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  College Park MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2023 Robots are machines that can sense the environment and use that information to perform an action. You can find them nearly everywhere in industrialized societies today. There are household robots that vacuum floors and warehouse robots that pack and ship goods. Lab robots test hundreds of clinical samples a day. Education robots support teachers by acting as one-on-one tutors, assistants and discussion facilitators. And medical robotics composed of prosthetic limbs can enable someone to grasp and pick u ... read more |
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Where did the first sugars come from?La Jolla CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2023 Two prominent origin-of-life chemists have published a new hypothesis for how the first sugars-which were necessary for life to evolve-arose on the early Earth. In a paper that appeared on Apr ... more 
How did Earth get its waterWashington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2023 Our planet's water could have originated from interactions between the hydrogen-rich atmospheres and magma oceans of the planetary embryos that comprised Earth's formative years, according to new wo ... more  
New evidence pushes open habitats in Africa back by 10 million yearsMinneapolis MN (SPX) Apr 16, 2023 The story of human evolution has long been a tale of a forested Africa that gradually became drier, giving rise to open grasslands and causing our forest-loving ape ancestors to abandon the trees an ... more  
Tongan volcanic explosion in 2022 was largest natural explosion in a centuryMiami FL (SPX) Apr 16, 2023 The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School o ... more |
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Sitael signs contact with ESA: Will make hyperspectral satellite of Iris ConstellationBari, Italy (SPX) Apr 16, 2023 SITAEL, Italy's leading space company, and a wholly privately owned part of Angel Holding, which also develops high technology for the railway, aviation, and digital mechatronics sectors, has signed ... more 
Metaspectral to bring SkyFi satellite imagery to its Fusion PlatformVancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 13, 2023 Metaspectral, a remote sensing software company advancing computer vision using deep learning and hyperspectral imagery, has executed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with SkyFi, a company providing on-de ... more 
L3Harris to build geostationary weather satellite sensors for JapanMelbourne FL (SPX) Apr 14, 2023 L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) received a contract to provide next-generation geostationary imaging and sounding instruments for the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) that will monitor and predic ... more  
Monkey business: Sri Lanka considers macaque sales to ChinaColombo (AFP) April 12, 2023 Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is considering exporting up to 100,000 endangered monkeys to China, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, raising concerns among conservationists. ... more |
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French villages run dry as water warnings riseCorbere-Les-Cabanes, France (AFP) April 14, 2023 Another four French villages lost their fresh water supply on Friday, local authorities told AFP, as a winter drought causes disruption and serious concerns about shortages this summer. ... more  
Iraq's ancient treasures sand-blasted by climate changeUmm Al-Aqarib, Iraq (AFP) April 16, 2023 Iraqi archaeological marvels that have survived millennia and the ravages of war now face a modern threat: being blasted and slowly buried by sandstorms linked to climate change. ... more  
G7 members commit to ending new plastic pollution by 2040Sapporo, Japan (AFP) April 16, 2023 G7 environment and climate ministers pledged to end new plastic pollution in their countries by 2040, they said in a statement released Sunday after talks in northern Japan. ... more  
'Really hard' -- the life of an Amazon Brazil nut harvesterLuz De America, Bolivia (AFP) April 14, 2023 Assailed by mosquitoes and wary of snakes, Jorge Lengua walks watchfully through the Bolivian Amazon collecting Brazil nuts from the forest floor. ... more |
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UAE and China promise Pakistan $1.3 bln to get IMF deal on trackKarachi (AFP) April 14, 2023 Pakistan announced financial support Friday from the United Arab Emirates and China totalling $1.3 billion, giving the ailing economy a shot in the arm as it seeks to meet conditions for the resumption of an International Monetary Fund bailout. ... more 
China official visits Nicaragua to launch housing initiativeManagua (AFP) April 15, 2023 The head of China's International Development Cooperation Agency, Luo Zhaohui, arrived in Nicaragua on Friday to launch a subsidized housing project, Vice President Rosario Murillo said. ... more 
Biden to hold first meeting with Colombia's leftist presidentWashington (AFP) April 14, 2023 Colombian President Gustavo Petro will travel to Washington next week for his first meeting with President Joe Biden, the two countries announced Friday, as the longstanding US ally charts a new course under its first leftist leader. ... more  
Climate focus shouldn't 'dilute' Africa development needs: World Bank officialWashington (AFP) April 15, 2023 The World Bank must ensure that its ambitious climate agenda does not come at the expense of the pressing development needs of its African members, a senior bank official said Friday. ... more |
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Turkey's quake survivors fear being left out of May voteAnkara (AFP) April 15, 2023 Ali, a 23-year-old student, lost everything in Turkey's earthquake. ... more  
Hong Kong tries to show fun side of national securityHong Kong (AFP) April 15, 2023 Hong Kong's sweeping national security law has stifled dissent in the city but on Saturday the government turned to a giant board game in an attempt to promote it to the public. ... more 
Brazil's Lula to meet Xi in Beijing after lashing out at US dollar, IMFBeijing (AFP) April 14, 2023 Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to forge closer ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing on Friday, a day after he lashed out at the power of the US dollar and the IMF. ... more 
China launches new meteorological satelliteJiuquan (XNA) Apr 16, 2023 China on Sunday morning launched a Long March-4B rocket to place a new meteorological satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 9:36 am (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Cen ... more |
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