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Little evidence of health benefits from organic foodsStanford CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2012 You're in the supermarket eyeing a basket of sweet, juicy plums. You reach for the conventionally grown stone fruit, then decide to spring the extra $1/pound for its organic cousin. You figure you've just made the healthier decision by choosing the organic product - but new findings from Stanford University cast some doubt on your thinking. "There isn't much difference between organic and conventional foods, if you're an adult and making a decision based solely on your health," said Dena Bravata, ... read more |
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 Spinach power gets a big boost An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a way to combine the photosynthetic protein that converts light into electrochemical energy in spinach with silicon, ... more | .. |
 Bees, fruits and money Two thirds of the crops humans use for food production and the majority of wild plant species depend on pollination by insects such as bees and hover-flies. This ecosystem service, however, provided ... more | .. |
  Amazonian deforestation may cut rainfall by a fifth Deforestation may cause rainfall in the Amazonian basin to decline disastrously, British scientists said in a study published on Wednesday by the journal Nature. ... more | .. |
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 Champagne drought threatens First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne to go round this year. ... more | .. |
 Cameroon palm oil plantation deal 'must be stopped' A large palm oil plantation project in development in Cameroon since 2010 will put livelihoods and ecosystems in peril if allowed to continue, a US-based think-tank warned Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Unexpected finding shows climate change complexities in soil In a surprising finding, North Carolina State University researchers have shown that certain underground organisms thought to promote chemical interactions that make the soil a carbon sink actually ... more | .. |
  Trawling is changing seafloor habitats: study Bottom trawling is dramatically altering the ocean floor and harming habitats, similar to the way that farming has permanently changed the landscape, a study said on Wednesday. ... more |
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
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 No-Till Farming Helps Capture Snow and Soil Water A smooth blanket of snow in the winter can help boost dryland crop productivity in the summer, and no-till management is one way to ensure that blanket coverage, according to U.S. Department of Agri ... more | .. |
 Study offers new hope for increasing global food production, reducing environmental impact of agriculture Can we have enough to eat and a healthy environment, too? Yes-if we're smart about it, suggests a study published in Nature this week by a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and Mc ... more | .. |
 Oxfam warns food prices to soar due to climate change Staple food prices may double within the next two decades due to climate change and an increase in extreme weather including droughts and hurricanes, the anti-poverty group Oxfam said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Discovery may help protect crops from stressors Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a key genetic switch by which plants control their response to ethylene gas, a natural plant hormone best known for its abilit ... more |
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  Remote Sensing Satellite Sends First Earth Imagery Russia's remote sensing satellite Canopus-B, launched a month ago, has taken its first photos of the earth's surface, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. The imagery, which is ... more | .. |
 Suomi NPP Captures Smoke Plume Images from Russian and African Fires Powerful fires currently scorching parts of Russia and Africa sent up plumes of smoke into the atmosphere, images captured on Aug. 2, 2012, by the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite, Suomi Na ... more | .. |
 Uncoiling the cucumber's enigma Captivated by a strange coiling behavior in the grasping tendrils of the cucumber plant, researchers at Harvard University have characterized a new type of spring that is soft when pulled gently and ... more | .. |
 Brazil's Rousseff vows to stand firm on environment defense Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff warned Thursday that she will not all environmental protection to be eroded, after a pro-agribusiness congressional panel backed changes to the new forestry law. ... 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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  Drought hits Mississippi shipping, even after hurricane When it comes to maneuvering a powerful towboat in as little as four feet of muddy water, it helps to know the Mississippi River as intimately as Arthur Ward does. ... more | .. |
 $3.7 Billion Reasons Why GIS Technology is The Future Want a reason to enroll in an online geographic information systems (GIS) degree program? Consider this: When technology historians look back on 2012, they might look at this as the GIS year. "2012 ... more | .. |
 Proba-2's espresso-cup microcamera snaps Hurricane Isaac An experimental camera smaller than an espresso cup on ESA's Proba-2 microsatellite caught this view of soon-to-be Hurricane Isaac as it moved west of the Florida coast into the Gulf of Mexico on Mo ... more | .. |
 Water research thrives as new report highlights spiralling growth year on year Research into water is growing faster than the average 4% annual growth rate for all research disciplines, claims a new report presented by Elsevier and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI ... more |
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 Children at risk from rural water supplies Children drinking from around half the UK's private water supplies are almost five times more likely to pick up stomach infections - according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). R ... more | .. |
 No-till could help maintain crop yields despite climate change Reducing tillage for some Central Great Plains crops could help conserve water and reduce losses caused by climate change, according to studies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Research ... more | .. |
 World can increase food supply, study says Food production for a growing global population can be increased with a reduction in the environmental impact of agriculture, U.S. and Canadian researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Survival without water: A key trait of an aquatic invader to spread Nowadays, an increasing number of rivers and lakes are being invaded by exotic snails, which come from remote regions, and even other continents. Such species represent a threat to native species, a ... 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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 Behind closed doors With the help of beneficial bacteria, plants can slam the door when disease pathogens come knocking, University of Delaware researchers have discovered. A scientific team under the leadership of Har ... more | .. |
 A Greener Way to Fertilize Nursery Crops A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has found a "green" alternative to a type of fertilizer additive that is believed to contribute to the accumulation of heavy metals in waterways. ... more | .. |
 Desalination plant needed in Gaza by 2020: minister The Palestinian Authority's minister in charge of water issues, Shaddad Attili, on Tuesday stressed the urgency of having a desalination plant in place in Gaza by 2020 at the latest. ... more | .. |
Chinese buyer vows to honour French wine heritage A Chinese businessman who sparked uproar in France when he bought a historic Burgundy vineyard pledged Tuesday to respect local traditions and restore the chateau to its former glory. ... more |
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 Plants unpack winter coats when days get shorter Mechanisms that protect plants from freezing are placed in storage during the summer and wisely unpacked when days get shorter. In the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci ... more | .. |
 Forest Razing by Ancient Maya Worsened Droughts For six centuries, the ancient Maya flourished, with more than a hundred city-states scattered across what is now southern Mexico and northern Central America. Then, in A.D. 695, the collapse of sev ... more | .. |
 Good news for banana lovers: Help may be on the way to slow that rapid over-ripening A solution finally may be at hand for the number one consumer gripe about America's favorite fresh fruit ? bananas and their tendency to ripen, soften and rot into an unappetizing mush, seemingly in ... more | .. |
 Underground solution to starving rice plants Scientists have pinpointed a gene that enables rice plants to produce around 20% more grain by increasing uptake of phosphorus, an important, but limited, plant nutrient. The discovery unlocks the p ... more |
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