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  Matsuyama, Japan (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 The existence of water in deep Earth is considered to play an important role in geodynamics, because water drastically changes the physical properties of mantle rock, such as melting temperature, electric conductivity, and rheological properties. Water is transported into deep Earth by the hydrous minerals in the subducting cold plates. Hydrous minerals, such as serpentine, mica and clay minerals, contain H2O in the form of hydroxyl (-OH) in the crystal structure. Most of the hydrous minerals deco ... read more |
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Paper filter from local algae could save millions of lives in BangladeshUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 The problem of access to safe drinking water in most parts of Bangladesh is a persistent challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Uppsala University, Sweden, and Dhaka University, Bangladesh, shows ... more  
Early life on Earth limited by enzymeLondon (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 The enzyme-nitrogenase-can be traced back to the universal common ancestor of all cells more than four billion years ago. Found only in bacteria today, nitrogenase is nevertheless essential fo ... more  
Laser printing technology: Creating the perfect bioprinterMoscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 Scientists from Russia, China, and the US have drawn the attention of the scientific community to one of the newest and most promising areas in bioprinting - laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT). T ... more 
Rise of dinosaurs linked to increasing oxygen levelsBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 Scientists have found that increasing oxygen levels are linked to the rise of North American dinosaurs around 215 M years ago. A new technique for measuring oxygen levels in ancient rocks shows that ... more |
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Detecting hydrothermal vents in volcanic lakesPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 Geothermal manifestations at Earth's surface can be mapped and characterized by a variety of well-established exploration methods. However, mapping hydrothermal vents in aquatic environments is more ... more  
20M year-old skull suggests complex brain evolution in monkeys, apesNew York NY (SPX) Aug 22, 2019 It has long been thought that the brain size of anthropoid primates-a diverse group of modern and extinct monkeys, humans, and their nearest kin-progressively increased over time. New research on on ... more 
Water pollution can reduce economic growth by a third: World BankWashington (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 Heavily polluted water is reducing economic growth by up to a third in some countries, a World Bank report said Tuesday, calling for action to address human and environmental harm. ... more  
Foreign trash 'like treasure' in Indonesia's plastics villageBangun, Indonesia (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 His weathered face breaks out in a big grin as Keman explains how sifting through rubbish paid for his children's education, one of many in his Indonesian hometown basking in a waste-picking boom. ... more  
Amazon fires: how celebrities are spreading disinformationRio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 23, 2019 Many high-profile figures seeking to denounce the fires in the Amazon - from Madonna and Cristiano Ronaldo to Leonardo DiCaprio and Emmanuel Macron - have unwittingly ended up misleading millions on social media, either sharing photographs of the region that are years old or images taken in other parts of the world. ... more |
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 Toll from attack on Burkina military base rises to 24  
Chinese state media accuses Hong Kong metro of aiding protestersBeijing (AFP) Aug 23, 2019 China's state-run media have launched a co-ordinated attack on the company that runs Hong Kong's train network for its perceived support of pro-democracy protesters, echoing a campaign against Cathay Pacific. ... more  |
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Skin in the game: Hong Kong protesters get inkedHong Kong (AFP) Aug 23, 2019 As a tattooist's black ink fills the petals of Hong Kong's Bauhinia flower on her upper thigh, 'C' says the indelible act of rebellion will forever serve as a reminder of the city's summer of defiance. ... more 
As protests ebb and flow, Hong Kong activists bank on creativityHong Kong (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 Notifications for the "War Room" WhatsApp group ping relentlessly as an organiser of Hong Kong's biggest political rallies in decades explains the challenge of keeping an exhausted, battle-weary protest movement on the streets. ... more 
Chinese students Down Under 'wedged' by politics back homeSydney (AFP) Aug 23, 2019 Ask one of the hundreds-of-thousands of Chinese students in Australia what they think about Hong Kong and you are likely to be met with apprehension, or a polite silence. ... more  
A Stone Age boat building site has been discovered underwaterSouthampton UK (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 The Maritime Archaeological Trust has discovered a new 8,000 year old structure next to what is believed to be the oldest boat building site in the world on the Isle of Wight. Director of the ... more  
Mosquitoes push northern limits with time-capsule eggs to survive wintersSt. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 When the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) arrived in the United States in the 1980s, it took the invasive blood-sucker only one year to spread from Houston to St. Louis. New research from Was ... more |
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 Ignalina, Lithuania (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 
Walking along the top of Lithuania's decommissioned nuclear reactor, the set of HBO's critically acclaimed "Chernobyl" TV series, tourist Vytas Miknaitis says he's not "afraid at all".
"They know what they're doing," the retired computer engineer from Chicago says, referring to organisers of the three-hour tour of the Ignalina power station in eastern Lithuania.
Similar in design to Cher ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2019 
In anticipation of the world's largest astronomical instrument, Beijing is set to construct a permanent regional data hub that will house its Tianhe-2 supercomputer to make sense of reams of data acquired from space.
A recent Xinhua report revealed that China's Tianhe-2, once known as the world's fastest supercomputer, will work on astronomical data following the 2020 construction of the S ... more |
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 Koror, Palau (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned Pacific island nations Thursday against "empty promises" of financial aid from China, as the Solomon Islands considers switching diplomatic allegiance from Taipei to Beijing.
Visiting Palau to shore up Taiwan's relations in the Pacific - where six of its 17 diplomatic allies are located - Wu said democratic nations were concerned about Chinese inroa ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) Aug 21, 2019  The diplomatic row that has erupted between Washington and Copenhagen over Greenland is just one part of a broader strategic battle being waged over control of the Arctic, according to one expert.
US President Donald Trump has cancelled a trip to Denmark and launched a war of words with his Danish counterpart, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, after she rejected his idea of the US buying Gre ... more |
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 London (AFP) Aug 21, 2019  British supermarkets are starting to go "nude".
Bowing to pressure from environmentally conscious consumers, big brand shops have begun taking steps to strip their shelves of plastic wrapping over concerns about saving the oceans from waste.
"Nude zones" and "Food in the Nude" campaigns are already being rolled out in places such as New Zealand and South Africa, where many fresh fruits a ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Geothermal manifestations at Earth's surface can be mapped and characterized by a variety of well-established exploration methods. However, mapping hydrothermal vents in aquatic environments is more challenging as conventional methods can no longer be applied.
In fact, chemical composition of lake water may indicate inflow of fluids from a volcanic system, but it does not provide spatial i ... more |
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 
The death toll from an attack Monday on a military base in northern Burkina Faso rose to 24, the military said, in an unprecedented blow to the army in its campaign against jihadist insurgents.
Seven people were wounded and five others were missing, armed forces headquarters said in a statement Tuesday.
The previous toll from the attack, at Koutougou in Soum province near the border wit ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 22, 2019 
It has long been thought that the brain size of anthropoid primates-a diverse group of modern and extinct monkeys, humans, and their nearest kin-progressively increased over time. New research on one of the oldest and most complete fossil primate skulls from South America shows instead that the pattern of brain evolution in this group was far more checkered.
The study, published in the jou ... more |
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 Norwich, England (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Bacteria found in muddy marshes, estuaries and coastal sediment synthesise one of the Earth's most abundant climate cooling gases - according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is an important nutrient in marine environments with billions of tonnes produced annually by marine phytoplankton (microscopic plant-like cells), seaweed, cor ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2019 
In May 2019, after the wettest 12 months ever recorded in the Mississippi River Basin, the region was bearing the weight of 8 to 12 inches (200 to 300 millimeters) more water than average. New data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, which launched in May 2018, showed that there was an increase in water storage in the river basin, extending east arou ... more |
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 Athens OH (SPX) Aug 17, 2019 
When Earth's species were rapidly diversifying nearly 500 million years ago, that evolution was driven by complex factors including global cooling, more oxygen in the atmosphere, and more nutrients in the oceans. But it took a combination of many global environmental and tectonic changes occurring simultaneously and combining like building blocks to produce rapid diversification into new species ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
What types of electricity storage could have the biggest impact globally for a low-carbon energy future? Can humanity simultaneously de-carbonize energy and extend heat, lighting and transportation to more than a billion people now living with without modern energy services?
These are the types of big-picture questions that are being answered by the research that fits into a new academic d ... more |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Fuel cells are pollution-free power sources that convert chemical energy to electricity with high efficiency and zero emissions. Fuel cell cars, trucks, and buses would allow people to travel long distances with convenient refueling and less of a carbon footprint.
Researchers at the University of Delaware are working on technology to make fuel cells cheaper and more powerful so that fuel c ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 21, 2019  Social media users are fuelling a burgeoning appetite for acquiring wild otters and other endangered animals as pets, conservationists say, warning the trend could push species towards extinction.
Popular Instagrammers posting selfies with their pet otter may simply be seeking to warm the hearts of their sometimes hundreds of thousands of followers, but animal protection groups say the trend ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Aug 21, 2019  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that Canada will stand up to China in a deepening diplomatic and trade spat, while renewing calls for de-escalation of Hong Kong protest tensions.
"We must recognize that China is a growing power and increasingly assertive towards its place in the international order. But make no mistake: we will always defend Canadians and Canadian interests," Tr ... more |
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 Kinshasa (AFP) Aug 21, 2019 
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has warned the country's vast forest resources - crucial to countering global warning - are at risk without faster development of its huge hydro-electricity potential.
The Congo River basin forest region is one of the largest in the world after the Amazon and, like the South American rain forests, it plays a vital role in absorbing global carbon emission ... more |
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