2014年12月4日 星期四

2014-12-05 Canada English Science


Phys.Org
   
Improving media coverage of climate science   
Phys.Org
Thwaites Glacier, a melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is predicted to contribute to significant worldwide sea-level rise. Credit: NASA. Climate science makes headlines every day: "Shrinking Sea Ice Could Put Polar Bears In Grave Peril by 2100.
There's now a Canadian consensus: It's time for action on climate change   The Globe and Mail
Canada makes climate mistake   Timmins Press
Climate conference lobbies for fee-and-dividend   Clearwater Times
Bloomberg Businessweek Middle East - Business news and analysis   
Huffington Post   
The Guardian   
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Network World
   
Intelligence agency wants a superconducting, super cool, supercomputer   
Network World
Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, retains its position as the world's No. 1 system with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second). Credit: Top500.org ...

Raytheon Co (RTN) Hits a 52-Week High on IARPA Contract - Analyst Blog   Digital Journal (blog)
US intelligence agency to develop superconducting computer   Toronto Sun
Intelligence agency has a cold plan for faster, cheaper supercomputing   Defense Systems
Reuters Canada   
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rabble.ca
   
$650 bn in financing for projs on adaptation, emission cut: UN   
Business Standard
The UN has estimated that there was up to USD 650 bn in financing for projects aimed at adaptation and emission reduction between 2011-2012. Additional Economic Adviser Ministry of Finance, Rajashree Ray, said, the figure ranges from USD 340 bn to ...

Canada and Climate Finance: The price is most definitely not right   rabble.ca (blog)
UNFCCC SCF Releases Biennial Assessment of Climate Finance Flows   IISD Reporting Services
Climate Finance Flowing, But for Many, the Well Remains Dry   Inter Press Service
Africa Science News Service   
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Edmonton Sun
   
Dinosaurs Unearthed set to rumble through Edmonton's Telus World of Science   
Edmonton Sun
There's a really big show flying into to the Telus World of Science. Life-sized animatronic feathered dinosaurs -- along with fossil and skeleton specimens -- are all part of Dinosaurs Unearthed, arriving in Edmonton May 15. "We're excited to offer a science ...

More dinosaurs stomping into Edmonton next year   Edmonton Journal

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Rare 'frost flowers' bloom in the Shuswap   
InfoTel News Ltd
Salmon Arm resident D'Arcy McLeod photographed these beautiful 'frost flowers' last week just off the public wharf. Image Credit: D'Arcy McLeod. December 04, 2014 - 12:56 PM. SALMON ARM - Mother Nature sprouted some special flowers last week in ...

Frost flowers   Salmon Arm Observer

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National Science Foundation
   
Solved climate mystery could mean a serious problem for Africa   
Science Recorder
A new study, which is thought to solve a long-standing scientific mystery could help predict the future climate of Africa, should greenhouse gas levels continue to increase. Parts of Africa experienced drought for around 6300 years, starting 21,000 years ago, ...

African Rainfall Rises with Greenhouse Gases   Nature World News
Rainfall in Africa May Rise With Greenhouse-Gas Emissions   Bloomberg
Greenhouse gases linked to African rainfall   (e) Science News
UCAR   
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National Geographic
   
First in Animal World, Bat 'Clicks' Its Wings to Navigate in the Dark   
National Geographic
Fruit bats are the first animals found to bounce the sound of their own wings off objects in a rudimentary kind of echolocation. In a discovery that overturns conventional wisdom about bats, researchers reporting in the Cell Press. Fruit bats such as this one ...

'Non-echolocating' fruit bats actually do echolocate, with wing clicks   (e) Science News
Fruit Bats Have Sonar, Too   Popular Science
Old World Fruit Bats Use Unique Form of Echolocation, Researchers Find   Sci-News.com
Science AAAS   
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GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Sigma-Aldrich License CRISPR/Cas9 Patents   
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard signed non-exclusive license agreements granting access to its intellectual property relating to the CRISPR/Cas9 gene engineering system for research purposes to GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Sigma-Aldrich, the ...

Broad Licenses CRISPR/Cas9 IP to GE Healthcare, Sigma-Aldrich   GenomeWeb
Sigma-Aldrich Life Sciences Licenses Foundational CRISPR Patents from Broad ...   CNNMoney

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Science World Report
   
Pulsars with Black Holes May Not be the 'Holy Grail' for Einstein's Theory   
Science World Report
The intermittent light emitted from pulsars allows scientists to verify Einstein's theory of relativity. However, this theory could be analyzed more effectively if a pulsar with a black hole were found. Now, scientists have announced that this fact isn't the case in two ...

Pulsars with black holes could hold the 'holy grail' of gravity   ECNmag.com

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New Science Scandal   
Canada Free Press
Research blaming pesticides for the decline in honeybees has been called into question by a leaked note suggesting that scientists had decided in advance to seek evidence supporting a ban on the chemicals. The private note records a discussion in 2010 ...


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