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Puzzling Plankton Yield Secrets Of Evolution And Global Photosynthesis
Walnut Creek CA (SPX) May 02, 2007The analysis of DNA sequences from tiny green algae have provided new insights into the mystery of how new species of plankton evolve-and further highlights their critical role in managing the global cycling of carbon. These findings, by a group led by the DOE Joint Genome Institute; the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; and the Pierre and Marie Curie Univ ... more Alien Plants Attack Using Resource Conservation As Weapon 
Stanford CA (SPX) May 02, 2007One of the most serious and least understood threats to the world's ecosystems is the problem of invasive species-exotic plants, animals and other organisms that are brought into habitats and subsequently spread at a rapid rate, often replacing native species and reducing biodiversity. Invaders thrive best in regions where there is an abundance of materials for growth, such as water, nutri ... more Air-Sea Surface Science 
Virginia Key FL (SPX) May 02, 2007Aided by new observations from the Coupled Boundary Layer Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST) - Hurricane field program, scientists at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have helped to develop and test a new, high-resolution computer model to better understand how air-sea interactions directly affect hurricane intensity, a factor not yet possible in the current operational forecast mo ... more Exercise Tests Responses To Hurricane, Nuke And Terrorists 
Washington (AFP) April 30, 2007A hurricane roars ashore in Rhode Island. A nuclear device goes off in the Midwest. And terrorists begin wreaking havoc in Alaska. What do you do? The Pentagon and other US and Canadian agencies plan to answer that question in a major exercise called Ardent Sentry-Northern Edge 07 that began Monday and will play out over the next 18 days, involving thousands of US troops and state and local offi ... more Poor Countries Demand A Voice On Climate Change 
Bangkok (AFP) May 01, 2007As climate change experts meet in Bangkok, poor nations suffering the brunt of global warming's worst effects are determined their voices will not be drowned out by bickering world powers. Impoverished countries, struggling with a lack of money, basic technology, large populations and weak infrastructure, have few tools to tackle climate change or halt its impact on their environment. That ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 02, 2007The second power unit of a Chinese nuclear power plant has been put to minimum capacity, Russia's nuclear equipment export monopoly said Tuesday. "The second power unit of the Tianwan NPP has been launched at a minimum controlled capacity," said Irina Yesipova, press spokesperson of Atomstroyexport. Fuel was loaded into the generating unit in March. The company plans to connect the unit to ... more Japan's Mideast Balancing Act 
Washington DC (UPI) May 01, 2007The Middle East is no longer just about oil for Japan. Granted, the race continues to intensify between Japan, China and India to woo petroleum-rich nations in order to secure more natural resources from the region. Indeed, the leaders of all three countries have been going out of their way over the past few years to establish stronger relations with Arab states, most recently with Japanese Prim ... more Nuclear Storm Gathers As Climate Change Experts Meet 
Bangkok (AFP) May 02, 2007Few issues are as divisive as nuclear power, and the furore over its use threatens to resurface as leading scientists meet in Thailand to thrash out a plan to reduce the impact of climate change. Nuclear supporters hail it a "clean" energy that will help lessen the world's dependence on the polluting fossil fuels, gas, oil and coal, which spew damaging greenhouse gasses into the air and drive gl ... more May Day Protest Sparks Rare Clashes In Macau 
Macau (AFP) May 01, 2007May Day protesters clashed with riot police in Macau as a rally against labour shortages turned violent Tuesday, sparking rare scenes of civil unrest in the southern Chinese territory. Police fired blank rounds into the air and used dogs to disperse a crowd of around 1,000 protesters after they broke through cordons lining the route of the march. Cheered by onlookers, they marched towards govern ... more Ultrashort Light Pulse Blazes New Paths For Science And Industry 
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 02, 2007Researchers in Italy have created an ultrashort light pulse - a single isolated burst of extreme-ultraviolet light that lasts for only 130 attoseconds (billionths of a billionth of a second). Their achievement currently represents the shortest artificial light pulse that has been reported in a refereed journal. Shining this ultrashort light pulse on atoms and molecules can reveal new details of ... more |
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Washington (UPI) April 30, 2007On Oct. 4, 2003, a German cargo ship, the BBC China, was inspected in the southern Italian port of Taranto as part of an ongoing program designed to check on ships that might be transporting equipment to assist nuclear proliferation. The inspection disclosed sophisticated components designed to facilitate the erection of centrifuges indispensable for the enrichment of weapons-grade uranium. The ... more Supermap Of Avian Flu Yields New Info On Source And Spread 
Columbus OH (SPX) May 01, 2007Scientists here have designed a new, interactive map of the spread of the avian flu virus (H5N1) that for the first time incorporates genetic, geographic and evolutionary information that may help predict where the next outbreak of the virus is likely to occur. In the process, they also tested hypotheses about the nature of specific strains of the virus that appear to be heading westward and hav ... more Beijing Restrictions Offer Case Study In Emissions Of Key Atmospheric Gases 
Cambridge, MA (SPX) May 01, 2007The Chinese government's restrictions on Beijing motorists during a three-day conference last November -- widely viewed as a dress rehearsal for efforts to slash smog and airborne pollutants during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing -- succeeded in cutting the city's emissions of one important class of atmospheric gases by an impressive 40 percent. That's the conclusion of Harvard Un ... more Ape Gestures Offer Clues To The Evolution Of Human Communication 
Druid Hills GA (SPX) May 01, 2007Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have found bonobos and chimpanzees use manual gestures of their hands, feet and limbs more flexibly than they do facial expressions and vocalizations, further supporting the evolution of human language began with gestures as the gestural origin hypothesis of language suggests. This study appears in the current issue of ... more Sleep And Exercise Critical To A Smarter And Longer Life 
Boston (UPI) April 30, 2007Getting a good night's sleep after learning something new helps you remember that information, and getting regular exercise appears to ward off or delay Parkinson's disease, researchers said Monday. Those are among the results of studies being presented at the 59th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Boston. During the weeklong session, researchers will give more ... more
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