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In the developing fetus, cell growth follows a very specific schedule. In the eye's retina, for example, cones - which help distinguish color during the day - develop before the more light-sensitive rods - which are needed for night vision. But minor differences in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the large differences found in the eyes of two species - owl monkeys and capuchin ... read more 
Stanford CA (SPX) May 22, 2009Experts say that more than half of the world's coral reefs could disappear in the next 50 years, in large part because of higher ocean temperatures caused by climate change. But now Stanford University scientists have found evidence that some coral reefs are adapting and may actually survive global warming. "Corals are certainly threatened by environmental change, but this research has rea ... more |
Australian 'green' hydrogen project under threat
Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars CORRECTED: Electric cars take 96% of Norway market in January CORRECTED: Electric cars make up 96% of Norway's new cars in January CORRECTED Electric cars take 96% of Norway market in January Wildfires burning in Argentine Patagonia kills man, hundreds evacuate Flooding in Sicily as month's rain falls in four hours Greece on high alert as quakes shake Santorini island Global warming makes French reservoir a winter resort for migrating cranes 
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Raleigh NC (SPX) May 22, 2009Research by a North Carolina State University biologist and colleagues shows that using landscape corridors, the "superhighways" that connect isolated patches of habitat, to protect certain plants has a large "spillover" effect that increases the number of plant species outside the conservation area. The study found that corridors caused such a wide range of "spillover" beyond the patches ... more  
Port Au Prince (AFP) May 21, 2009Several days of heavy rain has swamped Haiti and left 11 people dead across the poverty-seeped Caribbean nation, officials said Thursday. "We have counted 11 deaths in four regions of the country since the beginning of the week," Alta Jean-Baptiste, director of Haiti's Civil Protection Agency, told AFP. According to Jean-Baptiste, five people died in the department of Artibonite, whose ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2009Thirteen people were killed and four were badly injured Thursday when a fire engulfed a factory in south China, authorities said, in the latest deadly workplace accident to hit the nation. A further 28 people were saved from the blaze in Shantou city in Guangdong province, the provincial fire department said in a statement on its website. According to the official Xinhua news agency, the ... more  
Woods Hole MA (SPX) May 22, 2009The most extensive study of pollutants in marine mammals' brains reveals that these animals are exposed to a hazardous cocktail of pesticides such as DDTs and PCBs, as well as emerging contaminants such as brominated flame retardants. Eric Montie, the lead author on the study currently in press and published online in Environmental Pollution, performed the research as a student in the Wood ... more |
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SPACE ISAC expands member benefits with access to new testbeds networkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) has announced a major new benefit for its members: access to the Accelerating Space Capabilities 100 (ASC-100), an international networ ... more  
Australian innovation detects space phenomena with new technologySydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 29, 2025 The first trial of CRACO, a cutting-edge Australian-developed technology, has uncovered mysterious cosmic objects by analyzing space signals with unprecedented precision. Developed by astronom ... more 
South Korea, Ireland watchdogs to question DeepSeek on user dataSeoul (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Data watchdogs in South Korea and Ireland said Friday they would ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, as governments from around the world turned a spotlight on the service. ... more
  
UK's first AI classroom without teachers sparks debateLondon (AFP) Jan 28, 2025 Britain's first teacherless AI classroom may be an "outlier", but it underlines the potential benefits and risks of a UK government drive to rollout artificial intelligence in education, experts say. ... more 
Life as a chain of machines constructing machinesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 The question of what defines life continues to challenge the biological sciences, with its vast complexity and diversity making it difficult to distill into a single definition. A new study proposes ... more 
OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPTTokyo (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" that can produce detailed reports, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the AI field. ... more
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Redondo Beach CA (SPX) May 22, 2009A key sensor for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) has started its final and most critical environmental test at Northrop Grumman's subcontractor, Raytheon. NPOESS is the nation's next generation low Earth orbiting operational weather and climate monitoring system and will provide timely and essential data to civilian and military users through 2026. ... more 
Miami (AFP) May 21, 2009US government forecasters predicted on Thursday a milder Atlantic storm season this year than in 2008, with four to seven hurricanes, as many as three of them with highly destructive potential. The specialists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said there was a 70 percent probability that nine to 14 tropical storms powerful enough to be named will form during the ... more  
Seoul (AFP) May 21, 2009A South Korean helicopter operating in Somali waters will be fitted with equipment to protect it from possible missile attacks by pirates, officials said Thursday. South Korea has dispatched a destroyer carrying a crew of 300 and a Lynx helicopter to join an international naval force off the east African nation. The helicopter has no proper anti-missile equipment, the Joint Chiefs of ... more  
Kathmandu (AFP) May 21, 2009A Nepalese "Super Sherpa" conquered Mount Everest for a breathtaking 19th time on Thursday, breaking his own previous world record in a climb he dedicated to environmental awareness. Apa Sherpa, 49, reached the summit of the world's highest peak early in the morning, Jitendra Giri, of the Nepalese government's mountaineering department, told AFP. "He reached on top of Everest this mornin ... more |
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NASA radar imagery highlights expanding landslide activity in Los Angeles
GHGSAT Selected as Copernicus Contributing Mission by ESA and EU
Greenland ice crevasses escalate fueling further rise in sea levels |
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