News tagged with korean peninsula

US, Australia to take up cyber war in treaty

The United States and Australia will announce cooperation on cyber warfare as the close allies mark 60 years of a defense treaty by tackling 21st-century threats, officials said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

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Japanese language traced to Korean Peninsula: study

Japan's many dialects originate in a migration of farmers from the Korean Peninsula some 2,200 years ago, a groundbreaking study borrowing the tools of evolutionary genetics reported Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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S.Korea archaeologists uncover 7,000-year-old oar

South Korean archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed a rare neolithic period wooden boat oar, believed to date back about 7,000 years but still in good condition.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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First results from RENO: Observation of the weakest neutrino transformation

The Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillations (RENO) research team announced the first result of the search for the remaining, most elusive puzzle of the neutrino transformation. They have found disappearance of neutrinos ...

Physics / General Physics

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Economists assert that above all else, political institutions determine the wealth of nations

It is among the grandest topics in scholarship: Why do some nations, such as the United States, become wealthy and powerful, while others remain stuck in poverty? And why do some of those powers, from ancient ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Nitrate levels rising in northwestern Pacific ocean: study

Changes in the ratio of nitrate to phosphorus in the oceans off the coasts of Korea and Japan caused by atmospheric and riverine pollutants may influence the makeup of marine plants and influence marine ecology, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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Algae that turned toxic stumps scientists

For years, when Washington state health officials tested shellfish for toxins produced by microscopic algae, they zeroed in on two types of poisons.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Critically endangered Amur leopards captured on video

Recent video footage from a survey on a group of critically endangered Amur leopards in the Russian Far East has yielded unexpectedly positive results, giving evidence that some wild groups of the big cat ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cyberattacks on South Korea-US a test run: McAfee (Update 2)

Cyberattacks on US and South Korean military websites in March may have been a test by North Korea or sympathizers, according to a report released Tuesday by computer security firm McAfee.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Two Koreas in talks on potential volcano threat

North and South Korea held talks on Tuesday about a potential volcanic threat from the peninsula's highest mountain, in a rare interlude of cooperation after months of confrontation.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

S. Korea accepts North's volcano research offer

South Korea on Tuesday agreed to Pyongyang's offer to hold joint research into volcanic activity in the peninsula's highest mountain, suggesting officials meet next week in a rare sign of cooperation.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Quake shifted Japan away from Korea: scientists

The massive earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan has shifted the country more than two metres away from the neighbouring Korean peninsula, scientists said on Thursday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Scientists announce discovery of first horned dinosaur from South Korea

Scientists from South Korea, the United States and Japan analyzed fossil evidence found in South Korea and published research describing a new horned dinosaur. The newly identified genus, Koreaceratops hwaseongensis, lived ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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