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Pathogens Float On Tiny Clumps Of Aquatic DetritusWashington DC (SPX) May 18, 2010 Researchers have found evidence that "marine snow"--aggregates of organic material floating in water bodies--may act as microscopic, island-like refuges for pathogens, or disease-causing organisms. This detritus may skew water sampling procedures and mathematical models used to predict the transmission of waterborne diseases to humans. The scientists responsible for these findings, funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF)-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID ... read more |
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New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 17, 2010BP said Monday that about 20 percent of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is being swallowed up by its insertion tube system and no longer feeding a giant slick off Louisiana. The British energy giant also said it was gearing up for an operation called a "top kill" to inject tonnes of heavy drilling "mud" into the well to stanch the flow before permanently sealing it with cement. " ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 17, 2010More than two million Chinese youths die each year from health problems related to indoor air pollution, with nearly half of them under five years of age, state media cited a government study as saying. The study released by the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said indoor pollution levels can often be 5-10 times higher than those measured in the nation's notoriously bad outdo ... more  
Indianapolis IN (SPX) May 18, 2010Virtual humans are increasingly taking on roles that were once reserved for real humans. A study by researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis explores how appearance, motion quality and other characteristics of computer-generated characters may impact the moral and ethical decisions of their viewers. The research, publi ... more |
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Key US oil oversight official steps down following spillWashington (AFP) May 17, 2010 Chris Oynes, a top official overseeing offshore energy for the US Minerals Management Service - an agency blamed for lax inspection in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill - announced his retirement Monday, his agency said. Oynes was named in 2007 as the associate director of the Offshore Energy and Minerals Management Program in the MMS, with responsibilities including administering the Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas program. "After 35 years of service he will be retiring from the agency," an of ... read more |
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