2014年10月21日 星期二

2014-10-22 Australia Science

  BBC News   
Tractor beam breaks distance record  BBC News
Scientists have created a tractor beam that can drag objects for distances of up to 20cm - around 100 times further than in previous experiments. The doughnut-shaped laser is also reversible - so it can either repel or attract objects. In future, these beams ...

Tractor beam technology isn't just a science-fiction trope any more   Beta Wired
Yes, Tractor Beams Are Real... And Getting Better   Forbes
Laser tractor beam moves objects further than ever before: Sci-fi becomes reality   Tech Times
Daily Digest   
Design & Trend   
Science Times   
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  The West Australian   
Climate Council warns bushfires becoming more frequent and severe with ...  ABC Online
NICK GRIMM: A report by the Climate Council has found bushfires across south-eastern Australia are becoming increasingly intense, and that the economic cost of major outbreaks is likely to triple by the middle of this century. The report has laid the blame on ...

Bushfire season in New South Wales grows longer and stronger   The Conversation AU
Australia Braces For 'Catastrophic Conditions' As Bushfire Season Begins   International Business Times AU
Financial burden of Bushfires in New South Wales will More Than Double by 2050   Uncover California
9news.com.au   
The Guardian   
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  Yahoo!7 News   
Tensions with Russia threaten to derail Antarctic marine reserve proposal  Yahoo!7 News
There are hopes the Antarctic conservation commission will approve a 1.2 million square kilometre marine reserve ABC There are hopes the Antarctic conservation commission will approve a 1.2 million square kilometre marine reserve. Crucial decisions ...

Australia confident of winning Support for Antarctica Sanctuary   Maine News Online
Aussies hopeful of support for Antartica sanctuary   The Star Online
Protecting the “Last Ocean”   Earth Island Journal
Cowra Community News   
Phys.Org   
Nature World News   
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  The Age   
ANZ Centre in lockdown as environmental protest 'gets aggressive'  The Age
About 80 people occupy ANZ headquarters to protest the bank's financing of new fossil fuel and its impact on Pacific Islands. ANZ say they are worried about the safety of their employees after protesters allegedly blocked access to a lift and bathroom at their ...

ANZ HQ in lock-down as fossil fuel protest gets “aggressive”   Australian Mining
Pacific Islanders Blockade World's Largest Coal Port To Protest Rising Seas ...   Huffington Post
Pacific Islanders Take on Australian Coal   Independent European Daily Express
Business Spectator   
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  Scotsman   
Scottish fish 'invented' sexual intercourse  Scotsman
SCIENTISTS have traced the history of vertebrate sexual intercourse to an ancient armoured fish that lived in Scottish lochs 385 million years ago. The first creatures to use this form of reproduction were the first jawed fish, called Microbrachius dicki.

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  VICE News   
Environmental Lawyers Gear Up for Fighting Climate Change in the Courts  VICE News
Taking a cue from the fight against the tobacco industry, environmentally minded lawyers have begun to view the courts as a new frontier in the fight against climate change. Legal battles over US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policies have long ...

Climate change conference told of plans to store CO2 emissions   Irish Times
US, EU want UN to stress low cost of climate change fight - draft   Reuters
Converting the Climate Change Non-Believers   Pacific Standard
Businessweek   
Livemint   
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  Nature World News   
Australian Bees 'Play a Game of Thrones'  Nature World News
Here's something you don't hear every day. The months-long Australian bee war is finally over. According to a recent field study, two different species of stingless bees had been fighting over the right to occupy a single hive for generations. Who says insects ...

Bees Wage Wars Against Other Hives That Last For Months   io9
Aussie bees fight 'hive wars'   BBC News
Bite to the death: Sugarbag bees launch all-conquering raids   Phys.Org
Science AAAS   
ScienceAlert   
The Weather Network   
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  ABC Online   
Ice could cause grief for Antarctic vessel  9news.com.au
Antarctic-bound researchers face a tough challenge to reach the frozen continent amid record levels of sea ice. As the icebreaker Aurora Australis sets off from Hobart on its maiden mission for the summer season, the bright orange vessel has been stocked ...

Scientists to dive in Antarctic waters to test ocean acidification threat   ABC Online

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  ABC Online   
Forget divestment, all capital markets are queasy on climate  Business Spectator
Recent debate about the ANU's investment process masks the fundamental shift underway in capital markets on climate change. Claims of a deeper social purpose in the form of poverty eradication through continued expansion of fossil fuels are not likely to ...

This Is How America Will Reduce Pollution and Stamp Out Our Carbon Footprint   Huffington Post
Forestry plantations, renewable energy and switching from diesel to gas will help ...   ABC Online

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  ANINEWS   
How blue light affects human eye revealed  Business Standard
A new study has revealed that the eye's response to blue light could both address the properties of melanopsin, a light-sensitive protein in the eye and help understand seasonal depression. Geoffrey K. Aguirre, MD, PhD, a behavioral neurologist and ...

Untangling Biological Effects of Blue Light   Tasnim News Agency
Penn Researchers Untangle the Biological Effects of Blue Light   HealthCanal.com
Team untangles the biological effects of blue light   Medical Xpress

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