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Scientists Find A Fingerprint Of Evolution Across The Human Genome
Cold Spring Harbor NY (SPX) Apr 10, 2008The Human Genome Project revealed that only a small fraction of the 3 billion "letter" DNA code actually instructs cells to manufacture proteins, the workhorses of most life processes. This has raised the question of what the remaining part of the human genome does. How much of the rest performs other biological functions, and how much is merely residue of prior genetic events? Scientists ... more Project Explores Using NASA Earth Science Data For Enhanced Utility Load Forecasting 
Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 10, 2008NASA and Battelle plan to save consumers money on their electric and gas bills. Using high-tech data made available from Americas space agency, Battelle will help utility companies better predict when energy supplies will be needed. Battelle recently won a three-year, $640,000 contract from NASA that focuses on applying high-resolution, weather-related Earth science data to key systems used by ... more Plan Brokered By UCLA, USC Archaeologists Would Remove Roadblock To Mideast Peace 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Israelis and Palestinians may not be able to agree right now on their present or future, but, if a pair of Los Angeles archaeologists have their way, they soon will see eye to eye on their past. Working tirelessly for the past five years, Ran Boytner, a University of California, Los Angeles archaeologist and Lynn Swartz Dodd, an archaeologist at the University of Southern California, have ... more Indonesia finds flammable gas near mud volcano: official 
Jakarta (AFP) April 9, 2008Indonesians living near a devastating "mud volcano" that has spewed sludge for nearly two years now have another problem to contend with -- flammable gas. Highly concentrated methane is pouring into nearby residential areas, a government official told AFP Wednesday, as worried locals said they were afraid to cook at home in case they caused an explosion. Soffian Hadi Djojopranoto, deputy ... more US House calls China to end Tibet crackdown 
Washington (AFP) April 9, 2008The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a resolution asking China to end its crackdown on protests in Tibet and to enter into a dialogue directly with the Dalai Lama. The resolution, proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, also called for independent monitors, journalists and medical personnel to be allowed into Tibet, and the release of all Tibetans held for non-violently ... more |
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Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Harris has completed and successfully demonstrated a prototype of a total, end-to-end solution for the ground segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - Series R (GOES-R) program. Harris demonstrated the prototype earlier this year during the American Meteorological Society Conference in New Orleans, and this ... more Europe Develops New Technologies To Boost Health Of Livestock 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 10, 2008A range of new technologies including genetic modification (GM) and RNA Interference are being deployed to improve the health of farm animals in a series of European and global initiatives. The ground was laid for a European platform to develop new treatments that exploit these technologies at a recent workshop organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF). The workshop highlighted ... more China Says 170 Monks Arrested; As More Protests In Front Of Foreign Reporters 
Beijing (AFP) April 9, 2008About 170 monks are being held in temporary custody in northwest China following last month's unrest in ethnic Tibetan areas, state media reported. The monks are part of a group of 432 people who were being held in Gansu province, Mao Shengwu, acting chief of the province's Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. Police have formally arrested ... more Brazil flood toll rises to 33 dead 
Brasilia (AFP) April 9, 2008At least 33 people have died in two weeks of flooding in northeast Brazil, and more than 77,000 people have been homeless, with officials warning Wednesday that the heavy rain would continue. The state of Paraiba was the worst-hit, according to the national Civil Defense service. Twenty-six of the fatalities occurred there, and 76 towns are under water. The region is usually parched for ... more Atlantic hurricane season shapes up as very active 
Miami (AFP) April 9, 2008The Atlantic hurricane season starting in June will be very active in the northwest Atlantic with 15 tropical storms, eight of which will hit hurricane strength, four of them major, US forecasters warned Wednesday. The University of Colorado team led by William Gray, who has been in the hurricane predicting business for 25 years, revised upward his late 2007 preliminary forecast for 13 ... more |
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Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Autobiographical notes written by the Lancashire inventor of the high speed diesel engine have been recovered from a garage in Manchester after lying forgotten for 25 years. University of Manchester Historian Dr Yaakov Wise - who made the discovery - says the Charles Chapman manuscript gives a unique insight into the 1932 'world beater'. Dr Wise, who worked at the legendary Perkins Engines ... more Next-generation nuclear fuel may be too hot to handle: report 
Paris (AFP) April 9, 2008New high-efficiency nuclear fuel meant to burn longer and stronger may prove unstable in an emergency and hard to dispose of, according experts cited in a report published Wednesday. By further enriching the uranium used to power nuclear reactors, operators have been able to extract more electricity from a given amount of fuel, a measure expressed in gigawatt-days per tonne of uranium ... more Newly Discovered Superinsulators Promise To Transform Materials Research, Electronics Design 
Argonne IL (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Superinsulation may sound like a marketing gimmick for a drafty attic or winter coat. But it is actually a newly discovered fundamental state of matter created by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in collaboration with several European institutions. This discovery opens new directions of inquiry in condensed matter physics and breaks ground for a new ... more Iran envoy offers nuclear technology to all Muslim states 
Doha (AFP) April 9, 2008Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi told leaders of the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Wednesday that his country was willing to put its controversial nuclear expertise at the service of all Muslim states. "Iran is determined to make the best use of this technology not only for Iran but also for all Muslim states," Shahroudi told a news conference in the Qatari capital ... more Demand For Oil Sands Is Expected To Reach 10 Million bbl In 2008 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2008This cutting-edge report provides details on production Technologies, Market Details, Project Cost Analysis, Major Alberta Projects Inventory, and, Market Outlook and Opportunities. With most of the world's known oil reserves concentrated in just a few countries, unconventional energy resources, such as oil sands, are now seen as a viable alternative to conventional oil and gas resources, and an ... more
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