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Rise Of Dinosaurs In Late Triassic More Gradual Than Once Thought
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Fossils discovered in the oft-painted arroyos of northern New Mexico show for the first time that dinosaurs and their non-dinosaur ancestors lived side by side for tens of millions of years, disproving the notion that dinosaurs rapidly replaced their supposedly outmoded predecessors. The fossils were excavated from the Hayden Quarry at Ghost Ranch, an area made famous through the paintings of Ge ... more New Clue Into How Diet And Exercise Enhance Longevity 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2007The traditional prescriptions for a healthy life-sensible diet, exercise and weight control-extend life by reducing signaling through a specific pathway in the brain, according to Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers who discovered the connection while studying long-lived mice. They said their findings underscore the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and may also offer promisi ... more Glaciers And Ice Caps To Dominate Sea Level Rise This Century 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Ice loss from glaciers and ice caps is expected to cause more global sea rise during this century than the massive Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. The researchers concluded that glaciers and ice caps are currently contributing about 60 percent of the world's ice to the oceans and the rate has been markedly accelerating in the past d ... more Alternative Farming Cleans Up Water 
Madison WI (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Although the addition of nutrients to soil helps to maximize crop production, fertilizer can leach nutrients, polluting the water supply. A recent study by researchers at the University of Minnesota shows alternative cropping practices may help to protect the environment by reducing high nitrate levels in surface and ground water caused by conventional fertilizer use. The team of scientists repo ... more Peru Launches Drive To Regrow Lost Forests And Jungles 
Lima (AFP) July 19, 2007Peru has launched an ambitious drive to regrow millions of hectares (acres) of jungle and forests laid bare by illegal logging, pollution and slash-and-burn farming, officials said Thursday. The immediate goal is to reforest more than 100,000 square kilometers (the size of South Korea) of forest that have been devastated these past 40 years, said National Institute of Natural Resources (Inrena) ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) July 19, 2007Worries about energy supply in Japan grew Thursday as officials said an earthquake-hit nuclear plant would stay shut at least for the summer amid fresh safety fears. The powerful earthquake killed 10 people, injured more than 1,000 and destroyed hundreds of buildings, forcing Japan's fast-growing automakers to curtail production. Measuring 6.8 on the Richter-scale, it struck just nine kilometres ... more US And Russia Facing Energy Crises 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 20, 2007New Yorkers still remember the "night of terror" provoked by a blackout on a hot summer's night in 1977, when stores were ransacked, looted and destroyed, buildings were set ablaze, and the police, for the most part, stood helpless. In the 30 years since then, electricity experts have not found a foolproof way of developing electricity systems that would rule out a repetition of such disasters. ... more Robots Incorporated 
New York, NY (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Software pundits and tech analysts can be forgiven for overlooking Microsoft's new robotics group. Compared with the company's billion-dollar businesses--Windows, MSN, Xbox, and more--robotics is nonexistent. Microsoft is giving its robotics software away for free for noncommercial use, and the company is charging only a small license fee to commercial users. Indeed, Microsoft is hardly betting ... more Purdue Center Uses Laser And Machining To Create Precision Parts 
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Researchers at Purdue University are perfecting a technique for manufacturing parts that have complex shapes and precision internal features by depositing layers of powdered materials, melting the powder with a laser and then immediately machining each layer. The new method can be used for creating parts made of advanced materials such as ceramics, which are difficult to manufacture and cannot b ... more The Future Of Biofuels Is Not In Corn 
London UK (SPX) Jul 20, 2007The future of biofuels is not in corn, says a new report released today by Food and Water Watch, the Network for New Energy Choices, and the Vermont Law School Institute for Energy and the Environment. The corn ethanol refinery industry, the beneficiary of new renewable fuel targets in the proposed energy legislation as well as proposed loan guarantee subsidies in the 2007 Farm Bill, will not s ... more |
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Fayetteville AR (SPX) Jul 19, 2007Working with an organic semiconductor, electrical-engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have fabricated and tested two similar but slightly different biosensors that can measure important physiological signs. Integrated into "smart" fabrics - garments with wireless technology - the sensors will be able to monitor a patient's respiration rate and body temperature in real time and ... more Russia Rejects NATO Offer As Crisis Looms Over CFE 
Moscow (AFP) Jul 19, 2007Russia rejected a NATO offer for consultations on a key European arms treaty Wednesday, but said it would continue talks with the United States on the treaty and dismissed the idea of a new Cold War. Russia last week announced it would suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) arms control treaty after months of tensions over US plans to deploy an anti-missile system in ce ... more New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa 
London UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2007New research published in the journal Nature (19 July) has proved the single origin of humans theory by combining studies of global genetic variations in humans with skull measurements across the world. The research, at the University of Cambridge and funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), represents a final blow for supporters of a multiple origins of huma ... more Sudan Flood Toll Hits 100, While Nairobi Panics As Tremors Rattle City 
Khartoum (AFP) July 18, 2007The death toll from floods that have ravaged Sudan over the past fortnight has tripled tp around 100 people since last week, officials said Wednesday. At least another 100 people were injured while some 5,000 homes were destroyed or damaged in the worst flooding to have hit the country since 1988, said a crisis centre cited by Sudan's official SUNA news agency. Caused by rising waters of t ... more Eat A Steak, Warm The Planet 
Paris (AFP) July 18, 2007A kilogram (2.2 pounds) of beef causes more greenhouse-gas and other pollution than driving for three hours while leaving all the lights on back home, according to a Japanese study. A team led by Akifumi Ogino of the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, calculated the environmental cost of raising cattle through conventional farming, slaughtering the animal and distr ... more
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