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NASA Satellites Eye Coastal Water Quality
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2007Using data from instruments aboard NASA satellites, Zhiqiang Chen and colleagues at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, found that they can monitor water quality almost daily, rather than monthly. Such information has direct application for resource managers devising restoration plans for coastal water ecosystems and federal and state regulators in charge of defining water ... more Researchers Discover New Strategies For Antibiotic Resistance 
Torrance CA (SPX) Sep 05, 2007With infections increasingly resistant to even the most modern antibiotics, researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) report in the September issue of Nature Reviews Microbiology on new clues they have uncovered in immune system molecules that defend against infection. Drs. Michael R. Yeaman and Nannette Y. Yount present ... more Nanowire Coating For Bone Implants And Stents 
Fayetteville AK (SPX) Sep 04, 2007University of Arkansas researchers have found a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, dental reconstruction and vascular stenting. Further, the material can easily be sterilized using ultraviolet light and water or using ethanol, making it useful in hospital settings ... more Strong typhoon on course to hit Tokyo 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 5, 2007Japan was on alert for landslides and flooding Thursday as a strong typhoon headed towards Tokyo with downpours and gusts to disrupt air and land traffic. Typhoon Fitow, packing winds of up to 126 kilometres (78 miles) an hour near its centre, was in the Pacific and some 500 kilometres south of Tokyo Thursday morning, the meteorological agency said. Television footage showed towering ... more UN conference highlights Spain's threat from desertification 
Madrid (AFP) Sept 5, 2007A UN conference on desertification underway in Madrid has thrown the spotlight on the scope of the problem in Spain, which environmentalists say is suffering from an "Africanization" of its climate. Nearly one-third of Spain's roughly 500,000 square kilometres (200,000 square miles) faces a "significant risk" of desertification, making it one of Europe's most affected nations, according to ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 5, 2007A Japanese government website crashed Wednesday as people raced to take up an offer of a half-price McDonald's hamburger in exchange for pledging to fight global warming. The Japanese unit of the US burger giant Tuesday offered a Big Mac for 150 yen (1.3 dollars), about half the normal price, to anyone demonstrating a commitment to preventing climate change. People were asked to ... more Oil and security for Iraq investors 
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 5, 2007 Security in Iraq is a major holdup to investment there, sometimes second only to the lack of a law governing Iraq's vast oil and gas reserves. Various security plans, by Iraqi and U.S. forces, are intended to break the cycle of violence, but little of the ambitions for Iraq's future will take hold until its citizens face fewer day-to-day threats to their lives. Inter- and ... more Australia And China Partner For A Low-Emission Energy Future 
Newcastle, Australia (SPX) Sep 06, 2007Australia and China today signed a partnership agreement that will pave the way for the installation of low-emission coal energy technology in Beijing next year. Signed by CSIRO Chief Executive, Dr Geoff Garrett, and Mr Li Xiaopeng, the President of China's state-owned energy enterprise, the China Huaneng Group, the agreement will see a post combustion capture pilot plant installed at the ... more Areva pledges commitment to peace in Niger's uranium zone 
Niamey (AFP) Sept 5, 2007French nuclear engineering group Areva has assured Niger of its commitment to peace in a nation where it has been accused of financing Tuareg rebel unrest where it mines uranium, state media reported Wednesday. "We're a major player in the economic and social development of Niger, which translates into a commitment to peace and security in this country," Areva's regional representative ... more India To Build Constellation Of Seven Navigation Satellites 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Sep 05, 2007India plans to build a constellation of seven geo-stationary satellites at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore to meet the navigational system requirements in cars, trains and aircraft. "Design (of the satellites) is more or less complete. We are in the process of building the first proto model," Secretary in the Department of Space G Madhavan Nair said. "First launch will take place around 2010. We ... more |
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New Haven CN (SPX) Sep 05, 2007Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can kill bacteria like the common pathogen E. coli by severely damaging their cell walls, according to a recent report from Yale researchers in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal Langmuir. "We began the study out of concerns for the possible toxicity of nanotubes in aquatic environments and their presence in the food chain," said Menachem ... more MIT Unraveling Secrets Of Red Tide 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 05, 2007In work that could one day help prevent millions of dollars in economic losses for seaside communities, MIT chemists have demonstrated how tiny marine organisms likely produce the red tide toxin that periodically shuts down U.S. beaches and shellfish beds. In the Aug. 31 cover story of Science, the MIT team describes an elegant method for synthesizing the lethal components of red tides. ... more Malaysia culls 50,000 pigs over smell, pollution 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 4, 2007Malaysian authorities on Tuesday began slaughtering some 50,000 pigs in southern Malacca state, saying that the stench and pollution from unlicensed farms had become unbearable. Ismail Salleh, Malacca's state secretary, told AFP that the number of pigs in one state should not exceed 50,000, but that there were about 120,000 in Malacca, most raised on farms operating without licences. ... more Six more hurricanes expected this year: experts 
Miami (AFP) Sept 4, 2007As Hurricane Felix slammed into Central America at maximum intensity on Tuesday, top US experts predicted six more hurricanes would form in the Atlantic region this year, three of them packing "major" strength. "We expect the remainder of the season to be active," said Phil Klotzbach, the lead author of a report by the Colorado State University's hurricane forecast team. ... more When Bivalves Ruled The World 
Milwaukee WI (SPX) Sep 05, 2007Before the worst mass extinction of life in Earth's history - 252 million years ago - ocean life was diverse and clam-like organisms called brachiopods dominated. After the calamity, when little else existed, a different kind of clam-like organism, called a bivalve, took over. What can the separate fates of these two invertebrates tell scientists about surviving an extinction event? ... more
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