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  Paris (ESA) Aug 21, 2017 For the first time in India, a state government is using satellites to assess lost crops so that farmers can benefit from speedy insurance payouts. The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is home to around 68 million people, of which almost a million are rice farmers. However, Tamil Nadu is facing the worst drought in 140 years, leading to the land being too dry for paddy fields, lost yield, widespread misery and unrest. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission has been used to alleviate a li ... read more |
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Can 'reading' leaves lead to more drought-tolerant cropsUvalde TX (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 Looking at leaves to peer into the future might seem the stuff of superstition, but is actually the essence of research conducted by scientists from Texas A and M AgriLife and the University of Sout ... more 
Wild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years agoCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 Excavations of architecture and associated deposits left by hunter-gatherers in the Black Desert in eastern Jordan have revealed bones from wild sheep - a species previously not identified in this a ... more 
Ray of hope for more abundant wheat cropsLancaster UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 Crops such as wheat could be up to 21% more efficient at turning the sun's energy into food, according to new research by Lancaster University. The food chain relies on plants using sunlight t ... more 
Adding silicon to soil to strengthen plant defensesNewark DE (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 To help plants better fend off insect pests, researchers are arming them with stones. The University of Delaware's Ivan Hiltpold and researchers from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environme ... more |
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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 Iran president warns Tehran may face evacuation due to drought Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi ravages Vietnam, Philippines |
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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 
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 
Harnessing rich satellite data to estimate crop yieldUrbana IL (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 Without advanced sensing technology, humans see only a small portion of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Satellites see the full range--from high-energy gamma rays, to visible, infrared, and low ... more 
Surprising two-way journey for apple on the Silk RoadWashington 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 sha ... more  
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 |
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 Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normal 
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 |
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  Keith Koehler for Wallops News 
Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017
A NASA rocket mission to study disturbances in the upper atmosphere that interfere with communication and technology systems will form night-time white artificial clouds visible by residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands during two rocket flights to occur between August 29 and September 9.
The Waves and Instabilities from a Neutral Dynamo, o ... more Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Identifying individual atmospheric equatorial waves from a total flow field |
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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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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 
In the megacities that are home to nearly 10 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people, trees provide each city with more than $500 million each year in services that make urban environments cleaner, more affordable and more pleasant places to live.
In a recent study published in the online journal Ecological Modelling, an international team of researchers reported that in the 10 megacitie ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Tropical trees maintain high carbon accumulation rates into old age  Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 23, 2017How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest  Warsaw, Poland (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Storms felled record number of trees in Poland: officials |
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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 
Photosynthesis provides energy for the vast majority of life on Earth. But chlorophyll, the green pigment that plants use to harvest sunlight, is relatively inefficient. To enable humans to capture more of the sun's energy than natural photosynthesis can, scientists have taught bacteria to cover themselves in tiny, highly efficient solar panels to produce useful compounds.
The researchers ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Stretchable biofuel cells extract energy from sweat to power wearable devices  University Park PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Potato waste processing may be the road to enhanced food waste conversion  Mexico City (AFP) Aug 17, 2017Mexico's prickly pear cactus: energy source of the future? |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
Sensitized solar cells consisting of a molecular or solid-state sensitizer that serves to collect light and inject an electron into a substrate that favors their migration are among the most studied photovoltaic systems at present.
Despite its importance in determining the potential of a photovoltaic device, current methods for monitoring the interfacial electron transfer remain ambiguous. ... more Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Midsummer receives two new orders for its DUO thin film solar cell manufacturing system  Onna, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2017The power of perovskite  Dandong, China (AFP) Aug 20, 2017China's solar panels shine spotlight on North Korea trade |
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 La Ventosa, Mexico (AFP) Aug 19, 2017 
Cain Lopez looks tiny standing near the seven enormous wind turbines that tower over his farm in the Mexican village of La Ventosa.
In this gusty rural region near the Pacific coast, the wind is so strong it sometimes flips over cars and even trailer trucks.
Lopez always considered it a curse, until an international energy company came along and said it wanted to build these 40-meter (13 ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2017U.S. extends wind energy taproots into Zambia  Richland WA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Night vision for bird- and bat-friendly offshore wind power  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Norway's Statoil reshapes hold of giant wind farm off the British coast |
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Coal shipped from the United States could help address energy security issues in Ukraine, the nation's energy secretary said.
U.S. Cabinet officials, the U.S. envoy to Ukraine and representatives from XCoal were on hand for the first shipment of coal from a Pennsylvania facility to Ukrainian energy company Centrenergo. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said coal sent from the United Stat ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017China to strictly control new coal-fired power capacity  Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Russian scientist says leave coal in the ground  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Coal production gains slowing, U.S. report finds |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 22, 2017 
With hair newly shaven in accordance with Hong Kong prison rules, jailed pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was in court again Tuesday on more protest-related charges.
Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow were sent to prison last Thursday for their leading role in the initial protest that sparked the months-long Umbrella Movement of 2014 - demonstrations and street blockades calling for democrati ... more Beijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2017At Beijing book fair, publishers admit self-censorship  Shanghai (AFP) Aug 24, 2017Steer clear of screens and self-abuse, Chinese recruits told  Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2017Second academic journal pressed to censor China content |
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 St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
In what could be a small step for science potentially leading to a breakthrough, an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has taken steps toward using nanocrystal networks for artificial intelligence applications.
Elijah Thimsen, assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and his collaborators have develo ... more Sydney (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Tech leaders warn against 'Pandora's box' of robotic weapons  Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Smart computers  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Designing custom robots in a matter of minutes |
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 Mumbai (AFP) Aug 22, 2017 
A factory accused of dumping dye into an Indian river where several dogs turned blue has been shut down, an official said Tuesday, after alarming pictures emerged of the brightly-coloured canines.
An animal activist spotted the blue dogs wandering the streets of Mumbai near an industrial zone where factories had been accused of pouring untreated chemicals directly into the Kasadi river.
... more Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand  Paris (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Treaty to curb mercury exposure takes effect  Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Probiotics help poplar trees clean up toxins in Superfund sites |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Aug 22, 2017 
Nineteen wildfires have merged into one massive forest fire that officials said Tuesday was the largest ever recorded in Canada's westernmost British Columbia province.
The fires combined into a single blaze west of Quesnel that covers 467,000 hectares - twice the size of the previous record holder that was more than 200,000 hectares in 1958.
The so-called Plateau wildfire stretches 130 ... more Zagreb (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Croatia fights dozens of fires along Adriatic coast  Lisbon (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Portugal arsonists feed wildfire destruction  Macao, Portugal (AFP) Aug 17, 2017Wildfires trap 2,000 villagers in Portugal |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017 
Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that largemouth bass whose cortisol levels rise after stress are harder to catch by angling.
The study, published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, could impact recreational fishing if anglers are mainly catching fish whose stress levels determine if they are likely to strike at a lure.
"We could poten ... more Sydney (AFP) July 19, 2017Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters  Miami (AFP) July 17, 2017Japanese seaweed is welcome invader on US coasts: study  Paris (AFP) July 13, 2017Climate change deepens threat to Pacific island wildlife |
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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 Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2017US in 'economic war' with China, says Trump strategist Bannon  Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2017China's Xi calls for more imports and more 'open economy'  Sydney (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Australia to regulate virtual currency exchanges like Bitcoin |
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 St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 
3 billion times and man still does not have a clue. The weathermen were astonished the clouds dissipated during the loss of temperature of the eclipse. NASA is all google eyes about the data sets that they will process. I will continue to study images and look for shadow bands and the shadow race.
Thanks to Tom, Steve and the great teams of Schlafly Beer and Dew Drop Inn. Special planning ... more Newark NJ (SPX) Aug 21, 2017NJIT researchers will follow in the moon's slipstream to capture high-res sunspot images  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space  Paris (ESA) Aug 21, 2017ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017 
A new study by researchers at the University of Wyoming shows how soil bacteria require two-layer security to identify similar bacteria.
Similar to the digital world where two-factor authentication is required to verify identify, researchers found that the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus has been performing a similar task for millions of years.
Bacteria recognize other bacteria ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2017Flowers use nectar as a weapon of distraction  Santiago (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Chile rejects iron mine to protect penguins  Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017Study: Caterpillars rely less on microbiome than other animals |
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