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  Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 The long-held dream of chemists to observe the structural dynamics of a single molecule have been now made possible. Single molecules sized about 1 nanometer (nm, 1 billionth of a meter) exist in a volatile state under ambient conditions. Considering that the Coronavirus, which is about 100 nm in size, spreads rapidly in the air shows how difficult it is to observe a single molecule. Recently, a Korean research team has discovered a reliable way to observe single molecules at room temperature by capping ... read more |
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541-million-year-old 3D fossil algae reveal modern-looking ancestry of the plant kingdomToronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of algae called Protocodium sinense which predates the origin of land plants and modern animals and provides new insight into the early divers ... more  
Spire Global awarded $10M NOAA contract to deliver satellite weather dataVienna VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), has been awarded as part of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order 5 of the contract issued by the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administ ... more 
How do satellites monitor the ozone layerParis (ESA) Sep 22, 2022 The ozone layer in our upper atmosphere protects Earth from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. The use of human-produced chemicals in our atmosphere used for many years depleted Earth's o ... more 
HawkEye 360 adds new radar and communication signals to RFGeoHerndon VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, has announced two new signals available as part of its RFGeo signal mapping product: ... more |
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Tanzania's ruling party wins landslide victory in local vote
At least 15 dead, 113 missing, in Uganda landslides Flood-hit Spain introduces 'climate leave' for workers 'Nothing left': Flood-hit Spanish town struggles one month on At least 15 dead, 113 missing, after Uganda landslides Indonesia's North Sumatra landslide death toll rises to 27 One dead, thousands displaced as floods hit southern Thailand At least 30 feared dead after Uganda landslides: official Senegal signs off on ruling party's parliament landslide Spain govt defends flood response and offers new aid |
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BlackSky gets $14M in new orders to monitor critical global economic activityHerndon VA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has received a combined total of $13.8 million of orders to date within the first year of a five-year National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) contract to ... more  
Chimpanzee stone tool diversityLeipzig, Germany (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 During fieldwork aimed at documenting the stone tool use of a group of wild chimpanzees in the Tai Forest in Cote d'Ivoire in early 2022, the researchers identified and 3D scanned a variety of stone ... more  
Spain grants personhood status to threatened lagoonMadrid (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 Spain granted personhood status Wednesday to a large saltwater lagoon to give its threatened ecosystem better protection, the first time such a measure has been taken in Europe. ... more  
Mexican mangroves have been capturing carbon for 5,000 yearsRiverside CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Researchers have identified a new reason to protect mangrove forests: they've been quietly keeping carbon out of Earth's atmosphere for the past 5,000 years. Mangroves thrive in conditions mos ... more |
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Pacific atoll nations launch global plan to preserve heritageNew York (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 Pacific atoll nations on Wednesday launched a new global partnership to preserve their sovereignty and heritage as their countries disappear under rising seas triggered by climate change. ... more  
Prince William cites queen's love for environment in climate pleaLondon (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 Prince William on Wednesday hailed his late grandmother's passion for the environment as he called for the "fastest change the world has ever known" in transitioning to sustainable energy sources. ... more  
Swiss mull banning factory farmsGeneva (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to ban intensive livestock farming in the largely rural country, which already has some of the world's strictest animal welfare laws. ... more  
Batteries, community spirit help California fight heat waveLong Beach, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 Dire predictions of blackouts in California during a fearsome heat wave this month never came to pass, with technology - and a dose of community spirit - helping the creaking grid through its most testing period ever. ... more |
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Spain, UK making headway on renewable energy: reportNew York (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 Germany, China, Spain and the UK are leading the world's richest nations in the push towards renewable energy, a new report said Tuesday. ... more 
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, the reluctant businessmanNew York (AFP) Sept 15, 2022 Yvon Chouinard built an empire with his outdoor gear brand Patagonia, but the nature enthusiast has never done business like anyone else. And now, aged 83, he's just taken his most drastic step: he has decided to give away the company to fight climate change. ... more 
Scientists discover earliest remnants of opium useWashington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2021 Scientists have discovered the earliest-known residue of opioids, according to research conducted at the University of Tel Aviv published Tuesday. ... more  
DR Congo head of military operations against M23 rebels arrestedKinshasa (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 A senior army commander in the Democratic Republic of Congo heading military operations against the M23 rebel group in the country's east has been arrested, local media and an army source said Tuesday. ... more  
Hong Kongers rush to learn new skills ahead of life abroadHong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2022 Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes - acquiring a new set of skills before heading abroad. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 18, 2022 
Twenty-seven people died en route to a Covid-19 quarantine facility when their bus crashed in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said, in the country's deadliest road accident this year.
The crash took place on a highway in rural Guizhou province when the vehicle carrying 47 people "flipped onto its side", Sandu county police said in a statement on social media.
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 Santa Monica CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
Outpost Technologies Corporation has signed a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA Langley Research Center for the use and development of their flight-tested Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) to provide industry-leading payload Earth return capabilities from orbit.
The SAA enables Outpost to collaborate with NASA on developing HIAD technology for safely retur ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? It's a question that's gaining urgency as interest in marine minerals has grown. The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient, potato-sized rocks called "polymetallic nodules" that contain nickel and cobalt - minerals that are in high demand for the manufacturing of batteries, such as for powering electric vehicles an ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Molecular fossils and machine learning have enabled scientists to build the first charts of Antarctic ocean temperatures over the past 45 million years, offering important insights into future sea level changes.
The team, led by scientists from Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) and Birmingham (UK) say their results suggest we are nearing a 'tipping point' where ocean warming caused by ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2021 
Scientists have discovered the earliest-known residue of opioids, according to research conducted at the University of Tel Aviv published Tuesday.
Researchers found the residue in ceramic vessels discovered at Tel Yehud, a city in the Central District of Israel.
Excavation was done at the request of the Israel Antiquities Authority, while the research was done in conjunction with ... more |
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 San Juan (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
Hurricane Fiona continued its slow and devastating march northward after slamming the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday and leaving a trail of destruction in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Wednesday morning that the storm had grown stronger, registering maximum wind speeds of 130 miles per hour (210 kilometers per hour) as it barreled to ... more |
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 Yaounde (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
Two civilians were killed in Cameroon after being shot by soldiers, the army said Wednesday, the latest violence in a region hit by bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state.
The army said that the "unfortunate incident" happened on Monday in Nylbat-Andek in country's North West - one of Cameroon's two English-speaking regions - after three soldiers disobeyed orders and ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
During fieldwork aimed at documenting the stone tool use of a group of wild chimpanzees in the Tai Forest in Cote d'Ivoire in early 2022, the researchers identified and 3D scanned a variety of stone tools used to crack different nut species.
It has long been shown that various chimpanzee groups possess different tool use cultures involving wooden and stone tools, however, only some groups ... more |
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 London (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
Prince William on Wednesday hailed his late grandmother's passion for the environment as he called for the "fastest change the world has ever known" in transitioning to sustainable energy sources.
The prince, now heir to the throne after Queen Elizabeth II's death, sent a pre-recorded video message to an innovation summit in New York for the annual Earthshot Prize, which he created in 2019 ... more |
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 San Jose CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
AiDash, a leading provider of satellite- and AI-powered solutions, has announced new hazard tree identification capabilities in its Intelligent Vegetation Management System (IVMS).
The innovation, developed and validated in the field with AiDash customers and staff arborists, uses satellite technology and AI to rapidly inspect each and every tree in an entire network - inside and outside t ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of algae called Protocodium sinense which predates the origin of land plants and modern animals and provides new insight into the early diversification of the plant kingdom.
Discovered at a site in China, this 541-million-year-old fossil is the first and oldest green alga from this era to be preserved in three dimensions, enabling the ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2022 
Around 200 health organisations and more than 1,400 health professionals on Wednesday called for governments to establish a binding international treaty on phasing out fossil fuels, which they said pose "a grave and escalating threat to human health".
A letter proposing the "fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty" said it could work similarly to the World Health Organization's Framework Conven ... more |
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 Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Sep 13, 2022 
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is largely involved in a new battery recycling project. LiBinfinity focuses on a holistic concept for recycling materials of lithium-ion batteries. A mechanico-hydrometallurgical process without energy-intensive process steps will be transferred from the lab to an industry-relevant scale.
KIT will then check whether the recycled materials are suited ... more |
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 East Lansing MI (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
Nitrogen may not get the same level of attention as its neighbors on the periodic table, carbon and oxygen. But like its neighbors, it's an element we can't live without.
Nitrogen compounds have important roles in biology, including lowering blood pressure, helping relay signals in our bodies and providing nourishment for plants. In fact, industrially made fertilizers rich in nitrogen have ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2022 
Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes - acquiring a new set of skills before heading abroad.
Savvy businesses have started offering crash courses in subjects like home repair and hairdressing, capitalising on a wave of people departing Hong Kong as China cracks down on dissent and strict pan ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 19, 2022 
The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon so far this year has already surpassed that for all of 2021, according to official figures released Monday that triggered new alarm for the world's biggest rainforest.
Satellite monitoring has detected 75,592 fires from January 1 to September 18, already higher than the 75,090 detected for all of last year, according to the Brazilian space a ... more |
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