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  Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 The office in central Jerusalem at first glance resembles many other start-ups - until you notice the religious books and entrepreneurs in traditional black suits. At Bizmax, a shared workspace, all the entrepreneurs are ultra-Orthodox Jews, a rarity in a community where many men shun work for religious study. "The high-tech industry is very fit for the haredim," said Yitzik Crombie, using the Hebrew word for the ultra-Orthodox. Unlike many other sectors, the flexible schedule allows for re ... read more |
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US startup eyes next generation of burgers with relishLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 Can a "high-tech" burger help save the planet? ... more  
Engineers, zoologists reveal how gulls 'wing morph' for stable soaringToronto, Canada (SPX) Jan 03, 2019 A unique collaboration between University of British Columbia (UBC) zoologists and U of T Engineering's aviation expert Professor Philippe Lavoie provides new insights into how gulls configure their ... more 
Bricked in by poverty, Cambodia's farmers fight debt bondagePhnom Penh (AFP) Jan 2, 2019 Bopha should be in school but instead toils seven days a week in a searing brick kiln on the outskirts of Phnom Penh - a 14-year-old trapped in debt bondage in a boom industry preying on the poverty of Cambodia's farmers. ... more 
China tobacco monopoly's global unit plans Hong Kong IPOHong Kong (AFP) Jan 2, 2019 The international wing of the world's largest cigarette maker - a Chinese state-owned tobacco monopoly - plans to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange, filing documents showed Wednesday. ... more |
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Philippines commission to probe widening flood project scandal
Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning lifted Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning issued S.Sudan flooding displaces 100,000 in matter of weeks: UN Afghan deputy PM visits earthquake hit area Death toll from Indonesia flooding rises to 23 Death toll from Indonesia flash floods rises to 19 Deadly floods inundate Indonesia's Bali and Flores islands Surveillance camera captures tornado in eastern Australia Deadly floods inundate Indonesia's Bali and Flores |
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Scientists: 'Time is ripe' to use big data for planet-sized plant questionsGainesville FL (SPX) Jan 01, 2019 A group of Florida Museum of Natural History scientists has issued a "call to action" to use big data to tackle longstanding questions about plant diversity and evolution and forecast how plant life ... more  
Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake UrmiaMiandoab, Iran (AFP) Dec 30, 2018 It is one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades, but the shrinking of Iran's great Lake Urmia finally appears to be stabilising and officials see the start of a revival. ... more 
China customs gives green light for US rice importsBeijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2018 China's customs administration announced Friday it had approved US rice imports, a move that comes during a 90-day tariff truce between the two countries which are engaged in a bruising trade war. ... more 
Tree-ring analysis explains physiology behind drought intoleranceCorvallis OR (SPX) Dec 27, 2018 Tree rings tell the story of what's happening physiologically as fire suppression makes forests more dense and less tolerant of drought, pests and wildfires, new research shows. Scientists at ... more 
Health checkups for alpine lakesEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 27, 2018 The best tool for assessing the health of mountain lakes comes in a very small package. According to new research by University of Alberta biologists, alpine species of zooplankton are excellent bio ... more |
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 Collecting clean water from air, inspired by desert life 
New management strategies may help Los Angeles avoid future water crisesWashington (UPI) Dec 19, 2018 Los Angeles' population continues to grow, putting added pressure on the city's water supply. ... more  |
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Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth's interiorWashington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 Slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates under the ocean drag about three times more water down into the deep Earth than previously estimated, according to a first-of-its-kind seismic study that sp ... more  
NGOs launch legal action against France over climateParis (AFP) Dec 18, 2018 A group of NGOs including Greenpeace and Oxfam have launched a lawsuit against the French state accusing it of taking insufficient action to tackle climate change. ... more 
Sphinx molecule to rescue African farmers from witchweedNagoya, Australia (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 An interdisciplinary team led by researchers at Nagoya University has discovered a highly potent and selective molecule, SPL7, that can lead seeds of the noxious parasitic weed Striga to suicide ger ... more 
Understanding food's carbon footprintDurham NC (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 Most people don't realize how much food production contributes to climate change - especially meat. "Beef is the SUV of food," said Rick Larrick, a professor of management and organizations at Duke' ... more 
Changes in agriculture could cut sector non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50 percentVienna, Austria (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 The agricultural sector is the world's largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, and IIASA-led research has found that changing agricultural practices and a shift in diet away from meat an ... more |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
How far have we come in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be difficult to make a global assessment of poverty and poor economic conditions, but with an eye in the sky, researchers are able to give us a very good hint of the living conditions of populations in the world's poor countries.
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
Drone usage is expected to soar over the next several years. As legal regulations evolve, many industries will embrace drones for a multitude of tasks from infrastructure inspections to commercial fishing and beyond. And despite the potential for enormous growth, this revolutionary technology has an Achilles heel that is rarely mentioned- it is fully dependent on Global Navigation Satellite Syst ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jan 07, 2019 
Up to 15 million hectares of tropical rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon could lose protection and be clear-cut because of an article in the country's new Forest Code.
The warning comes from Brazilian researchers at the University of Sao Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) and Swedish researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and Chalmers Universi ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed and analyzed a novel catalyst for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural, which is crucial for generating new raw materials that replace the classic non-renewable ones used for making many plastics.
It should be no surprise to most readers that finding an alternative to non-renewable natural resources is a key topic ... more |
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 Turin, Italy (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
According to FAO estimates, by 2025 nearly 2 billion people may not have enough drinking water to satisfy their daily needs. One of the possible solutions to this problem is desalination, namely treating seawater to make it drinkable. However, removing salt from seawater requires 10 to 1000 times more energy than traditional methods of freshwater supply, namely pumping water from rivers or wells ... more |
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 Golden CO (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
New National Science Foundation and Department of Energy-funded research highlights a previously unexplored consequence of the global proliferation of wind energy facilities: a wake effect from upwind facilities that can reduce the energy production of their downwind neighbors.
In collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), faculty at the University of Colorado Boul ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 
Coal exploitations is set to end in Spain on Monday, trailing the closure of Germany's last black coal mine a week earlier, as part of a European Union plan aimed at improving the environment.
As many as 26 coal operations, of which 12 were still active, will have to end all exploitation activities by Monday or else will have to return some $572 million in public funds, as per a Europea ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Jan 4, 2019  Thirteen Canadians have been detained in China following the arrest on December 1 of a senior executive from Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei, Ottawa said Thursday, with eight subsequently released.
Global Affairs Canada spokesperson Guillaume Berube confirmed the detentions to AFP, adding the figures excluded Hong Kong.
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 Sussex UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
Researchers at the University of Sussex, Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have for the first time used game theory to enable robots to assist humans in a safe and versatile manner.
The research team used adaptive control and Nash equilibrium game theory to programme a robot that can understand its human user's behaviour in order to better anticipate ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2019 
New research suggests trees alone aren't enough to keep roadside pollution out of adjacent environs. Hedges or a combination of hedges and trees offer a stronger buffer against vehicle pollution for roadside communities.
Scientists in Britain set up air quality monitors at several roadside test sites, each with different types of green infrastructure within a few feet of the road's edge ... more |
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 Reno NV (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 
A destructive fire-generated vortex - a massive stream of rising, spinning, smoke, ash and fire - that topped out at 17,000 feet above the earth, accelerated the Carr fire that killed eight people and devastated a widespread area in the Redding, California region in July 2018. The vortex, a little-observed atmospheric phenomena, was spinning with the power of a class three tornado, which earned ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2019 
Chilly reminders of a centuries-long cold snap can be found deep within the Pacific, a new study finds.
According to the results, ongoing cooling observed in Pacific deep-ocean temperatures indicates that the deep Pacific is still adjusting to the surface cooling that occurred during the Little Ice Age, which began nearly 1,000 years ago.
The common-era climate anomaly known as the L ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Jan 1, 2019 
As Australia swelters in an extreme heatwave, a video of a woman in the state of Victoria pouring water into the mouth of a thirsty koala has melted hearts online.
The vast continent has experienced intense heat over the past week, with the mercury up 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than usual for this time of year in southern Australia.
Numerous towns set new December ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 
US and Chinese officials extended trade war talks into a third day on Wednesday, with a member of the American delegation saying negotiations "went just fine".
The US officials have been in Beijing since Monday for the first sit-down talks since President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on December 1 to a three-month truce on a tit-for-tat trade spat.
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 
The sun defies conventional scientific understanding. Its upper atmosphere, known as the corona, is many millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Astrophysicists are keen to learn why the corona is so hot, and scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have completed research that may advance the search.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2019 
Scientists have discovered for the first time a Portuguese beetle that spends its entire life in groundwater.
Researchers found a single female specimen of the new species living in a cave in Portugal. The beetle's unique classification was made apparent by its "unambiguous morphology in combination with molecular data."
Researchers Ignacio Ribera of the Institute of Evolutionary ... more |
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