Digital ants could soon be crawling through your computer’s hard drive, but don’t worry, they are there to help.Scientists from Wake Forest University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created an army of digital ants and their superior officers, digital sergeants and sentinels, to search out viruses, worms and other malware.The new antivirus software could provide better protection while freeing up valuable hardware….
Google, the internet search engine published a map which cedes parts of the Indian Himalayan states to China. Google’s satellite map of the border area between India and China show several Indian towns in Arunachal Pradesh listed under their Chinese names as part of the People’s Republic of China. The maps also show the state’s southern border with Assam and its northern boundary with China as broken lines, indicating disputed territory. It also appears to question India’s borders with Burma and Bhutan. The publication of the map has provoked an angry response in India, where tensions are high following a series of public statements in which Chinese officials have denounced New Delhi for refusing to discuss a border dispute. China claims vast swathes of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir as well as Arunachal Pradesh, which it says were illegally ceded to India during the British Raj. It rejects the “MacMahon Line” border drawn up by British and Tibetan officials at the 1913 Shimla Conference.
Source s: http://www.telegraph.co.uk
A report examining the impact of a global biofuels program on greenhouse gas emissions during the 21st century has found that carbon loss from the displacement of food crops and pastures for biofuels crops may be twice as much as the CO2 emissions from land dedicated to biofuels production. The study, led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) senior scientist Jerry Melillo, also predicts that increased fertilizer use for biofuels production will cause nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) to become more important than carbon losses, in terms of warming potential, by the end of the century.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes that 200,000 square miles (518,000 sq km) of coastline and shallow Arctic Ocean waters be designated as critical habitat for threatened polar bear. The area, which would be the largest ever designated for an Endangered Species Act-listed population, overlaps the territory with the largest existing oil fields in the United States where companies operate and plan to explore more.Environmentalists said they were pleased with the plan, which is subject to a 60-day public review before it becomes final….
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