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  Washington DC (UPI) Nov 06, 2018 Manmade climate change alone doesn't explain the dramatic loss of sea ice in the Arctic. According to new analysis by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, natural climate variability has accelerated Arctic sea ice loss over the last several decades. Researchers used a variety of climate models and an analytical method known as "fingerprinting" to determine which factors best explain changes in Arctic sea ice. The new analysis - detailed this week in the journal Nature G ... read more |
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Regeneration science takes a leap forwardMedford MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 Researchers led by Tufts University biologists and engineers have found that delivering progesterone to an amputation injury site can induce the regeneration of limbs in otherwise non-regenerative a ... more  
Plasma-based system provides radical new path for water purificationWashington DC (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 Many of today's methods of purifying water rely on filters and chemicals that need regular replenishing or maintenance. Millions of people, however, live in areas with limited access to such materia ... more  
Inbreeding may be to blame for abnormalities among early humansWashington DC (UPI) Nov 06, 2018 Anthropologist Erik Trinkaus has discovered an unusually large number of physical deformities among the earliest humans. ... more 
Poop in hand, Bill Gates backs China's toilet revolutionBeijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 As one of the world's richest men and most active philanthropists, Bill Gates usually has his hands full. Just not with poop. ... more |
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Ozone hole modest despite optimum conditions for ozone depletionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 The ozone hole that forms in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica each September was slightly above average size in 2018, NOAA and NASA scientists have reported. Colder-than-average temperatur ... more 
The cloud will save time, money, and reduce errors in the mapping processWashington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 In the world of web mapping, the process of gathering data and making it visible on the Internet comes at great cost, along with lots of time consuming procedures and potential mistakes. For consume ... more 
Hydropower, innovations and avoiding international dam shameEast Lansing MI (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 For sweeping drama, it's hard to beat hydropower from dams - a renewable source of electricity that helped build much of the developed world. Yet five scientists from Michigan State University (MSU) ... more  
Mining bitcoin uses more energy than Denmark: studyParis (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 Extracting a dollar's worth of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin from the deep Web consumes three times more energy than digging up a dollar's worth of gold, researchers said Monday. ... more  
A real vintage: China unearths 2,000-year-old wineBeijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 Archeologists in central China Tuesday believe they have unearthed a 2,000-year-old pot of wine that had been sealed and buried in a tomb. ... more |
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Recovery of endangered whales hampered by humans long after huntingParis (AFP) Nov 7, 2018 When an endangered female North Atlantic right whale spends months, even years, disentangling itself from cast-off fishing nets, there's not much energy left over for mating and nursing calves. ... more  |
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Locals accuse AU troops after 4 Somali civilians killedMogadishu (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 Witnesses accused African Union soldiers of having killed four civilians in the capital Mogadishu Tuesday, after opening fire when their convoy was hit by a roadside bombing. ... more 
At least 16 Nigeria troops missing after Boko Haram attackKano, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 At least 16 Nigerian soldiers are missing following clashes with Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad area, military and militia sources told AFP on Tuesday. ... more 
MetOp-C ready for big dayParis (ESA) Nov 06, 2018 With liftoff set for 7 November, the latest MetOp weather satellite has been rolled out to the launch pad and positioned on the Soyuz rocket for its ride into space from French Guiana. MetOp-C ... more 
Rebels kill at least seven civilians in eastern DRCongo: armyBeni, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 Rebels killed at least seven civilians and abducted 15 others, including children, in fresh overnight raids in the far eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civilian and military sources said Sunday. ... more  
China rights record in spotlight at UN reviewGeneva (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 China's mass detainment of ethnic Uighurs and its crackdown on civil liberties will likely figure high on the agenda Tuesday when countries meet at the UN in Geneva to review Beijing's rights record. ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 
China has invited the UN Security Council for a visit this month that will showcase its growing support for peacekeeping and include a tour of the modern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the UN ambassador said on Thursday.
The visit will highlight China's role as a global player at a time when the United States is pulling back from multilateral institutions like the United Nations.
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 Portland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Scientists have produced an extremely bright spot of light that can travel at any speed - including faster than the speed of light. Researchers have found a way to use this concept, called "flying focus," to move an intense laser focal point over long distances at any speed. Their technique includes capturing some of the fastest movies ever recorded.
A "flying focus" combines a lens that f ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
Some coral reefs have a stronger genetic makeup to fight off bleaching, a recent study said.
Researchers recently discovered that so-called "robust" coral, which includes certain brain corals and mushroom corals, are capable of producing special amino acids that prevent bleaching.
Other coral, like "complex" coral, have a special relationship with microalgae called Symbiodinium, ... more |
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As the Northern hemisphere starts to feel the cold winter approaching, research stations in Antarctica are emerging from their long dark winter and awaiting the arrival of fresh supplies after living months in isolation.
A truly unique experience, ESA is calling medical research doctors to spend a year on the ice conducting researching into how humans adapt to living in extreme environment ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 
At least 36 percent of endangered plant species can't be conserved in seed banks because the seeds can't be frozen, according to a new study.
If scientists can't freeze the seeds, they can't bank the seeds, they said, which could lead to the extinction of some important plant varieties.
The study - conducted by researchers at the Kew Botanical Gardens in the UK and published thi ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 
Thousands of people gathered Tuesday for the funerals of an extended family killed in Sicily when a flash flood engulfed their villa during devastating storms that wreaked havoc across Italy.
Vast crowds applauded in respect in the streets of Palermo as the coffins of the nine victims, including two toddlers, were carried to the city's cathedral, where mourners clutched white balloons.
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 
At least 16 Nigerian soldiers are missing following clashes with Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad area, military and militia sources told AFP on Tuesday.
The Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) group, a faction of the Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the attack in which it said 15 soldiers were killed, according to SITE, which tracks the online activities of terrorist organisatio ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 06, 2018 
Anthropologist Erik Trinkaus has discovered an unusually large number of physical deformities among the earliest humans.
According to a new study, the multitude of deformities could be explained by inbreeding among early human populations.
Trinkaus, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, identified evidence of 75 skeletal or dental defects among 66 early humans, inclu ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
Once again, humanity might be well served to take heed from a history lesson. When the climate changed, when crops failed and famine threatened, the peoples of ancient Asia responded. They moved. They started growing different crops. They created new trade networks and innovated their way to solutions in other ways too.
So suggests new research by Jade d'Alpoim Guedes of the University of ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 
Orbit Logic reports they have delivered their STK Scheduler software and Collection Planning and Analysis Workstation (CPAW) software to General Dynamics Mission Systems for mission planning and scheduling for the Landsat Mission Operations Center (LMOC) for Landsat 8 and 9. Orbit Logic is now in the process of integrating the software into the Landsat ground system.
The U.S. Geological Su ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 1, 2018 
The spectrum of colors seen on modern bird eggs likely evolved from dinosaurs, a new study suggests.
According to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, non-bird dinosaurs laid eggs in open or partially open nests. Modern bird eggs, even those that are spotted or speckled, are primarily based on two color pigments: red and blue.
The research suggests with the open ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 
Extracting a dollar's worth of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin from the deep Web consumes three times more energy than digging up a dollar's worth of gold, researchers said Monday.
There are now hundreds of virtual currencies and an unknown number of server farms around the world running around the clock to unearth them, more than half of them in China, according to a recent report from the U ... more |
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 Portland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Fusion offers the potential of near limitless energy by heating a gas trapped in a magnetic field to incredibly high temperatures where atoms are so energetic that they fuse together when they collide. But if that hot gas, called a plasma, breaks free from the magnetic field, it must be safely put back in place to avoid damaging the fusion device - this problem has been one of the great challeng ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 06, 2018 
The fur on the thorax of some moths absorbs the sound waves emitted by bats and their sonar systems, making them harder to detect, according to new research by scientists at Bristol University in England.
Some moths boast ears capable of recognizing bats' ultrasonic signals, helping them avoid predation. But many moth species are deaf. Without the ability to hear swooping bats, deaf mot ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 5, 2018 
China's first "cyber-dissident" Huang Qi is in danger of dying under police custody if he does not receive medical treatment for a host of severe health conditions, human rights groups warned on Monday.
Huang, 55, who was arrested in 2016 for "leaking state secrets", is currently being held in Mianyang Detention Centre in southwestern Sichuan province, according to his mother.
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 Rome (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 
Fierce winds and rains have killed at least 20 people in Italy this week and razed thousands of hectares of forest in the country's devastated north, officials said.
An 87-year-old woman and a 62-year-old German tourist were killed Friday after being struck by lightning in Sardinia.
It brings to 20 the number of people killed by bad weather in Italy since the start of the week, accordin ... more |
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