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Indonesian volcano eruption imminent: scientist
Blitar, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 24, 2007A scientist warned on Wednesday that all indications pointed to the imminent eruption of a volcano on the Indonesian island of Java, despite it showing few obvious signs of activity. Mount Kelut, a 1,731-metre (5,712-foot) volcano with a history of deadly eruptions, was put on high alert on October 16, triggering efforts to evacuate some 130,000 people living within 10 kilometres (six miles) ... more St. Bernard Study Casts Doubt On Creationism 
Manchester UK (SPX) Oct 24, 2007The St Bernard dog - named after the 11th century priest Bernard of Menthon - may have ironically challenged the theory of creationism, say scientists. Biologists at The University of Manchester say that changes to the shape of the breed's head over the years can only be explained through evolution and natural selection. The team, led by Dr Chris Klingenberg in the Faculty of Life Sciences, exam ... more 12 dead in China after houses collapse into mine hole 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2007Twelve people were killed at a Chinese coal mine complex after their homes tumbled into a gaping hole created by the collapse of a transport tunnel, state press reported on Wednesday. The five houses, part of the mine's residential area, collapsed on Monday as workers were trying to renovate and widen the tunnel directly underneath, according to the official Xinhua news agency. The accid ... more Global warming may be leading to higher rice yields in China: IRRI 
Manila (AFP) Oct 23, 2007Global warming appears to have led to higher rice yields in northern China while free trade, changing diets, and rapid urbanisation is leading to a decline in rice production elsewhere, officials from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said. Philippines-based IRRI has tracked a northward shift in rice-growing areas in China, which is home to a fifth of humanity and produces 35 ... more Climate change: Fossil record points to future mass extinctions 
Paris (AFP) Oct 24, 2007Global warming could cut a swathe through the planet's species over the coming centuries, warns a study released Wednesday that shows a link between rising temperatures and mass extinctions reaching back half a billion years. Each of five major eras of declining biodiversity -- including one in which 95 percent of the Earth's species disappeared -- correspond to cycles of severe warming over ... more |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have identified a novel phytochemical agent that enhances and improves the process of wound healing in normal and immune compromised people. In an article published in the March 2007 edition of the Journal Planta Medica, Dr. Radha Maheshwari, professor of Pathology at USU, along with Anuj Sharma, graduate student and o ... more Wide Income Gap Linked To Deaths In Both Rich And Poor Nations 
London, UK (SPX) Oct 24, 2007A wide income gap between the most affluent and the worst off in society is closely associated with higher death rates worldwide, especially for younger adults, finds a study published on bmj.com today as part of a global theme issue on poverty and human development. Many studies have suggested that greater income inequality in a nation is associated with higher mortality rates, but most have fo ... more AIDS stunting southern Africa's prospects: Malawi president 
Blantyre (AFP) Oct 23, 2007Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika on Tuesday told lawmakers from around southern Africa, the epicentre of the AIDS pandemic, that the scourge of HIV was stunting the region's development. "I am sad to note that statistics indicate that our region has the highest incidences of HIV infections," said the president. "This is unacceptable and we need to move fast in solidarity to find las ... more US military mobilizes aircraft, helicopters to fight fires 
Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2007The US military mobilized firefighting aircraft and helicopters and put active duty troops on alert to help contain wind-driven wildfires threatening southern California, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Pentagon officials said they have taken steps to meet anticipated needs without waiting for formal requests from state authorities, mindful of the lessons of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "One of ... more US in ship security deal with landlocked and navy-less Mongolia 
Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2007The United States signed a pact Tuesday with Mongolia, which is landlocked, to carry out high-seas interceptions of ships suspected to be ferrying weapons of mass destruction. The US government said its eighth bilateral Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) would boost its campaign to intercept any oceanic trafficking in nuclear, chemical and biological arms by rogue states or extremists. ... more |
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Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Arizona State University's Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics from digital cameras to laptops. Best of all, it is cheap, made from common materials and compatible with just about anything currently on the market. "In using readily available materials, we've provided ... more Bus Scheduling Algorithm Picks Up the Slack 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2007A prizewinning paper by a USC Viterbi School engineer elegantly solves a basic transit scheduling problem, potentially meaning shorter waits for riders. The question: how much slack should be schedulers of a bus or tram line add to keep operations from bunching up? Maged Dessouky, a professor in the Viterbi School's Daniel J. Epstein department of Industrial and Systems engineering joined with t ... more Platinum-Rich Shell, Platinum-Poor Core 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Hydrogen fuel cells will power the automobiles of the future; however, they have so far suffered from being insufficiently competitive. At the University of Houston, Texas, USA, a team led by Peter Strasser has now developed a new class of electrocatalyst that could help to improve the capacity of fuel cells. The active phase of the catalyst consists of nanoparticles with a platinum-rich shell a ... more Nuclear Power Worldwide: Status and Outlook 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Nuclear power�s prominence as a major energy source will continue over the next several decades, according to new projections made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has just published a new report, Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power for the period up to 2030. The IAEA makes two annual projections concerning the growth of nuclear power, a low and a high. The low pro ... more Outside View: Odessa-Gdansk pipeline grows 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 22, 2007 The success of the informal energy summit held by Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine in Vilnius, Lithuania, last week will be judged later, when the agreements reached there become reality. But it was certainly an achievement, because it offered more cooperation possibilities for participants, who endorsed the extension of the Ukrainian-Polish Odessa-Brody pipeline to P ... more
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