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Some land in Japan too radioactive to farm: studyTokyo (AFP) Nov 15, 2011 Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists have warned, as the country struggles to recover from the Fukushima atomic disaster. A team of international researchers said food production would likely be "severely impaired" by the elevated levels of caesium found in soil samples across eastern Fukushima in the wake of meltdowns at the tsunami-hit plant. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, ... read more |
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 EU tightens control of Chinese rice over GM fears The European Union has tightened controls on imports of Chinese rice products after a growing number of shipments were contaminated by unauthorised genetically-modified rice, the EU said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Researchers gain insight into 100-year-old Haber-Bosch process For the past 100 years, the Haber-Bosch process has been used to convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, which is essential in the manufacture of fertilizer. Despite the longstanding reliability ... more | .. |
 Climate change in Africa's river basins could impede continent's farm transformation efforts Climate change could significantly alter water flows in major river basins in Africa, presenting a new barrier to nascent efforts to better manage water for food production and to resolve potential ... more | .. |
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 Fate of bees worries Europe's parliament Bothered by spiking mortality rates for bees, Europe's parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the EU to provide more funding for the beekeeping sector. ... more | .. |
  Exploring the last white spot on Earth Scientists will soon be exploring matter at temperatures and pressures so extreme it can only be produced for microseconds using powerful pulsed lasers. Matter in such states is present in the Earth ... more | .. |
 NRL's MIGHTI selected by NASA for potential space flight A Naval Research Laboratory instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a future science mission that has been selected by NASA for evaluation for flight. The NRL-develope ... more | .. |
 Researcher provides further evidence that slow eating reduces food intake Two new studies by researchers at the University of Rhode Island are providing additional insights into the role that eating rate plays in the amount of food one consumes. The studies found that men ... more |
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 Birds help keep vineyards pest-free Properly functioning ecosystems have their own pest management system - predation - but as new manmade ecosystems develop, these natural maintenance systems are often disrupted. In some cases, ... more | .. |
 WWF sounds warning on caviar Poaching and illegal trade in sturgeon caviar persist in Romania and Bulgaria, posing a serious risk to the highly threatened species of fish, the environmental group WWF warned Monday. ... more | .. |
  Climate change threatens Nile, Limpopo rivers: study Rising global temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns could affect water flows on Africa's mighty Nile and Limpopo rivers, an agricultural research group said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Award-winning treatment facility uses SPP E-tubes in drying process As part of its plan to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, the Kent County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in Milford, Del., in August launched a pilot program that is using 66 SPP-30A eva ... more |
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 Using Biochar to Boost Soil Moisture Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are leading the way in learning more about "biochar," the charred biomass created from wood, other plant material, and manure. The studies by ... more | .. |
 Why cooking counts Next time you're out to dinner, you may want to think twice before ordering your steak rare. In a first-of-its kind study, Harvard researchers have shown that cooked meat provides more energy than r ... more | .. |
 Fast new test for terrible form of food poisoning Takeshi Yasumoto and colleagues explain that 20,000-60,000 people every year come down with ciguatera poisoning from eating fish tainted with a ciguatoxin - the most common source of food poisoning ... more | .. |
 Weird world of water gets a little weirder Strange, stranger, strangest! To the weird nature of one of the simplest chemical compounds - the stuff so familiar that even non-scientists know its chemical formula - add another odd twist. Scient ... 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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 How parasites modify plants to attract insects Pathogens can alter their hosts, for example malaria parasites can make humans more attractive to mosquitoes, but how they do it has remained a mystery. Scientists from the John Innes Centre on Norw ... more | .. |
 Castles in the desert - satellites reveal lost cities of Libya Satellite imagery has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilization of the Sahara in Libya's south-western desert wastes that will help re-write the history of the country. The fall of Gaddafi has o ... more | .. |
 China launches remote-sensing satellite China successfully launched the remote-sensing satellite Yaogan XII Wednesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern Shanxi province, according to a press release from the center. ... more | .. |
 China's grain output in danger China will face yield losses in rice, wheat and corn - the country's three main crops - unless it takes steps to offset the effects of climate change, an expert warns. ... more |
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 Scientists Prepare for Coming ATTREX Climate Study A consortium of scientists are in the early stages of preparation for a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical tropopause la ... more | .. |
 Regional cooperation off the menu in Dead Sea 7 Wonders bid Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority learned Friday that the Dead Sea had not been voted as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. ... more | .. |
 Water dispute threatens last Iraq commercial farm The grass is yellowing, the cows are emaciated and milk production is a fraction of what it once was - Iraq's last major commercial farm is dying a slow death due to a dispute over water. ... more | .. |
 TerraSAR-X image of the month - Tents in the desert Viewed from above, the US 'Burning Man' festival resembles a spider web. The structure laid out on the site for this festival looks very much like a small town. In October and September 2011, the Te ... more |
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Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice
Unexpected discovery on Saturn's moon challenges our view on chemistry before life emerged
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 Drinking water from plastic pipes - is it harmful? Pipe-in-pipe systems are now commonly used to distribute water in many Norwegian homes. The inner pipe for drinking water is made of a plastic called cross-linked polyethylene (PEX). Are these pipes ... more | .. |
  Mission Increases Jatropha Oil Supply Completing the 2011 Planting Season Mission NewEnergy is pleased to announce that it has materially completed its 2011 Jatropha tree planting season, adding 40,264 new acres and 14,331 new Jatropha contract farmers. The Company has re ... more | .. |
 China food chain shares up after buyout gets OK Shares in a Chinese restaurant chain extended its gains further Wednesday after a buy-out bid by the owners of US fast-food giants KFC and Pizza Hut was given regulatory approval. ... more | .. |
 Stalled Weather Systems More Frequent in Decades of Warmer Atlantic Slow-moving winter weather systems that can lead to massive snowfalls are more frequent during the decades when the North Atlantic Ocean is warmer than usual, a new NASA study finds. The study ... more |
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  UA scientists find evidence of Roman period megadrought Almost nine hundred years ago, in the mid-12th century, the southwestern U.S. was in the middle of a multi-decade megadrought. It was the most recent extended period of severe drought known for this ... more | .. |
  Aid groups warn over Pakistan flood fund Aid groups warned on Wednesday that vital relief efforts for five million people affected by floods in Pakistan's fertile southern belt could be cut back because of a shortfall in foreign donations. ... more | .. |
 Nitrogen Fertilizers' Impact on Lawn Soils Nitrogen fertilizers from farm fields often end up in aquatic ecosystems, resulting in water quality problems, such as toxic algae and underwater 'dead zones'. There are concerns that fertilizers us ... more | .. |
 Research team unravels tomato pathogen's tricks of the trade For decades, scientists and farmers have attempted to understand how a bacterial pathogen continues to damage tomatoes despite numerous agricultural attempts to control its spread. Pseudomonas ... more |
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