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Dartmouth Researchers Find The Root Of The Evolutionary Emergence Of Vertebrates
Hanover NH (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Dartmouth College researchers and colleagues from the University of Bristol in the U.K. have traced the beginnings of complex life, i.e. vertebrates, to microRNA. The researchers argue that the evolution of microRNAs, which regulate gene expression, are behind the origin of early vertebrates. "This study not only points the way to understanding the evolutionary origin of our own lineage ... more No amnesty for Amazon deforestation: Brazil 
Brasilia (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Brazil's government on Monday dismissed reports suggesting an amnesty was being considered for landowners who were contributing to the deforestation of the Amazon. Brasilia "is not working on any amnesty proposal for those behind illegal deforestation or on any weakening of legislation" protecting the woodland, Environment Minister Marina Silva told reporters. She and Agriculture Minister ... more King penguins could be wiped out by climate change: study 
Paris (AFP) Feb 11, 2008One of the emblems of the Antarctic, the king penguin, could be driven to extinction by climate change, a French study published on Monday warned. In a long-term investigation on the penguins' main breeding grounds, investigators found that a tiny warming of the Southern Ocean by the El Nino effect caused a massive fall in the birds' ability to survive. If predictions by UN scientists of ... more Millions brave China transport chaos as more bad weather looms 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Millions of people braved China's overcrowded transport networks Monday as they began the long trek back to work at the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, amid warnings of more chaos due to bad weather. "The overall situation remains very grim as the nation braces for the Lunar New Year return traffic peak," the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing the Disaster Relief and Emergency Committee ... more Conservation Strategies Must Shift With Global Environmental Change 
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Sustaining and enhancing altered ecosystems has become the new mantra for conservation and restoration managers as ecosystems continue to change in response to global warming and other environmental changes, says a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. Professor Timothy Seastedt of CU-Boulder's ecology and evolutionary biology department said atmospheric pollution ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2008More than 55 million years ago, the Earth experienced a rapid jump in global carbon dioxide levels that raised temperatures across the planet. Now, researchers studying plants from that time have found that the rising temperatures may have boosted the foraging of insects. As modern temperatures continue to rise, the researchers believe the planet could see increasing crop damage and forest ... more Monitoring Asia-Pacific Disasters From Space 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 12, 2008A space-based international Earth observation network to detect and monitor natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region has been formed with a substantial contribution from Australian science. Called Sentinel Asia, the network of information-delivery websites has its roots in the Australian bushfire tracking system, Sentinel Hotspots, which was developed in 2002 by CSIRO, Geoscience ... more New Greenland Ice Sheet Data Will Impact Climate Change Models 
Buffalo NY (SPX) Feb 12, 2008A comprehensive new study authored by University at Buffalo scientists and their colleagues for the first time documents in detail the dynamics of parts of Greenland's ice sheet, important data that have long been missing from the ice sheet models on which projections about sea level rise and global warming are based. The research, published online this month in the Journal of Glaciology ... more Hot Oxygen Atoms On Titanium Dioxide Motivated By More Than Just Temperature 
Richland WA (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Like two ballroom dancers waltzing together, the two atoms of an oxygen molecule severed by a metal catalyst usually behave identically. But new research reveals that on a particular catalyst, split oxygen atoms act like a couple dancing the tango: one oxygen atom plants itself while the other shimmies away, probably with energy partially stolen from the stationary one. Scientists from the ... more Geotimes Investigates Iraq's Oil Prospects 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2008The February issue of Geotimes magazine examines the complicated issues surrounding Iraq's oil exploration and production. Iraq boasts the largest untapped oil reserves in the world. Unfortunately, the instability that comes with war, attacks on infrastructure and the outdated technology currently in use in Iraq has led to the lowest reserve-to-production ratio of all oil-producing countries. ... more |
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Aliso Viejo CA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Networks In Motion (NIM) has announced that it was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,321,826 for "Point of Interest Spatial Rating Search Method and System," a method allowing users to obtain ratings or other useful information when searching for a point of interest using a mobile GPS-enabled device that retrieves information stored on a server rather than the device, also known as 'off-board' data ... more Sprint Customers Now Have Access To Sprint Family Locator On All Web-Enabled Sprint Phones 
Overland Park KS (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Sprint announces access to its popular Sprint Family Locator service is available on all Web-enabled Sprint phones, an industry first. Parents on the go now can use any Web-enabled Sprint phone to locate their loved ones with Sprint Family Locator. In addition, more than 100 Sprint phones can be located by the service, including all currently available Sprint phones. "Sprint has always ... more KVH Receives Orders New For TACNAV Military Navigation Components 
Middletown, RI (SPX) Feb 10, 2008KVH Industries has announced receipt of two orders from a U.S. defense contractor for the purchase of components and upgrades for KVH's TACNAV vehicle navigation systems for use on U.S. military combat vehicles. The two orders, which have a total value of approximately $1.4 million, are scheduled to begin shipping in the first quarter of 2008. "KVH's TACNAV systems continue to prove their ... more Ordia Solutions Delivers Mission-Critical Command And Control Technologies To BlackBerry 
Vienna VA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Ordia Solutions announced the availability of the RIM BlackBerry as the newest client platform for its next generation collaborative command and control solution Mobile Tactical Collaboration System and AdvanTraq GPS. This development marks a major milestone in the company's quest to extend its mission-critical, collaborative command and control solution directly to the hand of first ... more Wholesale Price Of GPS-Enabled Handsets To Fall Under 200 Dollars By 2010 
London, UK (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Presently, most handsets with integrated GPS are smartphones or high-end feature phones, with wholesale prices in the range of $250 to $500. However, chipset manufacturers now have solutions in place that will permit the integration of GPS in handsets at lower costs, and provide significant improvements in terms of accuracy, time-to-first-fix, and reception in indoor environments. As a result ... more
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