Palau's president has proposed banning all commercial fishing in the Pacific nation's waters to create one of the world's largest marine reserves, covering an area roughly the size of France.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —The number of sharks killed each year in commercial fisheries is estimated at 100 million, with a range between 63 million and 273 million, according to the research "Global Catches, Exploitation ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A privately-owned unmanned US space capsule neared the International Space Station early Sunday, preparing to dock to deliver food, scientific materials and other crucial equipment.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 02, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

Japan's fisheries minister said Tuesday his country will never stop hunting whales, despite fierce criticism from other nations and violent clashes at sea with militant conservationists.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 26, 2013 2.8 / 5 (12) 37

Critically endangered leatherback sea turtle populations in the western Pacific Ocean may be losing their last foothold of survival on the beaches of Indonesia, according to a paper published today in the scientific journal ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists are creating compostable versions food nets to be used with compostable products to ensure that, at the end of their life, they serve the purpose of helping to grow food, thus closing their life ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

A researcher at the UPM is collaborating in the characterization of genetic resource of the tree tomato to enhance its cultivation and commercialization in Andean and Mediterranean countries.

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 26, 2013 not rated yet 2

Nokia Siemens Networks is highlighting TD-LTE innovation at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. This includes a demonstration of data traffic offloading between TD-LTE and FDD-LTE using the company's Single RAN Advanced Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station and a commercially available du ...

Technology - Telecom

Feb 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—While the demand for ever-smaller electronic devices has spurred the miniaturization of a variety of technologies, one area has lagged behind in this downsizing revolution: energy-storage units, ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 20, 2013 5 / 5 (36) 11 |

The US Supreme Court has denied a plea from anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to end restrictions on its movement as Japan's whalers accused the activists of violating orders to stay away.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 14, 2013 not rated yet 1

NOAA Fisheries has concluded that a petition to list 44 species of cold water corals off Alaska as threatened or endangered does not present substantial information that listing under the Endangered Species Act may be warranted. ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists from Stanford University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other organizations are closing in on the answer to an important conservation question: ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 13, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 0

The Sea Shepherd conservation group asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to lift an order forcing it to steer clear of Japan's whalers, who are seeking legal reprisals over harassment at sea.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 12, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Military radars, military communications networks, and commercial communications networks all require increasing amounts of limited radio frequency spectrum. Balancing national security requirements of radars ...

Technology - Telecom

Feb 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

A Boeing 787 is in the air on a test flight, the first since the new airliner was grounded three weeks ago because of a battery fire.

Technology - Engineering

Feb 09, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0