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UCSB scientists examine effects of manufactured nanoparticles on soybean cropsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 Sunscreens, lotions, and cosmetics contain tiny metal nanoparticles that wash down the drain at the end of the day, or are discharged after manufacturing. Those nanoparticles eventually end up in agricultural soil, which is a cause for concern, according to a group of environmental scientists that recently carried out the first major study of soybeans grown in soil contaminated by two manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs). The team was led by scientists at UC Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environment ... read more |
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  Women could play key role in correcting crisis in clean drinking water and sanitation crisis People in ancient Rome 2,000 years ago had better access to clean water and sanitation that keeps disease-causing human excrement out of contact with people than many residents of the 21st century, ... more | .. |
 $15 million 'gutter oil' court case begins in China A court case against a gang accused of a $15.6-million "gutter oil" scam began in China Wednesday, state media said, in what appears to be the latest stage of a crackdown on reprocessed cooking oil. ... more | .. |
 EU group slams protectionism in China wine row A European business group on Wednesday criticised Chinese calls to probe EU wine imports as "protectionist", as a dispute between the major trading partners threatened to escalate. ... more | .. |
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 US, Mexico, France to discuss soaring grain prices With food prices skyrocketing, Mexico, France and the United States will hold talks next week to discuss possible ways to stabilize the grain market, a Mexican official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Electrifying success in raising antioxidant levels in sweet potatoes Already ranked by some as number one in nutrition among all vegetables, the traditional sweet potato can be nutritionally supercharged ? literally ? with a simple, inexpensive electric current treat ... more | .. |
 Researchers reveal behaviors of the tiniest water droplets A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and Emory University has uncovered fundamental details about the hexamer structures that make up the tiniest droplets of water, ... more | .. |
  Tornado numbers lower because of drought The ongoing U.S. drought may have one bright side, researchers said, as a record-low number of tornadoes have been recorded. ... more |
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
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  China study warns rural wealth gap near 'danger' level China's countryside is facing a widening wealth gap as hundreds of millions of residents abandon farming for better paid work in cities, a report said, warning rural inequality was approaching "danger" levels. ... more | .. |
Mayans made drought worse with crops Mayans may have hastened the demise of their civilization by clearing forests, making an already naturally drying climate drier, U.S. scientists say. ... more | .. |
UN agency calls for global action plan on drought The worst effects of drought could be avoided if countries had a disaster management plan to confront the problem, the UN World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 US corn, soy prices hit records as drought lingers US corn and soybean prices closed at new record highs Tuesday as a new survey showed worse-than-expected crop damage from a brutal drought across the country's central breadbasket. ... more |
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  NASA Selects Combined Data Services Contract For Polar Satellites NASA has selected the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) of Oslo, Norway, for combined data support services for NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program. This is a firm-fixed price contract wit ... more | .. |
Scores of mastic orchards ravaged by Greek wildfire Scores of mastic orchards on the Greek island of Chios were destroyed in a forest fire that has been ablaze for three days,, according to local officials on Monday. ... more | .. |
China sees red over Europe wine imports A Chinese industry group has asked the government to probe European wine imports, claiming EU subsidies are harming domestic producers, state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Ohioans Love Their Lakes, But Are Concerned For Their Future Almost 41 percent of Ohioans have visited a lake, pond, river or creek in the state in the past year, and of those, nearly one-half usually spend their water-related recreational time at Lake Erie, ... 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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 Removing Phosphorous From Wastewater A professor at Michigan State University is part of a team developing a new method of removing phosphorous from our wastewater - a problem seriously affecting lakes and streams across the country. I ... more | .. |
 Warming causes more extreme shifts of the Southern Hemisphere's largest rain band South Pacific countries will experience more extreme floods and droughts, in response to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a paper in the journal Nature. The changes will resul ... more | .. |
 Aquaculture Feeding World's Insatiable Appetite for Seafood Total global fish production, including both wild capture fish and aquaculture, reached an all-time high of 154 million tons in 2011, and aquaculture is set to top 60 percent of production by 2020, ... more | .. |
 Impulsive micromanagers help plants to adapt, survive Soil microbes are impulsive. So much so that they help plants face the challenges of a rapidly changing climate. Jen Lau and Jay Lennon, Michigan State University biologists, studied how plants and ... more |
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 Friendships promote better farming in developing countries A study that examined how rural farmers in Ethiopia learn new farming techniques and adopt them on their own farms discovered that learning from a friend was a stronger motivator than learning from ... more | .. |
World must brace for higher food prices, experts say With drought parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and insidious hunger in Africa's Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food crisis. ... more | .. |
 Proba-1 microsat snaps Olympic neighbourhood This Olympics has been watched from all over the world - and beyond. Benefiting from a cloudless sky, this view of London's Olympic Park was captured by the smallest imager aboard ESA's smallest mis ... more | .. |
  Relief as storm leaves Philippines Tropical Storm Kai-tak blew out of the Philippines on Thursday, offering some relief for millions of people struggling to recover from a brutal few weeks of monsoon rains that claimed 109 lives. ... 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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 Seeds of hope amidst Philippine floods Amidst horrendous flooding around Manila and major rice-growing across Luzon in the Philippines, some good news has emerged for rice farmers - Submarino rice - rice that can survive around 2 weeks o ... more | .. |
 Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties From an engineer's perspective, plants such as palm trees, bamboo, maples and even potatoes are examples of precise engineering on a microscopic scale. Like wooden beams reinforcing a house, cell wa ... more | .. |
Japan says food diplomacy will keep Hong Kong sweet Hong Kong's love of Japanese cuisine will help ease tensions over Tokyo's arrest of Hong Kong activists at a disputed island chain, a Japanese minister said Thursday at a food fair in the Chinese city. ... more | .. |
 Sparse microwave imaging: A new concept in microwave imaging technology Sparse microwave imaging is a novel concept in microwave imaging that is intended to deal with the problems of increasing microwave imaging system complexity caused by the requirements of the system ... more |
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 Global water sustainability flows through natural and human challenges Water's fate in China mirrors problems across the world: fouled, pushed far from its natural origins, squandered and exploited. In this week's Science magazine, Jianguo "Jack" Liu, director of Michi ... more | .. |
  Neolithic Man: The First Lumberjack? During the Neolithic Age (approximately 10000-6000 BCE), early man evolved from hunter-gatherer to farmer and agriculturalist, living in larger, permanent settlements with a variety of domesticated ... more | .. |
 Diversity keeps grasslands resilient to drought, climate change For much of the year drought has been plaguing American grasslands. But a recent study found that grasses do not appear to be losing the turf war against climate when it comes to surviving with litt ... more | .. |
 NASA Finalizes Contracts for NOAA's JPSS-1 Mission NASA has completed negotiations and finalized the contracts for the spacecraft and instruments that comprise the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) Satellite, NOAA's second next generation oper ... more |
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