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Indian state facing famine after rat plague: report
Manila (AFP) July 10, 2008A million people in northeastern India face famine after rats destroyed most of the rice crop in their state, the International Rice Research Institute has said. The 2007 infestation spread over to the border areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar in early 2008, "increasing fears of widespread food shortages," the Philippines-based institute said. It left the Indian state of Mizoram, home to ... more Ozone-Friendly Replacement Gases Will Be Disastrous For Global Warming 
London, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2008The recent decision to accelerate the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) - air conditioning and refrigeration gases will in fact, vastly undermine efforts to reduce global warming if proper precautions are not taken, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has warned. As parties meet this week in Bangkok under the Montreal Protocol to discuss ways to reduce demand for HCFCs ... more Pocket-Sized Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
St. Ingbert, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2008The term "MRI scan" brings to mind the gigantic, expensive machines that are installed in hospitals. But research scientists have now developed small portable MRI scanners that perform their services in the field: for instance to examine ice cores. Magnetic resonance imaging yields deep insights - into the atomic structure of a biomolecule, for instance, or into the tissues of a patient's ... more UC San Diego Undergraduates Forge New Area Of Bioinformatics 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2008A group of undergraduate students from the University of California San Diego have forged a new area of bioinformatics that may improve genomic and proteomic annotations and unlock a collection of stubborn biological mysteries. Their work will be published in the July issue of the journal Genome Research. The new area of bioinformatics is called "comparative proteogenomics," and as the ... more US DoE Joint Genome Institute Announces New Genome Sequencing Projects 
Walnut Creek CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2008In the continuing effort to tap the vast, unexplored reaches of the earth's microbial and plant domains for bioenergy and environmental applications, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has announced its latest portfolio of DNA sequencing projects that it will undertake in the coming year. The 44 projects, culled from nearly 150 proposals received through the Community Sequencing ... more |
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Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jul 11, 2008From toothpaste to technology, noncrystalline or amorphous silica is an active ingredient in a myriad of products that we use in our daily lives. As a minor, but essential component of vertebrate bone, an understanding of silica reactivity in physiological environments is crucial to the development of successful biomedical implants and synthetic materials with bone-like properties. ... more Growing pains for G8 club of rich nations 
Toyako, Japan (AFP) July 10, 2008The global economy has changed dramatically since the leaders of the world's major economies first sat down around a table in a French chateau in 1975 to discuss the first oil shock. More than three decades later after the informal club of rich nations was formed, the Group of Eight is accused of lacking legitimacy by critics who say it must reform if it is to survive. But while the G8 ... more A third of reef-building corals threatened with extinction: scientists 
Geneva (AFP) July 10, 2008A third of reef-building corals worldwide are threatened with extinction due to climate change and water pollution, according to the first global assessment on the marine creature by 39 scientists. Destructive fishing and the degradation of coastal habitats also posed threats, said the study published Thursday involving the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and ... more CO2 Increase In The Atmosphere Augments Tolerance Of Barley To Salinity 
Usurbil, Basque Country (SPX) Jul 11, 2008In future, climate change will bring an increase in salty surfaces on the Earth and in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. However, this higher CO2 has some positive effects on the physiology of barley plants and increases its tolerance to salinity. This is the conclusion of the PhD thesis of Ms Usue Perez-Lopez, defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Barley is ... more China to urgently boost GM crop development 
Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2008China has said it must urgently step up the development of genetically modified crops as it faces mounting challenges to feed its 1.3 billion people due to shrinking arable land and climate change. Newly-approved plans aim to cultivate high-yielding and pest-resistant genetically modified species, the State Council, or cabinet, said in a statement posted on its website late Wednesday. ... more |
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Marseille, Spain (SPX) Jul 11, 2008Sea creatures have evolved over millions of years to maximise efficiency of movement through water; humans have been trying to perfect streamlined designs for barely a century. So shouldn't we be taking more notice of the experts? Biologists and engineers from across the US have been doing just that. By studying the flippers, fins and tails of whales and dolphins, these scientists have ... more Water ban upheld after French nuclear leak 
Marseille, France (AFP) July 10, 2008French authorities Thursday upheld a ban on drinking water following a uranium leak at a nuclear plant in southern France, although the ecology minister insisted there was "no imminent danger" to the local population. Residents have been told not to drink water or eat fish from local rivers after the leak Monday night at the Tricastin plant in the Vaucluse region, in which 75 kilogrammes ... more US welcomes India's decision to move ahead with nuke deal 
Vienna (AFP) July 10, 2008A top US envoy welcomed Thursday India's decision to open up some of its civilian nuclear reactors to UN inspections as a pre-condition for a controversial nuclear cooperation deal between the United States and India. But analysts said the so-called safeguards agreement between India and the International Atomic Energy Agency -- expected to be approved by the UN atomic watchdog's 35-member ... more UN chief renews appeal to Iran to halt uranium enrichment 
United Nations (AFP) July 10, 2008UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday made a fresh appeal to Iran to comply with UN demands that it halt sensitive nuclear fuel work and urged all Middle East parties to pursue peaceful dialogue. "I have been calling on Iranian authorities to fully comply with all relevant Security Council resolutions and continue their negotiations with European Union and concerned parties," he said on his ... more Analysis: Nigeria attacks global oil theft 
Hokkaido, Japan (UPI) Jul 11, 2008A global crackdown on oil theft would aid Nigeria in its efforts to curtail its own growing problem with oil smuggling in the petroleum-rich Niger Delta, President Umaru Yar'Adua said while addressing leaders at the G8 summit earlier this week. "Stolen crude should be treated like stolen diamonds, because they both generate blood money," said Yar'Adua, referring to the estimated ... more
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