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Scientists synthesize first functional designer chromosome in yeast
2014-03-28 11:30:52| Green Car Congress
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Scientists create first 'designer chromosome'
2014-03-27 23:49:41| Biotech - Topix.net
Researchers have chopped, spliced and manipulated DNA to craft the first "designer chromosome," a genetic structure carefully engineered to foster scientific discovery.
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Climate change makes salamanders shrink, scientists say
2014-03-27 00:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Apparently now you can measure climate change in terms of salamander size. A warmer and drier climate is causing wild Appalachian salamanders to shrink, according to a new paper titled "Widespread rapid reductions in body size of adult salamanders in response to climate change" published March 25 in the journal Global Change Biology. It all started in 1980s, when University of Maryland herpetologist Richard Highton noticed a decrease in the population of salamanders within the Appalachian Mountains....
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Climate change panel warnings over human effects are real, say scientists
2014-03-26 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of Russia: Allegations that the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), meeting in Japan at Yokohama this week, is being too alarmist in its warnings over the human consequences of things like global warming have been denied. VoR's Tim Ecott spoke to Dr Arthur Petersen, chief scientist at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Government representatives and scientists on Tuesday opened a five-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to finalise a report assessing...
Scientists to climate change skeptics: Get real
2014-03-25 03:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: Much of the extreme weather that wreaked havoc in Asia, Europe and the Pacific region last year can be blamed on human-induced climate change, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The U.N. weather agency's annual assessment Monday said 2013 was the sixth-warmest year on record. Thirteen of the 14 warmest years have occurred in the 21st century. Rising sea levels has led to increasing damage from storm surges and coastal flooding, as demonstrated by Typhoon Haiyan, the agency's...
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