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October 25, 2011
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Putting light-harvesters on the spot
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2011
How the light-harvesting complexes required for photosynthesis get to their site of action in the plant cell is reported by RUB biologists in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The team led by Prof. Dr. Danja Schunemann (RUB working group on the molecular biology of plant organelles) has demonstrated for the first time that a membrane protein interacts with a single soluble protein to anchor the subunits of the light-harvesting complexes in the membrane. The researchers propose a new model that ... read more

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Biden denounces Somali guerrillas over famine
US Vice President Joe Biden on Monday sharply criticized the Islamist Shebab rebels over Somalia's famine, saying that the group has hindered efforts to bring food to the hungry. ... more
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Mongol herder killed in China land dispute: rights group
A Chinese truck driver has killed an ethnic Mongol herder who was trying to protect his grazing land, a rights group said, five months after a similar incident sparked protests in Inner Mongolia. ... more
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Better use of Global Geospatial Information for Solving Development Challenges
Representatives from 90 United Nations Member States and more than 50 international and civil society organizations and private sector entities will gather in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 23 to 27 ... more
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New bacteria toxins against resistant insect pests
Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria (Bt toxins) are used in organic and conventional farming to manage pest insects. Sprayed as pesticides or produced in genetically modified plants, Bt toxi ... more
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Study Reveals Diversity of Life in Soils
Microscopic animals that live in soils are as diverse in the tropical forests of Costa Rica as they are in the arid grasslands of Kenya, or the tundra and boreal forests of Alaska and Sweden. That c ... more
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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
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Canadian scientists map the cannabis genome
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 th ... more
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Genetically modified cotton worries some
The contamination of wild cotton in Mexico with genetically modified cotton poses a risk to biodiversity, agricultural experts say. ... more
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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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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
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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
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NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth
NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. The ... more
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NASA Readies New Type of Earth-Observing Satellite for Launch
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NASA postpones climate satellite launch to Oct 28
NASA on Wednesday set October 28 for its planned launch of a satellite to help weather forecasters predict extreme storms and offer scientists a better view of climate change. ... more
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WATER WORLD

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
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Southern Africian farmers using fertilizer trees to improve food security
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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War-damaged power cable cuts Tripoli water supply
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Pesticides pollute European waterbodies more than previously thought
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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
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Burkina Faso says faces food crisis
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