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Madrid (UPI) Feb 27, 2008A team of Spanish and German scientists has simulated the Earth's climate during the Last Glacial Maximum, which occurred about 21,000 years ago. Such simulations, the researchers said, are a challenge for climate modeling, especially for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or AMOC, that regulates climate by distributing heat to the world's oceans and involves deepwater for ... more WHO plays down bird flu threat in China after three human deaths 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 27, 2008There are no indications that bird flu is becoming a bigger problem in China despite the deaths of three people from the disease this year, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday. "The three recent cases were not unexpected considering the winter season and the fact that we know the virus is still circulating in the environment," the WHO's representative in China, Hans Troedsson ... more Monsoon intensity driven by Earth's orbit: study 
Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2008The monsoon rains that drench tropical and subtropical Asia from June through September vary in duration and intensity in keeping with tiny wobbles in Earth's orbit as it circles the Sun, according to a study released Wednesday. These cycles wax and wane every 23,000 years, said the study, based on the breakthrough use of stalagmites from a cave in central-eastern China to measure changes in ... more Military Matters: Shooting up schools 
Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2008Between Feb. 8 and Feb. 14, four American schools suffered attacks by lone gunmen. The most recent, at Northern Illinois University on Feb. 14, saw five killed, plus the gunman, and 16 wounded. Similar attacks have occurred elsewhere, including shopping malls. Is this war? I don't think so. Some proponents of "Fifth Generation War," which they define as actions by "super-empowered ... more Why Juniper Trees Can Live On Less Water 
Durham NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2008An ability to avoid the plant equivalent of vapor lock and a favorable evolutionary history may explain the unusual drought resistance of junipers, some varieties of which are now spreading rapidly in water-starved regions of the western United States, a Duke University study has found. "The take-home message is that junipers are the most drought-resistant group that has ever been studied ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Feb 27, 2008EU parliamentarians urged the European Union Wednesday to step up pressure on China to end its arms exports to African nations whose leaders are deemed responsible for wide human rights violations. The lawmakers, in a report adopted by the European Parliament's development committee, urged the 27 nation bloc to uphold its arms embargo against China, citing notably Beijing's role in Sudan and ... more From Delicious To Death: Understanding Taste 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 28, 2008Despite the significance of taste to both human gratification and survival, a basic understanding of this primal sense is still unfolding. Taste provides both pleasure and protection. Often taken for granted, the sense of taste evaluates everything humans put into their mouths. Taste mediates recognition of a substance and the final decision process before it is either swallowed and taken ... more Earlier Plantings Underlie Yield Gains In Northern Corn Belt 
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 28, 2008U.S. farmers plant corn much earlier today than ever before and it seems to be paying off, at least in the north. Earlier plantings could account for up to half of the yield gains seen in some parts of the northern Corn Belt since the late 1970s, a new study has found. Midwest corn-growers produce three times more corn today than they did a half-century ago. After finding that farmers also ... more Delving Into The Deepest Recesses Of Human Brain 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 28, 2008A team of scientists from Princeton University has devised a new experimental technique that produces some of the best functional images ever taken of the human brainstem, the most primitive area of the brain. The scientists believe they may be opening the door to inquiries into a region that acts as the staging area for the brain chemicals whose overabundance or absence in other parts of ... more Darfur: Beijing envoy says world can do more 
Khartoum (AFP) Feb 27, 2008China's special envoy to Darfur on Wednesday urged the international community to step up peace efforts in the war-torn region and advised its ally Sudan to do more to cooperate with world powers. Liu Giujin was wrapping up a three day visit to Sudan undertaken amid a growing international outcry over China's alleged reluctance to use its influence on Khartoum to end the bloodshed in Darfur. ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2008In another sign of the promise that biofuels hold for the future, the U.S. Department of Energy announced four projects that will significantly move forward research and development of advanced enzymes necessary for producing cost-effective cellulosic biofuels. Four projects by members of the Biotechnology Industry Organization received DOE matching grants totaling $33.8 million ... more Petroplus Announces Formation Of Growth Vehicle For US Refinery Acquisitions 
Zug, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 28, 2008Petroplus Holdings has announced that, effective 1 March 2008, it has entered into a partnership with the Blackstone Group and First Reserve, to pursue acquisitions of crude oil refineries in the United States. Each partner has committed USD 667 million in equity to this venture. PBF will assemble a small group of highly experienced professionals in the U.S. to examine potential opportunity ... more Sofitel Hotels Become First Wind Powered Hotel Chain In The US 
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2008Accor North America announced a new agreement between its Sofitel Hotels and wind energy supplier Community Energy to purchase clean, renewable, wind energy for all nine Sofitel locations in the U.S. This purchase of wind-generated power in the form of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) qualifies Sofitel Hotels as an EPA Green Power Partner, making them the first hotel chain to choose green ... more Japan court rejects compensation for nuclear accident 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 27, 2008A court Wednesday rejected compensation demands over Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident in 1999, which left two people dead. The court turned down the only case filed over health damages linked to the accident, deciding that plaintiffs' injuries were not caused by the disaster in Ibaraki prefecture, 150 kilometres (90 miles) north of Tokyo. Japan, which has few natural resources, relies ... more US DoE And Foundation Capital Partner To Commercialize Groundbreaking New Clean Energy Technologies 
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2008Foundation Capital has announced that it has been selected by the US Department of Energy to participate in its Entrepreneur in Residence Program, which aims to develop groundbreaking new clean energy technologies. The DOE launched the EIR program in October 2007 to bring venture capital-sponsored entrepreneurs into three of DOE's National Laboratories to develop plans to ... more
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