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Domesticated bee numbers soar amid buzzing demand
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2009The number of domesticated bees is on the rise worldwide despite declining numbers of wild honey bees in the United States and Europe, a study said Thursday. "The honey bee decline observed in the USA and in other European countries including Great Britain, which has been attributed in part to parasitic mites and more recently to colony collapse disorder, could be misguiding us to think that ... more Research Gives Clues For Self-Cleaning Materials, Water-Striding Robots 
Lincoln NB (SPX) May 08, 2009Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water - all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Japan's RIKEN institute. Humans have marveled for millennia at how water beads up and rolls off flowers, caterpillars and some insects, and how insects li ... more NASA Selects Northrop Grumman To Build Earth Science Instrument 
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2009NASA's Langley Research Center has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman to support the design, manufacture, assembly, test and calibration of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, or CERES, Flight Model 6 instrument. The cost-plus-award fee, incentive fee contract has a maximum value of $44.5 million over 10 years. Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems Sector will perform the ... more US Organic Sales Grow By 17.1 Percent In 2008 
Greenfield MA (SPX) May 07, 2009U.S. sales of organic products, both food and non-food, reached $24.6 billion by the end of 2008, growing an impressive 17.1 percent over 2007 sales despite tough economic times, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA), which has made available final results from its 2009 Organic Industry Survey. While the overall economy has been losing ground, sales of organic products reflect ... more 'Ghost fishing' major sea threat: UN report 
Nairobi (AFP) May 6, 2009Lost or discarded fishing nets can continue to catch fish for years and are a growing threat to the planet's marine ecosystem, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday. "The report estimates that abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear in the oceans makes up around 10 percent, (640,000 tonnes) of all marine litter," said a statement from the UN Environment Programme. ... more |
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Watkins Glen NY (SPX) May 07, 2009Farm Sanctuary has released a new report that thoroughly evaluates the animal welfare claims made by agribusiness industry groups, food retailers and third-party certification organizations. As the most comprehensive report of its kind, "The Truth Behind the Labels: Farm Animal Welfare Standards and Labeling Practices" analyzes the criteria used to define such commonly-used marketing phras ... more Crop Models Help Increase Yield per Unit Of Water Used 
Madison WI (SPX) May 07, 2009Crop water use efficiency (WUE, or yield per unit of water used), also known as crop water productivity, can be improved through irrigation management and methods, including deficit irrigation (irrigating less than is required for maximum yields) and supplemental irrigation (irrigating to supplement precipitation so as to avoid crop failure or severe yield decline). Thus, WUE is key for ag ... more Climate Adds Fuel To Asian Wildfire Emissions 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2009In the last decade, Asian farmers have cleared tens of thousands of square miles of forests to accommodate the world's growing demand for palm oil, an increasingly popular food ingredient. Ancient peatlands have been drained and lush tropical forests have been cut down. As a result, the landscape of equatorial Asia now lies vulnerable to fires, which are growing more frequent and having ... more Synthetic Chemical Offers Solution For Crops Facing Drought 
Riverside CA (SPX) May 05, 2009Crops and other plants are constantly confronted with adverse environmental conditions, lowering yield and costing farmers billions of dollars annually. Plants use specialized signals, called stress hormones, to sense difficult times and adapt to stressful conditions to enhance survival. Of the various stress hormones, abscisic acid (ABA), produced naturally by plants, has emerged over the ... more People Of Higher Socioeconomic Status Choose Better Diets 
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 05, 2009As people become more educated, studies have demonstrated that they tend to choose foods that are lower in calories but higher in nutrients. They also pay more. In a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers from the University of Washington compared the eating habits and food costs of a sample of 164 adults in the Seattle, Washington area. ... more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 04, 2009Following the loss of an ice bridge on the Antarctic Wilkins Ice Shelf, the northern ice front is now becoming unstable. The first icebergs broke off at this point on 20 April 2009. This was observed by scientists using the TerraSAR-X Earth observation satellite operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). "We anticipate that, over the nex ... more SolarCraft Helps Sterling Vineyards Switch To Solar 
Novato CA (SPX) May 04, 2009Novato-based SolarCraft announced the completion a 72 kW solar electric system at Sterling Vineyards in the Napa Valley. Sterling's famed aerial tram is now powered by the sun. Each year the celebrated tram carries more than 200,000 visitors to the Sterling Vineyards winery perched 300 feet above the town of Calistoga. "Sterling has long had a commient to sustainable farming practices and ... more NASA's Earth Observatory: A Decade of Earth Science On Display 
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2009In 1968, an Apollo 8 astronaut took the iconic "Earthrise" photograph, reshaping our perspective of our home planet. Perspective has continued to evolve thanks to NASA's fleet of satellites that keep near-constant watch over the changing Earth. But what exactly do these satellites see, and what discoveries are they making? To find out, just visit NASA's Earth Observatory, an online science ... more Search for meteor in Arizona 
Sedona, Ariz., April 27, 2009 Authorities in Arizona said there has been no sign that a large meteor reported in the skies near Sedona made impact with the ground. A spokesman for the Pinewood Fire Department in Munds Hill, near Sedona, said a crew drove up and down Interstate 17 but could find no evidence of the fireball that witnesses said lit up the sky Saturday night, the Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Ariz., rep ... more Search on for Toronto-area meteorite bits
Toronto, April 29, 2009 Canadians living north and northeast of Toronto are being asked to help search for meteorite fragments from a fireball last month. In a release, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the University of Western Ontario in London said analysis of a network of sky camera footage shows a slow-moving fireball swept eastward on March 15 at 8:37 p.m. near the small city of Newmarket. T ... more
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