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News | Archive (30 January 2009) [Page 3]
More power needed behind renewable energy push
— 19:15 GMT | EnvironmentWWF has told an audience of energy experts and senior government officials from more than 20 countries that the world's leading governments and businesses must lead the planet towards the benefits of renewable energy and a sustainable future…
Sports technology for para-athletes: Closing the gap
— 19:15 GMT | HealthThis issue of Sports Technology, published by Wiley-Blackwell, spotlights recent developments that seek to close the gap between able-bodied athletes and para-athletes, with two published articles highlighting running prostheses…
Ocean islands fuel productivity and carbon sequestration through natural iron fertilisation
— 19:15 GMT | EnvironmentAn experiment to study the effects of naturally deposited iron in the Southern Ocean has filled in a key piece of the puzzle surrounding iron's role in locking atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ocean. The research, conducted by an international team led by Raymond Pollard of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, and included Matthew Charette, a marine chemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), found that natural iron fertilisation enhanced the export of carbon to the deep ocean. The research was published 29 January 2009, in the journal Nature…
Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy face future of complications
— 19:15 GMT | HealthChronic hypertension, diabetes and blood clots are more likely in otherwise healthy women who experienced complications due to hypertension such as preeclampsia in their first pregnancies, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers working in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark…
ESA pays tribute to 50 years of space
Earth-like planet is likely forming just 424 light-years away