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Rapid Arctic thawing could be economic timebomb, scientists say
2014-08-03 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rapid thawing of the Arctic could trigger a catastrophic "economic timebomb" which would cost trillions of dollars and undermine the global financial system, say a group of economists and polar scientists. Governments and industry have expected the widespread warming of the Arctic region in the past 20 years to be an economic boon, allowing the exploitation of new gas and oilfields and enabling shipping to travel faster between Europe and Asia. But the release of a single giant "pulse" of methane...
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Hungarian scientists aim for prototype of cancer surgery device
2014-07-31 16:52:14| Electronics - Topix.net
Hungarian scientists are aiming for the first prototype of a new device in two years that will help surgeons distinguish between healthy tissue and tumors in a split-second as they operate and remove cancerous tissue precisely.
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No Fukushima radiation in tests off U.S. West Coast: scientists
2014-07-30 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Tests of water off the U.S. West Coast have found no signs of radiation from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, although low levels of radiation are ultimately expected to reach the U.S. shore, scientists said on Tuesday. Results obtained this week in tests of water gathered by an Oregon conservation group and tested by East Coast scientists came in as expected with no Fukushima-linked radiation, and five more tests are planned at six-month intervals to see if radiation levels will climb....
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SCIENTISTS FIND TICK BITES CAN CAUSE AN ALLERGY TO RED MEAT
2014-07-29 23:16:33| Cattle Today
Steak lovers beware: scientists have discovered certain tick bites can cause an allergy to red meat.
Scientists are about to use supernova cosmic rays to peer inside the most dangerous room in the world: Fukushima
2014-07-28 17:52:14| Extremetech
Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory will be using one of the universe's most energetic fundamental particles to image the destruction inside Fukushima's reactor core.
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