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Is This The Beginning Of The End Of Plant Breeding
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2009
No human is a clone of their parents but the same cannot be said for other living things. While your DNA is a combination of half your mother and half your father, other species do things differently. The advantage of clonal reproduction is that it produces an individual exactly like an existing one-which would be very useful for farmers who could replicate the best of their animals or crops ... read more

A New Measure Of Global Warming From Carbon Emissions
Quebec, Canada (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
Damon Matthews, a professor in Concordia University's Department of Geography, Planning and the Environment has found a direct relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. Matthews, together with colleagues from Victoria and the U.K., used a combination of global climate models and historical climate data to show that there is a simple linear relationship between total ... more

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Caribbean Coral Reefs Flattened
Norwich, UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
Coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been comprehensively 'flattened' over the last 40 years, according to a disturbing new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA). The collapse of reef structure has serious implications for biodiversity and coastal defences - a double whammy for fragile coastal communities in the region. It was already known that coral cover in the Caribbe ... more

Greenland Ice Sheet Larger Contributor To Sea-Level Rise
Fairbanks AL (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
The Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes. Study results indicate that the ice sheet may be responsible for nearly 25 percent of global sea rise in the past 13 years. The study also shows that seas now are rising by more than 3 millimeters a year--mo ... more

Newly Discovered Snow Roots Are Evolutionary Phenomenon
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
It may not be the Yeti, but in a remote region of the Russian mountains a previously unknown and entirely unique form of plant root has been discovered. Lead Scientist Professor Hans Cornelissen and his Russian-Dutch team describe this finding in Ecology Letters. The root belongs to the small alpine plant Corydalis conorhiza and unlike normal roots, which grow into soil, they extend upward ... more

Ocean Researchers Get A Shiny New Sphere
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
The deep ocean is not a well-understood environment. It has been only 30 years since hydrothermal vents, and the zoo of bizarre creatures that inhabit them, were first discovered on the Pacific seafloor near the Galapagos Islands. Before that time, the consensus among scientists was that Earth's ocean depths were dead zones. Since then, however, hydrothermal vent systems around the world h ... more

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    TECH SPACE
    Flexential Links Up with Lonestar to Support First Commercial Space Data Center
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025
    Flexential, a prominent provider of secure and adaptive data center solutions, has joined forces with Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. (Lonestar), a leading innovator in lunar infrastructure and Resilien ... more
    Surrey Satellite Opens Advanced Imaging R&D Cleanroom
    London, UK (SPX) Jan 22, 2025
    Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has officially opened its advanced Research and Development Imaging Cleanroom at its Guildford headquarters. This new facility is designed to strengthen the co ... more
    Bright Ascension software powers Czech Republic's largest satellite mission
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2025
    Bright Ascension Ltd., a leading provider of space software technology, has announced the successful deployment of its software aboard the Czech Republic's largest satellite, TROLL. The satellite wa ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    Exploring ethical dimensions of aware AI in Uppsala
    Paris, France (SPX) Jan 22, 2025
    Artificially intelligent systems are increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, from automated vehicles to delivery robots and virtual assistants. As research shifts towards developing systems with ... more
    Young Chinese turn to AI pets for emotional relief
    Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2025
    At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a fluffy AI-powered robot whose soothing chirps remind her that she is not alone. ... more
    Robots should be repurposed to combat e-waste crisis
    London, UK (SPX) Jan 17, 2025
    Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of West England have urged the robotics industry to focus on developing robots that can be reprogrammed and repurposed for alternative t ... more

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    Local fare gets top billing in 'locavore' food trend
    Vancouver, Canada (AFP) June 15, 2009
    The succulent braised rabbit served up at Raincity Grill comes garnished with a mound of curled wild lettuce, harvested from the mountains surrounding Vancouver. In fact, the rabbit itself -- and nearly every other menu item at this trendy beachside restaurant -- is from a nearby farm or producers' market. This west coast Canadian city is a mecca for so-called "locavores" who eat ... more

    Deforestation Causes Boom-Bust Development In The Amazon
    Cambridge, UK (SPX) Jun 16, 2009
    Clearing the Amazon rainforest increases Brazilian communities' wealth and quality of life, but these improvements are short-lived, according to new research published in Science. The study, by an international team including researchers at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London, shows that levels of development revert back to well below national average levels when the ... more

    Study Maps Potential Vulnerability To Heat Waves
    Research Triangle Park NC (SPX) Jun 16, 2009
    A research article published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) describes an approach to identify which U.S. populations within specific geographic regions are likely to be most susceptible to adverse effects of heat, as well as which areas are most in need of intervention. With reports of heat waves increasing in frequency, intensity and duration ... more

    Timetree Of Life
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009
    Scientists and non-scientists now have easy access to information about when living species and their ancestors originated, information that previously was difficult to find or inaccessible. Free access to the information is part of the new Timetree of Life initiative developed by Blair Hedges, a professor of biology at Penn State University, and Sudhir Kumar, a professor of life sciences at ... more

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  • Army of tiny mites breaches ancient China city wall
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  • New Zealand swine flu cases triple
  • Argentina reports first swine flu death
  • India's isolated HIV victims find solace in marriage
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  • National health agencies join to fight chronic diseases
  • Peru suspends plans to exploit Amazon
  • Police cars overturned in south China protest
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  • US Swine Toll Hits 46; FDA Warns Of Phony H1N1 Cures
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  • Storm kills 14 in China, thousands homeless: govt
  • Family tells of grief over British swine flu victim
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  • Hong Kong's air cargo traffic drops 17.6 percent
  • Eye of the storm? Red Sea on the boil
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