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Kearneysville WV (SPX) Jul 03, 2008To meet increasing consumer demands for healthy, high-quality fruit, commercial growers in the United States are ramping up production of blueberries. Domestic production of this tiny antioxidant-packed "super food" has increased in seven Southeastern states, accounting for almost one-third of the U.S. acreage of two of the most popular types of blueberries. Looking for ways to ... more Poor countries should set climate targets: Brazil leader 
Tokyo (AFP) July 2, 2008Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged developing countries, including his own, to join rich nations in setting targets to reduce emissions blamed for global warming. "All participants, including our country, should set a reduction target in accordance with their own emissions of greenhouse gases," Lula said in an interview with Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper published ... more New Map IDs The Core Of The Human Brain 
Bloomington IN (SPX) Jul 03, 2008An international team of researchers has created the first complete high-resolution map of how millions of neural fibers in the human cerebral cortex -- the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher level thinking -- connect and communicate. Their groundbreaking work identified a single network core, or hub, that may be key to the workings of both hemispheres of the brain. ... more Invisible Waves Shape Continental Slope 
Austin TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2008A class of powerful, invisible waves hidden beneath the surface of the ocean can shape the underwater edges of continents and contribute to ocean mixing and climate, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have found. The scientists simulated ocean conditions in a laboratory aquarium and found that "internal waves" generate intense currents when traveling at the same angle as ... more Extinction risks vastly underestimated: study 
Paris (AFP) July 2, 2008Some endangered species may face an extinction risk that is up to a hundred times greater than previously thought, according to a study released Wednesday. By overlooking random differences between individuals in a given population, researchers may have badly underestimated the perils confronting threatened wildlife, it said. "Many larger populations previously considered relatively safe ... more |
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Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day's worth of nutrition in a single meal. The researchers have further engineered the cassava plant so it can resist the crop's most damaging viral threats and are refining methods to reduce ... more Anti-retroviral drug cocktails slash AIDS deaths: study 
Washington (AFP) July 1, 2008Anti-retroviral drug therapy has slashed AIDS death rates in the first five years after infection to equal the normal death rates in developed countries, scientists said Tuesday. In a report published in the July 2 edition of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers said the use of multiple anti-retroviral drug "cocktails" to fight HIV/AIDS infections -- called high ... more Shanghai knifing toll rises as sixth policeman dies: reports 
Shanghai (AFP) July 2, 2008The death toll from a stabbing rampage by an unemployed man at a Shanghai police station rose to six on Wednesday after another officer died of his injuries, state media reported. The Shanghai Evening Post said a sixth police officer had died from the attack by Yang Jia, 28, who has been reported as seeking revenge after being arrested in October on suspicion of bicycle theft. The paper ... more Revenge blast in China injures 12: state media 
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2008A man angry over the demolition of an illegal structure he owned in central China blew up two bottles of compressed gas in an attack on Wednesday that hurt 12 people, state media said. The man, identified as Tian Kaiyou, lit the gas cylinders on fire and then drove them to a local government office in Zhangjiajie in Hunan province, the China News Service said. The resulting explosion ... more China pointing new missiles at Taiwan: newspaper 
Taipei (AFP) July 2, 2008A Taiwanese newspaper on Wednesday said China was pointing new ballistic missiles at the island despite improving ties that will see direct charter flights begin this week. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) have built a new ballistic missile base on China's southeastern coast opposite Taiwan and replaced missiles already deployed with improved versions, the China Times said. Taiwan's ... more |
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Madrid (AFP) July 2, 2008Carbon capture and storage (CSS) is fast becoming the oil industry's favourite solution to the climate crisis but the seductive simplicity of the idea masks a series of doubts about its viability. In its simplest form, CSS consists of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) as it is released into the atmosphere, compressing it and then pumping it back into depleted oil and gas fields or other safe ... more Weather clouds future of biofuels 
New York (UPI) Jul 1, 2008 U.S. energy experts say recent storms and flooding highlight the risk of the nation's increasing reliance on corn for fuel. The cost of filling U.S. gas tanks could soon be influenced "as much by hail in Iowa as by the bombing of an oil pipeline in Nigeria," The New York Times reported Tuesday. "We are holding ourselves hostage to the weather," ethanol expert John M. Reilly of ... more Standards Set For Energy-Conserving LED Lighting 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing the first two standards for solid-state lighting in the United States. This new generation lighting technology uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) instead of incandescent filaments or fluorescent tubes to produce illumination that ... more Onset Data Loggers Aid Indoor Air Quality Research In Test Homes Across USA 
Bourne MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Relative humidity levels are often ignored in homes despite the fact that unsuitable levels can be unhealthy, increase heating and cooling costs, damage building components, and affect comfort levels. Research has shown that high-relative humidity levels also support the growth of dust mites, molds and bugs that can lead to increased allergy symptoms and reduce indoor air quality (IAQ). ... more Iran warns about attack amid mixed signals on nuclear crisis 
Madrid (AFP) July 2, 2008Iran warned Wednesday of a fierce response and radically higher oil prices if the country was attacked, but also signalled possible progress in its five-year nuclear standoff with the West. "Iran, if there were any kind of activity of any sort, is not going to be quiet and would react fiercely," Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said here when asked what Tehran would do in the event ... more
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