|
|
|
  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 At just the right size, carbon nanotubes can filter water with better efficiency than biological proteins, a new study reveals. The results could pave the way to new water filtration systems, at a time when demands for fresh water pose a global threat to sustainable development. A class of biological proteins, called aquaporins, is able to effectively filter water, yet scientists have not been able to manufacture scalable systems that mimic this ability. Aquaporins usually exhibit channels for fil ... read more |
 |
EPA plans ten hearings on water rule rewriteWashington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is taking its first steps to rewrite the Waters of the United States regulation under the Trump Administration. ... more  
Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shapeDavis CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 The advent of farming, especially dairy products, had a small but significant effect on the shape of human skulls, according to a recently published study from anthropologists at UC Davis. Hum ... more  
France faces worst wine harvest since 1945Paris (AFP) Aug 25, 2017 France faces its poorest wine harvest since 1945 after an unusually mild March and frosty April, experts said Friday, although a hot summer promises to deliver top vintages. ... 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 |
|
6.1-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Central Papua: USGS
Philippines 'ghost' flood projects leave residents stranded Strong quake off Russia Far East, tsunami alert issued Europe, Mediterranean coast saw record drought in August: AFP analysis of EU data Philippine lawmaker quits top job as graft probe moves forward Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab Landslides kill 12 after eastern Malaysia deluges Philippines president says corruption scandal protests justified Philippines commission to probe widening flood project scandal Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning lifted |
|
|
| Previous Issues | Aug 28 | Aug 25 | Aug 24 | Aug 23 | Aug 22 |
 
|
|
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 |
|
 Surprising two-way journey for apple on the Silk Road 
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 
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 |
|
  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 Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Man-made fossil methane emission levels larger than previously believed  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer |
|
 New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2017 
India is launching a new satellite IRNSS-1H next week to replace the malfunctioning IRNSS-1A. IRNSS-1A, a component of India's very own global positioning system (NavIC), had developed a glitch after its three rubidium atomic clocks had stopped functioning earlier this year.
The Indian regional navigational satellite system (IRNSS) with the operational name of NavIC, will be joined by an e ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Japan launches satellite for better GPS system  Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017Harris delivers navigation package for third GPS III satellite |
|
|
 Dhaka (AFP) Aug 24, 2017 
Bangladesh police declared Thursday that rampant piracy in the Sundarbans was a thing of the past, crediting a gun buyback scheme for reducing crime and tiger poaching in the vast mangrove forest.
Police said more than 130 pirates operating in the forested delta region had surrendered their weapons and ammunition in exchange for cash, legal aid and mobile phones since the programme began jus ... more Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 25, 2017Brazil's opening of Amazon to mining sets off alarm  New York NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Annual value of trees estimated at 500 million dollars per megacity  Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 23, 2017How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest |
|
 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 
Many chemists are currently researching how small carbon molecules, such as methane and methanol, can be used to generate larger molecules. The earth is naturally rich in methane, and artificial processes like the fermentation of biomass in biogas plants also produce it in abundance.
Methanol can be generated from methane. Both are simple molecules containing only a single carbon atom. How ... more New York NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Cyborg bacteria outperform plants when turning sunlight into useful compounds  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 |
|
|
 Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2017 
Stanford scientists outline the infrastructure changes needed to make 139 countries powered 100 percent by wind, water and solar energy by 2050.
A transition of this kind could mean less worldwide energy consumption due to the efficiency of clean, renewable electricity - leading to a net increase of more than 24 million long-term jobs, an annual decrease in 4 to 7 million deaths relate ... more Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017Audi Cooperates with Alta Devices on Automobiles with Solar Roofs  Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017Renewables could bring balance to India's economic growthw.  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017More solar power thanks to titanium |
|
 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 
German energy company E.ON said Thursday it laid the first of the 60 foundations for a wind farm development in national waters of the Baltic Sea.
The German company said it's deploying the 60 so-called monopiles about 25 miles offshore. Foundations for a common substation were installed last month and the entire project could start generating energy for German consumers by 2019.
... more La Ventosa, Mexico (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Wind energy blows up storm of controversy in Mexico  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 22, 2017 
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 |
|
 Beijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2017 
Alone on Chinese Valentine's Day? Gift yourself a dried flower. Or better yet, indulge in a cake shaped like a "single dog". Eating by yourself? A restaurant will sit a teddy bear across from you.
As couples coo over each other during China's version of Valentine's Day on Monday, several businesses will woo a single population that may be unlucky with love but has money to spend.
While V ... more Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea  Shanghai (AFP) Aug 24, 2017Steer clear of screens and self-abuse, Chinese recruits told  Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 25, 2017Hong Kong independence duo fail to regain parliament seats |
|
|
 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 Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Illinois researchers develop origami-inspired robot  Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Smart computers  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Designing custom robots in a matter of minutes |
|
 Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Aug 26, 2017 
The death of a little boy after swimming in polluted seawater has put the spotlight on Gaza's pollution crisis and the human impact of desperate electricity shortages in the Palestinian enclave.
Mohammed al-Sayis, five, died late last month a few days after swimming in the sewage-polluted waters, with his brothers also hospitalised, his family and health ministry said.
Dozens of others h ... more Nairobi (AFP) Aug 28, 2017Kenya bans plastic bags in bid to fight pollution  Miami (AFP) Aug 23, 2017Arsenic in Pakistan groundwater 'alarmingly high': study  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 28, 2017Catholic church condemns Brazil plan for Amazon mining |
|
|
 Ottawa (AFP) Aug 25, 2017 
A new wildfire forced 1,100 residents in Canada's westernmost province of British Columbia to flee overnight and the blaze was still burning out of control Friday, officials said.
The blaze started about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of the Okanagan wine region in the residential community of Joe Rich, near Kelowna.
Stoked by high winds, it caught many off guard, including one woman who ... more Ottawa (AFP) Aug 22, 2017Blazes merge into largest ever wildfire in westernmost Canada  Zagreb (AFP) Aug 21, 2017Croatia fights dozens of fires along Adriatic coast  Lisbon (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Portugal arsonists feed wildfire destruction |
|
 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017 
The Navy announced Monday it is developing technology for the wireless underwater recharging of unmanned undersea vehicles at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific.
Current UUVs used for reconnaissance, mine hunting, and other tasks need to be recharged manually at either port or ship. Underwater charging stations would allow the craft to stay on station for much longer per ... more Madison WI (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Coral skeletons may resist the effects of acidifying oceans  Austin TX (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Algae fortifies coral reefs in past and present Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017EPA plans ten hearings on water rule rewrite |
|
|
 Houston (AFP) Aug 28, 2017  Rescue teams in boats, trucks and helicopters scrambled Monday to reach hundreds of Texans marooned on flooded streets in and around the city of Houston before monster storm Harvey returns.
US President Donald Trump promised that the federal government would be on hand to help Texas along the "long and difficult road to recovery" from the historic storm.
The medical examiner's office for ... more Bunia, DR Congo (AFP) Aug 17, 2017Landslide kills 40 in northeast DR Congo  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 |
|
 Shanghai (AFP) Aug 28, 2017 
Shares in the hotel chain of Chinese conglomerate Wanda plunged in Hong Kong to close 8.09 percent lower on Monday despite the firm dismissing as false reports that chairman Wang Jianlin had been barred from leaving the country.
Wanda and other Chinese conglomerates that made a succession of multi-billion-dollar overseas investments in recent years have been under official scrutiny for month ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017Archaeologists discover ancient trade routes in Vietnam  Brasilia (AFP) Aug 28, 2017Brazil seeks buyers in China in privatization wave  Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2017China's Xi calls for more imports and more 'open economy' |
|
|
 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 Joint Base Charleston SC (AFNS) Aug 28, 2017Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon"  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 |
|
 Paris (AFP) Aug 24, 2017 
Has any animal suffered greater ignominy than the ill-fated dodo?
"A strange and grotesque specimen of bird... bearing a ridiculous bent bill," was the verdict of early 17th century Dutch admiral and explorer Wybrand van Warwijck.
Subsequent expeditions of sailors feasted on the helpless fowl even as they disparaged the flavour of its flesh as "the devil's chicken".
By 1680, the dodo ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017Female squirrels align births to increase survival of young Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2017Biodiversity does not always mean more funding  Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 23, 2017S.Africa's first online rhino horn auction sparks anger |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
