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Westchester IL (SPX) Jun 13, 2007A significant disruption of day-to-day life can take place in those areas affected by a natural disaster. One of the more recent disasters occurred when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, causing loss of lives, extensive damage, and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents. Disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are more likely to affect the quality and the qua ... more Strong Quake Off Guatemala Sends People Rushing From Homes 
Guatemala City (AFP) June 13, 2007A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Guatemala's Pacific coast Wednesday, causing panic in the Central American country although there were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake, which struck at 1:29 pm (1929 GMT) was also felt in neighboring El Salvador, where employees rushed out of buildings to seek safety in open spaces. There were no immediate reports of casualties or of sign ... more CT Scan Reveals Ancient Long-Necked Gliding Reptile 
University Park PA (SPX) Jun 13, 2007The fossilized bones of a previously unknown, 220 million-year-old long-necked, gliding reptile may remain forever embedded in stone, but thanks to an industrial-size CT scanner at Penn State's Center for Quantitative Imaging, the bone structure and behavior of these small creatures are now known. The new gliding reptile is named Mecistrotrachelos apeoros meaning "soaring, long-necked" and ... more Ten Thousand Indonesian Islands Remain Unnamed 
Jakarta (AFP) June 11, 2007Indonesia needs at least three more years to name more than 10,000 of its islands, a senior official said Monday, warning that the lack of names left people at risk in case of disasters. Alex Retraubun, director of small islands' empowerment at the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs ministry, said a recent ministry survey had found that more than 60 percent of Indonesia's 17,504 islands still did no ... more South Korea's Sluggish Project 
Seoul (UPI) June 12, 2007Challenged by China's push to tap into North Korea's natural resources, South Korea wants to speed up economic cooperation with Pyongyang. But the efforts are unlikely to bear fruit in the near future as a key project of swapping manufacturing raw materials for mineral exploration rights has been stalled over the protracted nuclear standoff. The two Koreas signed a deal in 2005 under which ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 13, 2007Chinese authorities in Tibet will ban mining of gold and some other resources to ease environmental fears stoked by a new railway line to the once-remote region, state media said Wednesday. The mining of mercury, arsenic and peat also will be banned under a plan being formulated by the mountainous region's Land and Resources Department, Xinhua news agency reported. "Mercury and arsenic min ... more Rosneft To Invest A Billion Dollars ln New Fleet To Tap Far East Shelf Oil Deposits 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 14, 2007Russian state-controlled oil giant Rosneft plans to spend $1.2 billion on the construction of ships to develop oil fields off Russia's Far East coast, the company's CEO said Wednesday. Addressing a conference on prospects for maritime operations, Sergei Bogdanchikov said Rosneft currently needed to build 27 vessels for the development of shelf deposits. Three of the ships are already under const ... more Extreme Environment Biology Research May Help Solve Lignocellulosic Ethanol Puzzle 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jun 14, 2007Buried beneath a sulfurous cauldron in European seas lies a class of microorganisms known as "extremophiles," so named because of the extreme environmental conditions in which they live and thrive. Almost as radical, perhaps, is the idea that these organisms and their associated enzymes could somehow unlock the key to a new transportation economy based on a renewable biofuel, lignocellulosic eth ... more To Keep Fit In Space Best To Train Like An Athlete 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2007If one part of your car isn't properly maintained, it can affect how the entire vehicle runs - especially if you're taking a long trip. The same can be said for the human body. That's why, when it comes to fitness in space, it's important to create a program addressing the whole system, parts included. To keep astronauts healthy on long missions, researchers with the National Space Biomedical ... more Surgery By Satellite Offers New Possibilities At Cutting Edge Of Medicine 
London UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Robotic surgery may be coming to your town. Robots that perform surgery can be driven by surgeons who no longer stand by the patient, but direct the operation from a computer console. In most cases the surgeon is seated at a console within the theatre, only a few metres away from the patient. Now a team of surgeons and scientists have shown that the surgeon and robot can be linked via a 4 ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2007Some call it the eighth wonder of world. Others say it's the next Great Wall of China. Upon completion in 2009, the Three Gorges Dam along China's Yangtze River will be the world's largest hydroelectric power generator and one of the few man-made structures so enormous that it's actually visible to the naked eye from space. NASA's Landsat satellites have provided detailed, vivid views of the dam ... more First Buoy To Monitor Ocean Acidification Launched 
Anchorage AK (SPX) Jun 13, 2007The first buoy to monitor ocean acidification has been launched in the Gulf of Alaska. Attached to the 10-foot-diameter buoy are sensors to measure climate indicators. Acidification is a result of carbon dioxide absorbed by the seas. "The instruments will measure the air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen gas in addition to the pH, a measure of ocean acidity, of the surface wate ... more ESA Satellite Guides Polar Explorers Across Disintegrating Sea Ice 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 13, 2007Two Belgian explorers currently nearing the end of a staggering 2 000 km trek across the Arctic Ocean were recently guided through hazardous conditions using observations from Envisat, as sea ice in the Lincoln Sea began to break up unexpectedly. Throughout the Arctic Arc expedition, which marks the International Polar Year, Alan Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer have been collecting snow-depth data f ... more Phosphate Does A Body Good 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2007Life can be found nearly everywhere on our planet, but in a sense it has struggled to survive throughout Earth's history. One often-cited estimate says 99 percent of all life forms that ever existed have gone extinct. Individual species extinctions can be chalked up to the limitations of an organism, but mass extinctions involve the loss of many different species at the same time. Scientists thi ... more New Oak Ridge Theory Aims To Explain Recent Temperature And Climate Extremes 
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 13, 2007Using an ocean of data, sophisticated mathematical models and supercomputing resources, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are putting climate models to the test with particular focus on weather extremes. Ultimately, the new methodology developed by Auroop Ganguly and colleagues could help determine to what extent there is a connection between human activity ... more
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