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Scorpion venom bad for bugs but good for pesticidesEast Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 29, 2011 Fables have long cast scorpions as bad-natured killers of hapless turtles that naively agree to ferry them across rivers. Michigan State University scientists, however, see them in a different light. Ke Dong, MSU insect toxicologist and neurobiologist, studied the effects of scorpion venom with the hopes of finding new ways to protect plants from bugs. The results, which are published in the current issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, have revealed new ways in which the venom works. ... read more |
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  NASA Mission Seeks to Uncover a Rainfall Mystery Scientists from NASA and other organizations are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are ca ... more | .. |
  Suez Environnement reports strong start to year French utility and waste management group Suez Environnement said on Thursday its first-quarter sales and operating profit rose strongly and confirmed its annual financial targets. ... more | .. |
 Lima to declare itself a GMO-free zone The city of Lima plans to declare the Peruvian capital a "GMO-free zone" after a controversial government decree that critics fear will see the country flooded with genetically modified organisms. ... more | .. |
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China food scandals spark new safety fears A wave of tainted-food scares has renewed fears in China over continued product-safety problems despite a government promise to clean up the food industry following a deadly 2008 milk scandal. ... more | .. |
 Stressed out crop impede higher agriculture yields Like people, plants experience stress. And also, like people, the response to that stress can determine success. People can exercise, or rest, or talk about the problem. For plants, ways ... more | .. |
  Food vs fuel: the debate is over A new study released by the Grain Farmers of Ontario should put an end to the ongoing debate of whether the grain we grow should be used for food or fuel. We can and should do both. The abunda ... more | .. |
 GOES-13 Satellite Eyeing System With High Risk of Severe Weather A low pressure area currently over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin has created conditions that call for a forecast of severe weather in the eastern third of the U.S. and one area is even la ... more |
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China's low-altitude economy takes flight across multiple industries
China's satellite network group advances Beidou-internet integration
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 Turkey to build water channel to bypass Bosphorus: PM Turkey plans to build a water channel connecting the Black and Marmara seas as an alternative to the congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Texas drought could extend for months The worst drought to hit Texas in 45 years, which has sparked wildfires consuming 1.5 million acres, could continue to summer and beyond, meteorologists say. ... more | .. |
 Rural development gets help from the sky The International Fund for Agricultural Development has been funding projects in Madagascar for over 30 years to eradicate rural poverty. With the country facing an exploding population and food cri ... more | .. |
 Development in fog harvesting process In the arid Namib Desert on the west coast of Africa, one type of beetle has found a distinctive way of surviving. When the morning fog rolls in, the Stenocara gracilipes species, also known as the ... more |
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  Japan farmers rally against nuclear plant company Hundreds of angry Japanese farmers protested Tuesday outside the Tokyo head office of nuclear plant operator TEPCO, taking with them vegetables, milk and and even two cows affected by the atomic crisis. ... more | .. |
 Rising food costs could fuel Asian poverty Soaring food prices threaten to push millions of people in developing areas of Asia into extreme poverty, a report from the Asian Development Bank warned. ... more | .. |
 China's water supply at risk Climate change is threatening China's water supply, a government official said. ... more | .. |
 Distribution of British soil bacteria mapped for the first time Britain's soil bacteria have been mapped for the first time in the most comprehensive study of a country's soil biodiversity to date. The results were published in the journal Environmental Microbio ... more |
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U.S. deploys carrier strike group to the Caribbean
Trump: Qatar is readying peacekeepers for Gaza
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 Growing threat of wheat rust epidemics worldwide For more information, see http://icarda.org/wheatrust/ and www.globalrust.org Researchers meeting at a scientific conference in Aleppo this week reported that aggressive new strains of wheat rust d ... more | .. |
 Running ring around hurricanes predictions Coastal residents and oil-rig workers may soon have longer warning when a storm headed in their direction is becoming a hurricane, thanks to a University of Illinois study demonstrating how to use e ... more | .. |
 Japan tsunami devastated Chilean scallop farms Thousands of miles from the shores of Japan across the Pacific Ocean, Chilean shellfish farmers are facing an uncertain future after a giant wave traveled the seas and washed away their scallop beds. ... more | .. |
 Rotten meat doesn't stand a chance When it comes to packaged fish or meat, it is nearly impossible to distinguish between fresh goods and their inedible counterparts. Researchers have now developed a sensor film that can be integrate ... more |
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 Can biochar help suppress greenhouse gases Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas and a precursor to compounds that contribute to the destruction of the ozone. Intensively managed, grazed pastures are responsible for an increase in nitrous ... more | .. |
 Britain's first desalination plant opens Britain's first desalination plant, capable of adding 150 million gallons of fresh water to reservoirs every day, has begun operation, officials say. ... more | .. |
  Meteor shower approaching peak Skywatchers hoping for an impressive astronomical display say the Lyrid meteor shower should reach its peak over the next two days, experts in Britain said. ... more | .. |
Europe prays for Easter rain in worst drought for a century The Dutch have banned barbecues, camp fires and outdoor smoking this Easter, while the Swiss are forecasting potentially the worst drought in Europe for more than a century. ... more |
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Orion spacecraft prepared for lunar mission as stacking with SLS rocket achieved
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 Belgium probes Google's Street View Belgium became Thursday the latest European country to investigate Google's Street View picture map after cars taking pictures for the programme collected private data. ... more | .. |
 Fog 'harvesting' could mean water for poor A U.S. researcher says he wants to help the world's poor gain access to water through a technology based on nature called fog harvesting. ... more | .. |
 NASA Specialists To Descend On Offutt More than 20 NASA flight crew, ground crew and technicians are scheduled to arrive here late this month as the base's newest, if only temporary, members. The team will bring a NASA ER-2 to par ... more | .. |
 Goa Seeks ISRO Expertise For Mapping Mangroves, Sand Dunes Goa government will take the help of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to map its sand dunes and mangroves as part of the crucial 2011 CRZ rules. State Environment Minister Aleixo Sequira sa ... more |
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Satellites can give advance hurricane info Satellites can monitor tropical storms and predict surges in strength to warn when a storm is about to become a hurricane, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Swiss face one of worst droughts on record Swiss officials began moving trout from a river this week to save them from plunging water levels, amid one of the worst droughts to hit the country in 150 years. ... more | .. |
 Disease hits wheat crops in Africa, Mideast Aggressive new strains of wheat rust disease have decimated up to 40 percent of harvests in some regions of north Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, researchers said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Landsat: Who Are The Customers Exactly who uses Landsat satellite imagery and what value do they derive from the information? In the first study of its kind, U.S. Geological Survey investigators surveyed a broad cross section of ... more |
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