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  Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Jan 01, 2023 Some people do such smart and difficult things that it's hard to see what in the world they might have to do with you and me, so we just shrug them off. But that's often the wrong response. What if you had a simple gadget at home that could tell you why you're feeling so lousy? What if this gadget could within short order check whether you have COVID or the flu - or maybe it would even pick up that you have diabetes without knowing it? The device could figure all this out without you having ... read more |
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China slams 'unacceptable' Covid curbs on travellers from its territoryBeijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory "unacceptable" on Tuesday after more than a dozen countries placed fresh Covid curbs on visitors from the world's most populous nation. ... more 
'Majority' of EU wants tests on passengers from China, Experts sceptical Brussels (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 An "overwhelming majority" of the EU's 27 member countries want passengers coming from China to be systematically tested for Covid before departure, the European Commission said on Tuesday. ... more 
EU 'offer stands' to send Covid jabs to ChinaBrussels (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 The EU said Tuesday it is prepared to send Covid vaccines to China as it grapples with a surge in coronavirus infections after lifting its "zero-Covid" policy. ... more 
Elderly patients fill hospitals in Shanghai Covid surgeShanghai (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 Coughing, groaning, and gasping for breath, elderly Covid patients crammed hospital corridors in Shanghai on Tuesday as a wave of Covid-19 cases raged through the Chinese megacity. ... more |
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Spain govt defends flood response and offers new aid
Spain govt defends flood action as it offers new aid Moderately strong quake hits off central Japan Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20 16 dead, seven missing in Indonesia flood: disaster agency Storm Bert bring widespread flooding in Britain Landslide kills nine in DR Congo Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK are Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK Storm Bert wreaks havoc across UK and Ireland |
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Up to 70% of Shanghai population infected with Covid: top doctorShanghai (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 A senior doctor at one of Shanghai's top hospitals has said 70 percent of the megacity's population may have been infected with Covid-19 during China's huge surge in cases, state media reported Tuesday. ... more
Why China's Covid wave is stirring fearBeijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. ... more  
Black carbon aerosols accelerate loss of glacial mass over the Tibetan plateauBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 01, 2023 Black carbon aerosols are produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, and are characterized by strong light absorption. Black carbon deposition in snow/ice reduces the albedo ... more 
Study identifies new cause of melting Antarctic ice shelvesNorwich UK (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic. An international team of scientists found that adjacent ice shelves play a role in causing i ... more |
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NASA: New topography satellite masts unfurl successfullyWashington DC (UPI) Dec 29, 2021 NASA said on Wednesday that the large mast and antenna panels on its new Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite successfully unfurled last week over a four-day process. ... more  
Self-assembling proteins can store cellular "memories"Boston MA (SPX) Jan 03, 2023 As cells perform their everyday functions, they turn on a variety of genes and cellular pathways. MIT engineers have now coaxed cells to inscribe the history of these events in a long protein chain ... more  
Rwandan tree carbon stock mapped from aboveCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 As the first country, Rwanda can now present a national inventory based on a mapping of the carbon stock of each individual tree. Researchers at University of Copenhagen have developed a method to a ... more  
Coral bleaching causing 'unnecessary' fish fightsParis (AFP) Jan 4, 2023 Fish that have lost food due to mass coral bleaching are getting into more unnecessary fights, causing them to expend precious energy and potentially threatening their survival, new research said Wednesday. ... more |
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Microplastics deposited on the seafloor triple in 20 yearsBarcelona. Spain (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 The total amount of microplastics deposited on the bottom of oceans has tripled in the past two decades with a progression that corresponds to the type and volume of consumption of plastic products ... more  
Slime for the climate, delivered by brown algaeBremen, Germany (SPX) Dec 29, 2022 Brown algae are true wonder plants when it comes to absorbing carbon dioxide from the air. They even outcompete forests on land in this, and thus play a decisive role for the atmosphere and our clim ... more  
'Brutal' storm bears down on CaliforniaLos Angeles (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 Some "brutal" weather was bearing down on California on Tuesday, with forecasters warning torrential rain and widespread flooding this week could prove deadly. ... more 
Satellite images show lack of snow in the Italian AlpsWessling, Germany (SPX) Jan 01, 2023 The snow line in the Italian Alps last spring was at an average altitude of 400 metres, in some regions even almost a kilometre higher than usual. This was determined by researchers at the German Ae ... more  
Hong Kong court allows cardinal to attend Benedict funeralHong Kong (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 A 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal arrested last year under the city's national security law received court permission on Tuesday to attend the funeral of former pope Benedict XVI, a source told AFP. ... more |
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 Lyon (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 
A mayor in the French Alps famous for fighting mass tourism on the Mont Blanc has come under fire for filing a legal complaint against two people camping on the mountain's peak.
Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, has for years sounded the alarm against overcrowding on western Europe's highest peak, which is climbed each year by up to 20,000 people.
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 San Jose CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2023 
Momentus has seen its second demonstration flight of the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) launched into low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission earlier today. Momentus established contact with its Vigoride vehicle on its first orbital pass and confirmed that both solar arrays are deployed, and the vehicle is generating power and charging its batteries.
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 Phnom Penh (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 
Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Monday ordered the creation of conservation zones on the Mekong river to protect critically endangered dolphins, after three were killed by fishing nets and lines last month.
The Irrawaddy dolphins, known for their bulging foreheads and short beaks, once swam through much of the mighty Mekong but in recent decades have been limited to a 190-km (118-mile) stretch ... more |
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 Norwich UK (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 
Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic. An international team of scientists found that adjacent ice shelves play a role in causing instability in others downstream.
The study, led by the University of East Anglia in the UK, also identified that a small ocean gyre - a system of circulating ocean currents - next to the Thwaite ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2023 
U.S. cereal crops such as corn, rice, and wheat feed hundreds of millions of Americans and millions more around the world. Ensuring active defense of these and other staple food grasses is a critical national security priority.
DARPA's Foundational Security for Food Systems (FS2) program will explore a pathway-based approach to provide advanced threat detection and warning of crop damage i ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Dec 29, 2022 
Four people died in the southern Philippines after being hit by a landslide, authorities said Thursday, taking the nationwide death toll from recent rains to at least 39.
Rescuers were still searching for more than two dozen other people missing after heavy downpours over the Christmas weekend caused flooding and landslides across central and southern regions.
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) Dec 29, 2022 
Authorities were probing a new attempt to "destabilise" Burkina Faso involving a decorated senior officer, according to the military prosecutor.
One of the world's poorest countries, Burkina has already seen two coups by disgruntled army officers this year that have put the military in power.
"The first elements" of an inquiry opened after information from a whistleblower revealed that " ... more |
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 Comanesti, Romania (AFP) Dec 31, 2022 
Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin costume as he prances to the exhilarating sound of drums, flutes and whistles to welcome the New Year.
The parade Cosmin stars in has ancient roots and is increasingly a tourist attraction in Romania, especially for youngsters looking to reconnect with national traditions.
Performing in a costume made of real bearskin an ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 
Switzerland recorded its highest-ever January temperatures north of the Alps Sunday, thermometers hitting 20.2 degrees Celsius (68.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the town of Delemont.
MeteoSwiss, Switzerland's national weather and climate service, said January heat records fell at several monitoring stations on the north side of the Alps mountain range, due to warm winds from the southwest.
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2023 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today successfully launched 36 SuperDove satellites, its Flock 4y, to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Planet team has established contact with all 36 SuperDoves and has kicked off their automated commissioning process. This marks the company's 32nd successful launch, totaling over 500 satellites lau ... more |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 
An international team of researchers has uncovered an extremely rare piece of evidence that dinosaurs ate mammals. The foot of a small mammal about the size of a mouse was found preserved inside the gut contents of a Microraptor zhaoianus, a small feathered dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. There is a lone ear ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil's president, vowing to fight for the poor and the environment and "rebuild the country" after far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro's divisive administration.
The 77-year-old veteran leftist, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took the oath of office before Congress, capping a remarkable political comeback for the me ... more |
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 Daegu, South Korea (SPX) Jan 01, 2023 
Professor Lee Jong-won's team of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST (President: Kuk Yang), together with Professor Moon Jang-hyeok's team from the Chung-Ang University, announced the development of solid electrolytes with enhanced atmospheric stability on Wednesday, December 7.
Lithium ion batteries are widely used as energy storage systems for electronic products an ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 29, 2022 
An elephant fatally gored its handler in a nature reserve on the Malaysian side of the island of Borneo, on Christmas Day, park officials said Thursday.
The handler was tending to an injured elephant calf when another captured elephant suddenly gored him "very severely" in the chest, Augustine Tuuga, the director of the park in Sabah state, told AFP.
He added that Fred Lanson, 49, "died ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 30, 2022 
China's top lawmaking body gave Hong Kong leader John Lee the power on Friday to bar foreign lawyers from national security trials, removing the decision from the city's courts.
Critics said the decision created a "dual state" in Hong Kong's justice system and turned its national security committee, controlled by top Hong Kong and Beijing officials, into an "omnipotent authority" that could ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 
As the first country, Rwanda can now present a national inventory based on a mapping of the carbon stock of each individual tree. Researchers at University of Copenhagen have developed a method to achieve this task in collaboration with Rwandan authorities and researchers.
"Large uncertainties exist for the current forest assessments internationally. By mapping the carbon stock of all indi ... more |
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