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| October 28, 2013 |
 Lots of oxygen does not necessarily lead to the evolution of advanced life Odense, Denmark (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Any textbook will tell you that oxygen is essential for advanced life to evolve. But why did life not explode when oxygen levels rose dramatically 2.1 billion years ago? This is the big question after a Danish/Swedish/French research team, led by University of Southern Denmark, has shown that the oxygen content 2.1 billion years ago was probably the same as when life exploded 500 million years a ... more |  |
 The role of uncertainty in infectious disease modelling Liverpool, UK (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Research by scientists at the University of Liverpool has found that greater consideration of the limitations and uncertainties in infectious disease modelling would improve its usefulness and value. Infectious disease dynamical modelling plays a central role in planning for outbreaks of human and livestock diseases. They forecast how they might progress and inform policy responses. ... more |  |
 Coral chemicals protect against warming oceans Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Australian marine scientists have found the first evidence that coral itself may play an important role in regulating local climate. They have discovered that the coral animal-not just its algal symbiont-makes an important sulphur-based molecule with properties to assist it in many ways, ranging from cellular protection in times of heat stress to local climate cooling by encouraging clouds ... more |  |
 Pollution debated in Canada's oil fields Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Oct 26, 2013 - U.S. scientists said areas near Canada's oil and gas production zones are heavily polluted and residents suffer elevated levels of different cancers. The region north of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada's primary oil production hub processing thousands of barrels of oil from the rich tar sands daily, has an air quality worse than some of the world's most polluted cities, a study by the Univers ... more |  |
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 South African 'living stone' plant adapts to extreme conditions in new ways London, UK (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - A unique plant that lives underground uses multiple mechanisms to boost photosynthesis and offers new insights into how plants adapt to extreme conditions, according to new research published October 23 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, by Katie Field and colleagues at the University of Sheffield and other institutions. Lithops are a type of South African "living stone," a mostly underg ... more |  |
 Small changes in ag practices could reduce produce-borne illness Ithaca NY (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Researchers from Cornell University have identified some agricultural management practices in the field that can either boost or reduce the risk of contamination in produce from two major foodborne pathogens: salmonella, the biggest single killer among the foodborne microbes, and Listeria monocytogenes. Their findings are published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbio ... more |  |
 Uncovering the tricks of nature's ice-seeding bacteria Long Beach CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - ke the Marvel Comics superhero Iceman, some bacteria have harnessed frozen water as a weapon. Species such as Pseudomonas syringae have special proteins embedded in their outer membranes that help ice crystals form, and they use them to trigger frost formation at warmer than normal temperatures on plants, later invading through the damaged tissue. When the bacteria die, many of the protein ... more |  |
Swelling lakes in Hol Xil pose railway threat Xining, China (XNA) Oct 28, 2013 - Swelling lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a notable sign of global warming, are threatening the safety of the world's highest railway, according to climate and ecological experts. One flooded lake is now only 8 km away from a section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the depopulated area of Hol Xil Nature Reserve, according to the latest satellite monitoring by the Qinghai Provincial Acad ... more |  |
Veterinary scientists track the origin of a deadly emerging pig virus in US Blacksburg VA (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Veterinary researchers at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have helped identify the origin and possible evolution of an emerging swine virus with high mortality rates that has already spread to at least 17 states. A team of researchers led by Dr. X.J. Meng, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology, has used virus strains isolate ... more |  |
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 Hair regeneration method is first to induce new human hair growth New York NY (SPX) Oct 28, 2013 - Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have devised a hair restoration method that can generate new human hair growth, rather than simply redistribute hair from one part of the scalp to another. The approach could significantly expand the use of hair transplantation to women with hair loss, who tend to have insufficient donor hair, as well as to men in early stages of bal ... more |  |
 Fukushima workers evacuated as small tsunami hits Japan Tokyo (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday, highlighting the continued threat to the area devastated by the 2011 quake-tsunami. The government Meteorological Agency warned people to stay away from the Pacific coast for nearly two hours as the tsunami, which was recorded as being as high as 55 centimet ... more |  |
 Britain braces for worst storm in a decade London (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Britain was braced on Sunday for its worst storm in a decade, with heavy rain and winds of more than 80 miles (130 kilometres) an hour set to batter the south of the country. The Met Office national weather centre warned of falling trees, damage to buildings and disruption to power supplies and transport when the storm hits overnight to Monday. Between 20 and 40 millimetres (0.8 to 1.6 i ... more |  |
Japan, Pacific leaders to hold summit near Fukushima Tokyo (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - Top leaders from Japan and Pacific island nations will hold a summit in a city near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2015, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday. Kishida made the announcement at a news conference after a meeting of ministers from Japan and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum in Tokyo to prepare for the triennial summit. The 2015 meeting will ... more |  |
Surfer loses leg in latest Reunion island shark attack Saint-Denis De La Reunion, France (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - A 24-year-old surfer was fighting for his life in hospital after a shark bit off his leg off the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion Saturday, authorities said. "The body boarder's right leg was severed at the thigh," the territory's local administration said in a statement. The incident took place around 20 metres (yards) from the beach. The two other shark attacks reported off the is ... more |  |
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 President vows to fix flawed Obamacare website Washington (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - President Barack Obama Saturday acknowledged problems with the rollout of a key health website, adding he had people "working overtime" to fix the glitches that have marred a flagship domestic policy. Obama has faced a tsunami of criticism over this month's sputtering debut of healthcare.gov, through which millions of Americans are expected to buy insurance. Customers have had trouble si ... more |  |
 Working wood locally in Congo basin poses challenge Brazzaville (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Countries of Africa's Congo Basin would like to grow richer by making and selling products from their abundant supply of timber, but experts see a path strewn with obstacles. A first difficulty is that electrical power for sawmills and factories "is not available, because its production is problematic," Emmanuel Ze Meka of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) told AFP. " ... more |  |
Floods kill 48 in eastern India: report New Delhi (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - Torrential rains have claimed as many as 48 lives in eastern India, which this month saw the worst cyclone to hit the country in over a decade, the Press Trust of India reported Saturday. The downpour has seen rivers spill their banks in India's eastern coastal states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, forcing thousands to flee their homes and seek refuge in shelters, two weeks after India's most ... more |  |
 Sandy swallows up New York community Oakwood Beach , United States (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - After Hurricane Sandy, many Americans ignored warnings about climate change to rebuild homes in flood zones. But in one New York community, homeowners have decided to sell up, abandoning their land to nature as they escape to higher ground and peace of mind. Sandy killed three people in Oakwood Beach on Staten Island, the neighborhood in New York City that, along with the Rockaways, was ... more |  |
 Thousands protest Putin's crackdown in Russia Moscow (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Several thousand Russians marched through central Moscow on Sunday in a new protest at President Vladimir Putin's rule and a judicial crackdown against opponents. Chanting "Putin is a thief" and "Freedom to political prisoners!", protesters marched with flags and portraits of people seen as victims of political persecution, such as jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, members of pu ... more |  |
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