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Scientists to assess Beijing Olympics air pollution control efforts
As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially...
Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies
Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD....
First National Study Of Diving-related Injuries
Diving into cool, refreshing water is a favorite summer pastime for millions, and a fan favorite sport at the Olympics. Now, the first comprehensive study of diving board injuries is...
Opinion: Global warming - myth, threat or opportunity
The most critical problem we now confront is how to provide enough affordable fuel to avoid severe recession before alternative energy can become reality, argues Walter Starck.
Scientists identify algae that almost swamped the Olympics
Algal bloom may have been boosted by fertilizer run-off.
Undersea 'black smokers' found off Arctic: Swiss scientists
Jets of searingly hot water spewing up from the ocean floor have been discovered in a far-northern zone of the Arctic Ocean, Swiss-based scientists announced Monday.
First neutrons created at the ISIS Second Target Station
The UK's ISIS Second Target Station Project moved a major step closer to completion today when the first neutrons were created in the ISIS Second Target Station. After five years...
Gold Medal spaghetti sauce mix is recalled
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said CF Sauer Foods Inc. is recalling Gold Medal-brand spaghetti sauce mix because of a labeling error.
New Mexico CO2 sequestration test begins
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it's started injecting carbon dioxide into a large New Mexican coal bed while simultaneously recovering natural gas.
Traditional Forms Of Agriculture: Unexpected Degree Of Diversity, Time-honored Principles
The general public often regards traditional agriculture in the light of principles emphasizing self-sufficiency, or even sheer survival, as opposed to cash cropping, manual labor as opposed to an extreme...
Investigating Sea Ice Decline
A revised outlook for the Arctic 2008 summer sea ice minimum shows ice extent will be below the 2005 level but not likely to beat the 2007 record. DAMOCLES will...
Some goat cheese recalled in Canada
OTTAWA, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Portuguese Cheese Co. announced the recall of Santa Maria-brand goat cheese due to possible contamination.
Carbon Capture Milestone In China
Just weeks out from the Olympics, the CSIRO and its Chinese partners have officially launched a post-combustion capture pilot plant in Beijing that strips carbon dioxide from power station flue...
P.E.I. biologist re-elected as wildlife federation head
Patrick Doyle of the University of Prince Edward Island has been re-elected as head of the Canadian Wildlife Federation, one of the country's most influential conservation groups.
Patagonian Glacier Yields Clues For Improved Understanding Of Global Climate Change
A recent expedition to the San Valentin glacier in the Chilean part of Patagonia demonstrated the potential of that site for exploring climatic variations of the past. The analyses gave...
Secret to Towering Rogue Waves Revealed
Deadly rogue waves 100 feet tall or higher could suddenly rise seemingly out of nowhere from the ocean, research now reveals.
VIDEO: Pearls Rise Again in Gulf
Pearl harvesting was once a key livelihood for people who lived in what is now the United Arab Emirates. Now the practice is making a comeback.
Kit cleans up fire extinguishers' mess
A new technique has been developed that assesses and then remediates the toxic legacy left behind by decades of using fire fighting foams.
Feature: When push comes to shove
A new 3D model of the earth’s crust may change theories of continental drift.
Letters: Collective action to save the planet
Letters: Andrew Simms' article was enlightening but his political perspective is flawed and erroneous
Giant Grass Miscanthus Can Meet US Biofuels Goal Using Less Land Than Corn Or Switchgrass
In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources -- by a...
Genetically Modified Root Systems Result In Plants That Survive With Little Water
A part of the global food crisis is the inefficiency of current irrigation methods. More irrigated water evaporates than reaches the roots of crops, amounting to an enormous waste of...
World's tiniest snake found in Barbados
A U.S. scientist said Sunday he has discovered the globe's tiniest species of snake in the easternmost Caribbean island of Barbados, with full-grown adults typically stretching less than 4 inches...
Northwest Passage may be ice-free soon
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The Northwest Passage may become ice-free for the second summer in a row, scientists monitoring the situation say.
Claim: AIDS cure less than 10 years off
BONN, Germany, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A German researcher says he is optimistic a cure for AIDS will be found within 10 years.
Sewage pumps threaten British waters
LONDON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The purity of water on Britain's beaches is being threatened by overflow systems that unload raw sewage into waters and rivers along the...
Apocalypse - but not right now. How California stays cool about the Big One
Moderate earthquake is 'teachable moment' in LA's long history of seismic tremors
Jellyfish clogging world's coastal waters
BARCELONA, Spain, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Burgeoning jellyfish populations in coastal waters around the world is proof oceans are being impacted by global warming and overfishing, Spanish experts...