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2015-08-29 Australia Science


International Business Times
   
BD readying INDC to limit emissions   
DhakaTribune
Bangladesh is set to prepare its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) with the projection of cutting more than 5% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. According to the draft INDC, the county will cut its greenhouse gas emission by 5% of ...
Climate Action Tracker: Australia set to overshoot its 2030 target by large margin   NewClimate Institute
Australia to miss emissions targets: report   SBS
Australia does not have plans in place to meet 2030 climate goal, assessment finds   Sydney Morning Herald
International Business Times   
Business Spectator   
Solomon Star   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Australia finds coral reef to rival the Great Barrier Reef   
Telegraph.co.uk
Spectacular corals "teeming with life" and amazing underwater structures have been found on a reef off south Australia. Scientists, excited by footage recorded by robots trawling the reef, have compared the underwater landscape to that of the world ...
Rivers of red threaten the future of the reef   ABC Online
New Australian Discovery Could Rival the Great Barrier Reef | The Weather Channel   The Weather Channel
New seabed discovery rivals Great Barrier Reef   Mother Nature Network (blog)
Practical Fishkeeping   
Inhabitat (blog)   
Huffington Post   
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Phys.Org
   
The Radiationless Revolution in Electromagnetics   
I-Connect007
Physicists have found a radical new way to confine electromagnetic energy without it leaking away, akin to throwing a pebble into a pond with no splash. The theory could have broad ranging applications from explaining dark matter to combating energy ...

ANU research could improve cancer treatment, renewables and technology and ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Theory explaining Electromagnetic energy without radiation could be important ...   Next Big Future
Radiationless Revolution Could Be Born From 'Radical' New Theory   Headlines & Global News

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BBC News
   
Nasa starts year-long isolation to simulate Mars trip   
BBC News
A team of Nasa recruits is living in isolation for a year to simulate what life would be like on Mars. Under a dome near a barren volcano in Hawaii, the six-person team are to live in close quarters, without fresh air, fresh food or privacy. A French ...
1 Year and Counting: Mars Isolation Experiment Begins   NDTV
Year-long Mars isolation experiment begins   Sky News Australia
Nasa starts year-long isolation to simulate life on Mars   BBC News
DunyaNews Pakistan   
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Margaret River's Gourmet Escape a delicious taste of the best the region has ...   
Herald Sun
VANYA Cullen strides between the rows of vines in one of the most storied patches of dirt in Australian wine. She bends down, finds a dark, sharp-edged stone among the drying weeds and holds it between her fingers. It's a piece of gravel, nothing more ...

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Science 2.0
   
Spiky Filaments For Egg Fusion: Sperm Wield Tiny Harpoons   
Science 2.0
Could the sperm harpoon the egg to facilitate fertilization? That's the intriguing possibility raised by the University of Virginia School of Medicine's discovery that a protein within the head of the sperm forms spiky filaments, suggesting that these ...
Meet The Protein That Plugs A Sperm Into An Egg During Fertilisation   Gizmodo Australia
Sperm have tiny 'harpoons' to latch onto eggs during fertilisation   Metro
Does Sperm Harpoon the Egg?   Laboratory Equipment
Yahoo News UK   
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Press Herald
   
Experts debate fate of African penguin   
Press Herald
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — They're cute, knee-high, bray like donkeys and are a tourist attraction near Cape Town. But African penguins, the continent's only species of the flightless bird, are at risk of extinction. As shoals of anchovies and sardines ...
Scientists bicker while African penguins face extinction   The Australian
African Penguin Population Mysteriously Declines   Clapway
Scientists squabble while Africa's only penguins perish   Marietta Daily Journal
The Times   
Toronto Star   
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Aerospace Technology
   
Northrop Grumman delivers James Webb Space Telescope structure to Nasa   
Aerospace Technology
Northrop Grumman has delivered the structure of James Webb Space Telescope to Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, US. The company has completed the integration and testing of the structure, which accommodates optical assemblies such ...

NASA Reports Arrival of James Webb Space Telescope Backplane for Mirror Assembly   AZoOptics.com (press release)
Key component of Hubble successor arrives for assembly   E&T magazine
James Webb Space Telescope backplane arrives at NASA Goddard for mirror assembly   The Times

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Daily Times
   
Sea level rise likely to get much worse: NASA   
Daily Times
Sea levels worldwide rose an average of nearly 8cm since 1992, the result of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of NASA scientists said on Wednesday. In 2013, a United Nations panel predicted sea levels would rise from 0.3 to 0.9 metres by the end ...
NASA satellite measurements warn of rising sea levels   abc7news.com
Here's More Climate Change Proof for Republicans to Ignore   Blue Nation Review

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BioOptics World
   
Super-resolution microscopy method images living cells with unprecedented ...   
BioOptics World
Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)'s Janelia Research Campus (Ashburn, VA) have boosted structured illumination microscopy (SIM; a super-resolution microscopy method)'s spatial resolution capability for seeing inside living cells.
Scientists just shook up our view of the microscopic world   Business Insider Australia
Expanding the Super-Resolution Arsenal   Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog)
Enhanced Live-Cell Structured Illumination Microscopy Provides More Detailed ...   AZoNano.com
Phys.Org   
Royal Society of Chemistry   
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