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New method of unreeling cocoons could extend silk industry beyond AsiaWashington DC (SPX) May 20, 2011 The development and successful testing of a method for unreeling the strands of silk in wild silkworm cocoons could clear the way for establishment of new silk industries not only in Asia but also in vast areas of Africa and South America. The report appears in ACS' journal Biomacromolecules. Fritz Vollrath, Tom Gheysens and colleagues explain that silk is made by unraveling- or unreeling - the fine, soft thread from cocoons of silkmoths. The practice began as far back as 3500 BC in ancient China, ... read more |
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  West 'causing drought' in Iran: Ahmadinejad Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday accused Western countries of devising plans to "cause drought" in the Islamic republic, as he inaugurated a dam in a central province. ... more | .. |
  Industry rejects criticism on role in UN water policy AquaFed, the world's main corporate water lobby association, on Thursday rejected accusations that corporate interests risk gaining too much influence over UN water policies. ... more | .. |
 How rainfall and landslides dried up Panama's drinking water To understand the long-term effects of a prolonged tropical storm in the Panama Canal watershed, Robert Stallard, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and research hydrolog ... more | .. |
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 Post-Mubarak Egypt 'running out of food' Egypt, struggling to consolidate a revolution that deposed President Hosni Mubarak in February, faces what could be even worse turmoil because the country is running out of food as well as the money to buy it. ... more | .. |
 Exploding melons sow new China food fears A bizarre wave of exploding watermelons - possibly due to farmers' abuse of a growth-boosting chemical - has once again spotlighted safety fears plaguing China's poorly regulated food sector. ... more | .. |
 Livestock genes could protect against one of Africa's oldest animal plagues An international research team using a new combination of approaches has found two genes that may prove of vital importance to the lives and livelihoods of millions of farmers in a tsetse fly-plague ... more | .. |
 Foothill yellow-legged frog provides insight on river management River flow fluctuations downstream of dams are often out of sync with natural flow patterns and can have significant negative effects on aquatic species, such as native frogs, according to a team of ... more |
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China's low-altitude economy takes flight across multiple industries
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  Tornado Challenges Satellite Damage Track Detection Techniques The Short-term Prediction Research and Transition, or SPoRT, team has used satellite data from the North Alabama region to identify tornado damage from the April 27th super storm outbreak. NAS ... more | .. |
 Water for Mongolia Mongolia is a country of contrasts - in summer boiling hot, in winter freezing cold; in the north damp, in the south bone dry. One million of its three million inhabitants live tightly packed togeth ... more | .. |
French minister sounds alarm over drought Ecology Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet declared on Monday that France was "now in a state of crisis" over rainfall shortages. ... more | .. |
 ESA's water mission keeps tabs on dry spring soils Western Europe's exceptionally dry spring is clear to see in maps generated using data from SMOS. While these maps offer an interesting view of the stark difference in soil moisture compared to a ye ... more |
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 New Strategy Aims to Reduce Agricultural Ammonia As concerns about air pollution from large dairies and other concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) continue to mount, scientists are reporting a practice that could cut emissions of an exce ... more | .. |
 ECOS reviews proposed 'Carbon Farming Initiative' A review of the potential benefits and risks associated with the Australian Government's proposed Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) features in the April-May edition (160) of CSIRO's ECOS magazine. ... more | .. |
  Putting the Common Housefly onto the dinner plate A continuous, self funded research effort begun in Oregon in 1975 has resulted in a mature system for the intensive farming of Musca domestica, the Common Housefly. Fly Farm Systems has a patent pen ... more | .. |
 'Liquid smoke' from rice shows potential health benefits Liquid smoke flavoring made from hickory and other wood - a mainstay flavoring and anti-bacterial agent for the prepared food industry and home kitchens - may get a competitor that seems to be packe ... 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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 Drought tolerance in crops: Shutting down the plant's growth inhibition under mild stress VIB/UGent researchers have unveiled a mechanism that can be used to develop crop varieties resistant to mild droughts. For years, improving drought tolerance has been a major aim of academic and ind ... more | .. |
  Reforesting rural lands in China pays big dividends An innovative program to encourage sustainable farming in rural China has helped restore eroded forestland while producing economic gains for many farmers, according to a new study by Stanford Unive ... more | .. |
 Egyptian PM in Ethiopia for Nile talks Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf was in Ethiopia for an official visit Friday, devoted mainly to talks on sharing the waters of the Nile, an issue at the centre of high tensions between the two countries. ... more | .. |
 India's top court imposes ban on 'toxic' pesticide India's top court on Friday temporarily banned use of the pesticide endosulfan, which the government has resisted blacklisting despite curbs imposed in 60 other countries over health concerns. ... more |
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 Aquarius to Illuminate Links Between Salt and Climate When NASA's salt-seeking Aquarius instrument ascends to the heavens this June, the moon above its launch site at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base won't be in the seventh house, and Jupiter's l ... more | .. |
 Mississippi Flooding Captured by NASA Satellites The Mississippi River reached nearly 48 feet in Memphis, Tenn., on May 10, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. It was the highest water level for Memphis since 1937. Several of NAS ... more | .. |
 Fierce debate in Brazil over forestry protection A bill being debated in Brazil's Congress has sparked fierce clashes between environmentalists and supporters of farmers and ranchers over how to regulate the country's vast but vulnerable wilderness. ... more | .. |
 Japan recalls tea over radiation fears Japan has detected radiation above the legal limit in tea grown southwest of Tokyo and blamed it on the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant northeast of the capital, officials said Thursday. ... more |
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Orion spacecraft prepared for lunar mission as stacking with SLS rocket achieved
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 Britain 'in drought conditions' amid European heatwave Parts of southern Britain are suffering from drought conditions following the warmest April on record amid a heatwave sweeping across northern Europe, researchers said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
Drought halts shipping on China's Yangtze Drought on China's Yangtze river has led to historically low water levels that have forced authorities to halt shipping on the nation's longest waterway, the government and media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Iran expert alarmed by 'critical' Caspian Sea pollution The level of industrial and oil pollution in the Caspian Sea has reached a "critical condition," an Iranian ecological expert warned, quoted by local media on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Climate Record Suggesting Severe Tropical Droughts as Northern Temperatures Rise A 2,300-year climate record University of Pittsburgh researchers recovered from an Andes Mountains lake reveals that as temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere rise, the planet's densely populated t ... more |
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 Darfur forum to seek $1.4 billion in water aid: UN A conference next month to promote water development in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region will appeal for 1.43 billion dollars in aid from international donors, the United Nations said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Israel exploiting Jordan Valley: rights group Israel has systematically exploited the resources of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, favouring settlers over Palestinians, a report by Israeli rights group B'Tselem found on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Over a billion tons of food wasted every year: UN Around a third of the food produced in the world every year - around 1.3 billion tons - gets lost or wasted, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Egypt PM to discuss Nile water in Africa visits Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf departed on Wednesday for visits to Uganda and Ethiopia that will be dominated by the talks on sharing the Nile River, which has been at the centre of a dispute between Nile Basin countries. ... more |
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