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Mar. 28, 2013 ? African forest elephants are being poached out of existence. A study just published in the online journal PLOS ONE and supported in part by San Diego Zoo Global shows that a staggering 62% of all forest elephants have been killed across their range in central Africa, for their ivory over the past decade. The severe decline indicates what researchers fear is the eminent extinction of this species.
"Saving the species requires a coordinated global effort in the countries where elephants occur, all along the ivory smuggling routes and at the final destination in the Far East. We don't have much time," say Wildlife Conservation Society conservationists Fiona Maisels, PhD, and Samantha Strindberg, PhD, the lead authors.
The study -- the largest ever conducted on the African forest elephant -- includes the work of more than 60 scientists between 2002 and 2011, and an immense effort by national conservation staff who spent a combined 91,600 days surveying elephants in 5 countries (Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and the Republic of Congo), walking over 13,000 kilometers (more than 8,000 miles) and recording over 11,000 elephant dung piles for the analysis.
The paper also shows that almost a third of the land where African forest elephants were able to live 10 years ago has become too dangerous for them. Results show clearly that forest elephants were increasingly uncommon in places with high human density, high infrastructure density such as roads, high hunting intensity, and poor governance as indicated by levels of corruption and absence of law enforcement.
Bethan Morgan, PhD, head of San Diego Zoo Global's Central Africa Program, stressed the importance of this study. "This is the largest collaborative study of its kind across the whole of Central Africa and really highlights the plight of this ecologically important species. Forest elephants are integral to a functioning forest in Africa, opening up the forest floor and acting as a vital part of the life cycle of many plant species through their role as seed dispersers. We have increasing evidence of a decline in certain tree species as a result of the local extinction of forest elephants."
Distinct from the African savanna elephant, the African forest elephant is slightly smaller than its better-known relative and is considered by many to be a separate species.
Research carried out by the CITES-MIKE program has shown that the increase in poaching levels across Africa since 2006 is strongly correlated with trends in consumer demand in the Far East and that poaching levels are also strongly linked with governance at the national level and poverty at the local level. This has resulted in escalating elephant massacres in areas previously thought to be safe.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) ? A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe is set to travel across the United States with stops in Phoenix, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and New York, organizers of the trip announced Thursday.
The plane, Solar Impulse, is expected to be ready to leave from NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. on May 1, although the actual departure will depend on the weather, the plane's Swiss creators said at a news conference at the NASA center.
Solar Impulse, considered the world's most advanced solar-powered plane, will stop for seven to 10 days at major airports in each city, so the pilots can display and discuss the aircraft with reporters, students, engineers and aviation fans. It plans to reach New York's Kennedy Airport in early July ? without using a drop of fuel, its creators said.
Between Dallas and Washington, D.C., the plane will also stop at one of three other cities: Atlanta, Nashville or St. Louis, said Andr? Borschberg, Solar Impulse's co-founder, pilot and CEO. Each leg of the flight will run 20 to 25 hours.
"We want to inspire the young generation to become pioneers, to help them find and develop their passion," Borschberg said.
The Solar Impulse is powered by about 12,000 photovoltaic cells that cover massive wings and charge its batteries, allowing it to fly day and night without jet fuel. It has the wing span of a commercial airplane but the weight of the average family car, making it vulnerable to bad weather.
Its creators say the Solar Impulse is designed to showcase the potential of solar power and will never replace fuel-powered commercial flights. The delicate, single-seat plane cruises around 40 miles per hour and can't fly through clouds.
"The more you fly the more energy you have stored in the batteries, so it's absolutely fabulous to imagine all the possibilities the people can have with these technologies in their daily lives," said Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse co-founder and chairman.
In 2010, the solar plane flew non-stop for 26 hours to demonstrate that the aircraft could soak up enough sunlight to keep it airborne through the night. A year later, it went on its first international flight to Belgium and France.
Last year, the Solar Impulse made its first transcontinental voyage, traveling 1,550 miles from Madrid to the Moroccan capital Rabat in 20 hours.
Before its coast-to-coast American trip, the Solar Impulse will take test flights around the San Francisco Bay Area in April, officials said.
Piccard and Borschberg are planning an around-the-world flight in an improved version of the plane in 2015.
Piccard comes from a line of adventurers. His late father, Jacques, was an oceanographer and engineer who plunged deeper into the ocean than any other person. His grandfather Auguste, also an engineer, was the first man to take a balloon into the stratosphere.
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones made history in 1999 when they became the first people to circle the globe in a hot air balloon, flying 25,000 miles nonstop for 20 days.
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The actress won't attempt to take Senator Mitch McConnell's seat representing Kentucky in the U.S. Senate, according to a tweet published on Wednesday and confirmed by her publicist. McConnell's seat is one of 14 Republicans are defending in 2014.
In this file photo, actress Ashley Judd, a Kentucky native, speaks at a Democratic get-out-the-vote rally. Judd announced Wednesday she won't run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky against Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
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The former Kentucky resident tweeted her decision.
"Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate. I have spoken to so many Kentuckians over these last few months who expressed their desire for a fighter for the people & new leader," Judd?wrote.
"While that won't be me at this time, I will continue to work as hard as I can to ensure the needs of Kentucky families are met by returning this Senate seat to whom it rightfully belongs: the people & their needs, dreams, and great potential. Thanks for even considering me as that person & know how much I love our Commonwealth. Thank you!"
Her publicist Cara Tripicchio confirmed?Judd's?decision.
The 44-year-old?Judd?had hinted last week that she was nearing a decision about the race.
Now living in suburban Nashville, Tenn.,?Judd?has said little publicly about her intentions. However, she has been meeting with several Democratic leaders, including Gov. Steve Beshear, to discuss a possible run.
Defeating McConnell would be the Democrats' biggest prize of the 2014 election. His seat is one of 14 that Republicans are defending while Democrats try to hold onto 21, hoping to retain or add to their 55-45 edge.
The star of such films as "Double Jeopardy" and "Kiss the Girls" is known for her liberal political views and she would have been running in a largely conservative state where Republicans hold both Senate seats and five of the six seats in the U.S. House.
Former State Treasurer Jonathan Miller, a?Judd?supporter, said she would have been a strong candidate.
"As a Kentuckian and someone who was really enthusiastic about her as a candidate, this wasn't the news I was hoping for," Miller said. "But as her friend, from the first time we talked about the race last summer, I was very candid about the grueling nature of politics. It's become a very unpleasant business and running against Mitch McConnell would be an extraordinarily difficult and grueling experience."
McConnell, who spent some $20 million on his last election and who has already raised $10 million for the next one, had already been taunting would-be Democratic challengers in a comical online video intended to raise second thoughts about taking on a politician known as brawler. The video plays on the fact that?Judd?lives in Tennessee.
Republican-leaning group American Crossroads in its own online video also plays on the Tennessee angle and ties her closely to President Barack Obama, who is unpopular in Kentucky.
University of Louisville political scientist Laurie Rhodebeck said?Judd?certainly wasn't frightened out of the race.
"She doesn't strike me as a shrinking violet," Rhodebeck said. "I think the real issue would be how much disruption she wanted in her life. This was the kind of thing that she would have to throw herself into 100 percent in order to make it worthwhile."
Judd?and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti separated early this year after marrying in his native Scotland in 2001.
Judd's?decision not to enter the race leaves the Democratic Party in search of a candidate. Many of Kentucky's top Democrats, including Beshear, have said they won't run. However, a rising star within the party, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, hasn't ruled the race out. Grimes declined comment Wednesday evening through her spokeswoman, Lynn Sowards Zellen.
Associated Press writer Janet Cappiello contributed to this report.
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It?s impossible to talk about all of the World?s fantastic trails but it is worth adding each and every one of these to your bucket list. If you never walk any other trails you?ll die happy having walked these. The list is suitable for hardened hikers and newbies alike, having easier alternative routes when the going gets tough. Hiking gives unparalleled access to the most natural and beautiful places on Earth and rewards hikers with a fantastic sense of achievement at the end too. Here are 5 of the best trails on Earth spread over 4 continents:
The Inca Trail, Peru. This is one of the most famous but also one of the most spectacular trails on Earth, ending with the preverbal cherry on top; the ancient city of Machu Picchu, where you?ll get to explore the ruins of a civilization now lost. History and archaeology fans will enjoy the sensation of stepping back in time to a place absolutely removed from modern culture to marvel at the feats of engineering that the Incas achieved.
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The trail itself is demanding and you must stop along the way as you climb higher to give your body time to acclimatise. You need a pass to walk this trail and the number of people allowed through each day is restricted so be sure to book and show up on the day. It takes around 4 days to reach Machu Picchu from Cusco, the route taking you through forests, valleys and up 4000 metres into the sky.
When to go: April to October.
The Narrows, Zion NP, Utah, USA. Utah is an amazing spot for hikers and fans of outdoor activities in general, holding a total of 5 national parks. The landscape is dotted with incredible canyons that provide ample opportunity for wading or swimming along the way. The Narrows trails sets you right inside the canyon of the Virgin River, walking in the water if you like. You can dip in and out of this trail, taking your time or covering it in a day. For river hiking it?s important to have the right gear which should include special river hiking shoes. It is worth the extra cost of getting special gear and once you?ve experienced this sort of trail you?ll want to come back or find more like it, making plenty of use of your new shoes. Zion National Park has 12 camping sites so it?s easy to find somewhere to pitch up at night.
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When to go: You can hike in Utah year round but in general spring and autumn are the prime hiking seasons due to the more temperate weather at these times of year. However you might like to visit The Narrows during the summer, avoiding the usual crowds in the region as you?ll have plenty of shade and cool water as you hike inside the canyon of the Virgin River. The water level will also be lower and you?ll avoid the risk of flash flooding.
Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa. This mountain range stretches 1000km South West to North East along the Eastern side of South Africa and into Lesotho. Treks can be arranged from Durban, taking you from South to North, and tailored to you; hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains for between 3 and 7 days depending on your fitness levels.
What?s special about hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains is the chance to sleep in one of the many caves in the region. These ?caves? are formed of overhangs in the sandstone hillsides and make fantastic overnight rest spots. They must have served as shelter to the local people too because here in the mountains is the largest collection of bushmen art in the world, comprising of 20,000 different in cave paintings.
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The second highest waterfall in the world is here too, Tugela Falls. For the best views of the falls take a trail up Mount-Aux-Sources and continue climbing to the Amphitheatre escarpment. The landscape here is magnificent; combining high rocky outcrops with luscious lowland grass and forest.
When to go: Hikes can be arranged all year round so it depends on your tastes, experiences and expectations when you make your visit. The Tugela Falls will be most impressive after rains so the summer months (October to March) would be an ideal time for a route that takes in the falls.
Mountains of the Moon, Uganda. This is a challenging 9 day hike taking you through jungle and bog, up mountains over 4000 metres high, passing by glaciers and descending again into bamboo forests. This is a unique trail that promises great walking and climbing routes with an animal-spotting safari too. If you?re lucky you may walk a glacier and see an elephant on the same day. Many guided tours will include a gorilla watching section during your hike.
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The Mountains of the Moon which are part of Uganda?s Rwenzori Mountains is the highest mountain range in Africa. Parts of the trail look down into the Congo basin, a thick jungle that is one of the world?s most important wildernesses and is home to several types of gorilla, elephant and chimp.
When to go: December to March.
Bay of Fires, Tasmania, Australia Tasmania, off the coast of Australia, offers something totally different to the above; a short seaside trail of only 16 miles. If you?ve never thought of hiking along white sand beaches looking out on the crystal clear Tasman Sea then start thinking about it. This is different to mountainous country walks or desert canyon trails because although you?ll find paradise on all of these trails nothing looks quite as heavenly as these beautiful beaches.
This is a fairly easy walk following the flat coastline around but encompassing a couple of headlands to keep your interest up. You?ll need to take a guided tour due to the lack of fresh water and scarcity of permanent overnight camps along the route. It?s also useful to have someone with lots of experience of the area with you as there are many snakes on Tasmania, all of which have a pretty nasty bite.
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This is perfect for a mini break from the luxuries of a Tasmanian holiday. The facilities along the way are basic e.g. hand pumped water for showering but this adds to the feeling of getting away to a deserted island, if just for 2 or 3 days.
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Beyond the investigations, it's business as usual for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez.
The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman presides over hearings on North Korea and counterterrorism, travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan and meets privately with foreign ministers and ambassadors.
The two-term New Jersey senator welcomes professors and students from Rutgers University and the state's National Council of Jewish Women.
As a Cuban-American, he works daily into the evening with seven other senators on a plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system. Participants say he hasn't missed a meeting.
Yet he is still enduring potentially career-ending investigations ? one by the Senate Ethics Committee, another reportedly by a federal grand jury in Miami ? into whether Menendez crossed the line and pushed the business interests of a friend and top donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen.
It's a cloud that hangs over the senator and Democrats, who wait in fear that a more damaging development or series of them might force Menendez to step down and give Gov. Chris Christie a chance to choose a fellow Republican to fill the seat.
Oddly, it was scandal that led to Menendez' appointment to the Senate in January 2006. New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey resigned in August 2004 after admitting to an extramarital affair with a man. Sen. Jon Corzine won the governorship in November 2005, and after he took over for acting Gov. Richard Codey, appointed Menendez as his replacement in the Senate.
For now, Menendez insists he acted appropriately and will be cleared by any review.
In a separate turn of events, police in the Dominican Republic said three women were paid to falsely claim in videotaped interviews last year that they had sex for money with Menendez. That prompted Menendez' office to demand that U.S. authorities investigate what they called a "smear campaign" based on lies. The interviews first surfaced on a conservative website just before Menendez's re-election last November.
In a brief interview last week, Menendez dismissed the notion that the investigations and the external distractions have affected his work.
"I haven't missed a beat," he said defiantly, ticking off the hearings he's overseen, meetings on immigration and work on bipartisan legislation. "Nothing has impeded my ability to have an impact on what I care about."
Menendez, 59, has always been considered a loner in the clubby Senate, but Democrats and Republicans who have worked closely with him on foreign policy and, in recent weeks, on immigration say he has displayed a singular focus amid the investigations.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., shares Menendez's Cuban roots, serves with him on Foreign Relations and joins him in the "Gang of Eight" negotiations on immigration.
Menendez, according to Rubio, hasn't lost a bit of his edge.
"He's actively engaged in the Gang of Eight," Rubio said. "He's actively engaged on the Foreign Relations Committee."
Rubio said he has a good working relationship with Menendez that dates to their time together as members of the Foreign Relations subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and global narcotics affairs.
"He's the same intense and focused Bob Menendez I've known in the two years I've been here," Rubio said. "The Bob Menendez I see today works just as hard, if not harder, than the one I saw the last year. There's very few people in this building that work as hard or as intensely as he does."
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has worked closely with Menendez on immigration as well as ensuring an aid package for victims of Superstorm Sandy, assistance vital to New York and New Jersey residents. With New Jersey's other senator, Frank Lautenberg, ailing, Menendez took on an outsized role in working on the aid.
Schumer said Menendez has been critical on immigration, adding that the investigations have not affected his work.
"All of us respect his integrity," Schumer said.
Menendez's Republican counterpart on the committee, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, said the investigations have not come up as a subject in conversations.
"I'm not close enough with him. I know him professionally. I don't know him in that way. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to even talk about it," said Corker, who described Menendez as focused despite the investigations.
"I've had no issues in dealing with him," he said.
Congress has its share of lawmakers who have been buffeted by scandal and ethics questions and soldiered on. Some even survived to serve several more terms.
Rep. Charles Rangel, the longtime New York Democrat censured by the House for ethics violations, was re-elected last year. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., was easily re-elected in 2010, three years after his telephone number appeared in the records of a Washington-area escort service that authorities said was a front for prostitution.
In 1991, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was one of the Keating Five ? five senators faulted for trying to get regulators to ease up on disgraced financier Charles Keating. The Senate Ethics Committee cited McCain's "poor judgment," delivering harsher criticism to the other four senators.
Menendez, for his part, is planning for the Obama administration's budget for the State Department and foreign operations as well as presiding over the hearing in which his predecessor, Secretary of State John Kerry, will testify on the budget.
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Associated Press writer Richard Lardner contributed to this report.
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Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies' brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
The study, conducted by graduate student Alice Graham with her advisors Phil Fisher and Jennifer Pfeifer of the University of Oregon, found that infants respond to angry tone of voice, even when they're asleep.
Babies' brains are highly plastic, allowing them to develop in response to the environments and encounters they experience. But this plasticity comes with a certain degree of vulnerability research has shown that severe stress, such as maltreatment or institutionalization, can have a significant, negative impact on child development.
Graham and colleagues wondered what the impact of more moderate stressors might be.
"We were interested in whether a common source of early stress in children's lives conflict between parents is associated with how infants' brains function," says Graham.
Graham and colleagues decided to take advantage of recent developments in fMRI scanning with infants to answer this question.
Twenty infants, ranging in age from 6 to 12 months, came into the lab at their regular bedtime. While they were asleep in the scanner, the infants were presented with nonsense sentences spoken in very angry, mildly angry, happy, and neutral tones of voice by a male adult.
"Even during sleep, infants showed distinct patterns of brain activity depending on the emotional tone of voice we presented," says Graham.
The researchers found that infants from high conflict homes showed greater reactivity to very angry tone of voice in brain areas linked to stress and emotion regulation, such as the anterior cingulate cortex, caudate, thalamus, and hypothalamus.
Previous research with animals has shown that these brain areas play an important role in the impact of early life stress on development the results of this new study suggest that the same might be true for human infants.
According to Graham and colleagues, these findings show that babies are not oblivious to their parents' conflicts, and exposure to these conflicts may influence the way babies' brains process emotion and stress.
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Support for this work was provided by the Center for Drug Abuse Prevention in the Child Welfare System (1-P30-DA023920); the Early Experience, Stress, and Neurobehavioral Development Center (1-P50-MH078105); a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31-10667639); and the Lewis Center for NeuroImaging at the University of Oregon.
For more information about this study, please contact: Alice M. Graham at agraham2@uoregon.edu.
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Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies' brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
The study, conducted by graduate student Alice Graham with her advisors Phil Fisher and Jennifer Pfeifer of the University of Oregon, found that infants respond to angry tone of voice, even when they're asleep.
Babies' brains are highly plastic, allowing them to develop in response to the environments and encounters they experience. But this plasticity comes with a certain degree of vulnerability research has shown that severe stress, such as maltreatment or institutionalization, can have a significant, negative impact on child development.
Graham and colleagues wondered what the impact of more moderate stressors might be.
"We were interested in whether a common source of early stress in children's lives conflict between parents is associated with how infants' brains function," says Graham.
Graham and colleagues decided to take advantage of recent developments in fMRI scanning with infants to answer this question.
Twenty infants, ranging in age from 6 to 12 months, came into the lab at their regular bedtime. While they were asleep in the scanner, the infants were presented with nonsense sentences spoken in very angry, mildly angry, happy, and neutral tones of voice by a male adult.
"Even during sleep, infants showed distinct patterns of brain activity depending on the emotional tone of voice we presented," says Graham.
The researchers found that infants from high conflict homes showed greater reactivity to very angry tone of voice in brain areas linked to stress and emotion regulation, such as the anterior cingulate cortex, caudate, thalamus, and hypothalamus.
Previous research with animals has shown that these brain areas play an important role in the impact of early life stress on development the results of this new study suggest that the same might be true for human infants.
According to Graham and colleagues, these findings show that babies are not oblivious to their parents' conflicts, and exposure to these conflicts may influence the way babies' brains process emotion and stress.
###
Support for this work was provided by the Center for Drug Abuse Prevention in the Child Welfare System (1-P30-DA023920); the Early Experience, Stress, and Neurobehavioral Development Center (1-P50-MH078105); a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31-10667639); and the Lewis Center for NeuroImaging at the University of Oregon.
For more information about this study, please contact: Alice M. Graham at agraham2@uoregon.edu.
The APS journal Psychological Science is the highest ranked empirical journal in psychology. For a copy of the article "What Sleeping Babies Hear: A Functional MRI Study of Interparental Conflict and Infants' Emotion Processing" and access to other Psychological Science research findings, please contact Anna Mikulak at 202-293-9300 or amikulak@psychologicalscience.org.
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Mar. 25, 2013 ? Two forthcoming European Physical Journal D papers challenge established wisdom about the nature of vacuum. In one paper, Marcel Urban from the University of Paris-Sud, located in Orsay, France and his colleagues identified a quantum level mechanism for interpreting vacuum as being filled with pairs of virtual particles with fluctuating energy values. As a result, the inherent characteristics of vacuum, like the speed of light, may not be a constant after all, but fluctuate.
Meanwhile, in another study, Gerd Leuchs and Luis L. S?nchez-Soto, from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Light in Erlangen, Germany, suggest that physical constants, such as the speed of light and the so-called impedance of free space, are indications of the total number of elementary particles in nature.
Vacuum is one of the most intriguing concepts in physics. When observed at the quantum level, vacuum is not empty. It is filled with continuously appearing and disappearing particle pairs such as electron-positron or quark-antiquark pairs. These ephemeral particles are real particles, but their lifetimes are extremely short. In their study, Urban and colleagues established, for the first time, a detailed quantum mechanism that would explain the magnetisation and polarisation of the vacuum, referred to as vacuum permeability and permittivity, and the finite speed of light. This finding is relevant because it suggests the existence of a limited number of ephemeral particles per unit volume in a vacuum.
As a result, there is a theoretical possibility that the speed of light is not fixed, as conventional physics has assumed. But it could fluctuate at a level independent of the energy of each light quantum, or photon, and greater than fluctuations induced by quantum level gravity. The speed of light would be dependent on variations in the vacuum properties of space or time. The fluctuations of the photon propagation time are estimated to be on the order of 50 attoseconds per square meter of crossed vacuum, which might be testable with the help of new ultra-fast lasers.Leuchs and Sanchez-Soto, on the other hand, modelled virtual charged particle pairs as electric dipoles responsible for the polarisation of the vacuum.
They found that a specific property of vacuum called the impedance, which is crucial to determining the speed of light, depends only on the sum of the square of the electric charges of particles but not on their masses. If their idea is correct, the value of the speed of light combined with the value of vacuum impedance gives an indication of the total number of charged elementary particles existing in nature. Experimental results support this hypothesis.
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Mar. 25, 2013 ? Scientists at the Department of Physics of the University of Oulu have teamed up with scientists in France, Russia and Japan to propose a new experimental method for researching positively charged ions. The study, In the Finnish side carried out by postdoctoral researcher Saana-Maija Huttula and Professor Marko Huttula in Oulu, was published in Physical Review Letters on 12 March 2013. The study involved investigating the electronic structure of the argon ions using synchrotron radiation. The proposed theoretical simulations were done using methods developed by an electron spectroscopy research group based at the University of Oulu.
The study was co-financed by the Academy of Finland.
Studying the electronic properties of positively charged ions is very difficult using traditional methods, due to the very low density available in ionic beams. The alternative method proposed by the international research team is based on the single-photon multi-ionisation of the corresponding neutral atom and on coincidence techniques, which allows for the near-simultaneous detection of all the electrons scattered from a single atom.
According to Saana-Maija Huttula, the principal investigator of the present publication, the method has two advantages: the huge intensity generated and the accurate configuration of the electronic initial states of ions. The scientists expect the method to become a common tool that has the potential to lead to important new discoveries in the field of ion research. Coincidence techniques can also be applied directly in the study of the properties of molecular materials. In fact, researchers at the University of Oulu are already expanding their work to heavy-metal compounds and nanoparticles.
More recently, the research team has been studying, for example, the electronic structure and dynamics of mercury molecules and clusters. Mercury compounds, though environmentally hazardous, are an important raw material for the electronics industry, but they also play an important role in atmospheric chemistry, for instance. The team has focused its efforts on the investigation of metallic nanoparticles. In addition, the scientists are actively engaged in international cooperation at the interface of fundamental free-electron laser research and multinational corporate collaboration. At the national level, the team is an active promoter of using synchrotron radiation for research and analysis purposes.
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This week we looked at the jankiest life hacks around, learned how to be happier, replaced Google Reader, and watched out for our doomed relationships. Here's a look back.
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In infected individuals, HIV mutates rapidly to escape recognition by immune cells. This process of continuous evolution is the main obstacle to natural immunity and the development of an effective vaccine. A new study published by Cell Press in the March 21 issue of the journal Immunity reveals that the immune system has the capacity to adapt such that it can recognize mutations in HIV. The findings suggest that our immune cells' adaptability could be harnessed to help in the fight against AIDS.
An international collaboration between research groups in France, England, Japan, and Australia discovered that immune cells from certain infected individuals were able to recognize HIV mutants. Researchers found that the immune cells' ability to recognize such mutant forms of the virus was associated with a protective response against HIV. This discovery begs the question: if mutant HIV can be recognized by immune cells, how then does HIV often escape immune detection? The researchers explain that the answer lies in HIV's ability to conceal itself from immune surveillance altogether. It does so by blocking infected cells from breaking down its viral particles and from then displaying them on the cells' surface to alert the immune system.
"Using a spectrum of advanced immune profiling techniques, our work illustrates the sophisticated mechanisms that underlie the continuous competition, or 'molecular arms race,' between immune cells and HIV," says senior author Dr. Victor Appay, of Hpital Piti-Salptrire in Paris. "Overall, our study reveals the intricacies of immune cell efficacy against HIV."
Although immune cells not be able to recognize every mutant HIV, a vaccine that stimulates immune cells that recognize certain key mutant forms of the virus may be effective against viral infection and the development of AIDS.
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Immunity, Ladell et al.: "A molecular basis for the control of pre-immune escape variants by HIV-specific CD8+ T-cells."
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In infected individuals, HIV mutates rapidly to escape recognition by immune cells. This process of continuous evolution is the main obstacle to natural immunity and the development of an effective vaccine. A new study published by Cell Press in the March 21 issue of the journal Immunity reveals that the immune system has the capacity to adapt such that it can recognize mutations in HIV. The findings suggest that our immune cells' adaptability could be harnessed to help in the fight against AIDS.
An international collaboration between research groups in France, England, Japan, and Australia discovered that immune cells from certain infected individuals were able to recognize HIV mutants. Researchers found that the immune cells' ability to recognize such mutant forms of the virus was associated with a protective response against HIV. This discovery begs the question: if mutant HIV can be recognized by immune cells, how then does HIV often escape immune detection? The researchers explain that the answer lies in HIV's ability to conceal itself from immune surveillance altogether. It does so by blocking infected cells from breaking down its viral particles and from then displaying them on the cells' surface to alert the immune system.
"Using a spectrum of advanced immune profiling techniques, our work illustrates the sophisticated mechanisms that underlie the continuous competition, or 'molecular arms race,' between immune cells and HIV," says senior author Dr. Victor Appay, of Hpital Piti-Salptrire in Paris. "Overall, our study reveals the intricacies of immune cell efficacy against HIV."
Although immune cells not be able to recognize every mutant HIV, a vaccine that stimulates immune cells that recognize certain key mutant forms of the virus may be effective against viral infection and the development of AIDS.
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Immunity, Ladell et al.: "A molecular basis for the control of pre-immune escape variants by HIV-specific CD8+ T-cells."
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AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/cp-hic031313.php
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? A measure of the U.S. economy's health over the next six months increased in February from January, a sign that growth could be improving.
The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading indicators rose 0.5 percent in February to 94.8. That followed an equal gain in January, which was revised higher. The gauge is designed to anticipate economic conditions three to six months out.
The increase was also more broad-based, with eight of its 10 components rising. That compared with only five in January and six in December.
A gain in housing permits, a longer manufacturing work week and rising stock prices were among the elements that drove the index higher. Lower orders for large manufactured goods and lower consumer outlook for business conditions limited the gain.
The economy "may be developing some resilience against headwinds from ... federal spending cuts," Ataman Ozyildrim, an economist at the Conference Board, said.
A steady recovery in housing and rising job gains could be offsetting the cuts, he added. Automatic government spending cuts of $85 billion kicked in March 1, though their impact may not be felt until April and May when layoffs at government agencies and contractors will likely start.
The index is derived from data that for the most part have already been reported individually.
Other reports issued Thursday also pointed to steady improvement. Weekly unemployment applications rose slightly, but the four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell for the fourth straight time to the lowest level in more than five years.
That's a sign companies are laying off fewer workers. As layoffs fall, net hiring usually picks up.
Sales of previously occupied homes rose in February to the highest level in more than three years, the National Association of Realtors said in a separate report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/measure-us-economys-health-rises-february-142536737--finance.html
Ed Davey said the new nuclear power station was a milestone on the road to decarbonisation
The first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants in the UK has been given approval.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey told MPs in the Commons that he was granting planning consent for French energy giant EDF to construct Hinkley Point C in Somerset.
The proposed ?14bn power plant would be capable of powering five million homes.
Mr Davey said the project was "of crucial national importance" but environmental groups reacted angrily.
25,000 jobsThe building of Hinkley Point C is expected to pave the way for a fleet of new plants across the UK.
It is estimated the project will create between 20,000 and 25,000 jobs during construction and 900 permanent jobs once in operation.
Continue reading the main storyNuclear plants are not breeding fast - it has taken a whole generation to get this close to a new pair.
But today's decision is only the start of a government struggle to fuel much of the country on atomic power.
Because Hinkley is the only nuclear plant queuing for planning permission at the moment.
What's more, the stations there will have to be subsidised massively by the public under a deal being "intensely" discussed by the Treasury. Its owners are asking for government guarantees that may possibly be challenged under EU competition law and the firm is still looking for a business partner.
And even if the plants at Hinkley actually do get off the ground, there is still a huge question mark over the rest of the new-build programme.
To replace historic capacity would need at least three more developments on this scale. But it's barely conceivable that the new-build programme could progress with no sign of a long-term nuclear waste disposal in prospect.
The stakes are high. The government's chief energy scientist David Mackay recently warned that to supply clean energy to industry would take a four-fold increase in nuclear power - or (based on new figures) an increase in wind power of between 12-20 fold.
That's unless we all start saving energy with a level of frugality and invention which has eluded us so far.
BBC industry correspondent John Moylan said the power plant would cost more than the London 2012 Olympics.
Mr Davey told the Commons: "The planning decision to give consent to Hinkley Point follows a rigorous examination from the Planning Inspectorate, and detailed analysis within my department.
"This planned project adds to a number of new energy projects consented since May 2010, including wind farms and biomass and gas-fired power stations.
"It will benefit the local economy, through direct employment, the supply chain and the use of local services."
The news is a boost to the nuclear industry following a series of setbacks in plans to construct a new fleet of reactors in the UK, which ministers say are needed to cut carbon and keep the lights on.
Nuclear waste Continue reading the main storyEnd Quote John Sauven Greenpeace chief executiveIt will lock a generation of consumers into higher energy bills, via a strike price that's expected to be double the current price of electricity?
EDF says the project would generate taxes equivalent to a few percentage points of what the entire financial sector yields for the exchequer.
The energy giant is negotiating with ministers over what it can charge for the electricity Hinkley generates for decades to come.
Mr Davey said discussions on the strike price were ongoing, but he expected them to be concluded shortly.
EDF chief executive Vincent de Rivaz said "intensive discussions" were taking place.
He said: "To make this opportunity a reality, we need to reach agreement swiftly... It must offer a fair and balanced deal for consumers and investors."
Shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint welcomed the decision to grant planning consent.
"Today's announcement is an important milestone in the development of new nuclear build in the UK," she said.
"I am pleased to welcome it and reiterate our support for nuclear power alongside an expansion of renewable energy and investment in carbon capture and storage as part of a clean, secure and affordable energy supply for the future."
'Fair and balanced'However, environmental groups have reacted angrily.
They raised concerns over the potentially high price for electricity the government will agree to in order to get the nuclear plant built, and over the issue of nuclear waste.
Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said: "It will lock a generation of consumers into higher energy bills, via a strike price that's expected to be double the current price of electricity, and it will distort energy policy by displacing newer, cleaner, cheaper technologies.
"With companies now saying the price of offshore wind will drop so much it will be on par with nuclear by 2020, there is no rationale for allowing Hinkley C to proceed."
Friends of the Earth's Policy and Campaigns Director Craig Bennett said: "The only way this plant will be built is if the government hands over a blank cheque from UK taxpayers to French developers, EDF.
"The most cost-effective way to cut carbon and keep the lights on is a combination of energy efficiency and investing in renewables."
Continue reading the main storyHinkley C would be one of the UK's biggest infrastructure projects for years with 5,600 workers on site at the peak of construction.
Unite's national officer for energy Kevin Coyne, said the decision to grant consent was a "massive boost for jobs".
But Dr Tim Fox, head of energy and environment at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, warned of a potential shortage of skilled engineers needed to build the plant.
"More needs to be done to increase the number of people choosing engineering as a career to overcome a skills shortage," he said.
"Over the next 10 years, the UK needs to be recruiting about 87,000 engineers a year, but worryingly we are currently producing just 46,000 engineers a year."
Hinkley Point C will be the third nuclear plant at the site.
Hinkley A, which is now being decommissioned, began generating in 1965 and was closed down in 1999. Hinkley B, which started generating in 1976, is due to be turned off in 2023.
The last nuclear plant built in the UK was Sizewell B in Suffolk. Building work for the plant, near Leiston, began in 1988 and it started operating seven years later.
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FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows singer Lady Gaga performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Lady Gaga's manager said in an interview Tuesday, March 19, 2013, that the singer is ?doing wonderful, doing great,? after undergoing hip surgery. Gaga canceled her "Born This Way Ball" tour last month after she'd hurt herself while performing some time ago. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)
FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows singer Lady Gaga performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Lady Gaga's manager said in an interview Tuesday, March 19, 2013, that the singer is ?doing wonderful, doing great,? after undergoing hip surgery. Gaga canceled her "Born This Way Ball" tour last month after she'd hurt herself while performing some time ago. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)
FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows singer Lady Gaga performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Lady Gaga's manager said in an interview Tuesday, March 19, 2013, that the singer is ?doing wonderful, doing great,? after undergoing hip surgery. Gaga canceled her "Born This Way Ball" tour last month after she'd hurt herself while performing some time ago. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Lady Gaga's manager says the pop star is "doing unbelievable" a month after she had hip surgery that caused her to cancel her U.S. tour.
Vincent Herbert said in an interview Tuesday the 26-year-old Grammy winner is "doing wonderful, doing great."
Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, canceled her "Born This Way Ball" tour last month. She'd hurt herself while performing some time ago.
Herbert says Gaga is finishing her new album, "ARTPOP," and is "ready to get back to work."
He calls the new album "very, very refreshing" and says the "Born This Way" singer continues to "push the envelope."
Herbert adds: "I can't wait for the world to hear her new music and see her come back healthy, strong and better than ever."
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Associated PressI tend to face challenges in my life by digging in and trying to find an answer, whether it's a blog, online article, book, or going to an expert in person.
When it comes to our family, as evidenced on this blog, I'm?a bit stumped.? I've done research on loss, grief in children, etc.? Some of it helps, and?some of it doesn't.? There isn't much out there on loss of both parents at the same time in a car accident.? There isn't much out there on helping your biological children adjust after adopting two of their cousins whose sisters are living with their lesbian aunt.? Many well-meaning people have compared our situation to divorced families who have to negotiate step-parenting and step or half siblings.? Nice try, but this really doesn't fit either.
In order to understand how to help both the girls and the boys adapt, I started looking at the adoption angle and?I found out a category for us...sorta.
Turns out we've done a kinship adoption or are practicing kinship care.? I got almost giddy when I found out about this.? We have a label!? There has to be tons of stuff out there on kinship adoption!
Ummm...no.? Most of the support groups, advice, etc. on kinship adoptions is for grandparents adopting their grandchildren.? There's lots of stuff about parenting again, after already raising your own children.? I even found help for grandparents to understand the new trends in parenting.
I'd be lying if I didn't say how disappointed I was.
I'm still hoping for something or someone to help explain our family.? Help for all of us in this adjustment, kids and adults alike.? I'm grasping for something to make me feel less alone.? An answer.
Whenever the girls are being particularly trying and make declarations that we're not really their family, K likes to joke that we were already family before the accident.? We all already loved each other.? I may not have raised these girls from birth, but I was right there at both of their births, and walked side-by-side with Jeanne while she parented them.?
The accident, in so many ways, blew up our family.? We're still struggling to figure out how all the pieces fit together.? On the other hand, though,?it's expanded our conceptions of family and love.? That can't be a bad thing, right?
Source: http://lifeofpeg-familyrocks.blogspot.com/2013/03/kinship.html
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Source: http://www.gwhnews.com/2013/03/march-23-world-xtreme-wrestling-event.html
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March 18, 2013
A new open-source tool aims to give managers?a step-by-step roadmap on how to effectively build and roll out sustainable agriculture sourcing strategies.
Sustainable Sourcing of Agricultural Raw Materials, a Practitioner?s Guide, developed by Swiss-based business school IMD, the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform and five other global organizations, advises managers to begin by ensuring any sustainability plans are in line with the company?s core business strategy.
The guide warns that the business case for sustainable sourcing is oftentimes neither well developed nor formulated by executives in a way others understand. Rather than taking a pre-emptive approach based on a sound business case, managers tend to concentrate more on how to tackle ongoing challenges of a sustainable sourcing plan, the guide said.
Sustainable sourcing should help a company create new products and supplier relationships, improve risk management, brand value and reputation and leverage public partnerships, the guide advises.
The guide provides key questions to help companies prioritize which agricultural raw materials they want to sustainably source. Questions include what proportion of the total cost base that the commodity represents, how it contributes to the end-product quality, strength of the company?s balance sheet and prevalence of external supply risks.
The food and beverage industry, the world?s biggest purchaser of agricultural raw materials, is at particular risk from the effect climate change has on crops and the global water supply, according to the guide?s developers.
For example, the worst U.S. drought in five decades caused more damage than expected to corn and soybean crops and helped push the global food price index up 6 percent in July 2012. Earlier this year, Cargill said it would close its Plainview, Texas beef processing plant, citing a tight cattle supply brought on by years of drought in the region.?
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Source: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2013/03/18/how-to-build-a-sustainable-agriculture-strategy/
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