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Safety is the top priority of America's ethanol industry and those who transport and bring ethanol to the marketplace. It is with this commitment in mind that the Ethanol Emergency Response Coalition (EERC) has compiled and released the Complete Training Guide for Ethanol Emergency Response, to help prepare ethanol producers, transporters and first responders who may experience or come in contac ... read more 
Mumbai (AFP) July 8, 2009India's financial and entertainment capital is facing a 30 percent cut in water supplies, despite an overnight deluge of monsoon rains on Wednesday that left some streets and homes flooded. The civic authorities in Mumbai introduced the reduction on Tuesday as levels ran "precariously low" at the six lakes that supply the city's 18 million population with 3.3 billion litres ... 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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St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 09, 2009Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an important part of the year-round diet for early humans. A new study by an international team of researchers, including Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, shows it may have happened in China ... more 
L'Aquila, Italy (AFP) July 8, 2009G8 leaders are to draw up "best practice" guidelines over the leasing of African farmland by foreign countries and corporations, according to a draft communique seen by AFP Wednesday. "We will work with partner countries and international organisations to develop a joint proposal on principles and best practices for international agricultural investment," said the draft Development and ... more 
Sydney (AFP) July 8, 2009An Australian town was set to ban bottled water on Wednesday over concerns about its environmental impact, in what is believed to be a world first. Bundanoon, a picturesque rural town with a population of just 2,000, was expected to vote heavily in favour of the move with a show of hands at a public meeting later. "At the moment we've got a lot of community support behind it. ... more  
Hanoi (AFP) July 6, 2009At least 22 people died and 13 others went missing in weekend storms that pummelled mountainous northern Vietnam, the government's disasters office said on Monday. The worst of the damage occurred in the province of Bac Kan, where 13 of the total number of dead perished, said the National Flood and Storm Control Committee. Flash floods "swept away everything in their path," the newspaper ... 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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Lalitpur, Nepal (AFP) July 5, 2009Every year, Nepalese rice farmer Ratnakaji Maharjan celebrates the arrival of the monsoon rains by attending a centuries-old festival in this historic town near Kathmandu. The annual event, in which a huge chariot said to carry the Hindu rain god Machchindra Nath is pulled through the streets of Lalitpur, draws crowds from across the Kathmandu Valley to celebrate and pray for a good monsoon. ... more 
Madrid (AFP) July 5, 2009Climate change, which could transform the Iberian peninsula into a semi-desert, is forcing winemakers in Spain to consider moving their vines to higher ground to escape the blistering heat. Spain, which has more hectares (acres) of vineyard than any other country in the world, "is in the frontline of climate change," said Juan Francisco Cacho, a wine expert at the University of Zaragoza. ... more 
Madison WI (SPX) Jul 03, 2009Creating consumer markets for forest-grown products, reducing nonpoint source pollution, protecting waterfowl habitat, diversifying farm operations-these are just a few of the ways agroforestry is moving to the forefront of the land-use discussion in North America. A new edition of "North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice," published by the American Society of ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2009Most of the world's acute hunger and undernutrition occurs not in conflicts and natural disasters but in the annual "hunger season," according to an article published this week in open access journal PLoS Medicine. The hunger season is the time of year when the previous year's harvest stocks have dwindled, food prices are high, and jobs are scarce, and is often under recognized. ... more |
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NASA Earth science faces rollback as Mission to Planet Earth era winds down
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