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Cheap weapon against the coral-killer starfish found
A cheap and simple protein mixture could spell an end to the deadly impact of crown-of-thorns starfish on coral ...19/10/12
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Rising temperatures take their toll on rice pest
Global warming may be decreasing the survival capabilities of the economically damaging brown planthopper.16/02/12
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Research urged to combat Philippine banana disease
Banana growers in the Philippines faced with a virulent fungal disease have won backing from scientists to establish a ...07/10/11
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Scientists find genetic trick to make iron-rich rice
Scientists have used rice's own genes to boost its iron and zinc content.26/09/11
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AIDS vaccine funding waning, scientists warn
Scientists are recovering optimism about an HIV/AIDS vaccine, but funding for development is in decline, a conference has heard.01/10/10
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Scientists warn of Ebola outbreak in pigs
Researchers have called for government measures to cap the spread of an Ebola virus in pigs in the Philippines.15/07/09
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Adaptation science not trickling down, says commission
The UN should do more to disperse knowledge about adapting to the effects of climate change, says an international ...18/05/09
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Charcoal plan for carbon storage under fire
Proposals to sequester carbon on a grand scale by turning biomass into "biochar" have been criticised by groups who ...08/04/09
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Journalists criticised over climate change reporting
Journalists cannot be relied upon to explain climate change, says the chair of the International Scientific Congress on Climate ...17/03/09
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Renewable energy’s role ‘underestimated’
Renewable energy could account for a much higher proportion of the global energy supply than previously estimated — if ...13/03/09
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Sea level rise ‘will surpass worst-case scenario’
Sea levels are now predicted to rise above previously predicted maximums, hitting developing countries hard.11/03/09