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Not a 1-way street: Evolution shapes environment of Connecticut lakesNew Haven CT (SPX) May 30, 2012 Environmental change is the selective force that preserves adaptive traits in organisms and is a primary driver of evolution. However, it is less well known that evolutionary change in organisms also trigger fundamental changes in the environment. Yale University researchers found a prime example of this evolutionary feedback loop in a few lakes in Connecticut, where dams built 300 years ago in Colonial times trapped a fish called the alewife. In a study published in the journal Proceedings ... read more |
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 BGU Researchers Test Solar Desalination System for Arid Land Agriculture Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have created a man-made oasis in the desert with the successful application of a solar-powered desalination system that provides water for irriga ... more | .. |
  Research pinpoints how plants know when to flower Scientists believe they've pinpointed the last crucial piece of the 80-year-old puzzle of how plants "know" when to flower. Determining the proper time to flower, important if a plant is to reproduc ... more | .. |
 Groundwater depletion in semiarid regions of Texas and California threatens US food security The nation's food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere. ... more | .. |
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 One in seven suffer malnourishment: UN food agency One in seven people suffer from malnourishment, the head of the UN's food agency said Wednesday in a report released ahead of a summit on sustainable development to be held in Rio de Janeiro June 20-22. ... more | .. |
  Satellite maps ocean floor A European satellite launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the arctic is also yielding high-resolution mapping of the ocean floor, scientists say. ... more | .. |
 Women warming to white wines in China: experts Fruity reds are the kings of the Chinese wine market, but experts at Asia's biggest wine fair say women are leading a trend toward whites that will open new revenue streams for producers worldwide. ... more | .. |
 Earthquake hits Italy's balsamic vinegar producers The strong quake which struck Italy on Tuesday, killing 15 and destroying buildings, has also dealt a blow to Modena's balsamic vinegar industry - days after a quake in the area hit Parmesan production. ... more |
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
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Asia's biggest wine expo opens in Hong Kong The who's who of the wine world gathered in Hong Kong on Tuesday for Asia's biggest wine and spirits fair, hoping to tap the booming but still relatively young Chinese market. ... more | .. |
Winemakers push China sales at top Asian wine fair Some of the world's top wine producers will attend Asia's biggest wine fair in Hong Kong this week, eyeing new consumers in the booming but still relatively untapped Chinese market. ... more | .. |
Winemakers push China sales at top Asian wine fair Some of the world's top wine producers will attend Asia's biggest wine fair in Hong Kong this week, eyeing new consumers in the booming but still relatively untapped Chinese market. ... more | .. |
 DNA vaccine and duck eggs protect against hantavirus disease Army scientists and industry collaborators have successfully protected laboratory animals from lethal hantavirus disease using a novel approach that combines DNA vaccines and duck eggs. The work app ... more |
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 The secret to good tomato chemistry There is nothing better than a ripe, red, homegrown tomato, and now researchers reporting online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have figured out just what it is that makes some of the ... more | .. |
 Food, water safety provide new challenges for today's sensors Sensors that work flawlessly in laboratory settings may stumble when it comes to performing in real-world conditions, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Labora ... more | .. |
 Commonly used pesticide turns honey bees into 'picky eaters' Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a small dose of a commonly used crop pesticide turns honey bees into "picky eaters" and affects their ability to recruit their nestmates to otherwise ... more | .. |
 Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to be exp ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
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 My American Landscape Contest: A Space Chronicle of Change To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the United States' Landsat Earth-observing program - which first rocketed into space on July 23, 1972 - NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey are giving someth ... more | .. |
  N. Korea suffering severe drought: state media North Korea is suffering a prolonged and widespread drought, state media says, raising fears it will worsen already dire food shortages in the impoverished communist country. ... more | .. |
 Sahel food crisis to remain critical in coming months: UN UN aid chief Valerie Amos said Thursday that a humanitarian crisis arising from food shortages in the drought-stricken Sahel would remain critical in the next few months. ... more | .. |
  Rousseff under pressure to veto Brazil's new forest code Activists on Thursday said they handed Brazil's president a petition with nearly two million signatures urging her to veto a new forestry code that could result in increased Amazon rainforest deforestation. ... more |
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 Earth's water cycle intensifying with atmospheric warming In a paper published in the journal Science, Australian scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif ... more | .. |
 City's population is counted from space The population of an entire city has been estimated from space to speed up medical and disaster relief efforts, British researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Swiss ultralight trikes used to explore Lake Baikal Russian scientists are planning to explore Lake Baikal using ultralight trikes or motorized deltaplanes that will be delivered from Switzerland in the summer of 2013. Last year, the Lake of Geneva w ... more | .. |
 Unparalleled Views of Earth's Coast With HREP-HICO Scanning the globe from the vantage point of the International Space Station is about more than the fantastic view. While cruising in low Earth orbit, the space station HICO and RAIDS Experiment Pay ... more |
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DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins
ThinKom Develops Self-Funded Mobile HPM Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms
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 Blossom end rot plummets in Purdue-developed transgenic tomato The brown tissue that signals blossom end rot in tomatoes is a major problem for large producers and home gardeners, but a Purdue University researcher has unknowingly had the answer to significantl ... more | .. |
 Where bees are, there will be honey even pre-historic Amber from Cretaceous deposits (110-105 my) in Northern Spain has revealed the first ever record of insect pollination. Scientists have discovered in two pieces of amber several specimens of tiny in ... more | .. |
 China to increase rainmaking efforts A leading Chinese meteorologist says the country will employ more rainmaking technology and make better use of it in the next five years. ... more | .. |
 UW plant breeders develop an even heart-healthier oat University of Wisconsin-Madison plant breeders have developed a new oat variety that's significantly higher in the compound that makes this grain so cardio-friendly. "The biggest thing that st ... more |
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 Agricultural expert outlines path for developing nations to double food production, meet 2050 demand Like countries throughout the world, Malaysia will need double its current food production by 2050 due to population growth and rising living standards. At a meeting in New York with Malaysia's Prim ... more | .. |
 Financial tool considered climate change uncertainty to select land for conservation A tool commonly used by financial strategists to determine what shares to purchase to create a diversified stock portfolio was used to develop a diversified portfolio of another kind - land to be se ... more | .. |
 How plants chill out Although scientists have made significant advances in understanding how plants elongate at high temperature, little is known of the physiological consequences of this response. To investigate these ... more | .. |
 Could cap and trade for water solve problems facing large US rivers Lake Mead, on the Colorado River, is the largest reservoir in the United States, but users are consuming more water than flows down the river in an average year, which threatens the water supply for ... more |
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