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Bio fuels are more hazardous than fossil fuels
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Biofuel Vehicles to Put Our Health at Risk |
...The latest scientific research reveals that biofuels used in vehicles may be more harmful for human health than the petrol used today. By 2020, 10% of all transport means should run on biofuels as agreed by the EU.
The researchers invented a special computer model to determine air quality in 2020. The model showed that ozone level in some regions would grow if bioethanol was used for all cars. It would cause more ail... |
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Global Food Crisis to Make 100 Million People Starve |
... More and more arable lands were turned into pasture for livestock and raising cattle is a profitable business. The rising oil prices push many countries to grow energy crops that can be used to make biofuels. Civil wars also lead to a high number of incapacitated people who cannot produce food but need it for survival.
Robert Zoellick repeated his call for 500 million U.S. dollars from donor governments for a "New Dea... |
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Scientists Create World's Fastest SuperComputer |
...he supercomputer will be used for nuclear weapons research, but will have a numerous applications in medicine and science, engineering and other fields. It has a great potential to help in developing biofuels, new drug therapies and even vaccine for the HIV virus, solving global energy tasks and find a clue to the origins of the universe.
The RoadRunner is now placed at the IBM research laboratory in Poughkeepsie, N.Y... |
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Forests to Be Destructed for Food |
... With the growing demand for food, biofuels and wood, deforestation is almost inevitable, the Rights and Resources Initiative report says.
According to the latest report, the 515 million hectares of extra land is needed by 2030 and only 200 million hectares is available now. The RRI report calls for reforming of land ownership in developing countries.
"Arguably, we are on the verge of a last great global land grab,"... |
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Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men |
...Till now scientists have been aware of the fact that exposure to phthalates is linked to reproductive issues. Recently they have discovered that this chemical, found in nearly everything including plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, lubricants, paint and soaps, is strongly connected to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males. This scientific discovery was made by the University of Rochester Medical Center.
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Now one blood group fits everyone |
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The finding can revolutionize medicine as it means there will be no lack of blood supplies. The study conducted by experts from University of Copenhagen published their results in Nature Biotechnology journal, where it is stated that O blood group can be a source for all the other blood types (A, B and AB).
If earlier the mistake of giving wrong blood group could lead to hazardous reactions from the immun... |
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Phones should be redesigned, study says |
...human health at risk.
The scientists state that the recycling programmes do not help much either. Companies always find different ways to pass by laws and ship the cell phones overseas, where they are dumped.
The chief of the study concludes that everything what we know about the cell phones should be redesigned.
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Russian Mine Blast at Novokuznetsk (coverage) |
... had a normal level.
This tragedy happened just two months after an explosion at the "Ulianovskaya" mine, where 110 miners found their death.
Both the "Yubileynaya" and the "Ulianovskaya" mines are part of the "YuzhKuzbassUgol" union. A half of this union belongs to the metallurgic group "Evraz". After the Ulianovskaya blast, the upper mentioned Rostehnadzor threatened withdrawing the license for mining, because of ... |
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Robots Assist in Rescuing Disaster Victims |
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Urban search and rescue robots are tested at a special 'Disaster City' training facility according to specific disaster scenarios. The robots will help rescue people in collapsed buildings and train wrecks.
Scientists will test robot performance applying actual training scenarios for emergency responders. Test results are required for improving and developing new usage guides that allow to match specific kinds of robot... |
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NASA to Strike the Moon with a Double Sledgehammer |
... Two spacecrafts are going to be launched by NASA in hope of slamming into the South Pole of the moon and find out if the double explosion on the surface of the moon will be able to reveal the hidden water ice.
Undoubtedly the Earth-on-moon violence may lead to serious discussions on the topic, but the history of NASA demonstrates that such missions may bring a lot of useful information.
"I think that people are app... |
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Bombs to Become Safer for the Environment |
...ustrial use, such as TNT or RDX have a toxic effect when detonated which is unsafe for the environment. This becomes even more hazardous, when incomplete or no explosion took place. These explosives are often unsafe to handle as their sensitivity to impact, friction and heat can be very high.
German scientists developed explosive from the tetrazoles, a new class of materials, which makes nitrogen a main source of ene... |
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New Natural Wonders Revealed |
...al Park (China)
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France)
Surtsey (Iceland)
Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Switzerland)
Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
The Joggins Fossil Cliffs are located on the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. The site contains the most complete... |
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Cosmetic Surgery is Hazardous for Health and Economic Well-being |
| ... with idealized beauty and body image is a lifelong burden that takes a terrible toll on all young girls and women in this country. What's really new here is the sheer extent to which women and girls are now willing to go...to be 'beautiful,' according to standards perpetuated by a youth-obsessed media culture with literally thousands of messages, 24 hours a day," said Lorraine Cole, Young Women's Christian Association ch... |
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