News tagged with international scientists

US rejects proposal to put Internet under UN control

US officials, lawmakers and technology leaders voiced firm opposition Thursday to efforts to bring the Internet under UN control, saying it could hurt free expression and commerce.

Technology / Internet

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Some corals like it hot: Heat stress may help coral reefs survive climate change

A team of international scientists working in the central Pacific have discovered that coral which has survived heat stress in the past is more likely to survive it in the future.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Scientists call for fundamental governance overhaul to ensure Earth's sustainability

Some 32 social scientists and researchers from around the world, including a Senior Sustainability Scholar at Arizona State University, have concluded that fundamental reforms of global environmental governance are needed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (32) | comments 212 | with audio podcast

S.Korean, Russian scientists bid to clone mammoth

Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (36) | comments 21

Suriname forest reveals 46 new species

A "cowboy frog" and a "crayola katydid" are among 46 new species that have been discovered in the dense forests of the tiny South American nation of Suriname, scientists said Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Method that can validate nuclear collision models benefits IAEA

A novel technique for materials research is unexpectedly also contributing to the nuclear safety efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Dr. Weilin ...

Physics / General Physics

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Bird flu researchers agree to 60-day halt (Update 2)

International scientists on Friday agreed to a temporary two-month halt to controversial research on a bird flu virus that may be easily passed among humans, citing global health concerns.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Cut back on soot, methane to slow warming: study

There are simple, inexpensive ways to cut back on two major pollutants -- soot and methane -- and taking action now could slow climate change for years to come, international scientists said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 6

Twenty-year protein mystery solved with surprising results

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the CRYM protein, previously connected with deafness and cancer, has now proven that it has an enzymatic function. This opens up new implications for the treatment of neurological ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Doomsday' ticks closer on nuclear, climate fears

Global uncertainty on how to deal with the threats of nuclear weapons and climate change have forced the "Doomsday clock" one minute closer to midnight, leading international scientists said Tuesday.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 9

No more free rides for 'piggy-backing' viruses

Scientists have determined the structure of the enzyme endomannosidase, significantly advancing our understanding of how a group of devastating human viruses including HIV and Hepatitis C hijack human enzymes to reproduce ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ex-skeptic tells US Congress climate change is real

A prominent climate change skeptic told Congress on Monday he no longer doubts that global warming is real and caused by humans, and joined other scientists in urging action to stop it.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (24) | comments 30

Stalemate over organic farming slows progress in effort to combat food insecurity in Central Africa

The polarized debate over the use of organic and inorganic practices to boost farm yields is slowing action and widespread farmer adoption of approaches that could radically transform Africa's food security situation, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene controlling flowering boosts energy production from sorghum

A sorghum hybrid that does not flower and accumulates as much as three times the amount of stem and leaf matter may help the bioenergy industry, according to a study appearing today in the Proceedings of th ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Fundamental matter-antimatter symmetry confirmed

International collaboration including MPQ scientists sets a new value for the antiproton mass relative to the electron with unprecedented precision.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 30 | with audio podcast