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Canadian scientists map the cannabis genomeSaskatoon, Canada (SPX) Oct 21, 2011 A team of Canadian researchers has sequenced the genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both industrial hemp and marijuana, and in the process revealed the genetic changes that led to the plant's drug-producing properties. Jon Page is a plant biochemist and adjunct professor of biology at the University of Saskatchewan. He explains that a simple genetic switch is likely responsible for the production of THCA, or tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, the precursor of the active ingredient in mar ... read more |
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 Outside View: Japan woos U.S. biotech A delegation of Japanese biotech executives will be in the Washington suburbs this month in hopes of wooing business and corporate partners in Montgomery County, Md., one of the most affluent districts in the United States and which is home to countless numbers of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. ... more | .. |
 Farmland floods do not raise levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in milk As millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. Midwest and South recover from Mississippi River flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retarda ... more | .. |
 Food without preservatives - thanks to self-cleaning equipment Eclairs and other pastries should taste light and fluffy. If the pastry dough contains too many microorganisms, though, it will not rise in the oven. Now, researchers have devised a system that clea ... more | .. |
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  US rivers and streams saturated with carbon Rivers and streams in the United States are releasing enough carbon into the atmosphere to fuel 3.4 million car trips to the moon, according to Yale researchers in Nature Geoscience. Their findings ... more | .. |
 Southern Africian farmers using fertilizer trees to improve food security On a continent battered by weather extremes, famine and record food prices, new research from the World Agroforestry Centre documents an exciting new trend in which hundreds of thousands of poor far ... more | .. |
S Africa to release report on Iraq's oil-for-food South Africa will soon release a report into alleged corruption in the now-defunct UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq, which reportedly implicates senior ruling party officials, the presidency said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Tuvalu grapples with drought The drought in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, which declared a state of emergency this month because of a severe shortage of fresh water, is likely to last until January, the government says. ... more |
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Famine-hit Somalis struggle as aid efforts fall short Trapped in famine-hit Afgoye, a rag-hut city ruled by Islamist Shebab rebels and the world's largest camp for displaced people, Saedo Saleh knew she had to escape when her baby son fell sick. ... more | .. |
 Method of studying roots rarely used in wetlands improves ecosystem research A method of monitoring roots rarely used in wetlands will help Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers effectively study the response of a high-carbon ecosystem to elevated temperatures and levels ... more | .. |
  Does converting cow manure to electricity pay off? Studies have estimated that converting manure from the 95 million animal units in the United States would produce renewable energy equal to 8 billion gallons of gasoline, or 1% of the total energy c ... more | .. |
Chinese man charged in theft of US trade secrets The United States charged a Chinese scientist Tuesday with "economic espionage" for stealing trade secrets of major US agribusiness firms to benefit China. ... more |
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 Chinese activists save 1,000 dogs from slaughter Animal rights activists brought together through an online campaign have rescued nearly 1,000 dogs on their way to slaughterhouses in southwest China, state media and campaigners said Monday. ... more | .. |
Chinese wine students are boon for Bordeaux One of France's oldest oenology schools, La Tour Blanche, is fighting falling enrolment through a tie-up with a Beijing wine school, the latest in a string of Bordeaux institutes to look East for their future. ... more | .. |
 Severe drought, other changes can cause permanent ecosystem disruption An eight-year study has concluded that increasingly frequent and severe drought, dropping water tables and dried-up springs have pushed some aquatic desert ecosystems into "catastrophic regime chang ... more | .. |
 War-damaged power cable cuts Tripoli water supply Tripoli has been without mains water for days because of damage to a power cable in Bani Walid, where all the capital's water is pumped from, Tripoli's water and sanitation company said on Monday. ... more |
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Trump says to meet Putin in Budapest after 'great' call
'Wonder weapon'? Five things about US Tomahawks coveted by Ukraine
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 Pesticides pollute European waterbodies more than previously thought Pesticides are a bigger problem than had long been assumed. This is the conclusion of a study in which scientists analysed data on 500 organic substances in the basins of four major European rivers. ... more | .. |
  NASA Readies New Type of Earth-Observing Satellite for Launch NASA is planning an Oct. 27 launch of the first Earth-observing satellite to measure both global climate changes and key weather variables. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmenta ... more | .. |
 Feeding the world while protecting the planet The problem is stark: One billion people on earth don't have enough food right now. It's estimated that by 2050 there will be more than nine billion people living on the planet. Meanwhile, cur ... more | .. |
Burkina Faso says faces food crisis Burkina Faso faces a food crisis as a result of poor rainfall prior to the latest harvest, the impoverished west African nation's prime minister warned Thursday. ... more |
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 Which direction are herbicides heading 2,4-D is coming back. What many might consider a "dinosaur" may be the best solution for growers fighting weed resistance today, said Dean Riechers, University of Illinois associate professor of wee ... more | .. |
Energy, food security to dominate Rio+20: envoy Boosting energy efficiency and renewables and providing food for a future world of eight billion will dominate next year's UN Rio+20 conference, the talks' co-coordinator said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 China invests billions to avert water crisis China is to invest up to 4 trillion yuan ($600 billion) over the next decade to overcome a huge water shortage that threatens the country's economic growth, a senior official said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Plant genomes may help next generation respond to climate change In the face of climate change, animals have an advantage over plants: They can move. But a new study led by Brown University researchers shows that plants may have some tricks of their own. In ... more |
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Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice
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  Thousands stage pro-government rally in Bolivia Several thousand people turned out in the Bolivian capital Wednesday to support President Evo Morales and oppose indigenous protesters marching toward La Paz. ... more | .. |
 Astrium signs new Pleiades contract Astrium Services and Chinese provider of satellite data and value-added services, Beijing Eastdawn Information Technology (Eastdawn), have signed a partnership agreement to give Eastdawn access to P ... more | .. |
 Rethinking connection between soil as a carbon reservoir and global warming Soils store three times as much carbon as plants and the atmosphere. Soil organic matter such as humus plays a key role in the global carbon cycle as it stores huge amounts of carbon and thus counte ... more | .. |
 The establishment of genetically engineered canola populations in the US Large, persistent populations of genetically engineered canola 1 have been found outside of cultivation in North Dakota. As genetically engineered crops become increasingly prevalent in the United S ... more |
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 New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and ... more | .. |
 Indra Tries In Madrid And Seville Space Technology To Detect Heat Islands Indra has led in Spain the Heat Islands European project oriented to study the benefits of using Earth observation satellite imaging to study the climate in urban areas. The project, which jus ... more | .. |
 China says 100 mln farmers to move to cities by 2020 More than 100 million Chinese farmers will move to cities by 2020, posing huge challenges for urban planners and already stretched social welfare systems, according to a new official forecast. ... more | .. |
 Fungus could wipe out Philippine bananas: growers A disease that has ravaged banana plantations across Southeast Asia could wipe out the Philippine industry in three years unless the government finds a cure, a growers' group warned Monday. ... more |
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