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Trump to visit flood-ravaged Texas amid scrutiny
Scrutiny over Texas flood response mounts as death toll hits 120 Belgium warned over 'tsunami' of packages from China Scrutiny over Texas flood response mounts as death toll tops 120 Fears grow that Texas floods death toll could surge Guatemala earthquakes leave four dead, houses damaged Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts Fears grow that Texas floods death toll could still surge Searching for Grandma Alicia after Texas floods Spain lifts lockdown for thousands as forest fire eases |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2017 The Louisiana coastline is sinking under the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of about one football field of land every hour (about 18 square miles of land lost in a year). But within this sinking region, two river deltas are growing. The Atchafalaya River and its diversion channel, Wax Lake Outlet, are gaining about one football field of new land every 11 and 8 hours, respectively (1.5 and 2 square miles per year). Last fall, a team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, showed ... read more |
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Cape Town pools crack down on splashing as drought bitesCape Town on Wednesday announced a crackdown on splashing and surfer shorts at the city's swimming pools in a bid to save water as a fierce drought plagues Southern Africa. ... more  
Syngenta says profits down as ChemChina takeover loomsSwiss pesticide and seed giant Syngenta said Wednesday that restructuring costs hit 2016 earnings, even as its planned takeover by ChemChina looks set to be completed by the middle of the year. ... more 
Miracle crop: Can quinoa help feed the world?Scientists on Wednesday unveiled the near-complete genome of quinoa, a grain cultivated centuries ago by Incas in the Andes that scientists say could help feed a hungry world. ... more 
Students brew beer using 5,000-year-old recipe from ChinaMany college students - if desperate enough, or late enough - aren't above settling for skunked beer, a can that sat out in the sun for too long, for example. But few have tasted the funky notes of a home-brewed jar of suds inspired by ancient Chinese beer-making techniques. ... more |
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Persistent tropical foraging in the New Guinea highlandsThe development of agriculture is frequently seen as one of the major economic, social, and demographic thresholds in human history. From the perspective of the modern world it is often seen as an i ... more 
Controlling electron spin makes water splitting more efficientOne of the main obstacles in the production of hydrogen through water splitting is that hydrogen peroxide is also formed, which affects the efficiency stability of the reaction and the stability of ... more  
Baltic hunter-gatherers began farming without influence of migrationNew research indicates that Baltic hunter-gatherers were not swamped by migrations of early agriculturalists from the Middle East, as was the case for the rest of central and western Europe. Instead ... more 
Life-cycle study provides detailed look at decentralized water systemsThe "decentralized" water system at the Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, which treats all non-potable water on site, contributes to the net-zero ... more 
Spain's Balearic Islands hit by deadly olive tree bacteriaA deadly bacteria that infected thousands of olive trees in Italy has been detected in Spain's Balearic Islands where authorities are racing to contain it, a regional government official said Friday. ... more  
Bird flu outbreak spreads to Belgium/> A highly contagious strain of bird flu that has affected poultry farmers in France and Germany has now spread to Belgium, officials said on Thursday. The H5N8 avian virus was identified late ... more |
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 A closer look at what caused the Flint water crisis 
Italy's military 'narcos' cook up cannabis curesIt's every stoner's nightmare: marijuana plants as far as the eye can see and not a spliff in sight. ... more 
17 million face hunger in Horn of Africa due to droughtWith very little rain in the last weeks and none expected for two months, more than 17 million people face hunger in the Horn of Africa, the UN food agency warned Sunday. ... more 
Macedonians send out SOS from Europe's oldest lakeA fishing boat glides across the shimmering surface of Europe's oldest lake, a haven of biodiversity and a UNESCO World Heritage Site - one that conservationists warn faces multiple development threats. ... more 
Corn turning French hamsters into deranged cannibals: researchA diet of corn is turning wild hamsters in northeastern France into deranged cannibals that devour their offspring, alarmed researchers have reported. ... more |
  
SpaceKnow has announced the company has raised $4 million in Series A financing led by BlueYard Capital and previously existing investor Reflex Capital. This investment brings the company's total funds raised to approximately $5.5 million.
Jason Whitmire, Partner at BlueYard, will join the Board of Directors. The funding will be used to further develop the SpaceKnow Artificial Intelligence ... more NASA Taking Stock of Phytoplankton Populations in the Pacific Why the Earth's magnetic poles could be about to swap places An application of astronomy to save endangered species |
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  Boeing and the U.S. Air Force signed off on extending their partnership for sustaining the navigation capabilities of Global Positioning System satellites.
Under the agreement, Boeing and the Air Force will support military and civilian uses for the GPS block IIA and IIF satellites for the next five years. Boeing has also been contracted to develop next-generation GPS platforms.
... more India's Satnav Goes Out of Whack as Orbiting Atomic Clocks Break NASA space radio could change how flights are tracked worldwide ISRO to Launch Standby Navigation Satellite to Replace IRNSS-1A |
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'Relationships' in the soil become stronger during the process of nature restoration. Although all major groups of soil life are already present in former agricultural soils, they are not really 'connected' at first. These connections need time to (literally) grow, and fungi are the star performers here. A European research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) has shown t ... more Wetlands play vital role in carbon storage, study finds Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: study Honduras manages to stall pine-munching bugs' march |
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Scientists have long known of the potential of microalgae to aid in the production of biofuels and other valuable chemicals. However, the difficulty and significant cost of growing microalgae have in some ways stalled further development of this promising technology. Bendy Estime, a biomedical and chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate, has devoted his research to this area, and developed a new te ... more DuPont Industrial Biosciences to develop new high-efficiency biogas enzyme method Cathay Pacific to cut emissions with switch to biofuel Populus dataset holds promise for biofuels, materials, metabolites |
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People with higher incomes and better education no longer dominate demand for the domestic solar market in Queensland with a new QUT study revealing the highest uptake in solar PV systems comes from families on medium to lower incomes.
Over the past decade the profile of Queenslanders acquiring solar PV has changed significantly based on a study by QUT Dr Jeff Sommerfeld investigating the ... more EU to phase out China solar panel duties NREL research pinpoints promise of polycrystalline perovskites Material can turn sunlight, heat and movement into electricity |
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While only a fraction of the total capacity is realized, Norwegian energy company Statoil said the British grid is getting power from its latest wind farm.
Statoil announced its first wind turbine from the Dudgeon facility off the British coast was now providing electricity to the nation's grid. Up to 6,000 homes are now getting power from offshore wind. Once in full operation later thi ... more Prysmian UK to supply land cable connections for East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm Russia's nuclear giant pushes into wind energy The power of wind energy and how to use it |
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  Australian energy company BHP Billiton issued a call to policymakers to do more to advance development of carbon capture technologies.
The International Energy Agency described carbon capture and storage as a necessary addition to other low-carbon energy technologies meant to drive down global greenhouse gas emissions. The process involves capturing carbon dioxide from sources like powe ... more Beijing's mayor vows step away from coal EU must shut coal plants by 2030 to meet climate pledge: study Smog chokes coal-addicted Poland |
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  Carrying the golden statue of a revered ancient general, villagers in eastern China dash wildly through waterlogged fields in a mud-spattered celebration of a local rebel adored for stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
Spurred on by the roar of firecrackers and cheers of families crowded on muddy banks, teams of men splash through the quagmire, in a centuries-old ceremony that is part ... more Exile, jail, abduction: the hazardous lives of China's rich Missing Chinese billionaire targeted over stocks crash: report 'Abduction' of China tycoon sparks fear in Hong Kong |
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NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston - the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center, and NineSigma, a global innovation consultant organization, has selected the top 20 teams in the Space Robotics Challenge. Eligible teams will be awarded $15,000 and advance to the final Virtual Competition, which will take place in June.
The Space Robotics Challenge, part of NASA's C ... more 500 years of robots go on show in London Pentagon's robot satellite repair system sued by aerospace company Switzerland orders Protector remote weapon stations |
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From bags washing up on Bali's beaches to food packaging scattered across roads and clogging waterways in cities, Indonesia is facing a plastic waste crisis driven by years of rapid economic growth.
Now an entrepreneur from Bali, disgusted at the rubbish littering the famous holiday island, is trying to tackle the problem with alternatives to conventional plastic.
His company, Avani Eco, ... moreChina tightens smog data controls amid public anger Philippine ministers say mine closure order will cost jobs Coal ash selenium found in fish in NC lakes |
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Nearly a decade after being logged, vegetation in forested areas severely burned by California's Cone Fire in 2002 was relatively similar to areas untouched by logging equipment. The findings of a U.S. Forest Service study shed light on how vegetation responds to severe wildfire and whether further disturbances from logging affect regrowth.
The study, "Response of understory vegetation to ... more Research predicts extreme fires will increasingly be part of our global landscape More than 40 detained in Chile for spreading forest fires Chile wildfires kill 10 people: president |
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RE2 Robotics is to develop an inflatable Underwater Dual Manipulator system for the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research.
The award for underwater manipulator arms comes under a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award, the company said, but no details as to its monetary value were given.
The system to be developed is for integration onto unmanned underwater vehicles for ... more Splitfin flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to illuminate plankton NASA studies growing Louisiana deltas Scientists find huge ancient landslide on Great Barrier Reef |
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Strong updrafts - currents of rising air - in severe thunderstorms are a prerequisite for hail formation. The width of these updrafts may be an indicator of an increased hail threat, according to Penn State meteorologists.
"Hail can have significant socioeconomic effects on communities," said Matt Kumjian, assistant professor of meteorology and atmospheric science in the College of Earth a ... more California state of emergency over storm damage Bangladesh plants million trees to cut lightning toll Powerful storms kill at least 16 in southeast US |
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Chinese bitcoin trading platforms risk closure if they breach new controls on the virtual currency, the central bank said Thursday, as authorities step up efforts to curb the flow of money offshore.
During a meeting Wednesday with officials from nine Beijing-based bitcoin trading platforms, a People's Bank of China (PBoC) inspection team unveiled a series of restrictions on the digital unit. ... more British PM, eyeing post-Brexit, to visit China this year Top tech companies argue against Trump travel ban India's techies fear US crackdown on high-skilled visas |
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An international team led by researchers at Nagoya University, along with US and Swiss colleagues, has identified a new type of solar event and dated it to the year 5480 BC; they did this by measuring carbon-14 levels in tree rings, which reflect the effects of cosmic radiation on the atmosphere at the time. They have also proposed causes of this event, thereby extending knowledge of how the sun ... more Friday Night's Deep Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipse 2017: NASA Supports a Unique Opportunity for Science in the Shadow NASA Scientist Studies Whether Solar Storms Cause Animal Beachings |
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  Chinese authorities are investigating a banquet where government officials may have feasted on endangered pangolins, considered the most trafficked mammal on earth, after posts about the meal drew outrage on social media.
The animal's brown scales are made of nothing more than keratin - the same substance as fingernails - but are highly prized in Vietnam and China where they are misleading ... more The diversity of species on Earth is generating itself Trump wall could harm butterfly's migration: Mexican official What role does electromagnetic signaling have in biological systems |
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