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Smartphones help world's winemakers foil fraudstersBordeaux, France (AFP) July 10, 2011 For Charles Pillitteri, the fight against fraudsters began when he discovered fake bottles of his Canadian ice wine in Taiwan in 1998. He tried everything to safeguard his product from counterfeiting, from 22-carat gold to invisible ink, only to realise that none would protect the consumer at point of purchase. The proprietor of Pillitteri Estates Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, in the Canadian province of Ontario, found his solution in a bottle-top silver bubble seal that is impossible to copy. ... read more |
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  High levels of caesium found in Fukushima beef More than six times the legal limit of radioactive caesium has been found in beef from Fukushima prefecture, home to Japan's crippled nuclear plant, an official statement said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  UNHCR chief urges more help for drought-hit Somalis UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres on Friday urged more international help for thousands of Somalis devastated by a harsh drought, calling their plight the worst humanitarian tragedy. ... more | .. |
  NASA Flies Greenhouse Gas Mission Over Nevada Salt Flat Scientists from NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., joined a multi-institute team of researchers June 17-27, 2011, to investigate carbon dioxide and methane gas emissions from a dry ... more | .. |
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  LG, Hitachi to set up water treatment plant South Korea's LG Electronics and Japan's Hitachi Plant Technologies have agreed to set up a water treatment joint venture in Seoul which will start operations in October, LG said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Many dying en route while fleeing Somalia drought: UNHCR Many people are dying of hunger while fleeing serious drought in Somalia, the UN refugee agency said Friday, warning that aid efforts could be overwhelmed by large numbers of malnourished refugees. ... more | .. |
Somalia drought to worsen, famine possible: US The US government has warned that a drought in the Horn of Africa is likely to worsen by the end of the year, putting parts of war-ravaged Somalia at risk of famine. ... more | .. |
 Beijing halts sales of tainted bottled water Authorities in Beijing have halted the sale of 31 brands of bottled water after they failed safety tests, the government reported, in the latest such scare to hit China. ... more |
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EU, China to hold 'urgent' talks on rare earth curbs
European airlines drop vague promises on carbon offsets
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 French oyster farmers return favour to Japan Twice in the past 40 years, French oyster farmers were saved by their colleagues on Japan's northern Pacific coast. After the March 11 tsunami, they decided it was time to return the favour. ... more | .. |
 EU considers modified crop bans The European Union Parliament voted to give EU member states the power to restrict or ban genetically modified crops on environmental or health grounds. ... more | .. |
 Sudanese deployments tracked from space Sudan's ongoing civil conflicts are being monitored from space. ... more | .. |
 EU bans imports of Egyptian seeds The EU has banned imports of some Egyptian seeds and beans after fenugreek was linked to E. coli outbreaks in Germany and France, officials confirmed. ... more |
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 Pioneering ERS environment satellite retires After 16 years spent gathering a wealth of data that has revolutionised our understanding of Earth, ESA's veteran ERS-2 satellite is being retired. This pioneering mission has not only advanced scie ... more | .. |
 DLR scientists support expedition with a highly accurate 3D model of mountain Considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world and, at 8000 metres high, the most difficult to climb, K2 lies on the border between Pakistan and China. For scientists at the German Aero ... more | .. |
 Farm animal disease to increase with climate change Researchers looked at changes in the behaviour of bluetongue - a viral disease of cattle and sheep - from the 1960s to the present day, as well as what could happen to the transmission of the virus ... more | .. |
 Massive dust storm engulfs US city A massive dust storm engulfed the southwestern US city of Phoenix late Tuesday, blotting out the sun and knocking down electricity poles, local media reported. ... more |
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British troops part of US-led mission in Israel: defence ministry
As Russia looms, NATO showcases nuclear drill
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 Down-under digestive microbes could help lower methane gas from livestock The discovery that a bacterial species in the Australian Tammar wallaby gut is responsible for keeping the animal's methane emissions relatively low suggests a potential new strategy may exist to tr ... more | .. |
Somalis fleeing drought face wait for aid in Kenya Thousands of Somalis fleeing a bruising drought in the Horn of Africa are facing a long wait to enter overcrowded camps and receive aid when they cross into neighbouring Kenya. ... more | .. |
 Record low Danube levels cut down bird populations: WWF The record low levels of the Danube this summer have caused a drastic drop in bird populations along the Bulgarian and Romanian stretch of the river, environmental group WWF said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry in 30 years, says Stanford study Higher temperatures could significantly impact California and other premium winegrowing regions of the United States in the next 30 years, according to a new study led by Stanford University climate ... more |
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 The seasonal potato The "Potsdam Gravity potato", as this representation of terrestrial gravity has become known, can for the first time display gravity variations that change with time. The seasonal fluctuations of th ... more | .. |
 Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi and Nestle confirm talks Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi and Swiss food giant Nestle said on Monday that they were in acquisition talks, in what could be one of the biggest takeovers of a Chinese company by a foreign competitor. ... more | .. |
 Europe drought leading to more property damage: study Increasing occurences of drought have led to a jump in European insurance claims for damage to homes owing to subsiding soil, a study by reinsurer Swiss Re and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Climate change increases the risk of ozone damage to plants Ground-level ozone is an air pollutant that harms humans and plants. Both climate and weather play a major role in ozone damage to plants. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have n ... more |
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GMV technology links global habitats in record-breaking space analog mission
China deploys sixth batch of Spacesail communications satellites
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 Red wine: Exercise in a bottle? As strange as it sounds, a new research study published in the FASEB Journal, suggests that the "healthy" ingredient in red wine, resveratrol, may prevent the negative effects that spaceflight and s ... more | .. |
 Wind of change: Aussie 'farting camels' cull under attack The world's association of camel scientists fought back angrily on Monday over Australian plans to kill wild dromedaries on the grounds that their flatulence adds to global warming. ... more | .. |
 Assessing Agroforestry's Advantages Agroforestry, the deliberate placement of trees into crop and livestock operations, can help capture substantial amounts of carbon on agricultural lands while providing production and conservation b ... more | .. |
Bees' effect on U.K. crops studied A U.K. study found a decline in honeybee numbers isn't affecting agricultural production, with researchers saying other insects may be providing pollination. ... more |
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 Water in India's famed Goa 'unfit for bathing' Scientists warned on Friday that water off the famed beaches of the Indian holiday state of Goa was unfit for bathing and fishing due to high levels of bacteria from untreated sewage. ... more | .. |
 Global plant database will expand research on ecosystems and climate change A new database of plants' traits will help scientists around the world learn more about how climate change is affecting ecosystems. The availability of plant trait data in the unified global d ... more | .. |
 Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance According to staggering new statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amou ... more | .. |
 Kenya project: making safer water to sell carbon credits To protect the environment and improve the health of four million people while making a profit is the goal of a Swiss-based company distributing water filters and aiming to sell carbon credits. ... more |
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