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  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 01, 2019 The discovery of the Medusavirus holds clues to the evolution of more complex life. The paper published in the Journal of Virology earlier this year has been creating waves because of the ability of the Medusavirus to turn amoeba into "stone." However, the bigger discovery is the possible relationship between the Medusavirus and the evolution of complex life. Tokyo University of Science has released a video, and an infographic, to explain this phenomenon. A team of scientists led by virologist Mas ... read more |
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Fossil crab reveals a new branch in the tree of lifePanama City, Panama (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 A new fossil from the dinosaur era challenges the understanding of evolution. In a paper published in Science Advances, an international team, including researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Res ... more  
Climate change threatens half World Heritage sites' glaciersGeneva (AFP) April 30, 2019 Nearly half of the glaciers in World Heritage sites will disappear by the end of this century if greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked, a report said Tuesday. ... more  
An army of micro-robots can wipe out dental plaquePhiladelphia PA (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 A visit to the dentist typically involves time-consuming and sometimes unpleasant scraping with mechanical tools to remove plaque from teeth. What if, instead, a dentist could deploy a small army of ... more  
Middle Pleistocene human skull reveals variation and continuity in early Asian humansBeijing, China (SPX) May 01, 2019 A team of scientists led by LIU Wu and WU Xiujie from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the first ever Middle Pleistoc ... more |
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Ultrasound technology reveals the fetus of a pregnant wild reef manta rayWashington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 Scientists successfully imaged the fetus of a pregnant wild reef manta ray using the world's first contactless underwater ultrasound scanner. ... more  
Mozambique community shattered by trash delugePemba, Mozambique (AFP) April 30, 2019 The people of Chibuabuar, an informal settlement of modest wooden homes perched on a hillside between a highway and the coast of Pemba in north Mozambique, thought they had escaped the worst of Cyclone Kenneth. ... more  
UK advisers set to recommend 2050 carbon neutral deadlineLondon (AFP) April 30, 2019 The UK's top advisory body on climate change is set to recommend the government reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in a move that would help Britain reclaim its global leadership on the environment. ... more  
What if an asteroid was about to hit Earth? Scientists ponder questionCollege Park, United States (AFP) April 30, 2019 Here's a hypothetical: a telescope detects an asteroid between 100 and 300 meters in diameter racing through our solar system at 14 kilometers per second, 57 million kilometers from Earth. ... more  
US says glyphosate not carcinogenic, poses environmental risksWashington (AFP) April 30, 2019 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday that the weed killer glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer in humans, but recommended new measures to prevent potential ecological risks, especially to monarch butterflies and other pollinators. ... more |
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Ukraine says radiation levels safe after nuclear plant fireKiev (AFP) April 30, 2019 Ukrainian officials said Tuesday that radiation levels remained safe after a fire broke out at a nuclear power plant, leading to the shutdown of one of the reactors. ... more  |
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Preventing collapse after catastropheChicago IL (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 As the impacts of climate change escalate, ecosystems will likely undergo events that will disrupt entire populations. In marine ecosystems, anthropogenic warming has subjected organisms to elevated ... more 
Bad weather hampers aid delivery to Mozambique cyclone survivorsPemba, Mozambique (AFP) April 30, 2019 Bad weather prevented rescuers Tuesday from delivering desperately-needed food and medicine to thousands of survivors marooned on a Mozambican island five days after one of the most powerful cyclones ever to hit Africa. ... more  
Xi urges youth to 'love' the Communist PartyBeijing (AFP) April 30, 2019 President Xi Jinping urged China's youth on Tuesday to be loyal to the Communist Party as he sought to whip up patriotic sentiment in a nationalist speech marking the centennial of a student protest. ... more 
As oceans warm, microbes could pump more CO2 back into airNew York NY (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 The world's oceans soak up about a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans pump into the air each year - a powerful brake on the greenhouse effect. In addition to purely physical and chemical proc ... more 
How to purify water with grapheneMoscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" together with their colleagues from Derzhavin Tambov State University and Saratov Chernyshevsky State University have figure ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 
As the impacts of climate change escalate, ecosystems will likely undergo events that will disrupt entire populations. In marine ecosystems, anthropogenic warming has subjected organisms to elevated temperatures, oxygen loss, and acidification. The increased frequency and severity of catastrophic events may inhibit a population's ability to recover and, in turn, may spur collapse.
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 Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Apr 24, 2019 
Supersolidity is a paradoxical state where the matter is both crystallized and superfluid. Predicted 50 years ago, such a counter-intuitive phase, featuring rather antithetic properties, has been long searched in superfluid helium. However, after decades of theoretical and experimental efforts, an unambiguous proof of supersolidity in these systems is still missing.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2019 
Hydroid was awarded a $23.1 million contract for production support of the MK 18 family of unmanned submersibles for the U.S. Navy.
With four option years, the cumulative contract could be worth up to $47.9 million, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
Work will be performed at Hydroid's plant in Pocasset, Mass., with an expected completion date by April 2020 and with opti ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 
Following four expeditions in the Arctic Ocean and satellite data analysis, a team of Russian climate scientists featuring MIPT researchers described the ocean's "seasonal memory." This refers to a mechanism explaining how atmospheric circulation has caused the ice in the Eurasian Arctic to melt faster than in the American Arctic in the 21st century. The paper was published in the journal Atmosp ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 30, 2019 
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday that the weed killer glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer in humans, but recommended new measures to prevent potential ecological risks, especially to monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Glyphosate developer Monsanto was convicted in 2018 and 2019 of not taking necessary steps to warn of the potential risks of Roundup - the ... more |
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 Pemba, Mozambique (AFP) April 29, 2019 
Heavy rain battered northern Mozambique on Monday as residents and relief workers confronted devastation wrought by Cyclone Kenneth, the strongest cyclone to ever hit Africa, which killed 38 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
Roads have been washed away, fields submerged and many buildings wrecked by the storm, which came weeks after Cyclone Idai struck the Mozambican city of Beira, 1, ... more |
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 Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 28, 2019 
Luc Henkinbrant fought against the impunity of war criminals in the conflict-ridden east of the Democratic Republic of Congo for a decade.
Now the Belgian former UN human rights official dreams of turning the Lake Kivu island of Idjwi into a magnet for ecotourists.
He and his Congolese wife Esperance Mawanzo divide their time between the Belgian town of Liege and their little island para ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) May 01, 2019 
A team of scientists led by LIU Wu and WU Xiujie from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the first ever Middle Pleistocene human skull found in southeastern China, revealing the variation and continuity in early Asian humans. Their findings were published on April 30 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 
The University of Texas at Austin team that led a twin satellite system launched in 2002 to take detailed measurements of the Earth, called the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), reports in the most recent issue of the journal Nature Climate Change on the contributions that their nearly two decades of data have made to our understanding of global climate patterns.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 01, 2019 
When the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3, OCO-3, heads to the International Space Station, it will bring a new view - literally - to studies of Earth's carbon cycle.
From its perch on the space station, OCO-3 will observe near-global measurements of carbon dioxide on land and sea, from just after sunrise to just before sunset. That makes it far more versatile and powerful than its predecesso ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 01, 2019 
The discovery of the Medusavirus holds clues to the evolution of more complex life. The paper published in the Journal of Virology earlier this year has been creating waves because of the ability of the Medusavirus to turn amoeba into "stone." However, the bigger discovery is the possible relationship between the Medusavirus and the evolution of complex life. Tokyo University of Science has rele ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) April 30, 2019 
German industrial conglomerate Siemens cleared a hurdle Tuesday in its race with US-based General Electric to rebuild Iraq's electricity grid, signing a "roadmap" at a Berlin meeting with top ministers.
Chief executive Joe Kaeser and Iraq's electricity minister Luay al-Khateeb "signed an implementation agreement to kick off the actual execution of the roadmap" agreed last year, the Munich-ba ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science that is transforming scientific inquiry and industry, could now speed the development of safe, clean and virtually limitless fusion energy for generating electricity.
A major step in this direction is under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University, where a team ... more |
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 Port Dickson, Malaysia (AFP) April 30, 2019 
Malaysian authorities incinerated almost four tonnes of elephant tusks and ivory products worth about $3.2 million on Tuesday, as they crack down on rampant wildlife-smuggling across the country's borders.
The small Southeast Asian nation has become a transit point in the illicit trade in ivory, which typically arrives from Africa and is sent on to major Asian markets such as China and Vietn ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2019 
China on Monday lashed out at the United States for voicing alarm over the jailing of leaders of Hong Kong's democracy movement, calling Washington's comments a "gross interference".
Four prominent activists were last week jailed for their role in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests, which paralysed Hong Kong's central business district for months and infuriated Beijing with its show of ang ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) April 25, 2019 
Police arrested at least 19 people in raids across Brazil Thursday that targeted environmental protection officials and companies allegedly involved in illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.
The operation coincided with a huge protest in the capital Brasilia by indigenous people demanding better protection of their lands from miners, loggers and farmers, as well as new reports sounding th ... more |
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