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No cloned steaks on EU platesBrussels (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 The European Union on Tuesday announced plans for a five-year ban on animal cloning for food production as well as a traceability system for imports of semen and embryos of clones. "Cloning for food is not required" across the EU, European health commissioner John Dalli told a news conference. "There's no need for it." The plan is to be published as legislative proposals next year but will need to be approved by EU governments and lawmakers. It would enable cloning for uses other than food, ... read more |
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  Bluefin Tuna Hit Hard By Deepwater Horizon Disaster The Gulf of Mexico oil spill couldn't have occurred at a worse time for bluefin tuna: they had come to the area - a major spawning ground - to produce offspring. Satellites are helping assess the da ... more | .. |
 A New Pair Of Glasses To View Earth Our view of Earth is set to become even sharper with new instruments to be carried on ESA's Sentinel-3 satellites. In many ways, it will be like looking at Earth through a new pair of glasses. ... more | .. |
  Much of planet could see extreme drought in 30 years: study Large swathes of the planet could experience extreme drought within the next 30 years unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut, according to a study released Tuesday. "We are facing the possibili ... more | .. |
  Nature And Humans Leaving Mark On Rivers And Streams, Affecting Aquatic Food Webs Rivers and streams supply the lifeblood to ecosystems across the globe, providing water for drinking and irrigation for humans as well as a wide array of life forms from single-celled organisms up t ... more | .. |
 10th Anniversary Of The International Charter Space And Major Disasters In 2000, the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" was set up on the initiative of ESA (European Space Agency) and CNES (France's Centre national d'etudes spatiales). Its purpose is to m ... more |
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Leicester, UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2010SymetriGEO Services, part of Astrium Services' GEO-Information division, is supporting the Geospatial and Situational Awareness Demonstration, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) sponsored Common Geospatial Tool Set (CGTS) research project. The objective of CGTS, which is being delivered by the Lockheed Martin (UK) led Team SPARTA, is to de-risk future geospatial capability p ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Oct 15, 2010 Two German satellites orbiting within 380 yards of each other are preparing to create the most detailed map ever made of Earth's entire surface, officials said. The radar satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X will make 3-D maps of the surface as they orbit the globe, sweeping around the planet at more than 14,000 mph, the BBC reported. TerraSAR-X was launched in 2007 and TanDEM-X wa ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2010Removing the toxic and odorous emissions of ammonia from the industrial production of fertilizer is a costly and energy-intensive process. Now, researchers in Bangladesh have turned to microbes and inexpensive wood charcoal to create a biofilter that can extract the noxious gas from vented gases and so reduce pollution levels from factories in the developing world. Writing in the Internati ... more |
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Scientists Prepare For Confined Field Trials Of Drought Tolerant Transgenic MaizeDes Moines IO (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 Crop specialists in Kenya and Uganda have laid the groundwork for confined field trials to commence later this year for new varieties of maize genetically modified to survive recurrent droughts that threaten over 300 million Africans for whom maize is life, according to a speech given by the head of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) at the World Food Prize Symposium. Scientists working with AATF believe it's important to explore the potential of biotechnology to maintain and in ... read more |
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