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• France's Fabius urges stragglers to publish emissions data

  04-10-2015 18:23
  
  French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who will chair December's UN-led climate talks in Paris, on Sunday urged countries which have yet to publish greenhouse gas emissions data to do so as soon as possible.
  
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• UAE says to invest $35 bln in clean energy by 2021

  04-10-2015 17:58
  
  The gas-rich United Arab Emirates will invest $35 billion in clean energy by 2021 as it seeks to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels following crude's global price slide, it said Sunday.
  
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• Light-based memory chip is the first ever to store data permanently

  04-10-2015 17:28
  The world's first entirely light-based memory chip to store data permanently has been developed by material scientists. The device, which makes use of materials used in CDs and DVDs, could help dramatically improve the speed of modern computing.
  
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• Most EU nations seek to bar GM crops

  04-10-2015 16:56
  
  Nineteen of the 28 EU member states have applied to keep genetically modified crops out of all or part of their territory, the bloc's executive arm said Sunday, the deadline for opting out of new European legislation on GM crops.
  
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• The dark side of Nobel prizewinning research

  04-10-2015 16:37
  
  Think of the Nobel prizes and you think of groundbreaking research bettering mankind, but the awards have also honoured some quite unhumanitarian inventions such as chemical weapons, DDT and lobotomies.
  
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• Merkel plays down impact of VW scandal on German image

  04-10-2015 15:27
  
  Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said the emissions scandal that has hit car giant Volkswagen was "dramatic" but would not inflict lasting damage on Germany's reputation.
  
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• Mega Tsunami with 50-Foot Waves Swallowed Ancient Island

  04-10-2015 14:46
  
  A mega tsunami taller than a 50-story skyscraper once engulfed an island off the west coast of Africa, researchers say. This finding suggests the giant landslides and killer waves that such tsunamis can trigger might pose a major hazard to people living on islands and coasts, scientists added. Tsunamis are monster waves that are often caused by earthquakes.
  
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• Centennial books illuminate Einstein’s greatest triumph

  04-10-2015 13:00
  
  Scholars mark general relativity 100ths anniversary with books on history, biography, science.
  
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• Six experts vie for top U.N. climate science job

  04-10-2015 12:48
  OSLO (Reuters) - Six candidates are vying to become head of the U.N.'s top authority on climate change science this week, seeking to narrow down uncertainties about future warming to guide a trillion-dollar shift to greener energies.
  
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• Merkel plays down VW scandal's impact on German image

  04-10-2015 11:35
  
  Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said the emissions scandal that has hit car giant Volkswagen was "dramatic" but would not inflict lasting damage to Germany's reputation.
  
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• Einstein's genius changed science's perception of gravity

  04-10-2015 11:30
  
  Einstein struggled for years to solve the puzzle of general relativity. The pieces all fell into place in November 1915.
  
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• Several VW engineers admit to installing cheat device: report

  04-10-2015 10:42
  
  Several engineers at scandal-hit German automaker Volkswagen have admitted to installing the device in the company's cars aimed at cheating pollution tests, a newspaper reported Sunday.
  
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• Malaysia shuts schools as choking smog worsens

  04-10-2015 08:02
  
  Malaysian authorities on Sunday ordered most of the country's schools shut for two days because of possible health risks posed by the thick haze from Indonesian forest fires.
  
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• Wild plants call to carnivores to get rid of pests -- could crops do the same?

  04-10-2015 06:00
  
  (Cell Press) Rose gardeners have a lot to say about aphids. Some may advise insecticides as a way to manage an infestation, but others will swear by live ladybugs. The latter is more environmental friendly, and once the ladybugs run out of food, they move on. While this strategy may work in someone's backyard, it's not an option on a large farm and an Oct. 4 Trends in Plant Science Opinion paper argues how to scale up.
  
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• Liquid cooling moves onto the chip for denser electronics

  04-10-2015 06:00
  
  (Georgia Institute of Technology) Using microfluidic passages cut directly into the backsides of production field-programmable gate array devices, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are putting liquid cooling right where it's needed the most -- a few hundred microns away from where the transistors are operating.
  
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• Satellite Internet gets a fresh look, cash infusion

  04-10-2015 05:03
  
  An Ariane-5 rocket is seen blasting off from the European space centre at Kourou, French Guiana, as it delivers two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit, in 2012
  
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• Migrant crisis debris: Greek island battles lifejacket mountain

  04-10-2015 04:44
  
  For the thousands of refugees and migrants landing on its beaches every day, Greece's Lesbos island is a step to safety and a brighter future in Europe.
  
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• Calibrated compact model library for silicon photonics platform

  04-10-2015 04:12
  The calibrated library of compact models will enable improved accuracy and reliability in photonic integrated circuit design and fabrication.
  
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• Conflict and survival: Biology photo award

  04-10-2015 03:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shortlisted entries for Society of Biology photography award
  
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