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Where Does Coastal Fish Farm Waste Go
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2009If you are a fish eater, it's likely that the salmon you had for dinner was not caught in the wild, but was instead grown in a mesh cage submerged in the open water of oceans or bays. Fish farming, a relatively inexpensive way to provide cheap protein to a growing world population, now supplies, by some estimates, 30 percent of the fish consumed by humans. Two hundred and twenty species of ... more Good bacteria Can Be EZ Pass For Oral Vaccine Against Anthrax 
Raleigh NC (SPX) Feb 18, 2009Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that the good bacteria found in dairy products and linked to positive health benefits in the human body might also be an effective vehicle for an oral vaccine that can provide immunity to anthrax exposure. The approach could possibly be used to deliver any number of specific vaccines that could block other types of viruses and ... more Bioremediation To Keep Atrazine From Waterways 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2009Farmers around the world are expected to benefit from the successful trial of an enzyme that breaks down the herbicide, atrazine, in run-off water. "When we added the enzyme to a holding dam filled with run-off contaminated with atrazine, more than 90 per cent of it was removed in less than four hours," says CSIRO Entomology's Dr Colin Scott. "Atrazine is a widely used and extremely ... more DigitalGlobe Announces Agreement With Nokia For Use Of Imagery 
Longmont CO (SPX) Feb 17, 2009DigitalGlobe and Nokia have agreed to bring the real-world perspective of high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery to Nokia Maps, both on mobile devices and on Ovi, improving the global driving, hiking and walking navigation capabilities for consumers who use these applications. Through streamlined technology integration and development of a proprietary format for delivering imagery to ... more Doomsday seed vault's stores are growing 
Chicago (AFP) Feb 15, 2009The stores of seeds in a "doomsday" vault in the Norwegian Arctic are growing as researchers rush to preserve 100,000 crop varieties from potential extinction. The imperiled seeds are going to be critical for protecting the global food supply against devastating crop losses as a result of climate change, said Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust. "These ... more |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 17, 2009Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is vital to the proper functioning of a key enzyme in the bacteria. The new method senses minute changes in chemistry related to bacterial health and yields results immediately, unlike conventional ... more Clear Skies Solar Begins Preliminary Engineering On Solar Farm In Cantil 
New York NY (SPX) Feb 17, 2009Clear Skies Solar has initiated project engineering on an $11 million, 3.2MW solar farm in Cantil, CA, to be built on 34 acres of company-owned land. Less than three months ago Ezra Green, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Clear Skies Solar, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal, stating that a California project was stalled due to a lack of funding. Since that time, module ... more ESA Water Mission On Track For Launch 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 16, 2009Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can take place between July and October this year, ESA, CNES and the prime contractor Thales Alenia Space are now making detailed preparations for the last crucial steps before ESA's water mission is placed in orbit. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite has been in storage at Thales Alenia ... more Climate change: 'Feedback' triggers could amplify peril 
Paris (AFP) Feb 15, 2009New studies have warned of triggers in the natural environment, including a greenhouse-gas timebomb in Siberia and Canada, that could viciously amplify global warming. Thawing subarctic tundra could unleash billions of tonnes of gases that have been safely stored in frosty soil, while oceans and forests are becoming less able to suck carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere, according to ... more China says dairy firm's additive is safe 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2009China's health ministry said Saturday an investigation had found a protein additive used by one of the country's top milk producers, Mengniu Dairy, posed no public health risk. However, Mengniu could face punishment for using osteoblast milk protein (OMP) as it is not yet listed in China as a legal food additive, the ministry said in a statement on its website. A government probe into ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Feb 16, 2009AlphaKat, led by Dr. Christian Koch and Global Energy have conducted a first round of municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstock tests as part of the commissioning phase for AlphaKat's first-generation, commercial scale KDV 500 waste-to-diesel process. The KDV 500 is designed to produce 145 gallons (550 liters) of high quality diesel fuel from an average of 1.5 tons of MSW per hour. The trial ... more CSIRO Helps Mars With Sustainable Food Production 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 13, 2009A research partnership between CSIRO and Mars Australia has produced a database and information toolkit that will be available to a wide range of food businesses to help improve their sustainability strategies. "CSIRO has worked with Mars to produce 'life cycle analyses' on a range of Mars's food products that are relevant to almost every major food commodity produced in Australia," said ... more France to maintain ban on Monsanto GMO maize: PM 
Brussels (AFP) Feb 12, 2009France will keep a ban on genetically modified maize from US biotech giant Monsanto until the environmental risks are clarified, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Thursday. "France is maintaining the suspension while it awaits a (European) Commission decision which it will respect," Fillon said at a joint press conference with commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels. ... more Rains bring relief from China drought 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 12, 2009Drought-hit regions of northern China enjoyed rare rain on Thursday and more precipitation was expected in coming days, providing relief from a severe drought that threatened vital wheat crops. The parched capital Beijing shivered under a steady cold rain throughout the day, as did several of the important grain-growing provinces in the northern and eastern parts of the country hit hardest ... more French food agency says GM maize safe 
Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2009France's food watchdog said on Thursday it had concluded that genetically-modified maize from US biotech giant Monsanto is safe, contradicting an earlier report that led to a ban on the maize. The AFSSA report, which became public after it was revealed in the daily Le Figaro, angered environmentalists and embarrassed President Nicolas Sarkozy's government which had resorted to a special EU ... more
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