTS reported Tuesday. ... more |
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 Arlington VA (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
The unique topic of artificial intelligence (AI) for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) was in the spotlight last week, as leading minds from academia, industry and the federal government met to discuss how modern technology can help victims of disasters around the globe.
The Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Workshop - co ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
An exotic material poised to become the semiconductor of choice for power electronics - because it is far more efficient than silicon - is now being eyed for potential applications in space. Two NASA teams are examining the use of gallium nitride, a crystal-type semiconductor compound first discovered in the 1980s, and currently used in consumer electronics such as laser diodes in DVD readers. ... more |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
New research, led by former Carnegie postdoctoral fellow Summer Praetorius, shows that changes in the heat flow of the northern Pacific Ocean may have a larger effect on the Arctic climate than previously thought. The findings are published in the August 7, 2018, issue of Nature Communications.
The Arctic is experiencing larger and more rapid increases in temperature from global warming mo ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2018 
By mapping the heat escaping from below the Greenland Ice Sheet, a NASA scientist has sharpened our understanding of the dynamics that dominate and shape terrestrial planets.
Dr. Yasmina M. Martos, a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, mined publicly available magnetic field, gravity and other geologic information for clues about the amount and ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2018 
The remains of domesticated crop plants at an archaeological site in southwest Amazonia supports the idea that this was an important region in the early history of crop cultivation, according to a study published July 25, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jennifer Watling from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and colleagues.
Genetic a ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2018 
The chemical composition of gases emitted from volcanoes - which are used to monitor changes in volcanic activity - can change depending on the size of gas bubbles rising to the surface, and relate to the way in which they erupt. The results, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, could be used to improve the forecasting of threats posed by certain volcanoes.
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 Libreville (AFP) Aug 7, 2018  A court in the Republic of Congo jailed three soldiers for three years for "mass murder" during a peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic, but the convicts have been freed, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
"The sentences deny justice to the victims, who included women and children," the New York-based NGO said in a statement, protesting that the jail terms "do not reflect the gr ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Aug 08, 2018 
Despite over a century of intense study, we still know very little about the people buried at Stonehenge or how they came to be there. Now, a new University of Oxford research collaboration, published in Scientific Reports suggests that a number of the people that were buried at the Wessex site had moved with and likely transported the bluestones used in the early stages of the monument's constr ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2C may be more difficult than previously assessed, according to researchers.
An international team of scientists has published a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) showing that even if the carbon emission reductions called for in the Paris Agreement are met, there is a risk of Earth entering what the scientists call "Hothous ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2018 
Army researchers have designed a computer model that more effectively calculates the behavior of atmospheric turbulence in complex environments, including cities, forests, deserts and mountainous regions.
This new technology could allow Soldiers to predict weather patterns sooner using the computers at hand and more effectively assess flight conditions for aerial vehicles on the battlefiel ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 6, 2018 
New fossils suggest hadrosaurs and therizinosaurs migrated between Central Asia and North America 100 million years ago.
The ancient dinosaur remains, dated to the Late Cretaceous, were recovered from the Cantwell Formation in Alaska's Denali National Park. The discovery marked the first time hadrosaur and therizinosaur bones have been found together in North America.
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 
As the stultifying summer heat sends Iraqis in search of cool spots, restaurateur Ali Hussein provides sanctuary - even though it means hooking up to an expensive generator.
"The clients must be comfortable when they eat," said Hussein, who stakes his reputation on ensuring customers are constantly blasted by air conditioning.
Outside, temperatures at this time of year can reach 50 degr ... more |
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 Upton NY (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
What happens when really powerful magnets - capable of producing magnetic fields nearly two million times stronger than Earth's - are applied to materials that have a "super" ability to conduct electricity when chilled by liquid nitrogen?
A team of scientists set out to answer this question in one such superconductor made of the elements lanthanum, strontium, copper, and oxygen (LSCO). The ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 07, 2018 
Microorganisms in colder climates darken themselves to capture more heat from the sun and improve their ability to survive, according to a study from scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The scientists, in a study to be published in Current Biology on August 2, examined yeasts collected at different latitudes, and found that dark-pigmented ones were more frequentl ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2018  Hundreds of police patrolled the streets of Beijing's financial district Monday as Chinese authorities thwarted a planned protest against money lost in risky peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms and a lack of government help.
Protesters told AFP they had come from every corner of China in hopes that by gathering en masse the government would recognise their grievances and take action.
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 Paris, France (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
What forces enable trees to stand upright? To grow straight, plants need a motor system that controls their posture by generating forces to offset gravity. Scientists have long thought that this motor force was controlled only by the internal forces induced in wood. In a study published on 4 August 2018 in New Phytologist, researchers from the CNRS and Cirad show that bark is also involved in th ... more |
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