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Measuring Salt Shine To Improve Climate UnderstandingLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 17, 2010 From 14 - 25 August 2010, scientists from around the world will gather in Southern Turkey to measure the spectral reflectance of a few square kilometres of salt. These measurements will have a major impact on the future of satellite based Earth observation, and will ultimately improve our understanding of the Earth's climate. For ten months of the year Tuz Golu (Lake Tuz) in southern Turkey appears to be like any other lake. However, during July and August it dries to become a bright, pristine, wh ... read more |
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Nowshehra, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 16, 2010Six million children are suffering from Pakistan's devastating floods: lost, orphaned or stricken with diarrhoea, they are the most vulnerable victims of the nation's worst-ever natural disaster. At relief camps in government schools and colleges and in tent villages on the edge of towns and by roadways, children are prostate from the heat, sick from poor drinking water, or simply trying to ... more 
Leh, India (AFP) Aug 16, 2010Winters come harsh and early in India's Himalayan region of Ladakh, where the waning summer spells more hardship for thousands left homeless by devastating flash floods. In Ladakh's main city, Leh, around 800 families lost everything in the torrent of mud and water that invaded their homes 10 days ago and killed nearly 190 people. Though part of mainly Muslim Kashmir, the high-altitude r ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2010Sludge-blocked roads are keeping urgent food and medicine from reaching survivors of deadly mudslides in northwest China, officials said Monday, as rescuers ended the search for hundreds still missing. Thousands of soldiers sent to Zhouqu, a remote town in Gansu province flattened by landslides over a week ago, have stopped digging for bodies to prevent an outbreak of disease, the local gove ... more |
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Wax, Soap Clean Up Obstacles To Better BatteriesRichland WA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010 A little wax and soap can help build electrodes for cheaper lithium ion batteries, according to a study in Nano Letters. The one-step method will allow battery developers to explore lower-priced alternatives to the lithium ion-metal oxide batteries currently on the market. "Paraffin provides a medium in which to grow good electrode materials," said material scientist Daiwon Choi of the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. "This method will help researchers investigate cath ... read more |
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