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  Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 D-Orbit, an Italian service provider for the New Space sector, signed a contract with Planet, a US-based private Earth imaging company, for the launch and deployment of six Dove-series satellites. Under the contract, D-Orbit will launch and deploy the satellites during the first commercial mission of ION CubeSat Carrier, the core technology of the InOrbit NOW launch service offered by the Italian company. The mission will launch in August 2019, on the Vega launch vehicle as part of the Small Space ... read more |
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2015-2016 El Nino Triggered Disease Outbreaks Across GlobeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2019 The 2015-2016 El Nino event brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to a new NASA study that is the first to comprehensively assess the p ... more  
Diving into Earth's interior helps scientists unravel secrets of diamond formationBristol UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 It's the reason why the Earth has a clement stable climate and a low carbon dioxide atmosphere compared to that of Venus, for instance, which is in a runaway greenhouse state with high surface tempe ... more  
High-powered fuel cell boosts electric-powered submersibles, dronesSt. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 The transportation industry is one of the largest consumers of energy in the U.S. economy with increasing demand to make it cleaner and more efficient. While more people are using electric cars, des ... more 
Risk remains low despite rise in global shark attacksBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 Sharks have always struck at the heart of people's most primal fears of the ocean. Cue: JAWS theme song. However, a new study led by LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Assistant Pro ... more |
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Ice-free Arctic summers could happen on earlier side of predictionsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 The Arctic Ocean could become ice-free in the summer in the next 20 years due to a natural, long-term warming phase in the tropical Pacific that adds to human-caused warming, according to a new stud ... more  
Climate rewind: Scientists turn carbon dioxide back into coalMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 Researchers have used liquid metals to turn carbon dioxide back into solid coal, in a world-first breakthrough that could transform our approach to carbon capture and storage. The research tea ... more  
A prosthetic that restores the sense of where your hand isLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 The next-generation bionic hand, developed by researchers from EPFL, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and the A. Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, enables amputees to regain a v ... more 
Can we address climate change without sacrificing water quality?Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 Strategies for limiting climate change must take into account their potential impact on water quality through nutrient overload, according to a new study from Carnegie's Eva Sinha and Anna Michalak ... more 
Cool adaptations to the coldWurzburg, Germany (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 You really don't want to have to live there: In the Arctic Ocean around the South Pole, the water temperature is just below minus two degrees. Humans would have no chance of survival there, and it i ... more |
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Getting to the core of underwater soilWashington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 Soils all over the Earth's surface are rigorously tested and managed. But what about soils that are down in the murky depths? Although not traditional soils, underwater soils have value and function ... more  |
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Saudi sisters appeal for safety as Hong Kong clock ticks downHong Kong (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong after fleeing their family appealed to authorities not to deport them while they seek sanctuary in a third country as the clock ticked down Thursday on their permission to stay. ... more  
California towns cut off by floodsLos Angeles (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 Two California towns have been turned into islands as a river swollen to its highest level in a quarter century flooded some 2,000 homes and forced evacuations. ... more  
Material that shields beetle from being burned by its own weapons, holds promiseUniversity Park PA (SPX) Mar 01, 2019 Carabid beetles produce caustic chemicals they spray to defend themselves against predators, and the compound that protects their bodies from these toxic substances shows promise for use in bioengin ... more  
The Ancestral Puebloans were getting tattoos at least 2,000 years agoWashington (UPI) Feb 28, 2019 Archaeologists have identified the oldest tattoo tool in western North America. ... more 
Conservationists release 155 giant tortoises on Galapagos islandQuito (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 Conservationists have released 155 giant tortoises on an island in the Galapagos to help replace a similar species that died out 150 years ago, officials aid Thursday. ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 
Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong after fleeing their family appealed to authorities not to deport them while they seek sanctuary in a third country as the clock ticked down Thursday on their permission to stay.
The siblings are the latest example of Saudi women escaping the ultra-conservative kingdom only to find themselves stranded in foreign cities and making public appeals for thei ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 
Technology drives exploration for future human missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. For spacecraft to journey farther and live longer, we'll need to store and transfer super-cold liquids used for fuel and life support systems in space. In December 2018, the Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) launched to the International Space Station to do just that - transfer and store cryogenic fuel in spac ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 27, 2019 
Scientists have reproduced in the lab how the ingredients for life could have formed deep in the ocean 4 billion years ago. The results of the new study offer clues to how life started on Earth and where else in the cosmos we might find it.
Astrobiologist Laurie Barge and her team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are working to recognize life on other planets by ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 
The Arctic Ocean could become ice-free in the summer in the next 20 years due to a natural, long-term warming phase in the tropical Pacific that adds to human-caused warming, according to a new study.
Computer models predict climate change will cause the Arctic to be nearly free of sea ice during the summer by the middle of this century, unless human greenhouse gas emissions are greatly re ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2019 
Using gene expression experiments, scientists have identified the genes responsible for giving citrus fruits their sour taste.
Not all citrus fruits are sour, of course. Many feature a sweeter flavor profile. Interestingly, all citrus fruits feature roughly the same amount of sugar. Sour citrus fruits simply host larger concentrations of hydrogen.
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2019 
Research shedding light on the internal "plumbing" of volcanoes may help scientists better understand volcanic eruptions and unrest.
The University of Queensland-led study analysed crystals in Italy's famous Mount Etna to reveal how quickly magma moves to the surface.
Dr Teresa Ubide, from UQ's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, said the research would provide a better under ... more |
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 Hwange, Zimbabwe (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 
Seven Chinese nationals being held in a Zimbabwe jail for money laundering and unlawful possession of rhino horn on Thursday lost their legal bid to have their charges dropped.
They were arrested on December 23 with more than 20 kilograms (44 lbs) of rhino horn pieces worth nearly a million US dollars.
A magistrate in the northern resort town of Hwange dismissed an application by the sev ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Feb 27, 2019 
South Korea's fertility rate hit another record low last year, government data showed Wednesday, falling below one for the first time despite a raft of measures to try to reverse one of the world's lowest birth rates.
The country's fertility rate - the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime - fell to 0.98 in 2018, far short of the 2.1 needed to maintain population s ... more |
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 Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 01, 2019 
Plants' water-to-land leap marks one of the most important milestones in the evolution of life on Earth. But how plants managed this transition when faced with unfamiliar challenges such as drought and bright light has been unclear.
Now, a new study shows that the built-in alert system that enables land plants to sense and respond to drought has an unlikely origin: their aquatic algal ance ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2019 
Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a new, highly promising technique for measuring soil moisture from space - data important for early flood and drought warnings as well as crop-yield forecasts.
The technology-demonstration mission, SigNals of Opportunity: P-band Investigation, will validate a remote-sensing technique called signals of opportun ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 21, 2019 
Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Earth some 66 million years ago.
But scientists say the story may not be quite that simple, and that massive volcanic eruptions over hundreds of thousands of years may have contributed to the dinosaurs' demise at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Two studies published Thursday in the journal Science ... more |
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 Norwich UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 
Efforts to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and tackle climate change in developed economies are beginning to pay off according to research led by the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The study suggests that policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency are helping to reduce emissions in 18 developed economies. The group of countries represents 28 pe ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 
A global battery consortium charged with advancing lead battery technology has re-launched as it prepares to unveil a raft of new research designed to take the technology to the next level.
The Consortium for Battery Innovation, which includes more than 90 member companies worldwide supporting pre-competitive research into lead battery technology, is preparing for a surge in demand for ene ... more |
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 Quito (AFP) Feb 28, 2019  Conservationists have released 155 giant tortoises on an island in the Galapagos to help replace a similar species that died out 150 years ago, officials aid Thursday.
The young tortoises, of the breed Chelonoidis hoodensis, were set free on Santa Fe island, the Galapagos National Park service announced.
The tortoises, each aged around 10-12 years old, were raised at the Fausto Llerena b ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2019 
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer went missing after he was scheduled to be released from jail Thursday following a two-year prison sentence for state subversion charges, said rights activists.
Jiang Tianyong - who had taken on many high-profile cases including those of Falun Gong practitioners and Tibetan protesters - was one of more than 200 lawyers and activists detained since 201 ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2019 
The biodiversity of our planet is one of our most precious resources. However, for most places in the world, we only have a tiny picture of what this diversity actually is. Researchers at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now succeeded in constructing, from scattered data, a world map of biodiversity showing nu ... more |
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