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Bioethics Commission Calls For Enhanced Federal oversight In Field of Synthetic BiologyWashington DC (SPX) Dec 21, 2010 The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has released its first report-a wide-ranging review of the emerging field of synthetic biology - issuing 18 recommendations including a call for coordinated federal oversight of scientists working in both large institutions and smaller settings. The panel, comprised of 13 scientists, ethicists, and public policy experts, said that the very newness of the science, which involves the design and construction of laboratory-made biological ... read more |
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 Plant Consumption Rising Significantly As Population And Economies Grow Humans are consuming an increasing amount of the Earth's total annual land plant production, new NASA research has found. As the human population continues to grow and more societies develop m ... more | .. |
 NASA Satellite Data Addresses Needs Of California Growers With the capability to provide valuable information about individual farm fields, vineyards and orchards, NASA satellites soon will provide California growers in the San Joaquin Valley with importan ... more |
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 Unstable Antarctica: What's Driving Ice Loss Scientists have previously shown that West Antarctica is losing ice, but how that ice is lost remained unclear. Now, using data from Earth observing satellites and airborne science missions, scienti ... more | .. |
  Building Blocks of Life Created In "Impossible" Place NASA-funded scientists have discovered amino acids, a fundamental building block of life, in a meteorite where none were expected. "This meteorite formed when two asteroids collided," said Dr. ... more | .. |
 US Senators push for China action on beef Key US senators pressed China to open its markets to US beef within weeks after high-level trade talks in Washington yielded an agreement for fresh negotiations on the issue next year. ... more |
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German giants Bayer, BASF team up on GM rice German chemicals giants Bayer and BASF said Thursday they were teaming up to produce genetically modified rice seeds, technology than can boost yields but which is criticised by environmentalists. ... more | .. |
 China move on beef 'disappointing': US Senator A leading US senator who has urged Beijing to reopen its markets to US beef said Thursday he was disappointed that high-level trade talks with China had only yielded an agreement to resume negotiations. ... more | .. |
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McDonald's to speed up China expansion American fast food giant McDonald's Corp. is planning its biggest expansion yet in China by opening up to 200 new restaurants across the country next year. ... more | .. |
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 Hot With Decades Of Drought: Expectations For The Southwest An unprecedented combination of heat plus decades of drought could be in store for the Southwest sometime this century, suggests new research from a University of Arizona-led team. To come to ... more | .. |
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 Facebook face recognition finds friends in photos Facebook is using facial recognition software to let US users automatically identify friends in photos at the world's leading online social network. ... more | .. |
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 Satellite Data Provide A New Way To Monitor Groundwater In Agricultural Regions When you dive into that salad full of lettuce grown in the American West, there's a good chance you are enjoying the product of irrigation from an underground water source. These hidden groundwater ... more | .. |
 Facebook intern maps world via online 'friends' A Facebook intern interested in seeing how political borders affect friendships around the globe has created a map of the world by sampling data from the social network's 500 million user base. ... more |
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 Decline Of West Coast Fog Brought Higher Coastal Temperatures Last 60 Years Fog is a common feature along the West Coast during the summer, but a University of Washington scientist has found that summertime coastal fog has declined since 1950 while coastal temperatures have ... more | .. |
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 Wild seeds seen as world crop 'insurance' British scientists say they plan to collect wild plant relatives of essential food crops including wheat, rice and potatoes to preserve their genetic traits. ... more |
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