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West, Central Africa seen as major source of next new disease
Paris (AFP) April 30, 2008West and Central Africa are emerging as the major potential sources for the next new infectious disease, a study released on Wednesday said. Deforestation in these regions is forcing wild animals that are a natural host for pathogens into ever smaller areas and into ever likelier contact with fast-growing human populations, it said. The paper, published in the British journal Proceedings ... more Global warming? Next decade could be cooler, says study 
Paris (AFP) April 30, 2008Global warming could take a break in the next decade thanks to a natural shift in ocean circulations, although Earth's temperature will rise as previously expected over the longer term, according to a study published on Thursday in the British journal Nature. Climate scientists in Germany base the prediction on what they believe is an impending change in the Gulf Stream -- the conveyor belt ... more Scientists Collect Data To Aid Afghanistan Reconstruction 
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2008Policymakers, potential private investors, and the public received valuable new information today to help identify fault lines and the potential location of undiscovered water, oil and gas, and non-fuel mineral resources in Afghanistan. Data were collected by U.S. Geological Survey scientists, who flew over Afghanistan and conducted an airborne geophysical and photographic survey of the country. ... more Researchers Develop Method For Transmitting Medical Images Via Cell Phones 
Jerusalem (SPX) May 01, 2008A process to transmit medical images via cellular phones that has been developed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher has the potential to provide sophisticated radiological diagnoses and treatment to the majority of the world's population lacking access to such technology. This would include millions in developing nations as well as those in rural areas of developed countries who live ... more Scientists Discover New Ocean Current 
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 01, 2008Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. They're also finding that as the temperature of the Earth is warming, large fluctuations in these ... more |
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Luanda (AFP) April 30, 2008Angola's embassy in Beijing has been issuing up to 500 visas every day this year for Chinese to travel to the southern African country, state news agency Angop reported on Wednesday. "We're issuing on average 400 to 500 visas per day," more than "the 200 initially anticipated," Ambassador Joao Manuel Bernardo was quoted as saying. Joao Bernardo said the increased number of visa requests ... more Did Dust Storms Make The Dust Bowl Drought Worse 
New York NY (SPX) May 01, 2008The Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s was one of the worst environmental disasters of the Twentieth Century anywhere in the world. Three million people left their farms on the Great Plains during the drought and half a million migrated to other states, almost all to the West. But the Dust Bowl drought was not meteorologically extreme by the standards of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. ... more Burundi air force bombs rebel bases 
Bujumbura (AFP) April 30, 2008Burundi's air force bombed rebel positions northwest of the capital Bujumbura on Wednesday, military officials said, after two days of violent clashes left at least 21 people dead. "The air force repeatedly flew over the Rukoko swamp and bombed FNL fighter units," army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Adolphe Manirakiza told AFP, but gave no toll. The sound of air raids could be heard in ... more Walker's World: French births soar 
Washington, April 30, 2008 The news that France has overtaken Ireland to boast the highest birthrate in Europe is intriguing for three different reasons. The first is that for a Europe that is worried about too few children being born to support the fast-growing numbers of elderly retirees, it suggests that public policy can make a difference. France now pays any mother with a third child about $1,200 in child ... more Spain approves emergency scheme for drought-hit Barcelona 
Madrid (AFP) April 29, 2008The Spanish parliament Tuesday approved a 180-million-euro (280-million-dollar) scheme to channel water from the river Ebro to combat the worst drought in decades in the region around the northeastern city of Barcelona. The ruling Socialist Party and the conservative opposition Popular Party backed the measure, which would ensure drinking water supplies for around five million people in the ... more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2008The Earth's crust is, on global average around 40 kilometres deep. In relation to the total diameter of the Earth with approx. 12800 kilometres this appears to be rather shallow, but precisely these upper kilometres of the crust, the human habitat, is of special interest for us. Europe's crust shows an astonishing diversity: for example the crust under Finland is as deep as one only expects for ... more Kenya's food aid under pressure as prices rise 
Molo, Kenya (AFP) April 30, 2008As soaring food prices rattle the planet, few feel the crunch like those who already could not afford a meal before the crisis -- including tens of thousands Kenyans displaced by unrest. Some 300,000 people were displaced by ethnic violence in the country following December's election. With nothing to their name and dim prospects of a return to their land, many are now praying that already ... more Japan's TEPCO reports big loss after quake hits nuke plant 
Tokyo (AFP) April 30, 2008Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the world's largest nuclear plant which was hit by an earthquake last year, on Wednesday reported an annual loss of about 1.4 billion dollars. It was the first time the firm has plunged into the red at the group level since it began releasing consolidated earnings in 1994, a company spokesman said. A powerful quake in July 2007 caused a slew ... more Graphene-Based Gadgets May Be Just Years Away 
Manchester, UK (SPX) May 01, 2008Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced tiny liquid crystal devices with electrodes made from graphene - an exciting development that could lead to computer and TV displays based on this technology. Writing in the American Chemical Society's journal Nano Letters, Dr Kostya Novoselov and colleagues from The School of Physics and Astronomy and The School of Computer Science ... more Heat Transfer Between Materials Is Focus Of New Research Grant 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 01, 2008Managing heat is a major challenge for engineers who work on devices from jet engines to personal electronics to nano-scale transistors. A team led by a University of Michigan mechanical engineer has received a five-year, $6.8-million grant from the Air Force to examine this problem, which is a barrier to more powerful, efficient devices. Led by Kevin Pipe, an assistant professor in the ... more
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