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Environmental group says it will sail against Japanese whalers
Sydney (AFP) Dec 5, 2007A militant environmental group heading for the Antarctic to confront Japanese whalers renamed one of their ships the "Steve Irwin" Wednesday in honour of Australia's late "crocodile hunter". The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was given permission to use the former TV star's name by his widow Terri, who was in Melbourne to farewell the ship and its 52-member crew as they set sail for the S ... more Canada reactor shutdown leads to key medical materials shortage 
Ottawa (AFP) Dec 5, 2007The shutdown of an aging nuclear reactor in Canada has led to a global shortage of radioactive materials essential for medical tests and treatments for cancer and other diseases, industry officials said. MDS Nordion, which supplies medical isotopes from the reactor in Chalk River, Ontario for molecular imaging, radiotherapeutics, and analytical instruments, warned Wednesday that the shutdown ... more New Study May Solve Age-Old Mystery Of Missing Chemicals From Earth Mantle 
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Dec 06, 2007Observations about the early formation of Earth may answer an age-old question about why the planet's mantle is missing some of the matter that should be present, according to UBC geophysicist John Hernlund. Earth is made from chondrite, very primitive rocks of meteorites that date from the earliest time of the solar system before the Earth was formed. However, scientists have been puzzled why t ... more Did Early Southwestern Indians Ferment Corn And Make Beer 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 06, 2007The belief among some archeologists that Europeans introduced alcohol to the Indians of the American Southwest may be faulty. Ancient and modern pot sherds collected by New Mexico state archeologist Glenna Dean, in conjunction with analyses by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Ted Borek, open the possibility that food or beverages made from fermenting corn were consumed by native inhabitan ... more Brain Systems Become Less Coordinated With Age, Even In The Absence Of Disease 
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Dec 06, 2007Some brain systems become less coordinated with age even in the absence of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from Harvard University. The results help to explain why advanced age is often accompanied by a loss of mental agility, even in an otherwise healthy individual. "This research helps us to understand how and why our minds change as we get older, and why some individuals r ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 5, 2007Water levels in China's largest fresh water lake are nearing record lows as a drought exacerbates existing shortages, state media said Wednesday. The situation in Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi province had caused severe water shortages for industrial and residential users, Xinhua news agency reported. The water level was five centimetres (two inches) below the record low at one hyd ... more World's first floating wind turbine launched in Berlin 
Berlin (AFP) Dec 5, 2007A floating wind turbine that its makers claim could significantly boost the renewable energy sector was officially launched at a trade show in the German capital on Wednesday. Dutch company Blue H Technologies said its invention, which adapts technology used in offshore oil rigs, was a world first. It will soon go into operation off the coast of Puglia in southern Italy. Unlike norma ... more Major Physics Breakthrough In Understanding Supersolidity 
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 06, 2007Physicists at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, have made a major advance in the understanding of what appears to be a new state of matter. Working in the highly specialized field of quantum fluids and solids, Prof. John Beamish, chair of the Department of Physics, and PhD student James Day, report their findings in a paper to be published in the science journal Nature on ... more Carbon capture not on table at UN climate talks: UN official 
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 5, 2007An embryonic but much-hailed technology to bury polluting carbon dioxide is unlikely to form part of early negotiations for a new global warming pact, a top UN official said Wednesday. Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said delegates on Indonesia's Bali had discussed carbon capture and storage with enthusiasm. But he s ... more Europeans, Americans fret over China's rise: survey 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 5, 2007A majority of Europeans and Americans view China's emergence as a major economic power as a threat, with only the British seeing an opportunity, according to a survey released Wednesday. Europeans were slightly more worried than Americans with 55 percent concerned about China's rise compared with 51 percent in the US, the results of the survey from the German Marshall Fund found. That wa ... more |
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New Delhi (PTI) Dec 05, 2007The Administrative Reforms Commission has recommended the use of space technology and global information systems by local bodies in villages and cities to hasten growth and increase efficiency and transparency in services. In the latest recommendations submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Commission headed by Veerappa Moily cited the example of Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh and Qatar, a Mi ... more New Hypothesis For Origin Of Life Proposed 
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2007Life may have begun in the protected spaces inside of layers of the mineral mica, in ancient oceans, according to a new hypothesis. The hypothesis was developed by Helen Hansma, a research scientist with the University of California, Santa Barbara and a program director at the National Science Foundation. Hansma will present her findings at a press briefing on Tues., Dec. 4, at the annual meetin ... more Cosmopolitan Microbes -- Hitchhikers On Darwin's Dust 
Oldenburg, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2007Scientists have analysed aerial dust samples collected by Charles Darwin and confirmed that microbes can travel across continents without the need for planes or trains - rather bacteria and fungi hitch-hike by attaching to dust particles. In a paper published in Environmental Microbiology, Dr. Anna Gorbushina (Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany), Professor William Broughton ... more Storms and floods pound North America 
Montreal (AFP) Dec 3, 2007Major storms pounded North America's Atlantic and Pacific coasts Monday, grounding flights, forcing schools to close and creating dangerous road conditions that have left at least 10 people dead. Snow forced severe flight delays at major airports in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal, while children stayed home as hundreds of schools closed in eastern Canada. Nearly all flights were cancelled ... more Chinese archaeologists dig up 4,000-year-old city 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2007Chinese archaeologists have dug up what is believed to be a 4,300-year-old city that could be the capital of China's oldest dynasty, state press said Tuesday. The ancient city is believed to be part of the Liangzhu culture dated back to neolithic times between 4,000 and 5,300 years ago, the China Daily said. The ruins are located in eastern China's Zhejiang province, with archaeologists ... more
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