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NASA Tracks A Green Planet Called Earth
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
NASA's satellite imagery, combined with high-resolution commercial imagery, is giving scientists new insight into the changing appearance of our planet on a regional scale, and whether it is due to human activity or extreme climate. Researchers from NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, Calif., analyzed several years of ima ... read more

Imaging Study Illustrates How Memories Change In The Brain Over Time
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
A new brain imaging study illustrates what happens to memories as time goes by. The study, in the January 28 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that distinct brain structures are involved in recalling recent and older events. The findings support earlier studies of memory-impaired patients with damage limited to the hippocampus. These patients show deficits in learning new informa ... more

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How Does A Dog Walk? Surprisingly, Many Of Us Don't Really Know
Budapest, Hungary (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
Despite the fact that most of us see our four-legged friends walking around every day, most of us-including many experts in natural history museums and illustrators for veterinary anatomy text books-apparently still don't know how they do it. A new study published in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, shows that anatomists, taxidermists, and toy designers get the walking gait of ho ... more

Dog Owners Need To Wash Hands
Manhattan KS (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
Dog owners who sleep with their pet or permit licks on the face are in good company. Surveys show that more than half of owners bond with their pets in these ways. Research done by a veterinarian at Kansas State University found that these dog owners are no more likely to share the same strains of E. coli bacteria with their pets than are other dog owners. Dr. Kate Stenske, a clinica ... more

Climate Change's Impact On Invasive Plants In Western US May Create Restoration Opportunities
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
A new study by researchers at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs has found that global climate change may lead to the retreat of some invasive plant species in the western United States, which could create unprecedented ecological restoration opportunities across millions of acres throughout America. At the same time, global warming may enable other ... more

Natural Selection Is Not The Only Process That Drives Evolution
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
Why have some of our genes evolved rapidly? It is widely believed that Darwinian natural selection is responsible, but research led by a group at Uppsala University, suggests that a separate neutral (nonadaptive) process has made a significant contribution to human evolution. The researchers identified fast evolving human genes by comparing our genome with those of other primates. However, ... more

 

  • New Insights Into A Leading Poultry Disease And Its Risks To Human Health


  • Sociability Traced To Particular Region Of Brain


  • Substantial Work Ahead For Water Issues


  • The Vicuna Is Back From The Brink In South America
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    TECH SPACE
    Astroscale second generation docking plate gains flight heritage
    London, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
    Astroscale Limited has reached a critical threshold with the first in-space deployment of its second-generation (Gen 2) docking plate. This hardware, now traveling aboard SpaceX's Transporter-12 rid ... more
    EdgeCortix unveils SAKURA-I with proven radiation immunity for orbital and lunar ventures
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
    EdgeCortix(R) Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor provider focused on low-power Artificial Intelligence (AI) computation at the edge, reports that its SAKURA-I AI Accelerator has shown strong radi ... more
    Orbex lands D-Orbit deal prior to first mission this year
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
    UK-based launch services provider Orbex has finalized a new commercial agreement with D-Orbit, a leading name in space transportation and logistics. This move highlights Orbex's advancing role in th ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
    Boston MA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
    Drone shows are an increasingly popular form of large-scale light display. These shows incorporate hundreds to thousands of airborne bots, each programmed to fly in paths that together form intricat ... more
    Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes
    San Francisco (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
    Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance. ... more
    EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI uses
    Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
    Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Tuesday what types of artificial intelligence tools are to be outlawed as too dangerous under the bloc's pioneering AI Act. ... more

     
    Ocean Power Technologies And LM Collaborate On Wave Power Project
    Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
    Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies have announced they have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in the development of a utility-scale wave power generation project in North America. Lockheed Martin and OPT intend to enter into an agreement under which OPT would provide its project and site development expertise, build the power take-off and control systems of the plant, and ... more

    New Catalyst Paves The Path For Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cells
    Upton NY (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
    A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and Yeshiva University, has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible. The highly efficient catalyst performs two crucial, and previously unreachable steps needed to oxidize ethanol and produce cle ... more

    N-Viro Fuel Technology Receives Alternative Energy Status From US EPA
    Toledo OH (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
    N-Viro International announces its renewable biofuel technology, N-Viro Fuel, has satisfied guidelines set forth by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to qualify as an alternative energy source that may be utilized in commercial power generation. Attaining this status means that N-Viro Fuel technology is now eligible to qualify for certain economic incentives that are granted a ... more

    Mass Megawatts Announces Sale Of Wind Power Plant Components
    Worcester MA (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
    Mass Megawatts Wind Power has received $35,000 from the sale of wind turbine parts to a private energy plant developer for a pilot project of future joint ventures related to building wind power plants. In this project and future proposed projects, Mass Megawatts supplies the technology and key components while the energy plant development company provides financing and much of the site co ... more

     

  • Bio-Ethanol To Provide 10 Percent Of Transport Fuels By 2010


  • December OPEC Oil Output Fell To 30.74 Million Barrels Per Day


  • Wind Energy Jobs To Double By 2020


  • Verenium Announces First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Project
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    NUKEWARS
    Trump reinstates 'maximum pressure' campaign on Iran
    Washington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025
    President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum to restore the so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran from his first administration, which failed to achieve its goal of bringing about a new deal with Tehran to prevent it from securing a nuclear weapon. Instead, the Middle Eastern country has escalated its nuclear weapons program. ... more
    Ex-UK soldier jailed for 14 years for spying for Iran
    London (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
    A former British soldier who sparked a manhunt after escaping from prison before his trial was sentenced by a UK court on Monday to 14 years for spying for Iran. ... more
    US Navy awards Lockheed Martin $383M for advanced strategic missile development
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
    Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $383 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to advance the next iteration of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile, reinforcing ... more

    SUPERPOWERS
    Trump in 'no rush' to speak with China's Xi despite tariff battle
    Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
    US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was not in a hurry to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, despite expectations that they would hold talks after announcing tit-for-tat tariffs in a growing trade conflict. ... more
    Trump trade threats overshadow European defence meet
    Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
    The threat of a transatlantic trade war loomed large Monday over a gathering of European leaders aimed at boosting the continent's defences in the face of an aggressive Russia. ... more
    Eyeing Trump and Putin, EU, UK, NATO leaders talk defence
    Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
    EU leaders huddle Monday with Britain's prime minister and the head of NATO to discuss efforts to boost Europe's defences faced with an aggressive Russia - as Donald Trump demands America's allies spend much more. ... more

    IRAQ WARS
    Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures ravaged by IS
    Nimrud, Iraq (AFP) Jan 9, 2025
    A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. ... more
    Declassified files show UK anger at Chirac over Iraq
    London (AFP) Dec 31, 2024
    Newly-declassified UK government documents published Tuesday reveal the frustrations of then-prime minister Tony Blair and his government with French leader Jaques Chirac for blocking UN-backed military action in Iraq in 2003. ... more
    Iraq's prohibition zeal threatens Baghdad's boozy subculture
    Baghdad (AFP) Dec 22, 2024
    The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. ... more

    THE STANS
    China eases travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains 'severe' controls: report
    Beijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
    China has eased travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains "severe restrictions" on those seeking to go abroad or visit family in Xinjiang, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said Monday. ... more
    Turkey FM calls for regional cooperation to fight PKK
    Baghdad (AFP) Jan 26, 2025
    Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for combined regional efforts to combat outlawed Kurdish fighters in Iraq and neighbouring Syria during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday. ... more
    Turkey says will fight terror after death of Iraqi border guards
    Istanbul (AFP) Jan 25, 2025
    Turkey vowed on Saturday to work closely with Iraq to secure their common frontier after two Iraqi border guards were killed in a shooting blamed on outlawed PKK militants. ... more
     

  • Union Leader Urges The Government To Push Ahead With Nuclear Energy
  • US DoA Awards Range Fuels A Loan Guarantee
  • Snap-on Industrial Prepares For Job Expansion In Wind Power Industry
  • Gilat SkyEdge Network To Serve Hundreds Of Sites In Kazakhstan
  • New Study Shows Climate Change Irreversible
  • The Orbiting Carbon Observatory And The Mystery Of The Missing Sinks
  • Scientists Identify Bacteria That Increase Plant Growth
  • Science In The Stratosphere

  • Dramatic Expansion Of Dead Zones In The Oceans
  • Risk Factors That Affected World Trade Center Evacuation
  • Paperless Hospitals Are Better For Patients
  • Move Over, Sponges
  • Great Speciators Explained: It's Intrinsic
  • WHO says no evidence of China bird flu epidemic
  • U.S. honey producers question imports
  • UNICEF needs soar past one billion dollars

  • Sudanese forces renew Darfur bombardment
  • Scientists try to build a synthetic brain
  • Recession overshadows NY Chinatown party
  • Obama urged to pressure China on human rights
  • Obama begins teardown of Bush climate policy
  • Nepal, India put rampaging flood river back on original course
  • Iceland raises whaling quota to allow 300 kills a year
  • Global warming 'irreversible' for next 1000 years: study



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