Research station

A research station is a station that is built for the purpose of conducting scientific research. Research station sites might include outer space (such as the International Space Station) and oceans. Many nations have research stations located in Antarctica; Showa Station, Halley and Troll are examples. There are also various research stations located in remote areas of the world for field ecological research like the: Tiputini Biodiversity Station (located in the Ecuadorian Amazon), Comoé National Park Research Station (located in the Savannas of North-eastern Côte d'Ivoire) or the Gombe Research Station (located in Tanzania) in which famous chimpanzee research was conducted by Jane Goodall.

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Beat policing is dead beat

DNA India 19 Aug 2019

According to a 2017 report by Home Ministry’s Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD), the number of police stations in the country is  15,579 and the number of police outposts is pegged at 9,087, which are manned by a civil police force of approximately 20 lakh....

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Australian power stations among world's worst for toxic air pollution

The Observer 19 Aug 2019

The greatest source of SO2 in the atmosphere is the burning of fossil fuels in power stations and other industrial facilities ... “Although power stations obviously have [existing] limits on their licences, those limits are so lax that power stations essentially pollute as much as they want,” said Nicola Rivers, EJA’s director of advocacy and research....

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Florida's iconic palm trees threatened by invasive disease

Houston Chronicle 19 Aug 2019

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill ... Coincidentally — but conveniently — lethal bronzing is attacking palms right outside Bahder's office at the University of Florida's agriculture research station near Fort... ....

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Florida’s iconic palm trees threatened by invasive disease

Albuquerque Journal 19 Aug 2019

Coincidentally — but conveniently — lethal bronzing is attacking palms right outside Bahder’s office at the University of Florida’s agriculture research station near Fort Lauderdale ... Brent Gaffney, a Gainesville landscaper, said Bahder’s research is ......

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Farms turn to technology as states face water warnings

Arkansas Online 18 Aug 2019

-- A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day. After a brief, snaking flight above the field, the drone landed and the researchers removed a handful of memory cards....

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Farmers use tech to squeeze every drop from Colorado River

The Paducah Sun 18 Aug 2019

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Wild, PhD., Dr. James Robert

The Bryan Eagle 18 Aug 2019

James Wild PhD, 73, of College Station, passed away on August 14, 2019 in Bryan after a 17-year battle with Parkinson's disease, associated dementia and its later stages ... Jim was stationed at the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI) in Bethesda, MD studying the effects of high pressure on the efficacy of antibiotics....

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Spacewalkers Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan Get Ready for Fifth ISS Spacewalk of Year on ...

Space Coast Daily 18 Aug 2019

Three NASA astronauts remain focused on preparations for next week’s spacewalk at the International Space Station. The rest of the Expedition 60 focused on biology research and a pair of docked spaceships ... (NASA) – Three NASA astronauts remain focused on preparations for next week’s spacewalk at the International Space Station....

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Texas A&M System Regents OK $80M for Army Futures Command

Longview News-Journal 18 Aug 2019

Murray said he expects six to eight Army researchers to eventually be based out of RELLIS, but until the development center is up and running, military personnel will make occasional trips to Bryan and College Station to use existing lab space ... Bryan-College Station, Murray said....

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Atkinson and Ballou pace Musk Ox runners

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 18 Aug 2019

Brian Atkinson won overall and Nellie Ballou captured the women’s title Saturday in the Musk Ox Trail Run, which started and finished at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Large Animal Research Station ... ....

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Bees poisoned by illegal pesticide spraying

Taipei Times 18 Aug 2019

Samples tested by the Agricultural Research and Extension Station were found to contain the insecticide fipronil, leading it to conclude that the bees had been poisoned while gathering pollen from flora near betel nut orchards, the council said ... ....

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India-Bhutan agree for joint small satellite

Deccan Chronicle 18 Aug 2019

A joint statement issued by the two sides said that while Mr Modi and Bhutan’s Dr Lotay Tshering jointly inaugurated the ground earth station of the South Asian Satellite in Thimphu that was constructed with the support of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), the ......

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India, Bhutan agree on close coordination, boost ties

Suryaa 18 Aug 2019

The two Prime Ministers inaugurated in Thimpu the Ground Earth Station of the South Asian Satellite, constructed with the support of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).  ... They also inaugurated the inter-connection between India's National Knowledge Network and Bhutan's Research and Education Network ... . ....