Medford MA (SPX) May 11, 2023 To make it possible for cellular agriculture-the process of growing meat in bioreactors-to feed millions of people, several technical challenges will have to be overcome. Muscle cells from chicken, fish, cows, and other food sources will have to be grown to produce millions of metric tons per year. Toward this goal, researchers at Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture … Continue reading Another step away from the farm: meat grown from immortal stem cells

Cambridge UK (SPX) May 11, 2023 Around 500 million years ago life in the oceans rapidly diversified. In the blink of an eye – at least in geological terms – life transformed from simple, soft-bodied creatures to complex multicellular organisms with shells and skeletons. Now, research led by the University of Cambridge has shown that the diversification of life at this time also led to … Continue reading How life and geology worked together to forge Earth’s nutrient rich crust

Canaa Dos Carajas, Brazil (AFP) May 9, 2023 Working under an improvised shed hidden in the rainforest, Webson Nunes hears a shout and flips on his winch, hauling a colleague up from deep inside a giant hole with a bucket full of riches. Nunes, 28, and his four colleagues are “garimpeiros,” illegal miners who dig for precious minerals – in their case, at a wildcat … Continue reading Illegal mining booms in Brazilian Amazon ‘promised land’

Toulouse, France (AFP) May 5, 2023 The French government said Friday it would ban the sale of above-ground swimming pools in a southern region because of persistent drought. Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Bechu said the Pyrenees-Orientales could not afford to allow people to fill their pools while the region was suffering from a water shortage. The rule is part of new crisis measures coming into … Continue reading French region’s drought prompts pool sale ban

Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2023 More than 50 million people in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar draw water for drinking and agriculture from the Mekong River. With customized tools that use NASA observations and data, the people who manage that water supply have been improving their decision-making. It is a prime example of the work NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development … Continue reading Satellite Data, Applications Flowing Through SERVIR to Southeast Asia

Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) May 09, 2023 Enhanced disaster response, environmental monitoring, agricultural productivity and infrastructure planning has been made available to businesses in Thailand thanks to a new partnership announced between Tokyo-based SAR satellite data and solutions provider, Synspective Inc., andAsia’s leading satellite operator and space technology service provider , Thaicom. Synspective and Thaicom willhttp://dlvr.it/Snp4qk Continue reading Satellite data to revolutionize Southeast Asia disaster and environmental monitoring

Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) May 7, 2023 The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to nearly 400, an official said on Sunday. At least 394 bodies have been recovered after last week’s floods, said Thomas Bakenga, administrator of Kalehe territory where the affected villages are located. He had announced a … Continue reading Toll from DR Congo floods rises to nearly 400: official

London (AFP) April 24, 2023 Extreme weather events in Malawi and Pakistan have driven “very sharp” rises in malaria infections and deaths, a global health chief said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25. Cases in Pakistan last year, after devastating floods left a third of the country under water, rose four-fold to 1.6 million, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Malawi, … Continue reading Malaria cases spike in Malawi, Pakistan after ‘climate-driven’ disasters

United Nations, United States (AFP) April 20, 2023 A virtual donor conference will be held on May 4 to try and fill a $29 million gap in funding needed to safely remove oil from an abandoned tanker off Yemen’s coast, the UN said Thursday. Seeking to avoid a damaging oil spill in the Red Sea, the UN Development Program (UNDP) in March took the unprecedented … Continue reading UN funding drive to prevent Yemen oil spill set for May 4

London (AFP) April 23, 2023 British armed forces have evacuated UK embassy staff and their families from Sudan, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Sunday, as fighting raged between rival Sudanese generals. “UK armed forces have completed a complex and rapid evacuation of British diplomats and their families from Sudan, amid a significant escalation in violence and threats to embassy staff,” Sunak tweeted. The prime mihttp://dlvr.it/SmzRrw Continue reading UK pulls diplomats and families out of Sudan