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May 11 2012
Egyptian wins US$100,000 African Innovation Prize
An Egyptian scientist' has been awarded a prestigious prize for designing an antenna that could facilitate mobile network upgrades.
Africa's hidden scourge needs an integrated approach
Buruli ulcer could spread as agriculture intensifies in Africa, making prevention research vital, says agro-eco-health expert Rousseau Djouaka.
Green growth is not just for rich nations: World Bank
The World Bank urged global governments on Thursday to heed the environment when pursuing prosperity, rejecting what it called a myth that green growth is a luxury most countries cannot afford.
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Push from Mississippi kept Deepwater Horizon oil slick off shore
Geoscientists offer an explanation for why the Deepwater Horizon oil spill didn't have the environmental impact that many had feared. Using publicly available datasets, their study reveals that the force of the Mississippi River emptying into the Gulf of Mexico created mounds of freshwater which pushed the oil slick off shore.
First forecast calls for mild Amazon fire season in 2012
Forests in the Amazon Basin are expected to be less vulnerable to wildfires this year, according to the first forecast from a new fire severity model.
North Atlantic storm patterns throw light on England's 1987 gale
The cyclone that brought about the devastating winds that battered the UK in the great storm of October 1987 was exceptional in both its strength and path across the south of the country. This is the finding of a new study which has analyzed the places where sting jets – an area that develops in some cyclones and causes strong surface winds – appear in the North Atlantic and how often they do so.
UNDP development report biased: India
The government has taken exception to the 'biases' in the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Asia Pacific Human Development report, titled, One Planet, which was released on Thursday.
May 10 2012
Nanotube 'sponge' has potential in oil spill cleanup
A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up oil in water with unparalleled efficiency has just been developed, with help from computational simulations.
Finding Beauty in Old Things
Some designers repurpose old things for aesthetic satisfaction as well as environmental reasons.
Logging of tropical forests needn't devastate environment
Harvesting tropical forests for timber may not be the arch-enemy of conservation that it was once assumed to be, according to a new study.
Nice Biodigester System, and Politics of Use
http://www.resilientcommunities.com/dont-throw-away-your-wealth/ Is this state of the art for a low priced small system? Should sewage plants their methane to power their plants, and more? Many landfills are now using their methane for generators and trucks.
Chimpanzee cultures differ between neighbors: Neighboring chimpanzee groups use different hammers to crack nuts
Culture has long been proposed to be a distinguishing feature of the human species. However, an increasing amount of evidence from the field has shown that in several animals, differences in behaviors between populations actually reflect the presence of culture in these species. These studies have mainly come from populations that live far apart from each other which make it difficult to exclude ecological or genetic differences as being the underlying reasons for the observed behavioral differences.
Why it was right to publish research findings on bird flu
An editorial in the journal Nature explains the reasons for publishing the full results of a controversial paper about a modified bird flu virus
Egypt's Zewail science city hit by universities' dispute
Ahead of its September opening, Egypt's high-profile science and technology city is mired in a dispute over who owns the site's buildings.
Millennium villages project 'a success'
A project to help African countries achieve the MDGs is proving a success says a study, although experts question its methods.
Antarctic ice shelf faces threat from warm waters
Scientists have punched holes in Antarctic's viability by refuting the prevalent assumption that its Weddell Sea ice shelves would remain impervious to global warming due to the sea's peripheral location.
Five-limbed brittle stars move bilaterally, like people
Brittle stars and people have something in common: They move in fundamentally similar ways. Though not bilaterally symmetrical like humans and many other animals, brittle stars have come up with a mechanism to choose any of its five limbs to direct its movement on the seabed. It's as if each arm can be the creature's front, capable of locomotion and charting direction.
Optimal planning of solar power plants
The photovoltaics industry is booming, and the market for solar farms is growing quickly all over the world. Yet, the task of planning PV power plants to make them as effi cient as possible is far from trivial. Researchers have now developed software that simplifies conceptual design.
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