2014年11月19日 星期三

2014-11-20 Pakistan Science

  Daily Times   
Could poop soon power smartphones?  Daily Times
Faeces could soon be used to power a future generation of mobile phones, scientists claim. Researchers have discovered a natural process that occurs within the bacteria found in poo, that could help improve 'bio batteries'. It is hoped the discovery could ...

Poop Could Be Used To Greatly Improve Smartphone Battery Life   The Inquisitr
Could Poop Soon Power Smartphones? Natural Process Found In Bacteria In ...   malaysiandigest.com

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  The Guardian   
Lightning strikes are caused by the sun  Daily Times
The sun's magnetic field may be responsible for increasing the number of lightning strikes on Earth, a study has claimed. Research into the UK's weather system found that lightning strikes in the UK increased by up to 50 percent when our planet's magnetic ...

Sun's magnetic field sparks lightning on Earth   The Guardian
Sun's rotating "magnet" pulls lightning towards UK: study   Xinhua
UK experienced 50% more lightning strikes over five years   Times of India
The Independent   
BBC News   
physicsworld.com   
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  The Guardian   
Current climate pledges not enough: UN  Echonetdaily
Climate Pollution is still rising despite world pledges to cut carbon emissions and more action is needed to rein in climate change, a UN report says. The Emissions Gap report is the fifth yearly analysis that examines how countries are doing and lays out the ...

World Needs to Mind the Carbon Emissions Gap   Climate Central
Carbon neutrality needed within lifespan of people born today, UN says   Sydney Morning Herald
UN reports carbon emission cuts are not enough   Science Recorder
Beta Wired   
Deutsche Welle   
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  BBC News   
Next moon mission to be funded through Kickstarter  The Province (blog)
An ambitious new project to reach the moon next decade will use the crowd-funding platform Kickstarter to raise the money needed for the spacecraft. Contributions start at $15, and offer the purchaser a chance to store data on memory discs that will be buried ...

British scientists are crowdfunding a moon landing   The Week Magazine
The UK Is Crowdfunding A Trip To The Moon   Gizmodo Australia
How a Kickstarter project could bury your hair on the moon (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Toronto Sun   
STLtoday.com   
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  NBCNews.com   
Two New Subatomic Particles Discovered by CERN Scientists  NBCNews.com
GENEVA — Scientists at the world's largest smasher said Wednesday they have discovered two new subatomic particles never seen before that could widen our understanding of the universe. An experiment using the European Organization for Nuclear ...

Two new subatomic particles found by CERN scientists   RT
New subatomic particles predicted by Canadians found by CERN physicists   CBC.ca
Scientists at CERN atom smasher confirm York U physicist's theories   Toronto Star
Huffington Post   
Wall Street Journal   
Zee News   
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  RT   
Mysterious Russian satellite sparks 'orbital weapon' speculations  RT
A mysterious Russian satellite orbiting Earth has global media in a bit of a spin after the object, thought to be space debris, conducted suspicious manoeuvres in space sparking rumors of little less than a revival of old Soviet satellite-killer program.
Secret satellite ... Russia's Kosmos 2499, otherwise designated Object 2014-28E ...   NEWS.com.au
Does Russia have an orbiting space weapon?   Christian Science Monitor
Object 2014-28E : A Russian space weapon or space junk?   Zee News
The Chosun Ilbo   
Ottawa Citizen   
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  WXYZ   
Watch NASA's Video: What Carbon Looks Like in the Atmosphere  SustainableBusiness.com
In July, NASA launched the first satellite into space dedicated to measuring carbon levels in the atmosphere, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2). Every day, it takes a million high-resolution measurements, and scientists released the first video that ...

Video: See a year in the life of Earth's CO2   San Angelo Standard Times
Hypnotic NASA video makes Earth's carbon dioxide gorgeous   CNET
NASA simulation shows path of Greenhouse Gases (+video)   Inferse
Yahoo News   
Washington Post (blog)   
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  New Hampshire Voice   
Explosive Finding: Smaller Volcano Blasts Might Slow Global Warming  NBCNews.com
Global warming might be even worse were it not for the impact of a rash of smaller volcanic eruptions around the globe, a new study suggests. Those eruptions are blasting more of an atmosphere-cooling gas into the lower stratosphere than scientists ...

Could volcanoes help slow global warming?   CBS News
Small volcanic eruptions slowing down global warming?   Business Standard
How small volcanic eruptions may have slowed surface temperature rise   Carbon Brief (blog)
International Business Times UK   
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  The Moscow Times   
Russia May Be Planning National Space Station to Replace ISS  The Moscow Times
Andrei Makhonin / VedomostiA model of the long considered space station hanging at a Moscow exhibition on space exploration in 2009. Russia may be planning to build a new, independent national space station rather than prolong its participation in the ...


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  CBS News   
Tags on fish could be creating a "dinner-bell" effect for predators  CBS News
Those pinging tags scientists use to track and study fish may also be proving predators an acoustic roadmap to find them. Testing the theory on grey seals which are known to use sound to their advantage, marine biologist at the University of St. Andrews in ...

Tracking tags on fish are homing beacons for predators   Geek
Fish fitted with electronic tags act like a 'dinner bell' for hungry seals   Telegraph.co.uk
Tagged fish make an easy meal for eavesdropping seals   New Scientist
BBC News   
Khaleej Times   
Nature World News   
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