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 Singapore (AFP) June 21, 2009 
Khoo Teng Chye, the amiable chief of Singapore's water agency, says he has been sleeping soundly since taking office five years ago. Unlike his predecessors at the Public Utilities Board (PUB), Khoo does not have to fret about whether the wealthy but resource-starved island-state will have enough water for its long-term survival and development. Thanks to technology, Singapore now has ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2009A drought in Tibet has intensified into the region's worst in three decades, leaving thousands of hectares parched and killing more than 13,000 head of cattle, China's state media said Saturday. The report by Xinhua news agency follows a warning by China's top weather official last month that the Himalayan region faced a growing threat of drought and floods as global warming melts its ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Alice Springs, Australia (UPI) Jun 18, 2009 Australians are being urged to eat a camel to save the country's desert resources that are even scarcer because of continuing drought conditions. An academic from Charles Darwin University wants people to develop a taste for wild camel meat and dine on it at least once every two weeks, a report in the Courier Mail newspaper stated. This would cut down on the more than 1 million ... more 
Baghdad (AFP) June 18, 2009Turkey has pledged to double the flow of water into the Euphrates river in Iraq over the summer by opening dam floodgates, one of Iraq's vice presidents said on Thursday. "Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi received this morning a verbal message from the office of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding increasing Iraq's water share," Hashemi's office said. It said that on ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 19, 2009The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is ready for flight. Built for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md., SXI is awaiting launch - scheduled for June 26 - on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-O spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force ... more 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2009TerraSAR-X was launched on 15 June 2007 and has gone on to have a unique and highly successful track record. In contrast to optical systems, the radar technology on this satellite enables it to record images through cloud and at night, meaning that it is able to operate continuously, right around the clock. TerraSAR-X is Germany's first radar satellite and is, at the same time, the first ... more |
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X-MAT introduces X-FOAM: A game-changing ceramic foam for extreme environmentsOrlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025 X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. ... more  
Bible 1.0: How Ancient Canon Became Our First Large Language ModelsSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Modern large language models are treated as something radically new: vast statistical machines trained on almost everything humans have written, and able to regenerate knowledge on demand. Yet in structural terms, humanity has worked with something similar for millennia. ... more 
Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into spaceDavis CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the futur ... more
  
AI advances robot navigation on the International Space StationStanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the c ... more 
Indian dance mudras yield advanced synergies for robotic hand controlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County extracted building blocks from precise hand gestures in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Their analysis revealed a richer set ... more 
MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebeeBoston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through t ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2009No human is a clone of their parents but the same cannot be said for other living things. While your DNA is a combination of half your mother and half your father, other species do things differently. The advantage of clonal reproduction is that it produces an individual exactly like an existing one-which would be very useful for farmers who could replicate the best of their animals or crops ... more 
Beijing (UPI) Jun 16, 2009 Beijing achieved and largely exceeded drinking-water and waste-management goals it set as part of its bid for last summer's Olympics, a report indicates. China's capital treated nearly 92 percent of its wastewater during the 2008 Games thanks to a major expansion of its treatment facilities. "Beijing prepared impressively in these areas for the Olympic Games. In the end, the city ... more 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2009Trimble has announced it has acquired privately-held NTech Industries based in Ukiah, Calif. NTech is a leading provider of crop-sensing technology that allows farmers to reduce costs and environmental impact by controlling the application of nitrogen, herbicide and other crop inputs. The acquisition further expands Trimble's ability to offer innovative field applications for farmers. ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2009Climate change hits China's poor the hardest and also forces some of those lifted out of hardship back into it, activist groups Greenpeace and Oxfam said Wednesday. The two urged the Chinese government to review its existing poverty alleviation policy to take climate change into account, in a report compiled with experts from the nation's Academy of Agricultural Sciences. "Climate change ... more |
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OPERA satellite data sharpens US crop and water management
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