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Strict Quake Standards Spare Japan Again, But Factory Lines Suspendend
Kashiwazaki (AFP) Jul 18, 2007The massive earthquake that struck central Japan this week proved again that the country's strict quake-resistance standards and preparations can limit casualties. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake destroyed more than 340 houses, triggered landslides and cut off roads. But while such a disaster could kill thousands in many parts of the world, the death toll was limited to nine so far with one person ... more Toxic Fumes Threaten Thousands In Ukraine After Rail Crash 
Lviv (AFP) Jul 18, 2007Toxic fumes threatened thousands of residents in western Ukraine on Tuesday after a freight train derailed and caught fire, causing mass evacuations and leaving at least 21 people injured. Authorities were urging residents to use gas masks and remain inside as yellow clouds of highly toxic phosphorus hung over the area. Six of the train's tank cars caught fire in Monday's accident near the ... more Universal Flu Vaccine Being Tested On Humans 
Ghent, Belgium (SPX) Jul 18, 2007A universal influenza vaccine that has been pioneered by researchers from VIB and Ghent University is being tested for the first time on humans by the British-American biotech company Acambis. This vaccine is intended to provide protection against all 'A' strains of the virus that causes human influenza, including pandemic strains. Flu: Influenza is an acute infection of the bronchi ... more New Technology Transforming Life For The Deaf 
Madrid (AFP) Jul 18, 2007Multi-function phones, webcams and other new technological innovations have transformed the lives of the hard of hearing, delegates at an international congress of the deaf said Tuesday. "Technology is important for the deaf community. There's the internet, internet, webcams, email, SMS and chat systems," said Amparo Minguet, director of training at the institute for the deaf in the eastern cit ... more Shanghai To Build Artificial Wetlands To Replace Destroyed Natural Ecosystems 
Shanghai (AFP) Jul 18, 2007The Chinese metropolis of Shanghai is to build its own artificial wetlands to replace natural ecosystems trampled by the city's unchecked development, state press reported Tuesday. The city will construct a wetland of 15 square kilometres (5.7 square miles) in its Qingpu district to act as a filter for water supplies threatened by pollution, the China Daily newspaper reported. The wetland ... more |
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Champaign IL (SPX) Jul 18, 2007New fundamental particles aren't found only at Fermilab and at other particle accelerators. They also can be found hiding in plain pieces of ceramic, scientists at the University of Illinois report. The newly formulated particle is a boson and has a charge of 2e, but does not consist of two electrons, the scientists say. The particle arises from the strong, repulsive interactions between electro ... more Mushroom Secrets Could Combat Carbon, Enable Better Biofuels And Clean Soil 
Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2007Researchers at the University of Warwick are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World's most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus. The secrets of its genetic make up could assist the creation of biofuels, support the effort to manage global carbon, and help remove heavy metals from contaminated soils. The Agaricus mushroom family are highly efficient 'sec ... more Environment Protection Efforts In China Not Sufficient Warns OECD 
Paris (AFP) Jul 18, 2007The OECD warned Tuesday that China's breakneck economic growth was wreaking severe damage on the environment and said Beijing's efforts to date to curb pollution had been insufficient. "Rapid economic development, industrialisation and urbanisation have generated severe and growing pressures on the environment resulting in significant damage to human health and depletion of natural resources," O ... more Russia Has Everything To Win By Freezing Treaty 
Brussels (AFP) Jul 17, 2007Russia has much to win by suspending, or even freezing, a key Soviet-era treaty limiting troops and arms in Europe and the West has little leverage to stop it, experts said Monday. The freeze, decreed by President Vladimir Putin for "exceptional circumstances" relating to Russia's security and due to take effect on December 12, is a new attempt to undermine US and NATO projects, the experts said ... more NATO Weighs Response To Russian Arms Treaty Freeze 
Brussels (AFP) Jul 17, 2007NATO is weighing its response to a "tough" Russian announcement that it will suspend a key Soviet-era arms treaty in December, a NATO diplomat said Monday. "Moscow has sent a quite tough memorandum ... on the reasons that led it to suspend the treaty and which sets the date from which it will apply as December 12," the diplomat said, on condition of anonymity. "The 26 NATO members are cons ... more |
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Brooklyn NY (SPX) Jul 17, 2007An article published today, July 16, 2007, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides strong evidence for a novel type of communication between nerve cells in the brain. The findings may have relevance for the prevention and treatment of epilepsy, and possibly in the exploration of other aspects of brain functions, from creative thought processes to mental illnesses such as schi ... more Indonesian Volcano Alert Lowered 
Jakarta (AFP) July 16, 2007Thousands of people who fled their homes around the slopes of a smouldering volcano in Indonesia were Monday told it was safe to return after authorities downgraded the alert status. Mount Gamkonora on the northeastern island of Halmahera was put on top alert last Tuesday, meaning experts believed an eruption could be imminent. "We have downgraded the alert level because the seismic activi ... more China Vital Wetlands Shrinking Due To Climate Change 
Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2007Climate change is shrinking wetlands at the source of China's two greatest rivers and has already led to reduced water flows that could have an impact across Asia, state media reported Monday. The contraction of the wetlands, which serve a vital role regulating the flow of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, comes as China is already struggling to meet the increased water needs of a fast-expanding ec ... more The New Capitalism 
Munich (UPI) July 16, 2007A suspicion is spreading across Europe that something fundamental has changed in the nature of capitalism and that new legislation -- and probably some very new thinking -- will be required to deal with it. The first sign of this was the statement by German Chancellor Angela Merkel last month that the country needed new regulations to protect its key industries from being taken over by the inves ... more Energy Efficiency Reason For Evolution Of Upright Walking 
Tuscon AZ (SPX) Jul 17, 2007A new study provides support for the hypothesis that walking on two legs, or bipedalism, evolved because it used less energy than quadrupedal knucklewalking. David Raichlen, an assistant professor of anthropology at The University of Arizona, conducted the study with Michael Sockol from the University of California, Davis, who was the lead author of the paper, and Herman Pontzer from Washington ... more
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