2015年10月5日 星期一

2015-10-06 Singapore Science


AsiaOne
   
'Living gallery' to help conserve mangroves here   
AsiaOne
An area will be set aside at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve for a living gallery of mangrove trees, comprising about half of the true species in the world, in a move to conserve these plants. The 5ha area at the reserve's coastal trail will include a ...

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Biotechin.Asia
   
BGI at Shenzhen announces that gene-edited 'micro pigs' will be sold as pets   
Biotechin.Asia
BGI, formerly known as Beijing Genomics Institute in Shenzen, China has been a forerunner in the field of genome sequencing for sometime now, being the world's largest centre for gene sequencing. From sequencing the rice genome in 2002 to sequencing ...

Pet micro pigs? Chinese biotech firm says it will sell very small swine   Los Angeles Times
Outcry over gene editing to create pet micro-pigs   The Straits Times
Scientists begin to breed 'teacup' pigs with heavy price tag   New York Daily News
The Dodo   
The New Daily   
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TODAYonline
   
Canadian university head proposed rocket spaceflight in 1861   
TODAYonline
The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral. Photo: Reuters. mail · print. View all 0 comments. Published: 9:17 AM, October 5, 2015. ONTARIO (Canada) — Rocket-based ...


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CNET
   
Apollo 15 moon-travelling watch up for auction   
CNET
If you want to own a watch that has been to the moon with a NASA astronaut, your chances are pretty slim. Most of the watches worn during the Apollo missions were the standard NASA-issued Omega chronographs. Because they were government-issued, ...

More than 8400 high-resolution photos from Apollo moon missions are released ...   Hutchinson News
One of the most amazing sights from the historic Apollo 10 mission wasn't the moon   Mail Tribune
Thousands of Spectacular High-Res Photos of the Moon Landings Have Just Been ...   E! Online
CBS News   
Sacramento Bee   
Ubergizmo   
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NDTV
   
Himalayan find: 199 new species and a 'sneezing' monkey   
Times of India
THIMPU: A snub-nosed mon key that sneezes when it ra ins, a walking fish and a jewel like snake are among more than 200 new species discove red in the fragile eastern Hi malayas, according to a new report by WWF. A report on wildlife in Nepal, Bhutan, ...

Sneezing Is Just The Start With The Myanmar Snub-Nosed Monkey   The News Hub
'Walking' fish among new species in Asia   Irish Examiner
Noseless Monkey, Blue-Eyed Frog Among 200 New Himalaya Discoveries   National Geographic
The Indian Express   
Irish Independent   
Kaumudi Online   
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The Straits Times
   
Newly discovered prehistoric beaver outlived the dinosaurs   
The Straits Times
WASHINGTON • An asteroid impact in Mexico compounded by colossal volcanism in India 66 million years ago killed about three-quarters of Earth's species, including the dinosaurs. But soon afterwards, a little animal that looked like a beaver was ...
Post-apocalyptic 'beaver' thrived after dinosaurs died   TODAYonline
Small, Beaver-like Mammal Survived the Dinosaur Apocalypse   I4U News
Primeval Beaver Discovered That Survived Dinosaur Extinction   Immortal News
National Geographic   
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The Australian
   
UNSW team clears hurdles to superfast quantum computer   
The Australian
SPECIAL REPORT: Cracking the Code — how Australia is embracing the digital economy · VIDEO: What is the 'industrial internet'? GRAPHIC: How does Australia compare with the rest of the world? QUIZ: How much do you really know about start-ups?
Australian engineers just built a quantum logic gate in silicon for the first time   ScienceAlert
UNSW in quantum computing breakthrough   Herald Sun
The holy grail in superfast computing   The Press
International Business Times AU   
Headlines & Global News   
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Newsweek
   
Wildlife thriving in Chernobyl   
Irish Examiner
Wildlife including wolf, elk, and wild boar are thriving around Chernobyl since the area was deserted by humans after the world's worst nuclear accident, a study shows. Populations of large mammals show no evidence of being affected by the continuing ...

Animal populations in Chernobyl are thriving due to human exodus   ScienceAlert
Wild animals thriving inside Chernobyl exclusion zone despite high radiation ...   National Post
Chernobyl disaster zone has become a flourishing wildlife haven   SBS
Nature World Report   
The Guardian   
Reuters   
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Peninsula On-line
   
A third of cacti facing extinction: Study   
Economic Times
PARIS: Thirty-one percent of cacti, some 500 species, face extinction due to human encroachment, according to the first global assessment of the prickly plants, published Monday. The finding places the cactus among the most threatened plant groups on ...

Almost a third of cactuses at risk of extinction - study   Reuters India
A Third of Cacti Facing Extinction   The IUSB Preface
Study: Collectors plundering cactuses to extinction   Arizona State University
Voice of America   
Science Recorder   
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Times of India
   
Ahead of Paris meet, Berlin's billions put India firmly on low-carbon track   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Recognizing "renewable energy" and "efficient use of energy" as the most effective routes to mitigate climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions, India and Germany on Monday decided to move on this path more aggressively under the new ...

India's first step towards climate solution is good, but it has miles to go on ...   Economic Times
India's ambitious Climate Change goals - Praise and Skepticism #COP21   Niticentral
QUANTUM LEAP: Taking action on global warming   Daily Mail
Free Press Journal   
mydigitalfc.com   
Business Standard   
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