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Space Solutions Proposed To Lessen Africa's Vulnerability To Natural DisastersTuscoon AZ (SPX) Jul 19, 2010 Africa faces a mounting number of disasters, such as floods, drought, food security and the spread of diseases, but must also deal with the likely impact of global climate change that could intensify these problems. To help tackle these tragic threats to Africa's human and economic well-being, space-based technologies are being identified. Nearly a 100 decision-makers and senior experts on disaster-risk management from African countries, Europe, the Middle East and America met July 6-9 in Ad ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2010Authorities in China are using over 23 tonnes of oil-eating bacteria to help clean up an oil spill in the Yellow Sea caused by a pipeline explosion and fire at the weekend, state media said Tuesday. Yang Jiesen, head of the research and development division of a Beijing biotechnology company, said the Maritime Safety Administration had placed its order for the bacteria on Saturday, the offic ... more  
Moscow (AFP) July 20, 2010Seventy-one people drowned in Russia in a single day, officials said Tuesday, as many sought relief from a prolonged heatwave by jumping into lakes and rivers. The Russian emergency ministry registered 85 cases of people getting into difficulties in water, with 71 people drowning in the last 24 hours alone, it said on its website Tuesday. "This is a record number of drownings in a 24-hou ... more  
Vienna (AFP) July 20, 2010The world AIDS forum set aside rows about politics and funding on Tuesday, as delegates cheered South African scientists who announced a breakthrough in the quest for a vaginal cream to protect women from HIV. In a packed hall in Vienna, researchers, policymakers and activists gave three standing ovations to a presentation of trial data that some hailed as a landmark in the 29-year war on AI ... more |
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The Friend Of My Enemy Is My EnemyLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2010 A new study analysing interactions between players in a virtual universe game has for the first time provided large-scale evidence to prove an 80 year old psychological theory called Structural Balance Theory. The research, published in PNAS, shows that individuals tend to avoid stress-causing relationships when they develop a society, resulting in more stable social networks. The study, carried out at Imperial College London, the Medical University of Vienna and the Santa Fe Institute, anal ... read more |
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