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No 'Plan B' for Copenhagen climate summit: minister Saturday 04th of July 2009 07:20:20 AM ILULISSAT, Greenland (AFP) -- Denmark's Minister for Climate Connie Hedegaard said here there was no "Plan B" if negotiations broke down for an ambitious climate accord at a December world summit in Copenhagen."It's clear, we are not working for a Plan B,"... Read more	Environmental group WWF urges G8 to make climate pledge Saturday 04th of July 2009 07:20:11 AM GENEVA (AFP) -- The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.Echoing a call by German Chancellor Angela Merke... Read more
Old gene mutations may cause cancer today Friday 03rd of July 2009 04:46:33 PM BEERSHEBA, Israel, July 3 (UPI) -- Gene mutations that once helped humans evolve and survive could increase the risk of cancer and other diseases today, researchers in Israel said. The mutations were found in the genome of the mitochondria, the part of cells responsible for energy production that is passed from mother to child, scientists at Ben-Gurion Univers... Read more	Older forests store more carbon Friday 03rd of July 2009 04:21:06 PM CORVALLIS, Ore., July 3 (UPI) -- Letting Pacific Northwest forests age longer would increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, researchers in Oregon said. If, for example, the region's forests were allowed to increase in age by 50 years, their potential to store atmospheric carbon would increase by 15 percent, researchers at Oregon Sta... Read more
Genetically modified vines avoid virus Friday 03rd of July 2009 03:57:01 PM AACHEN, Germany, July 3 (UPI) -- Genetic engineering could make grapevines immune to a common virus that now results in smaller grapes and crop loss, German scientists said. Modified plants have produced antibodies against Grapevine fanleaf virus, caused by the vine louse, or rust mite, researchers at the Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, in... Read more	Butterfly offers lessons in climate change Friday 03rd of July 2009 02:46:51 PM OXFORD, England, July 3 (UPI) -- The reintroduction of the Large Blue butterfly to Britain offers lessons in helping plants and animals threatened by climate change, scientists said. The Large Blue, whose scientific name is Maculinea arion, was successfully reintroduced 25 years ago after becoming extinct in 1979, scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Environ... Read more
No DNA link between Etruscans, Tuscans Friday 03rd of July 2009 02:12:28 PM FLORENCE, Italy, July 3 (UPI) -- Modern Tuscans show no genetic relationship to the Etruscans who occupied the area during the Bronze Age, Italian researchers have found. While there is a genetic link between Medieval Tuscans and the current population, no link could be found to inhabitants from the Bronze Age, David Caramelli of Florence University and Guido ... Read more	GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency Friday 03rd of July 2009 01:30:24 PM PARIS (AFP) -- France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that declared a genetically modified strain of maize, banned in six EU countries, to be safe for health and the environment.In a joint statement, the French ecolo... Read more
New 'river blindness' drug shows promise Friday 03rd of July 2009 01:07:33 PM GENEVA, Switzerland, July 3 (UPI) -- A new drug to be tested in three African countries could greatly reduce cases of onchocerciasis, commonly called river blindness, health officials said. This is a devastating illness that has plagued 30 African countries for centuries, said Dr. Uche Amazigo, director of the African Program for Onchocerciasis C... Read more	Fewer California sea otters reported Friday 03rd of July 2009 12:42:28 PM MONTEREY, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- A decrease in California's endangered sea otter population likely means their water has grown more contaminated, scientists said. In a survey taken this spring, 2,654 otters were counted from Point Conception in the Santa Barbara area north to Half Moon Bay, about a 250-mile range, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a release ... Read more
Soay sheep shrinking in climate change Friday 03rd of July 2009 12:40:50 PM LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- Milder weather brought about by climate change is causing Soay sheep to shrink on an uninhabited British island, scientists said. On Hirta Island in the St. Kilda archipelago, warmer winters and longer summers mean weaker, smaller Soay lambs are surviving to breed and, in turn, produce smaller offspring, said Tim Coulson, a professor at ... Read more	Three new dinosaurs found in Australia Friday 03rd of July 2009 12:02:39 PM WINTON, Australia, July 3 (UPI) -- Three new dinosaurs -- two giant plant eaters and a carnivore -- have been discovered in Queensland, Australia, scientists said. The full dinosaur skeletons were uncovered near Winton by staff and volunteers at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History, The Sydney Morning Herald reported Friday. The car... Read more
Indian FM urges 'ambitious but fair' climate targets Friday 03rd of July 2009 05:10:08 AM TOKYO (AFP) -- India's foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developing countries."We agreed that climate change is an... Read more	Australian scientists hail triple dinosaur find Friday 03rd of July 2009 04:30:12 AM by Talek Harris SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.The flesh-eating theropod -- dubbed Australia's answer to the... Read more
Hammering: Men more accurate than women Thursday 02nd of July 2009 05:26:35 PM AMHERST, Mass., July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists studying the process of hammering a nail say they found men are more accurate than women when hammering under poor lighting conditions. But the University of Massachusetts-Amherst researchers conversely found women are more accurate than men when hammering in good light, regardless of target size. Associat... Read more	NASA'S Fermi telescope finds 16 pulsars Thursday 02nd of July 2009 05:13:19 PM WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope -- able to identify pulsars by gamma-ray emissions -- has provided data for two studies, U.S. officials said. International teams of astronomers say they've analyzed gamma-rays from two dozen pulsars, including 16 discovered by Fermi. A pulsar is the rapidly spinning and highly magnetized... Read more
First solid-state quantum chip is created Thursday 02nd of July 2009 05:11:22 PM NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 2 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led team of physicists says it has created the first rudimentary, solid-state quantum processor, moving science closer to building a quantum computer. Yale University scientists said they also used the two-qubit superconducting chip to successfully run elementary algorithms, such as a simple search, demonstrating quantu... Read more	Study: Mars imitates Earth in many ways Thursday 02nd of July 2009 04:36:34 PM COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say data from the Phoenix Mars Lander suggests parts of Mars resemble Earth, including landscape, history of water and weather conditions. Professor Mark Lemmon of Texas A&M University has been involved with Mars missions for years and he says NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander -- which touched down in May 2008 -... Read more
Desert ruhbarb eyed by scientists Thursday 02nd of July 2009 04:12:26 PM HAIFA, Israel, July 2 (UPI) -- Israeli scientists say they have discovered the self-watering mechanism of the Negev desert rhubarb, which harvests 16 times more water than other plants. Researchers at the University of Haifa-Oranim said the desert rhubarb grows in the mountains of Israel's Negev desert, where average precipitation is particularly low. Unlike m... Read more	Rheumatoid arthritis signal molecule found Thursday 02nd of July 2009 03:37:42 PM LONDON, July 2 (UPI) -- British scientists say they have identified a signal molecule made by the body that triggers chronic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers from Imperial College London say if scientists could block that signal, it might be possible to develop more effective arthritis treatments. When a microbe infects the body, the bod... Read more