Science And Technology

Global warming 20% slower?

Global average temperatures will warm about 20 per cent more slowly than expected over the coming decades, scientists have predicted.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2013
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Scientists, Global Warming, Atmosphere, Physical Science
Science And Technology

Everest ice core to study climate change

Scientists have obtained the longest ice core ever from the Mount Everest, measuring 142 metres, along with two other samples to aid in the study of climate change and provide new insight into glob

Publication Date: 
21/05/2013
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Scientists, Climate Science, Climate Change, Global Warming, Glacial Melt
Science And Technology

Palaeontological evidence for an Oligocene divergence between Old World monkeys and apes

Apes and Old World monkeys are prominent components of modern African and Asian ecosystems, yet the earliest phases of their evolutionary history have remained largely undocumented. The absence of crown catarrhine fossils older than ~20 million years (Myr) has stood in stark contrast to molecular divergence estimates of ~25–30 Myr for the split between Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys) and Hominoidea (apes), implying long ghost lineages for both clades.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2013
Nancy J. Stevens, Erik R. Seiffert, Patrick M. O’Connor & et al
Nature
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Tags:
Life Science, Monkey, Fossils, Tanzania, Africa
Natural Disasters

Smart disaster alert for phones in capital

Beijing municipal government has launched a disaster alert app for smartphones, which will inform users of disasters and public emergencies within two minutes, Beijing News reported Monday.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2013
China Daily
Tags:
China, Natural Disasters, Mobile Phone, Science And Technology
Forests

ESA’s innovative satellite to monitor Earth’s forests

The European Space Agency is set to launch a new innovative Earth explorer satellite in 2020 to map and monitor the global forests – our planet’s most important natural resources.

Publication Date: 
09/05/2013
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Europe, Space Technology, Science And Technology, Forests, Biomass, Carbon Sinks, REDD, Developing Countries, Deforestation, Salinity
Science And Technology

China launches communications satellite

China launched a communications satellite, "Zhongxing-11", at 0:06 am Thursday (Beijing time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2013
China Daily
Tags:
China, Space Technology, Science And Technology, Communication
Science And Technology

BRAI Bill introduced in Lok Sabha while protests rage on

The controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on April 22 amid vehement protests from opposition parties. The BRAI bill is contentious because it proposes to create a new regulatory body which will be a single-window clearance system for genetically modified crops in the country.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2013
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Biotechnology, GM Crops, India, GMOs, Food Crops, Biotechnology Industry, Greenpeace
Science And Technology

Experts find a way to make bacteria produce diesel

In a breakthrough, researchers claim to have discovered a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Science And Technology, Energy, Diesel, Biodiesel
Science And Technology

Discord over biotech authority Bill

BRAI will regulate research, transport, import, manufacture, use of organisms and products of modern biotechnology

Publication Date: 
24/04/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biotechnology, GM Crops, Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, GMOs, Health, India, Legislation, Genetic Engineering
Science And Technology

Govt betrays the nation on Earth Day! Tables deeply flawed (Biotech Regulatory Authority of India) BRAI Bill

The Coalition for a GM-Free India expressed deep disappointment at the Government’s action of sneaking in the controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill 2013, in Parliament today (22nd April, 2013) despite strong opposition from parliamentarians, scientists, civil society groups and other analysts to this controversial

Publication Date: 
23/04/2013
Coalition for a GM-Free India
Tags:
Biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry, India, GMOs, GM Crops, Biosafety

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