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  Tallinn, Estonia (SPX) Apr 17, 2019 The environment around us is becoming increasingly polluted. This includes one of our most precious natural resources - water. Clean water is essential to human survival. Due to increased pollution, water treatment methods are becoming increasingly important as well. As regards scientifically proven methods, the plasma water treatment by electrical discharge method patented from 2013 is ousting the water chlorination method applied in the last 100 years. An international research group led b ... read more |
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Bacteria use viruses to differentiate themselves from their competitorsWashington (UPI) Apr 16, 2019 Normally, bacteria and viruses are enemies, but new research suggests a viral infection can offer bacteria some benefits - chiefly, the ability to distinguish friend from foe. ... more  
UNH researchers find unusual phenomenon in clouds triggers lightning flashDurham NH (SPX) Apr 17, 2019 In a first-of-its-kind observation, researchers from the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center have documented a unique event that occurs in clouds before a lightning flash happens. Their ... more  
Canada to appeal WTO ruling on US 'zeroing' in lumber rowOttawa (AFP) April 15, 2019 Canada announced Monday it will appeal the World Trade Organization's approval of a controversial method the US uses for calculating tariffs in a trade spat over lumber. ... more  
Warm winds in autumn could strain Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelfCollege Park MD (SPX) Apr 17, 2019 The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of Earth's coldest continent, making it particularly vulnerable to a changing global climate. Surface melting of snow and ice initiated the breakup o ... more |
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Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest croplandEast Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with the help of new research from Michigan State University, they can now pinpoint specific parts of their fields that consistent ... more 
Papa roach: Chinese farmer breeds bugs for the tableYibin, China (AFP) April 16, 2019 As farmer Li Bingcai opened the door to his cockroach farm in southwest China, an insect the size of a dart flew into his face. ... more  
Thunderstorms half a world away significantly contribute to heat waves in central CaliforniaBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 17, 2019 Heavy rain over the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean is a good indicator that temperatures in central California will reach 100 F in four to 16 days, according to a coll ... more  
Two dead after apartment buildings collapse in rain-soaked BrazilRio De Janeiro (AFP) April 12, 2019 At least two people were killed when adjacent apartment buildings collapsed in an impoverished neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, Brazilian officials said, days after torrential rain wreaked havoc in the city. ... more  
Two more endangered right whale calves spotted off Massachusetts coastWashington (UPI) Apr 15, 2019 Researchers have spotted another two right whales off the coast of Massachusetts, bringing this year's total to three. Last year, scientists failed to spot a single calf. ... more |
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'Masters of our destiny': Myanmar's Wa rebels in show of forcePanghsang, Myanmar (AFP) April 17, 2019 It has a standing army of 25,000, manufactures its own guns and conscripts at least one member of each household - meet the United Wa State Army: Communist, reclusive, China-backed rebels determined to protect their supremacy over Myanmar's badland border zone. ... more  |
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Need for social skills helped shape modern human faceYork UK (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 The modern human face is distinctively different to that of our near relatives and now researchers believe its evolution may have been partly driven by our need for good social skills. As larg ... more  
Necrophagy: A means of survival in the Dead SeaGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 Studying organic matter in sediments helps shed light on the distant past. What was the climate like? What organisms populated the Earth? What conditions did they live in? Researchers from the Unive ... more  
New evidence suggests volcanoes caused biggest mass extinction everCincinnati OH (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 Researchers say mercury buried in ancient rock provides the strongest evidence yet that volcanoes caused the biggest mass extinction in the history of the Earth. The extinction 252 million yea ... more  
UN votes to shut down Haiti police missionUnited Nations, United States (AFP) April 12, 2019 The UN Security Council on Friday decided to shut down a police mission in Haiti and replace it with a smaller UN political presence even as it admitted that the poor Caribbean nation faces major problems. ... more 
Malaysia arrests Vietnam poachers, seizes tiger, bear partsKuala Lumpur (AFP) April 16, 2019 Malaysian authorities have arrested two suspected poachers from Vietnam and seized body parts from tigers and bears, a minister said Tuesday, as the country clamps down on rampant wildlife trafficking. ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 12, 2019  At least two people were killed when adjacent apartment buildings collapsed in an impoverished neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, Brazilian officials said, days after torrential rain wreaked havoc in the city.
Another seven were injured when the structures in the Muzema favela - where many of the cheaply-made buildings are erected without permits - buckled in the early morning when ... more |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 
We see more and more reports of debris concern among satellite operators and space observers. Add to this the many recent announcements of multiple broadband satellite constellations that are being funded and developed for launch in the next few years. Just focusing on low Earth orbits (LEO), there are an estimated 15,000 satellites in the works.
For example, Amazon is planning to launch 3 ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Apr 15, 2019 
Scientists have wondered for decades why marine animals that live in the polar oceans and the deep sea can reach giant sizes there, but nowhere else. University of Hawai'i at Manoa zoology PhD student Caitlin Shishido, with UH researcher Amy Moran and colleagues at the University of Montana, went to Antarctica to test the prevailing theory-the 'oxygen-temperature hypothesis'-that animals living ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2019  University of California scientists think they know why Earth's generally warm and balmy climate over the past billion years has occasionally been interrupted by cold snaps that enshroud the poles with ice and occasionally turn the planet into a snowball.
The key trigger, they say, is mountain formation in the tropics as continental land masses collide with volcanic island arcs, such as th ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2019 
Around 80 percent of land area in Europe is used for settlement, agriculture and forestry. In order to increase yields even further than current levels, exploitation is being intensified. Areas are being consolidated in order to cultivate them more efficiently using larger machines. Pesticides and fertilisers are increasingly being used and a larger number of animals being kept on grazing land. ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) April 15, 2019 
The devastating floods that have swamped many parts of Iran since March have left two million people in need of humanitarian aid, the Red Crescent said Monday.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies called the floods the "largest disaster to hit Iran in more than 15 years".
According to the IFRC, the floods have killed at least 78 people and injured more tha ... more |
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 Khartoum (AFP) April 11, 2019  Sudan's army ousted veteran president Omar al-Bashir Thursday, but protestors against his iron-fisted rule denounced a "coup" and thousands rallied outside army headquarters as a night-time curfew kicked in.
In a sombre televised address, Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf announced "the toppling of the regime" and said Bashir had been detained in "a secure place", bringing an end to his three dec ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2019  The findings are based on a new study led by Murray Cox from Massey University in New Zealand and made possible by sampling efforts led by Herawati Sudoyo from the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology in Jakarta, Indonesia. The data were collected and analyzed by an international team of researchers, including Mark Stoneking from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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 Paris (AFP) April 15, 2019  Playing the role of a riot cop dispersing a peaceful but illegal sit-in on the steps of France's National Assembly, Axel struggled to dislodge a woman whose arms and legs were enmeshed in a Gordian knot of activists.
It was like trying to pull a limpet off a rock - he couldn't get a grip.
Welcome to Non-Violent Civil Disobedience 101, a one-day basic training for people who have decide ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2019 
Our magnificent planet is always ready for its close-up. On Earth Day, April 22, NASA wants to see your take.
NASA invites you to celebrate the planet we call home with our #PictureEarth social media event. Post a close-up photo on social media of your favorite natural features, such as crashing waves, ancient trees, blooming flowers or stunning sunsets. Use the hashtag #PictureEarth and u ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Apr 15, 2019  The evolution of aquatic creatures to start living on land made them into more attentive parents, says new research on frogs led by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath.
A study by an international team of researchers, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, looked at the parental care of over 1000 species of frogs and toads, and found those that rep ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 30, 2019 
The Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House and even the ancient Acropolis in Athens were plunged into darkness for an hour Saturday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change and its impact on the planet's vanishing plant and animal life.
The 13th edition of Earth Hour, organised by green group WWF, saw millions of people across 180 countries turn off their lights at ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 15, 2019 
To capture and control on Earth the fusion reactions that drive the sun and stars, researchers must first turn room-temperature gas into the hot, charged plasma that fuels the reactions. At the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), scientists have conducted an analysis that confirms the effectiveness of a novel, non-standard way for starting up plasma in f ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 15, 2019  Not all ants serve a single queen. Researchers have discovered colonies of tropical fire ants, insects native to Florida and coastal Georgia, living under the rule of multiple queens.
Scientists discovered the multi-queen colonies situated next to single-queen colonies.
"The coexistence of two dramatically different social structures fascinated me," researcher Kip Lacy said in a ... more |
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 Panghsang, Myanmar (AFP) April 17, 2019 
It has a standing army of 25,000, manufactures its own guns and conscripts at least one member of each household - meet the United Wa State Army: Communist, reclusive, China-backed rebels determined to protect their supremacy over Myanmar's badland border zone.
Thousands of soldiers, including a company of women and a sniper platoon in combat webbing, marched early Wednesday alongside armou ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) April 12, 2019 
Gabon has suspended a logging licence issued to a Chinese timber company after a British watchdog group, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), accused the firm of bribery and breaches of forestry laws.
The EIA, in a report on March 25, said Dejia Group "routinely bribes ministers" in Gabon and the neighbouring Republic of Congo.
The group has "continuously broken the most fundame ... more |
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