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  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 Centuries ago, the ancient networks of the Silk Road facilitated a political and economic openness between the nations of Eurasia. But this network also opened pathways for genetic exchange that shaped one of the world's most popular fruits: the apple. As travelers journeyed east and west along the Silk Road, trading their goods and ideas, they brought with them hitchhiking apple seeds, discarded from the choicest fruit they pulled from wild trees. This early selection would eventually lead to the 7,500 ... read more |
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Scientists discover why bubbles zig-zag as they rise through waterWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 Until now, scientists have struggled to explain the zig-zagging motion of air bubbles rising through water. New research suggests patterns can be explained by the bubbles' rotation. ... more 
Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardensMexico City (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 Roberto Altamirano has the lake to himself as he casts his glistening net onto the still water in a perfect circle, lets it sink, then slowly pulls it in. ... more  
Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normalWashington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought's severity. During the 20th century, the total area of land affected by drought increased, ... more  
3 lions shot after escaping from South Africa's Kruger ParkJohannesburg (AFP) July 13, 2017 Three male lions that escaped over the weekend from South Africa's Kruger National Park have been shot dead after a farmer found them eating his cattle, officials said Thursday. ... more |
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Philippines evacuates one million, woman dead as super typhoon nears
Japan observes tiny tsunami following 6.7 magnitude quake Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as super typhoon nears Tornado kills six, injures 750 as it wrecks southern Brazil town Winds, rain lash Philippines as super typhoon nears Tornado kills six, wrecks town in Brazil Tornado kills five, injures more than 400 in Brazil Tehran to restrict water as Iran battles drought Philippines halts search for typhoon dead as huge new storm nears Tornado kills 5, injures 130 in Brazil |
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Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demandLos Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017 Over nearly a century Disney has exported US culture across the globe, but the company was astonished to find one slice of Americana wildly popular in China - the turkey leg. ... more 
Climate change will cut crop yields: studyMiami (AFP) Aug 15, 2017 Climate change will have a negative effect on key crops such as wheat, rice, and maize, according to a major scientific report out Tuesday that reviewed 70 prior studies on global warming and agriculture. ... more 
Oceans possess vast, untapped potential for sustainable aquacultureSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Covering 70 percent of Earth's surface, the world's oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every coastal country has the potential to meet its own domestic seafood needs through aqu ... more 
Efforts to reduce pollution from agriculture paying off slowlyWaterloo, UK (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Efforts by farmers to reduce the amount of fertilizer that reaches drinking water sources can take years to have a positive impact, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo. Th ... more 
'Inefficient' sailing fleet keeps oyster fishery aliveExeter UK (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Oyster stocks in a Cornish fishery are sustained thanks to "inefficient" traditional fishing methods, new research suggests. The Fal oyster fishery is home to the only sail-driven commercial fishing ... more 
Experts point finger at Dutch oversight agency in egg scandalThe Hague (AFP) Aug 12, 2017 Years of cuts at the Dutch food watchdog agency and a tendency among politicians to put economics ahead of public safety may be to blame for the EU's tainted-egg scandal that has spread as far as Hong Kong. ... more |
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Can offshore fish farming feed a hungry world?Paris (AFP) Aug 14, 2017 Harvesting fish and shellfish from offshore farms could help provide essential protein to a global population set to expand a third to 10 billion by mid-century, researchers said Monday. ... more
Hong Kong, Switzerland, 15 EU states hit by egg scandal: EUBrussels (AFP) Aug 11, 2017 Insecticide-tainted eggs from European poultry farms have now been found in Hong Kong and Switzerland as well as 15 EU countries, the European Commission said Friday. ... more  
Global warming alters timing of floods in Europe: studyWashington (AFP) Aug 10, 2017 Global warming is altering the timing of floods in Europe, making some rivers swell early and others later than usual, a phenomenon that impacts farming and daily life across the region, researchers said Thursday. ... more 
Cracking the code of megapestsCanberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 For the first time, researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have mapped the complete genome of two closely related megapests potentially sav ... more |
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  Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
Owing to the opposite vertical orientation with respect to the plane of Earth's rotation across the equator from the Southern Hemisphere to Northern Hemisphere, the equator serves as a waveguide that houses a zoo of all kinds of atmospheric waves propagating along the west-east direction, which are referred to as "equatorial waves".
Equatorial waves are generated from spatially non-uniform ... more Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA-led airborne mission studies storm intensification in northern hemisphere  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2017 
Japan on Saturday launched the third satellite in its effort to build a homegrown geolocation system aimed at improving the accuracy of car navigation systems and smartphone maps to mere centimetres.
An H-IIA rocket blasted off at about 2:30 pm (0530 GMT) from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The rocket successf ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017Harris delivers navigation package for third GPS III satellite  Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Lockheed Martin Begins Modernizing Receivers for U.S. Air Force's GPS Signal Monitoring Stations |
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 Warsaw, Poland (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
It will take two years to clear the tens of thousands of trees smashed by the weekend storms that devastated Poland's forests, the country's forest service said Wednesday.
"We're dealing with what is undoubtedly the worst disaster in the history of Polish - and perhaps even European - forestry," Poland's chief forester, Konrad Tomaszewski, told reporters.
The storms that hit Poland ove ... more Brasilia (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Brazilian tribes celebrate court ruling on land rights  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Drought-affected trees die from hydraulic failure and carbon starvation  Jena, Germany (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Humans have been altering tropical forests for at least 45,000 years |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
With more than two dozen companies in Pennsylvania manufacturing potato chips, it is no wonder that researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have developed a novel approach to more efficiently convert potato waste into ethanol. This process may lead to reduced production costs for biofuel in the future and add extra value for chip makers.
Using potato mash made from the ... more Mexico City (AFP) Aug 17, 2017Mexico's prickly pear cactus: energy source of the future?  Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Additive selectively converts CO2 to multicarbon fuels  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017New light-activated catalyst grabs CO2 to make ingredients for fuel |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 
Lakes and ponds used by water utilities have long been viewed with a single purpose: holding water. Now a handful of pioneering water utilities are looking at their aquatic real estate with a new purpose in mind: solar energy generation.
Large-scale floating solar projects have been installed in Japan and China, as well as on ponds at California wineries. But solar energy has remained p ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2017Work begins in carbon-free site in Dubai  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 09, 2017ABB wins $30 million order to support integration of renewables in Germany  Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Solar glasses generate solar power |
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 Richland WA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
The same technology that enables soldiers to see in the dark can also help protect birds and bats near offshore wind turbines. Night vision goggles use thermal imaging, which captures infrared light that's invisible to the human eye. Now, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are using thermal imaging to help birds and bats near offshore wind farms.
... more La Ventosa, Mexico (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Wind energy blows up storm of controversy in Mexico  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Norway's Statoil reshapes hold of giant wind farm off the British coast  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Vertical axis wind turbines can offer cheaper electricity for urban and suburban areas |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017 
The construction of new coal-fired power plants will be "strictly controlled" in order to clean up the nation's economy, the Chinese government said Monday.
The National Development and Reform Commission said about 150 million kilowatts of new coal-fired power will be halted or postponed under a five-year plan ending in 2020. The government said controls would ensure clean-energy resour ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Russian scientist says leave coal in the ground  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Coal production gains slowing, U.S. report finds Washington (UPI) Aug 7, 2017Profits for Chinese coal producers soar |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 19, 2017 
Life may be stranger than fiction for an award-winning Chinese crime writer who has been arrested in connection with a quadruple-homicide that took place more than two decades ago.
For 22 years, police in eastern Zhejiang province tried to crack the cold case of how a family ended up dead in the guesthouse they ran.
They filled stacks upon stacks of notepads with possible suspects and le ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Hong Kong activists fear more jailings; As Beijing defends crackdown  London (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Outcry as UK publisher censors content for China  Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Street joints and empires in noodle-crazed Hong Kong |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
Building on recent breakthroughs in autonomous cyber systems and formal methods, DARPA has announced a new research program called Assured Autonomy that aims to advance the ways computing systems can learn and evolve to better manage variations in the environment and enhance the predictability of autonomous systems like driverless vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
"Tremendous a ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017Northrop Grumman to demonstrate autonomous networked unmanned vehicles  Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 19, 2017AI revolution will be all about humans, says Siri trailblazer  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017SSL and NASA complete preliminary design review for on-orbit robotic servicing spacecraft |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
A 128-nation treaty to curb exposure to the dangerous heavy metal mercury entered into force Wednesday, the United Nations announced on the convention's website.
Adopted in 2013, the Minamata Convention on Mercury was named for the Japanese fishing town in which thousands were poisoned by the deadly element in the mid-20th century.
The toll was caused by discharge from a chemical factory ... more Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Probiotics help poplar trees clean up toxins in Superfund sites  Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand  Ottawa (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Canada looking to add environmental protections to NAFTA |
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 Lisbon (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
Portugal's police said Wednesday they had arrested 61 suspected arsonists so far this year, with fires on the rise and figures showing the largest number of people killed in forest blazes since 2003.
This year's fires, as well as killing more than 60 people and injuring hundreds more, have destroyed 141,000 hectares, civil protection officials said, citing provisional figures.
That comes ... more Macao, Portugal (AFP) Aug 17, 2017Wildfires trap 2,000 villagers in Portugal  Athens (AFP) Aug 15, 2017Greece asks EU for air support to battle fires  Stockholm (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Fires hit Greenland after record temperatures; Corsica and Portugal ablaze |
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 Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
It's an unseasonably warm February afternoon at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center (SSC), Mississippi, where three men are tinkering with a 7-foot tall, four-legged instrument platform, preparing it for an upcoming research experiment off the coast of Virginia.
The rugged apparatus known as a "quadpod," was built to withstand being on the bottom of the ocean for weeks ... more Cambridge, UK (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Meadow of dancing brittle stars shows evolution at work  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Ancient ocean deoxygenation provides an urgent warning  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Japan launches study into suspected Chinese coral poaching |
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 Bunia, DR Congo (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 
A landslide has swept over a fishing village on the banks of a lake in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 40 people, a regional official said Thursday.
Part of a mountain engulfed "a fisherman's camp after heavy rains caused a landslide" the deputy governor of Ituri province, Pacifique Keta, told AFP.
He said 40 people were killed in the disaster in the village of Tora o ... more Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Los Angeles tests cooling pavement paint to beat heat  Freetown (AFP) Aug 14, 2017312 dead as mudslides, flooding sweep through Sierra Leone capital  Beijing (AFP) Aug 8, 2017Landslide in southwest China kills eight, 17 missing |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 
The United States on Friday formally launched a trade investigation into China's intellectual property practices and forced transfer of American technology, which President Donald Trump had called for this week.
"On Monday, President Trump instructed me to look into Chinese laws, policies, and practices which may be harming American intellectual property rights, innovation, or technology dev ... more Tokyo (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Warning from history: Could Japan-style crash hit China  Beijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2017China's debt on a 'dangerous trajectory': IMF  Beijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2017China warns of retaliation as Trump launches trade probe |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 17, 2017  Ten spacecraft, from ESA's Venus Express to NASA's Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event. Scientists working on ESA's Mars Express were looking forward to investigating the effects of the close encounter of Comet Siding Spring on the Red Planet's atmosph ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Studying the sun's atmosphere with the total solar eclipse of 2017  Paris (ESA) Aug 21, 2017ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses |
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 Troy NY (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
A new approach to optical imaging makes it possible to quickly and economically monitor multiple molecular interactions in a large area of living tissue - such as an organ or a small animal; technology that could have applications in medical diagnosis, guided surgery, or pre-clinical drug testing. The method, which is detailed in Nature Photonics, is capable of simultaneously tracking 16 colors ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Hunter Island penguin species never actually existed, study says Mexico City (AFP) July 19, 2017Star chefs in Mexico to defend biodiversity  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Bacteria passed from mom to offspring is most beneficial, study shows |
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