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Nanotechnology for water filterVienna, Austria (SPX) Jul 26, 2011 Nanotechnology has developed tremendously in the past decade and was able to create many new materials with a vast range of potential applications. Carbon nanotubes are an example of these new materials and consist of cylindrical molecules of carbon with diameters of a few nanometers - one nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter. Carbon nanotubes possess exceptional electronic, mechanical and chemical properties, for example they can be used to clean polluted water. Scientists of the University ... read more |
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  As agricultural riches waylay pollinators an endangered tree suffers For the conservation of species, hostile territory might sometimes have its advantages. That's according to a study of pollen flow among trees found only in remnant patches of native Chilean forest. ... more | .. |
 Software can protect water supplies U.S. researchers say a free software program can protect water utilities from terrorist attacks and contaminants while increasing water quality. ... more | .. |
 Eight jailed over Chinese tainted pork scandal A court in China on Monday jailed five people for "endangering public safety" after they were convicted of selling an illegal fat-burning chemical to pork producers, state media said. ... more | .. |
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  UN urges 'massive' action on Horn of Africa drought The United Nations on Monday urged "massive" action for the drought-stricken Horn of Africa region but charities slammed low aid pledges ahead of talks with donor countries in Nairobi this week. ... more | .. |
 Famine in Somalia is 'immoral': UN aid coordinator With the world scrambling to rescue 12 million people on the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa, UN emergency official Cristina Amaral said the fact that children are dying of hunger is "immoral". ... more | .. |
 Aid reaches drought-ravaged Somalia The International Red Cross said Sunday it had handed out 400 tonnes of food in drought-hit parts of rebel-held southern Somalia as the UN prepares to host emergency talks on the crisis in the region. ... more | .. |
 How to eat well and save the planet too Eating used to be so simple. If you liked it and could afford it, down the hatch it went. Yum-yum, end of story. ... more |
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Carbon storage portfolios must mix nature and technology to achieve lasting climate stability
Helping farmers, boosting biofuels
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 Somali rebels maintain aid ban, reject famine Somalia's Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents said Friday a ban on foreign aid groups remained in force and rejected a UN declaration that parts of the country had been hit by famine. ... more | .. |
 Somali relief in rebel-held areas raises challenges Relief efforts are being ramped up for two famine-struck regions of Somalia controlled by a US-designated terrorist group, but there are deep concerns as to the implications of dealing with them. ... more | .. |
 Climate Adaptation of Rice Rice - which provides nearly half the daily calories for the world's population - could become adapted to climate change and some catastrophic events by colonizing its seeds or plants with the spore ... more | .. |
Climate change 'may make truffles a German delicacy' Truffles, a luxury delicacy in French and Italian cuisine, may soon be adding flavour to blander dishes, as it migrates further north amid climate change, a Swiss scientist said Friday. ... more |
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  Corn yields with perennial cover crop are equal to traditional farming Soil quality, water quality, and possibly even farm profits will all benefit by using a perennial cover crop on corn fields that allows for similar yields to traditional farming methods, according t ... more | .. |
 The Future of Cover Crops Winter cover crops are an important component of nutrient cycling, soil cover and organic matter content. Although its benefits are well documented, cover crop use in farming systems is relatively l ... more | .. |
  Spread Of Fungus-Farming Beetles Is Bad News For Trees North Carolina State University researchers have found that a subset of fungus-farming ambrosia beetles may be in the early stages of a global epidemic threatening a number of economically important ... more | .. |
  Landsat Satellites Track Continued Missouri River Flooding Flooding along the Missouri River continues as shown in recent Landsat satellite images of the Nebraska and Iowa border. Heavy rains and snowmelt have caused the river to remain above flood stage fo ... more |
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EU says drone defences not 'optional' in push to face Russia
Sateliot and ESA collaborate on system to remove GPS reliance in satellite IoT
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Japan's contaminated beef scare widens A scare over radiation-tainted Japanese beef deepened Thursday with the number of cattle thought to have been contaminated and shipped around the country rising to nearly 1,500, reports said. ... more | .. |
Kenyan herders flee as cattle die in Horn of Africa drought Abdi Seikh Musa was once a flourishing livestock herder, but now, as extreme drought grips the Horn of Africa, his animals are dying as the people of northern Kenya struggle for survival. ... more | .. |
 Deal signed for space-based imaging Thales Alenia Space Italia will study the definition and feasibility of Europe's Multinational Space-based Imaging System . ... more | .. |
Greenpeace Australia raided over GM wheat action Australian police on Thursday raided the Sydney offices of Greenpeace over their destruction of an experimental crop of genetically modified wheat at a government research farm. ... more |
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 Dry onion skin has a use More than 500,000 tonnes of onion waste are thrown away in the European Union each year. However, scientists say this could have a use as food ingredients. The brown skin and external layers are ric ... more | .. |
 Soil microbes accelerate global warming More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes soil to release the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, new research published in this week's edition of Nature reveals. "This feedb ... more | .. |
 Summer's superfruit challenged: Latin American blueberries found to be 'extreme superfruits' One of the treats of summer-fresh, antioxidant-rich blueberries-has new competition for the title of "superfruit." But at least the contenders are keeping the title in the family. Researchers ... more | .. |
 US heartland suffers under killer heat, humidity A searing heatwave brought summer misery to the American heartland and caused more than a dozen deaths as it blanketed up to 17 US states in soaring temperatures and oppressive humidity. ... more |
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Asteroid with Second-Fastest Orbit Discovered Hidden in Sunlight
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Millions facing misery in Somalia famine Struggling through parched bush and baking heat, Rahmo Mohammed brought her severely malnourished son Saeed to Ethiopia's Kobe refugee camp to save him. ... more | .. |
Fukushima cattle farmers despair over beef ban Using a special permit, beef rancher Masami Yoshizawa makes a weekly trip inside Japan's nuclear no-go zone around a crippled atomic plant to feed 300 of his cows that still live in the area. ... more | .. |
UN declares famine in southern Somalia The UN officially declared famine Wednesday in two southern Somalia regions as the world slowly mobilised to save the 12 million people battling hunger in the region's worst drought in 60 years. ... more | .. |
 Chile is more dangerous for Argentina than vice versa Invasive plant species in Chile pose a higher threat to its neighbour, Argentina, than vice versa. This was concluded by scientists from the University of Concepcion in Chile and the Helmholtz Centr ... more |
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 Link found between increased crops and deforestation in Amazon, but issue not so cut and dry A Kansas State University geographer is part of a research team out to prove what environmental scientists have suspected for years: Increasing the production of soybean and biofuel crops in Brazil ... more | .. |
UN declares famine in southern Somalia The UN officially declared famine in two southern Somalia regions Wednesday as the world slowly mobilised to save 12 million people battling hunger in the region's worst drought in 60 years. ... more | .. |
 EU tightens nuclear waste disposal rules The European Union on Tuesday tightened rules on the disposal of radioactive waste with strict conditions on exporting it outside EU borders, but the move did not please environmentalists. ... more | .. |
 After PCs, Bill Gates sets out to reinvent WCs The man who reinvented computers and made PCs a household item in most wealthy nations, Microsoft tycoon turned philanthropist Bill Gates, is now focusing his attention on recasting the WC. ... more |
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