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Malians mobilise to protect dwindling elephant populationBanzena, Mali (AFP) July 5, 2010 Ali Ag Rhissa, a young Touareg nomad, sits in his tent, his gun ready, on the frontline of one of Mali's battles - protecting its majestic but dwindling herds of desert elephants. Faced with the dual threat of drought and poachers, the elephant population has almost halved in recent decades. But help is at hand from local people in northern Mali, who have started to form conservation brigades to ward off poachers and protect the animal from extinction. Between 1972 and 1974 there were 550 e ... read more |
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Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jun 17, 2010Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will unveil a series of effective and affordable weapon systems at this year's Eurosatory Symposium and Exhibition in Paris. These systems share the common vision of affordability and precision, transforming "statistical" artillery into precision weapons. IAI's vision of future weapon systems stresses the ability to create highly precise systems that ... more 
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2010Northrop Grumman has been selected to continue development of a miniature navigation grade gyro for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that will provide precision navigation for size and power constrained applications. The company will develop the final configuration for a stand-alone micro-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Gyro (micro-NMRG) for DARPA's Micro-Technology for Pos ... more  
Copenhagen (AFP) June 15, 2010Denmark will allow Australia to ship thousands of tonnes of toxic waste here to be disposed of since it does not have the technology to carry out the work, officials said Tuesday. Australia does not have the proper technology to deal with the 10,000 tonnes of HCB, or hexachlorobenzene, which is produced through the manufacturing of chemical products and explosives. Danish environment min ... more |
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NASA demos tsunami prediction systemPasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 14, 2010 A NASA-led research team says it has successfully demonstrated for the first time elements of a prototype tsunami prediction system. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the system, say it can quickly and accurately assesses large earthquakes and estimate the size of a resulting tsunami. After February's magnitude 8.8 Chilean earthquake, a JPL team led by Y. Tony Song used real-time data from the agency's Global Differential GPS network to successfully predict th ... read more |
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