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Forest fires around Chernobyl could release radiation, scientists warn
2014-11-29 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A consortium of Ukrainian and international scientists is making an urgent call for a $13.5m (8.28m) programme to prevent potentially catastrophic wildfires inside the exclusion zone surrounding Chernobyl's ruined nuclear power plant. The fear is that fires in the zone could release clouds of radioactive particles that are, at the moment, locked up in trees, held mainly in the needles and bark of Scots pines. The consortium says an automated fire detection and monitoring system and new firefighting...
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British scientists trial 15-minute Ebola test in Guinea : November 28, 2014,
2014-11-28 13:21:55| Biotech - Topix.net
British researchers are to conduct trials in Guinea on a 15-minute Ebola test, the Wellcome Trust and the UK government said in a joint statement on Friday. The prototype is six times faster than current tests and aims to speed up diagnosis, the London-based global research charity and the Department for International Development said.
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Deadly future heatwaves could kill thousands in Britain, warn scientists
2014-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Today's children will face deadly heatwaves which could kill thousands more people by the end of the century, the Royal Society has warned. If governments do not get a handle on global warming by 2100, Britain will experience three times as many heatwaves as it does now with the death toll rising Around 2,000 people die each year in the UK because of hot weather, with the elderly at most risk. But that could rise to at least 6,000 in the next century and probably higher because the percentage...
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Reflecting sunlight into space has terrifying consequences, say scientists
2014-11-26 10:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fighting global warming by reflecting sunlight back into space risks terrifying consequences including droughts and conflicts, according to three major new analyses of the promise and perils of geoengineering. But research into deliberately interfering with the climate system must continue in search of technology to use as a last resort in combating climate change, scientists have concluded. Billions of people would suffer worse floods and droughts if technology was used to block warming sunlight,...
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UM scientists awarded $2M to find treatment for brain injury
2014-11-26 02:19:10| Biotech - Topix.net
Two University of Miami Miller School of Medicine scientists are part of a group of four awarded $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to further develop a compound that could help improve cognitive function after a traumatic brain injury.
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