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Explorers Census Hard-To-See Sea LifeWashington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2010 Ocean explorers are puzzling out Nature's purpose behind an astonishing variety of tiny ocean creatures like microbes and zooplankton animals - each perhaps a ticket-holder in life's lottery, awaiting conditions that will allow it to prosper and dominate. The inventory and study of the hardest-to-see sea species - tiny microbes, zooplankton, larvae and burrowers in the sea bed, which together underpin almost all other life on Earth - is the focus of four of 14 field projects of the Census of Marin ... read more |
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Norwich, UK (SPX) Apr 29, 2010To evolve or not to evolve? That is the question scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are closer to answering following a groundbreaking new study into the colourful hamlet fish. Little is known about the way species evolve in the vast marine environment. The new findings, published online by the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography, significantly improve our understanding ... more  
Granada, Spain (SPX) Apr 29, 2010Scientists from the University of Granada, Spain, have generated artificial human skin by tissular engineering basing on agarose-fibrin biomaterial. The artificial skin was grafted onto mice, and optimal development, maturation and functionality results were obtained. This pioneering finding will allow the clinical use of human skin and its use in many laboratory tests on biological tissue ... more  
Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2010Authorities in China have seized more than seven million toxic disposable food containers, state media reported Wednesday, in the latest product safety scare to hit the nation. Seven companies in the eastern province of Jiangxi were busted for manufacturing the long-banned foam boxes using plastic waste and fluorescent whitening agents, the official China Daily newspaper said. Disposable ... more |
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Sadr: Renegotiate 'illegal' Iraq oil dealsBaghdad (UPI) Apr 28, 2010 The political bloc led by firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who will likely decide who will govern in the wake of inconclusive March elections, has demanded that "illegal" contracts signed with foreign oil companies in 2009 be negotiated. If he has his way, and that's a distinct possibility given his current kingmaker status, it could jeopardize Iraq's ambitious reconstruction plans and alter the dynamics of the global oil market. Sadr's bloc insists the 20-year contracts, under which so ... read more |
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