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| January 27, 2014 |
 More Precise Hurricane Forecasts with NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP VIIRS Satellite Sensor Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - The ability to use satellites to locate a storm that could evolve into a severe storm or hurricane will likely become more accurate for this year's Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1. By then, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's or NOAA's, weather forecasters will be able to further improve the use of sensors aboard the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnershi ... more |  |
 How a South American tree adapts to volcanic soils Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - Soils of southern South America, including Patagonia, have endured a high frequency of disturbances from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, and erosion. In addition, massive fires in the mid-20th century were set to forests in the region in an effort to promote colonization. In 2010, another 17,000 acres of Patagonia burned, fueling an international reforestation effort. Although the y ... more |  |
 China activist sentenced to 4 years' jail, sparks criticism Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2014 - Prominent Chinese legal activist Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years' jail on Sunday for his role in organising anti-corruption protests, furthering a crackdown on a rights movement he championed and sparking international criticism. The 40-year-old lawyer was a central figure in the New Citizens Movement, a loose network of activists who organised street protests and dinner discussions o ... more |  |
 Blue eyes and dark skin, that's how the European hunter-gatherer looked La Brana, Spain (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - The La Brana-Arintero site was discovered by chance in 2006 and excavated by Julio Manuel Vidal Encinas, archeologist of the Council of Castilla y Leon. The cave, located in a cold mountainous area with a steady temperature and 1,500 meters below the sea level, contributed to the "exceptional" preservation of the DNA from two individuals found inside, and they were called La Brana 1 and La Brana ... more |  |
 Radiation beams through human body imaged using Cherenkov effect Dartmouth NH (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - A scientific breakthrough may give the field of radiation oncology new tools to increase the precision and safety of radiation treatment in cancer patients by helping doctors "see" the powerful beams of a linear accelerator as they enter or exit the body. We don't have X-ray vision. When we have an X-ray or mammogram, we cannot detect the radiation beam that passes through our bone or soft ... more |  |
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 Lal Teer and BGI jointly announce the complete sequence of water buffalo Shenzhen, China (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - China-Lal Teer Livestock Limited, an associate of LalTeer Seed, and BGI, have jointly announced that they have completed the genome sequencing of water buffalo and the bioinformatics analysis. The outstanding work lays an important foundation for molecular breeding of water buffalo, and sheds new light on the understanding of its origin and domestication process. Buffalo is known as "Black ... more |  |
 Lightning kills seven Burundi students, wounds 51 Bujumbura, Burundi (AFP) Jan 25, 2014 - Lightning in Burundi killed seven high school students and wounded 51 others when it struck a classroom where they were sheltering from a ferocious storm, officials said Saturday. "This was an exceptional disaster that hit not only our town, but also other areas of the country, when we should be in the dry season," said Prudence Kabura, a local government official in Nyanza-Lac, some 150 kil ... more |  |
 Outside View: Ukraine at the crossroads Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) Jan 24, 2013 - At the end of this month top-level European leaders will meet in Germany to discuss urgent issues of peace and security on the continent. Among these will be the ongoing standoff in Ukraine between President Viktor Yanukovych and a loose coalition of opposition forces. The latest round of Ukraine's seemingly perpetual political turmoil started in November, when Yanukovych decided, at t ... more |  |
6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Java: USGS Jakarta (AFP) Jan 25, 2014 - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, flattening homes and sending panicked residents running onto the street. Dozens of buildings were damaged, including 16 houses and that collapsed in the town of Banyumas, as well as a mosque that crumbled, National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho sai ... more |  |
Khodorkovsky associate walks free after decade in jail Moscow (AFP) Jan 24, 2014 - Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev walked free from prison on Friday after Russia's Supreme Court ordered his early release. The 57-year-old had served 10-and-a-half years of his sentence for fraud, tax evasion and money laundering before the court ordered his release on Thursday. His sentence had been due to end in May "Platon Lebedev left the priso ... more |  |
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Two dead, 27 missing as flood engulfs Indonesia boat Jakarta (AFP) Jan 26, 2014 - A flash flood surged down a mountain and capsized a boat on the coast of a northern Indonesian island, leaving two people dead and 27 missing, a disaster official said Sunday. Eight people managed to escape when water engulfed the boat early Saturday on remote Siau island during a tropical downpour, the official said, in an area hit by deadly landslides and floods in recent weeks. "The f ... more |  |
 Ivory Coast elephants get new home as habitat shrinks Daloa, Ivory Coast (AFP) Jan 25, 2014 - As the spooked elephant starts to run, the vet pulls the trigger. Just a few minutes later the huge beast slumps to the floor unconscious, ready for Ivory Coast's first elephant relocation. These hunters are not interested in the elephant's ivory. Instead, they want to protect people from the animal - and vice-versa - around Daloa, a town in the centre of the country where humans and eleph ... more |  |
British scientists bid for trial of GM fish oil plants London, United Kingdom (AFP) Jan 24, 2014 - British scientists said Friday they have applied to the government for permission to carry out a field trial of genetically-modified plants that can produce fish oil. Agronomy company Rothamsted Research has engineered Camelina plants - also known as false flax - to produce two key omega-3 fatty acids contained in the oil. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have ... more |  |
 Indonesia increases maritime patrols Jakarta (UPI) Jan 24, 2013 - Indonesia increased its offshore maritime patrols following an incursion by an Australian patrol vessel chasing asylum boats. Chief navy spokesman Commodore Untung Surapati said Indonesia has beefed up patrols by sending more frigates, fast torpedo craft, corvettes and maritime patrol aircraft to it southern waters. "All the ships are on the move, patrolling and not merely statio ... more |  |
 Campaigners rally against Japan's dolphin hunting Tokyo (AFP) Jan 24, 2014 - Activists protesting against Japan's indigenous dolphin hunting held a rally in Tokyo Friday, calling on officials to stop sales of the marine mammals to aquariums and as meat. Some two dozen campaigners, mostly Japanese, congregated in front of the Fisheries Agency with banners and pictures, urging the government to ban dolphin catching. "Most Japanese people do not know about dolphin h ... more |  |
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 Fire destroys 100 homes in centuries-old China village: media Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2014 - A fire has destroyed more than 100 homes in a Chinese village built three centuries ago, state media said on Sunday, the third blaze to ravage a cultural site in weeks. The blazes, which all erupted in the southwest of the country, often burned down old wooden structures. The latest fire broke out at Baojing Dong village in Guizhou province late Saturday and took more than four hours to ... more |  |
 Aim for carbon-neutral 2050, 'Elders' group says Paris (AFP) Jan 24, 2014 - A panel of senior statesmen known as the Elders on Friday called for renewed efforts to conclude a world climate pact by the end of 2015 and appealed for a "carbon-neutral" planet by 2050. "Given the compelling weight of evidence, it can be hard to understand why anyone is still dragging his or her feet on the coordinated action needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," the group said in a ... more |  |
Putting 'Adam' in his rightful place in evolutionary history Sheffield, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - Our most common male ancestor walked the earth 209,000 years ago - earlier than scientists commonly thought - according to new research from the University of Sheffield. The pioneering study, conducted by Dr Eran Elhaik from the University of Sheffield and Dr Dan Graur from the University of Houston, also debunked the discovery of the Y chromosome that supposedly predated humanity. I ... more |  |
Halting crop destruction in India saves up to $309 million Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - Virginia Tech researchers who first discovered a devastating pest in India and devised a natural way to combat it have now put an economic value on their counterattack: up to $309 million the first year and more than $1 billion over five years. That's the amount of damage the papaya mealybug would have wreaked on farmers and consumers in India without scientists' intervention. The pa ... more |  |
A 21st century adaptation of the Miller-Urey origin of life experiments Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - The Journal of Visualized Experiments has published a modern approach to a famed experiment that explored one of the most intriguing research questions facing scientists today-the origin of life on earth. The protocol, titled Conducting Miller-Urey Experiments, is comprised of a modern and simplified approach to the method used by Dr. Stanley Miller and Dr. Harold Urey in 1953. Their resea ... more |  |
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