To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
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Climate change caused Russian flood: Study
Paris: Scientists presented rare evidence today linking climate change to a specific weather disaster: flooding that killed more than 170 people in Russia in 2012. Increasingly, global warming is invoked
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New design to boost ability of low cost solar panels
A new design can make low cost solar panels more efficient by enhancing their ability to collect the sun`s energy and release it as electricity, shows research. Scientists have assembled the components
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Prostate cancer 2nd most common in city
Key To Cure Lies In Early Detection; Assam's Kamrup Has Most Patients Despite advances in diagnostic and surgical techniques, the mortality rate from prostate cancer has not gone down in India. According
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Science Express will focus on climate change theme this year
With the crucial UN climate change conference scheduled to take place later this year, the Science Express - science exhibition mounted on a train - will focus on the theme of climate change this year.
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Researcher Discovers Groundwater Modeling Breakthrough
A University of Wyoming professor has made a discovery that answers a nearly 100-year-old question about water movement, with implications for agriculture, hydrology, climate science and other fields.
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Double-muscled pigs created through gene editing by South Korean and Chinese scientists
A 'double-muscled' pig has been created by editing just one gene by scientists in South Korea and China. Cattle have been selectively bred over many generations to produce larger amounts of beef. The
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Discovery brightens solar's future, energy costs to be cut
Scientists in Switzerland announced a clean-energy breakthrough on Wednesday; a cheaper, solar technology that splits water molecules to create clean-burning hydrogen fuel. The solar panel design will
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Uganda: Scientists Probe Connection Between Human, Livestock Diseases
A consortium of Ugandan and American scientists are conducting studies into zoonotic diseases that affect both humans and animals or cross from either species. "We are focusing on diseases which come
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Wealth of biodiversity in Africa possibly fed by 'natural Great Wall’
A "natural Great Wall” may have spurred biodiversity in East Africa, according to an international study led by Chinese researchers. A rare plant species that grows on neighbouring mountains suggested
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Pak academic wins UNESCO Avicenna Prize of Ethics 2015
ISLAMABAD: The winner of the 2015 UNESCO Avicenna Prize of Ethics in Science is Pakistani Professor of Biotechnology and bioethicist Zabta Khan Shinwari. The prize, which includes a diploma, a UNESCO