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Global
Warming 'Could Create Stronger Hurricanes'
September
16, 2005
More
storms are developing into potentially devastating hurricanes, say researchers,
who link the finding to increasing ocean temperatures.
Source:
SciDev.net
Wi-Fi
Camera E-mails Pictures Without a PC
September
16, 2005
Kodak
is to offer consumers a camera that can e-mail high-quality images to friends
and store the shots automatically in an online image bank
Source:
NewScientist.com
Titan's
Long-Sought Sea Revealed By Radar
September
17, 2005
The
first sea discovered on any surface other than Earth's may have been found on
Saturn’s moon Titan.
Source:
NewScientist.com
Flood
Warnings for the Yangtze Will Save Lives
September
18, 2005
China
is rolling out an early warning system to help protect people near the river
from a similar fate to the residents of New Orleans.
Source:
NewScientist.com
Stripped
Sperm May Boost ICSI Success Rate
September
19, 2005
Removing
the tiny cap of potent enzymes from human sperm prior to the common
assisted-fertility treatment, ICSI, could boost the efficiency of this
reproductive technology, new research suggests.
Source:
Newscientist.com
Mississippi
Begins Katrina Cleanup, But Where Will the Garbage Go?
September
19, 2005
In
a sandy construction site on the outskirts of town, more than a dozen trucks
wait for their chance to unload tree limbs and feed a huge bonfire that will
burn from dawn until dusk every day for months.
Source:
Environmental News Network
Black
Box Monitors Pervs
September
20, 2005
Victims
of online predators have a new weapon: a monitoring system that captures all
online communications for use as evidence.
Source:
Wired.com
Heatwaves
Spell Bad News for Carbon Sinks
September
21, 2005
The
heatwave that parched Europe in 2003 caused the continent's grasslands and
forests to release huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, climate
experts have found.
Source:
Nature.com
Storm
Triggers Mass US Evacuation
September
22, 2005
More
than one million people are told to leave as Hurricane Rita moves towards the
Gulf Coast of the US.
Source:
BBC News
Just
One Cigarette a Day Can Treble Risk of Fatal Illnesses
September
22, 2005
Smoking
even one cigarette a day trebles the risk of heart disease or lung cancer—and
the effect is greater in women.
Source:
Independent.co.uk
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