The major industrialised economies are far off track in helping the world meet the UN's global warming target, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
Environment
Jun 4, 2015
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Canada will collect finger prints and digitals photos from all foreigners traveling on a visa under a new security measure.
Other
Jun 4, 2015
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A 4-mile stretch of beach in south Los Angeles County was closed Thursday after tar balls washed ashore—the latest Southern California coastline to shut down due to oily goo, authorities said.
Environment
Jun 4, 2015
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You'll soon be able to buy an Apple Watch like most other watches—in a store.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 4, 2015
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News site Gawker Media employees say they have voted to join the Writers Guild of America, making it the first digital media outlet to organize.
Internet
Jun 4, 2015
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New research has shown that pH lowering of municipal water supplies, a common strategy used to control the release of soluble lead from plumbing materials, can affect corrosion of cast iron water mains, resulting in increased ...
Environment
Jun 4, 2015
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Once messenger RNA (mRNA) has done its job - conveying the information to produce the proteins necessary for a cell to function - it is no longer required and is degraded. Scientists have long thought that the decay started ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 4, 2015
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Birds, like people, can suffer from conditions where a blood transfusion is a necessary life-saving measure. But in many instances, unless an avian donor is readily available, accessing blood is impossible because of the ...
Other
Jun 4, 2015
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In many animal species, the chromosomes differ between the sexes. The male has a Y chromosome. In some animals, however, for example birds, it is the other way round. In birds, the females have their own sex chromosome, the ...
Biotechnology
Jun 4, 2015
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A new study from the Institute of Food Research has uncovered a mechanism by which Salmonella bacteria organise the expression of genes required for infection.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 4, 2015
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