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2008-10-09 18:45:00

BERLIN (AFP) - Sea levels could rise one metre (3.3 feet) by 2100, a leading German research institute said Thursday, much more than even the most pessimistic projection by the UN climate panel. "We should prepare for a rise of sea levels of one metre thi

2008-10-09 15:05:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite images taken just after a battle between Georgia and Russia over the region of South Ossetia show fresh damage to villages continued for days after the initial clash, researchers and human rights activists reported on Thur

2008-10-09 00:33:37

British scientists have helped film the first-ever footage of a fish that lives nearly five miles underwater. Researchers from Tokyo and Aberdeen joined forces on a project to send cameras to the bottom of the Pacific Japan Trench.One of them filmed a sho

2008-10-08 22:17:00

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Osamu Shimomura of Japan and US duo Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for a fluorescent protein derived from a jellyfish that has become a vital lab tool. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) has revolu

2008-10-08 21:58:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court began hearing arguments Wednesday into whether national security trumps the well-being of whales off the coast of California. At issue is whether President George W. Bush has the constitutional power to exempt the U

2008-10-08 21:00:00

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of fast, power-saving electronics. The films can be used at relatively high temperatures for

2008-10-08 19:48:00

PARIS (AFP) - Boulders and soil left by retreating glaciers helped preserve the mighty Tibetan plateau from being worn away by river erosion, scientists said in a study released Wedneday. The plateau resulted from the collision of the Indian and Asian con

2008-10-08 19:45:00

BARCELONA (AFP) - An elusive consensus on the best way to reduce forest carbon emissions took shape Wednesday with the release of a joint statement by forestry companies, green organisations and indigenous peoples. All these groups have clashed in the pas

2008-10-08 19:36:00

VIENNA (AFP) - A new encryption system, which its creators say is unbreakable, got its first test run Wednesday in Vienna, scientists from the European Union project SECOQC announced. The successful demonstration, developed by the EU's Development of a Gl

2008-10-08 14:14:00

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Osamu Shimomura of Japan and US duo Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for a fluorescent protein derived from a jellyfish that has become a vital lab tool. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) has revolu