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  Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2019 Before they evolved the ability to fly, two-legged dinosaurs may have begun to flap their wings as a passive effect of running along the ground, according to new research by Jing-Shan Zhao of Tsinghua University, Beijing, and his colleagues. The findings, published in PLOS Computational Biology, provide new insights into the origin of avian flight, which has been a point of debate since the 1861 discovery of Archaeopteryx. While a gliding type of flight appears to have matured earlier in evolution ... read more |
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Alaska's thaw threatens prehistoric sites once frozen in timeQuinhagak, United States (AFP) May 4, 2019 The first artifact - a wooden mask - was discovered in 2007 by a child who stumbled upon it while playing on the beach near his home in Quinhagak, a village in western Alaska that sits by the Bering Sea. ... more  
Ozone monitoring team spots "fingerprints" on Earth's atmosphereGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 06, 2019 The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA's Aura satellite specializes in finding "fingerprints" - signatures of gases and particles that clutter the atmosphere. By measuring solar radiation ... more  
Vital signs can now be monitored using radarWaterloo, Canada (SPX) May 05, 2019 A radar system developed at the University of Waterloo can wirelessly monitor the vital signs of patients, eliminating the need to hook them up to any machines. Housed in a device smaller than ... more  
Organ bioprinting gets a breath of fresh airHouston TX (SPX) May 07, 2019 Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues. The new innovation allows scientists to create exq ... more |
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Study demonstrates seagrass' strong potential for curbing erosionBoston MA (SPX) May 06, 2019 Most people's experience with seagrass, if any, amounts to little more than a tickle on their ankles while wading in shallow coastal waters. But it turns out these ubiquitous plants, varieties of wh ... more 
Data with Flippers? Studying the Ocean from a Seal's POVPasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2019 Scientist Lia Siegelman is using a surprising data source to study the ocean around Antarctica - one that has flippers and bears a passing resemblance to Jabba the Hut. Siegelman is using data ... more  
Field experiment finds a simple change that could boost agricultural productivityMilan, Italy (SPX) May 07, 2019 Raising tenants' share in crop-sharing contracts between landlords and tenants in developing countries can boost agricultural output, by providing tenants with the right incentive to raise agricultu ... more 
Smart tech the new tool for African farmersDakar (AFP) May 5, 2019 How do you manage the trick of feeding school children better and at a lower cost? ... more 
Climate extremes explain global crop yield variationsSydney, Australia (SPX) May 06, 2019 Researchers from Australia, Germany and the US have quantified the effect of climate extremes, such as droughts or heatwaves, on the yield variability of staple crops around the world. Overall ... more |
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Jihadist attacks threaten relief efforts in cyclone-hit MozambiqueMaputo (AFP) May 4, 2019 Suspected Islamist militants have killed four people in Mozambique's northern Macomia district in fresh attacks that could pose a threat to relief efforts following last week's powerful cyclone, a local journalist said Saturday. ... more  |
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Major disaster averted as weakened Fani hits BangladeshKhulna, Bangladesh (AFP) May 4, 2019 Cyclone Fani weakened to a depression as it barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday after leaving a trail of deadly destruction in India, although a major human disaster looked to have been averted. ... more  
A Scent-Based Strategy for Preventing Mosquito Transmission of DiseaseWashington DC (SPX) May 06, 2019 Could it be that your scent is just a bit too attractive? It is known that mosquitoes are drawn to certain human chemical odors that lead the insects to sources of food. ReVector, a new program from ... more 
Mozambique records first cholera cases after Cyclone KennethMaputo (AFP) May 3, 2019 Fourteen cholera cases have been confirmed in northern Mozambique following floods caused by a powerful cyclone that battered the country last week, provincial authorities said Friday. ... more  
Boko Haram seizes military base in NE Nigeria: sourcesKano, Nigeria (AFP) May 4, 2019 Boko Haram jihadists have seized a military base in northeast Nigeria, days after an attack left five troops dead and 30 missing, security sources and residents said Saturday. ... more  
Forest fires accelerating snowmelt across western US, study findsPortland OR (SPX) May 07, 2019 Forest fires are causing snow to melt earlier in the season, a trend occurring across the western U.S. that may affect water supplies and trigger even more fires, according to a new study by a team ... more |
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 Pemba, Mozambique (AFP) May 2, 2019 
Mozambique is reeling after an unprecedented two cyclones swept ashore within six weeks, wreaking havoc and leaving hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced.
As relief efforts continue, Birgit Holm, director of the Mozambican non-governmental development organisation ADPP, discusses the impoverished southern African country's next steps on the road to recovery following Cyclones Idai an ... more |
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 Sanford FL (SPX) May 01, 2019 
PathFinder Digital was awarded a contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the feasibility of developing a transportable research and test platform to facilitate the design of Free Space Optic (FSO) satellite networks. The study focuses on the development of Optical Ground Stations (OGS) and their interoperability to Optical Space Terminals (OST).
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2019 
Scientist Lia Siegelman is using a surprising data source to study the ocean around Antarctica - one that has flippers and bears a passing resemblance to Jabba the Hut.
Siegelman is using data from a single tagged southern elephant seal to study small-scale ocean features in a little-known part of the ocean around Antarctica. She is a visiting research student from the University of Wester ... more |
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 Quinhagak, United States (AFP) May 3, 2019 
As far back as he can remember, Willard Church Jr. has gone out ice fishing well into the month of April, chopping holes that were easily four feet deep into the Kanektok River near his home.
But the waterway that runs along the village of Quinhagak, in southwest Alaska, barely freezes now, a testament to the warming temperatures wreaking havoc on the state's indigenous people and their subs ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 06, 2019 
Researchers from Australia, Germany and the US have quantified the effect of climate extremes, such as droughts or heatwaves, on the yield variability of staple crops around the world.
Overall, year-to-year changes in climate factors during the growing season of maize, rice, soy and spring wheat accounted for 20%-49% of yield fluctuations, according to research published in Environmental R ... more |
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 Khulna, Bangladesh (AFP) May 4, 2019 
Cyclone Fani weakened to a depression as it barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday after leaving a trail of deadly destruction in India, although a major human disaster looked to have been averted.
Press reports said 12 people had died in India and police in Bangladesh put the death toll there at the same number - a fraction of the casualty numbers seen in past cyclones, earning authorities ... more |
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 Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) May 2, 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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 Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 05, 2019 
The first global document that proposes a definition for Astronomy Literacy is published in open-access, and Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA) is one of the authoring institutions.
Throughout history, Astronomy has revolutionised the way humankind sees its place in the Universe, from knowing only a handful of planets in the Solar System, to the billions of galaxies current ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) May 02, 2019 
Researchers have found a new way to use satellites to monitor the Great Whirl, a massive whirlpool the size of Colorado that forms each year off the coast of East Africa, they report in a new study.
Using 23 years of satellite data, the new findings show the Great Whirl is larger and longer-lived than scientists previously thought. At its peak, the giant whirlpool is, on average, 275,000 s ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Before they evolved the ability to fly, two-legged dinosaurs may have begun to flap their wings as a passive effect of running along the ground, according to new research by Jing-Shan Zhao of Tsinghua University, Beijing, and his colleagues.
The findings, published in PLOS Computational Biology, provide new insights into the origin of avian flight, which has been a point of debate since th ... 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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 Austin TX (SPX) May 02, 2019 
Do you feel the warmth coming off your computer or cell phone? That's wasted energy radiating from the device. With automobiles, it is estimated that 60% of fuel efficiency is lost due to waste heat. Is it possible to capture this energy and convert it into electricity?
Researchers working in the area of thermoelectric power generation say absolutely. But whether it can be done cost-effect ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 3, 2019 
Today, pandas largely feast on a vegetarian diet dominated by bamboo, but they descended from carnivores and their bodies still operate that way, a new study says.
While the panda's diet is plant-based, it's protein and carbohydrate intake looks more like a hypercarnivore, which gets more than 70 percent of its those nutrients from eating other animals.
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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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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 2, 2019 
Brazil is home to more than half of the world's plant and animal species, but its ecological paradises are facing growing threats from agriculture and mining lobbies who have found a champion in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, experts say.
Brazil's rich biodiversity is under attack from multiple fronts, including landowners who cut down multi-storied trees to make way for soya bean crops ... more |
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