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China hits back at claims it is blocking climate talks

China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

(AP) -- Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Exploding the myths of manufacturing

The manufacturing sector, its advocates note, is burdened by negative stereotypes. Outsiders often mistakenly think that manufacturing consists of jobs that are “dumb, dirty and dull,” as MIT President Susan Hockfield ...

Technology / Business

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Queen of spades key to new evolutionary hypothesis

(Phys.org) -- Sleight of hand is a trait that belongs mainly to humans. Or so scientists thought. Studies of common, microscopic ocean plankton named Prochlorococcus show that humans aren't the only ones w ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

NJIT submits Neshanic River watershed clean-up plan

NJIT Associate Professor Zeyuan Qiu has authored and submitted a plan to restore the Neshanic River Watershed to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Qiu is in NJIT's department of chemistry and environmental ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Global warming: New research emphasizes the role of economic growth

It's a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we'll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world's economies work.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 133

Pollen levels are rising across Europe

When trees and plants release their pollen, millions of hay fever sufferers are affected by sneezing fits and itchy, watery eyes. Today in Germany, roughly every fourth person suffers from allergies – and this figure ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers find a way to detect stealthy, 'hypervirulent' Salmonella strains

A recent discovery of "hypervirulent" Salmonella bacteria has given UC Santa Barbara researchers Michael Mahan and Douglas Heithoff a means to potentially prevent food poisoning outbreaks from these partic ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World scientists define united approach to tackling food insecurity

Nearly one billion people in the world are undernourished, while millions suffer from chronic disease due to excess food consumption. Global demand is growing for agricultural products and food prices are rising, yet roughly ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Beach replenishment a tough issue in Florida

(AP) -- The St. Joseph Peninsula is picture-perfect Florida: 17 miles of sugar sand beach interrupted by a few clusters of homes, each with a million-dollar view of the Gulf of Mexico.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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