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Helium Supplies Endangered, Threatening Science And Technology (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 10:00:55
| The element that lifts things like balloons, spirits and voice ranges is being depleted so rapidly in the world's largest reserve, outside of Amarillo, Texas, that supplies are expected to be depleted there within the next eight years.
This deflates more than the Goodyear blimp and party favors. Its larger impact is on science and technology, according to Lee Sobotka, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. |
Insects' 'giant leap' reconstructed by founder of sociobiology (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 10:00:55
| Wilson’s article surveys recent evidence that the high level of social organization called “eusociality,” found in some Hymenoptera (and rarely in other species), is a result of natural selection on nascent colonies of species possessing features that predispose them to colonial life. Wilson concludes that these features, principally progressive provisioning of larvae and behavioral flexibility that leads to division of labor, allow some species to evolve colonies that are maintained and defended because of their proximity to food sources. |
Unique Kenyan game park threatened (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 10:00:55
| KITENGELA, Kenya (Reuters) - A short distance from the slums and skyscrapers of Nairobi, Naanyu Ntirrisa pulls thorn bushes around her Maasai village to keep out marauding lions that have killed a cow and two sheep.
"We are doing our best to be vigilant," she says.
Across a river from the village, tourists in Land Rovers photograph giraffes munching on acacia thorns, with the city's towers visible in the distance. |
Colon cancer risk traced to common ancestor (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 10:00:56
| LONDON (Reuters) - A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer, researchers said on Wednesday.
Using a genetic fingerprint, a U.S. team traced back a so-called founder genetic mutation to the couple found among two large families currently living in Utah and New York. |
UK seen giving green light to new nuclear plants (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 10:00:56
| LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is expected to give the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations next week, sparking a frenzy of deal-making by nuclear firms as well as a fresh challenge from environmental campaigners.
"I don't think the government has any other option," said analyst David Cunningham at Arbuthnot Securities. "It's a necessary evil." |
India to provide subsidy for solar power plants (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 10:00:56
| India will subsidize the running of solar power plants to help develop a renewable energy infrastructure, where high costs can be prohibitive, the minister for renewable energy said on Wednesday.
Renewable energy accounts for about 7.5 percent of India's installed generation capacity of 127,673 MW, a rate that compares favorably with much of the rest of the world. |
Red Planet Still Packs Surprises (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 12:00:57
| Even though orbiters have eyed it from space and landers have rumbled across its surface, Mars still has more secrets to reveal. Two findings emerged this week: the possibility of an active glacier far from the planet's poles and evidence that sulfur--not carbon--was the element driving the planet's warmer climate long ago. Both discoveries could force some rethinking about martian evolution and dynamics--and maybe even provide insights about Earth's past. |
Researchers Reverse Effects Of Sleep Deprivation (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 12:00:57
| "These findings are significant because of their potential applicability," said Samuel A. Deadwyler, Ph.D., professor of physiology and pharmacology at Wake Forest. "This could benefit patients suffering from narcolepsy and other serious sleep disorders. But it also has applicability to shift workers, the military and many other occupations where sleep is often limited, yet cognitive demand remains high." |
Fifteen states sue EPA over auto emissions (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 02:00:51
| HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Fifteen states said on Wednesday they filed a lawsuit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency in a bid to tighten regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from cars.
Reporting by Jason Szep; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe |
Loosing more than we gain from Autumn warming in the north (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 02:00:51
| Gif-sur-Yvette, France - An international study investigating the carbon sink capacity of northern terrestrial ecosystems discovered that the duration of the net carbon uptake period (CUP) has on average decreased due to warmer autumn temperatures.
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European conference aims to create global commodity market for non-GM soy and feed (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 02:00:51
| Brussels, Belgium - Ensuring a reliable, global supply of non-GM soy for feed was the focus of a two-day conference held in December in Brussels, Belgium. The conference, “Non-GM Feedstuffs, Quality Productions and European Regional Agricultures’ Strategy,” was organized by Europe’s GMO-Free Regions Network and the European Committee of Regions, which hosted the event at its Brussels headquarters.
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ShipGreen Offers Retailers a Web-Based Program to Offset Carbon Emissions from Shipping (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 07:00:46
| Through the pioneering work of Dr. Cristiano Facanha of ICF International and Dr. Arpad Horvath of the University of California at Berkeley, ShipGreen.net now offers a web-based program that integrates with retailers’ online shopping carts, enabling consumers to easily — and accurately — offset the carbon produced from product life-cycle shipping emissions. |
MMS to hold oil lease sale in Alaska's Chukchi Sea (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 07:00:46
| ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The U.S. Minerals Management Service said Wednesday it will offer oil and gas exploration rights next month to 29.7 million acres in the remote Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska.
The decision to hold the February 6 lease sale, the first in the Chukchi since 1991, comes days before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will decide whether to list the polar bear as threatened and has drawn fire from environmentalists seeking to limit oil development in the area. |
NY judge dismisses Spain's claims over oil spill (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-02-2008 at 07:00:46
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday
dismissed damage claims filed by Spain against an organization
that inspects and certifies ships in connection with one of the
world's largest oil spills in the past decade. |
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