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Robotic Sub Readies For Dive Into Deepest Sinkhole On Planet Earth
Washington (UPI) Mar 01, 2007An underwater robot, shaped like a flattened orange, maneuvered untethered and autonomously within a 115-meter-deep sinkhole during tests this month in Mexico, a prelude to its mission to probe the mysterious nether reaches of the world's deepest sinkhole. Bill Stone, leader of the NASA-funded Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX) mission, said the 2.5-meter-diameter vehicle performed "phenomenally well" during early February tests in the geothermal sinkhole, or cenote, known as La Pilita. Drought Threatens Power Shortages In Vietnam 
Hanoi (AFP) Feb 28, 2007Vietnam faces power shortages this summer because water levels in hydro-electric dams have fallen sharply, authorities warned Wednesday, as meteorologists reported record-high temperatures. Vietnam is headed for a shortfall of nearly one billion kilowatt hours of electricity this dry season, said state-run Electricity of Vietnam, predicting that the country will be forced to buy power from neighbouring China. Light Wine Intake Is Associated With Longer Life Expectancy In Men 
Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 01, 2007Drinking a little alcohol every day, especially wine, may be associated with an increase in life expectancy. That's the conclusion of Dutch researchers who reported the findings of their study today at the American Heart Association's 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. |
Fish, Trees, Cuddly Mammal Up For Protection From Human Trade
Geneva (AFP) Feb 28, 2007Pink coral, cedar trees, fish that end up on the dinner plate and a cuddly, wide-eyed mammal prized in Asian medicine are among the animal and plant species that could gain greater protection this year, a UN agency said Wednesday. The United Nations agency regulating the trade in endangered species, CITES, unveiled some 40 new government proposals for changes to wildlife trade rules which will be considered at the organisation's conference in June. Scientists Invent Real-Life Tricorder For Chemical Analysis 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 01, 2007Purdue University researchers have created a handheld sensing system its creators liken to Star Trek's "tricorder" used to analyze the chemical components of alien worlds. But the system could have down-to-earth applications, such as testing foods for dangerous bacterial contaminants including salmonella, which was recently found in a popular brand of peanut butter. Indonesian Mud Volcano Woe Could Widen As Concrete Ball Plugs Fail 
Jakarta (AFP) Feb 28, 2007A danger zone declared around an Indonesian "mud volcano" spewing vast amounts of toxic sludge, which has displaced 15,000 people, may have to be widened, an expert said Wednesday. A taskforce declared a 440-hectare (1,087-acre) area -- including four villages submerged by the mud -- uninhabitable after the crater began oozing in May in Sidoarjo district, East Java. |
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New Evidence That Global Warming Fuels Stronger Atlantic Hurricanes
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 01, 2007Atmospheric scientists have uncovered fresh evidence to support the hotly debated theory that global warming has contributed to the emergence of stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. The unsettling trend is confined to the Atlantic, however, and does not hold up in any of the world's other oceans, researchers have also found. DNA Study Explains Unique Diversity Among Melanesians 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Mar 01, 2007Small populations of Melanesians - among the most genetically diverse people on the planet - have significant differences in their mitochondrial DNA that can be linked to where they live, the size of their home island and the language they speak, according to a study being published in the new online journal, Public Library of Science ONE. Sudan Makes Yet More Empty Promises To United Nations 
United Nations (SPX) Mar 01, 2007Sudanese humanitarian affairs Minister Mohammad Harun and Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb have been named by the International Criminal Court as war crime suspects in Darfur. But Khartoum's justice minister declared Tuesday his government does not recognize the ICC as legitimate in Sudan, suggesting that Sudan will therefore not cooperate with the legislative body. |
Malaysians In Buying Bid To Save Forests
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 27, 2007Malaysian environmental and residents' groups are joining forces to buy swathes of forest in a desperate bid to save them from developers, a report said Tuesday. Four groups, including WWF Malaysia and a residents' group from Petaling Jaya, a satellite town near Kuala Lumpur, will set up a national conservation trust fund to collect money to buy land. Two Weapons Ready For AIDS Fight 
Los Angeles (SPX) Mar 01, 2007Two new drugs appear to give patients who are running out of medical options potent weapons against advanced, resistant infection with the virus that causes AIDS. "I would not be going out on a limb to say these results are as exciting for experienced patients as were the results of the original trials with combination highly active antiretroviral therapy," said John Mellors, professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Troubling Trends In AIDS Cases 
Los Angeles (UPI) Mar 01, 2007The AIDS epidemic in the United States has taken at least a temporary turn for the worse, health experts said this week. "After years at a plateau of 40,000 new AIDS cases a year, there were 45,669 cases estimated in 2005 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," said Harold Jaffe, a professor of medicine at Oxford University in England who spent 27 years at the CDC investigating the AIDS epidemic from its very beginnings in 1981. |
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