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Intensified Ice Sheet Movements Do Not Affect Rising Sea Levels

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:24:11 EDT

Meltwater is rapidly increasing the tempo of glacial movements on the rim of the Greenland ice sheet.

Channel: Science Tags: ice sheet movement sea level

One-third Of Reef-building Corals Face Extinction

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:24:06 EDT

A third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status. The study findings were published today by Science Express.

Channel: Science Tags: coral reef extinction

Can Microorganisms Be A Solution To The World's Energy Problems?

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:23:46 EDT

Microorganisms once reigned supreme on the Earth, thriving by filling every nook and cranny of the environment billions of years before humans first arrived on the scene.

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New 'Window' Opens On Solar Energy: Cost Effective Devices Available Soon

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:23:33 EDT

Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that could allow just that.

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Ethanol Byproduct Could Be Useful As Fertilizer And For Weed Control

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:23:29 EDT

Studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have shown that dried distiller's grains (DDGs)Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬"coproducts of corn ethanol productionÃ;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬"have potential as an organic fertilizer and for weed

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Could Pond Scum Undo Pollution, Fight Global Warming And Alleviate World Hunger?

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:23:25 EDT

Three plant biologists at Rutgers' Waksman Institute of Microbiology are obsessed with duckweed, a tiny aquatic plant with an unassuming name.

Channel: Science Tags: pond scum pollution fight

Large Cargo Ships Emit Double Amount of Soot Previously Estimated

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:23:21 EDT

Tugboats puff out more soot for the amount of fuel used than other commercial vessels, and large cargo ships emit more than twice as much soot as previously estimated, according to the first extensive study of commercial vessel soot emissions.

Channel: Science Tags: cargo ship soot emission

Modeling Erosion Damage From Ephemeral Gullies

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:23:17 EDT

Ephemeral gullies are common features on agricultural landscapes.

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Biodiversity Defensing Against Climate Change

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:22:53 EDT

Climate change is happening, and we must develop ways for all life to be able to cope, environmental advocates urge.

Channel: Science Tags: biodiversity climate change

Cruise-liner Sewage Adds To Baltic Decline

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:17:29 EDT

Most international cruise ship companies operating in the Baltic Sea have refused to co-operate with a plea from WWF to stop dumping their sewage straight into the water.

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Giant Clams 'Secure For Another Generation' After Philippine Re-seeding

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:17:21 EDT

Re-seeding programmes on over 50 reefs are securing the survival of the giant clam for at least another generation, according to WWF-Philippines.

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Architect Professor Advocates Best-building Practices For High Wind Regions

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:17:17 EDT

More than ever before, building design and construction can be significantly improved to reduce wind pressures on building surfaces and to help better resist high winds and hurricanes in residential or commercial construction

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British Showers Most Wasteful And Inconsiderate In Western Europe, Survey Suggests

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:17:11 EDT

Water-wasting and uncaring about gels, shampoos and soap going down the plughole: that's how the British emerge from a survey on showering habits of western Europeans.

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Mount St. Helens Officially Slumbers -- Alert Level Goes Back To Normal

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:15:48 EDT

Scientists say the nearly three and a half years of eruption at Mount St. Helens is over for now and have lowered the volcano alert level from Advisory to Normal and the aviation color code from Yellow to Green.

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Outlook For Air Quality In Beijing For Olympics Is Borderline

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:15:45 EDT

The outlook for air quality in Beijing during the Olympics is borderline, and there's little that the Chinese government can do to improve it.

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Solar Cooling Becomes A New Air-conditioning System

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:14:33 EDT

Scientists from the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃ;Æ;Ã;Âficas (CSIC) have developed an environmentally friendly cooling technology that does not harm the ozone layer.

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Promising New Method To Fabricate Ultra-thin Silicon Solar Cells Developed

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:14:08 EDT

IMEC is developing a new method to produce ~50Ã;â;;Ã;Âµm thin crystalline silicon wafers for use in solar cells.

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Leatherback Turtles Go With The Flow

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:14:03 EDT

Not much is known about the world's largest living turtle, the leatherback. So-called for its tough, oily skin and lack of a hard shell, the behavior and habitats of this critically endangered turtle have remained a mystery.

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Greatest Value Of Forests Is Sustainable Water Supply

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:13:58 EDT

The forests of the future may need to be managed as much for a sustainable supply of clean water as any other goal, researchers say in a new federal report -- but even so, forest resources will offer no "quick fix" to the insatiable, often conflicting demands for this precious resource.

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Record-setting Dead Zones Predicted For Gulf Of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:13:54 EDT

Record-setting "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay appear likely this summer, according to new forecasts from a University of Michigan researcher.

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Mitigating Climate Change By Improving Forest Management In The Tropics

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:13:51 EDT

A key aspect of the international climate change agreement slated to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 focuses on reducing carbon emissions due to deforestation and degradation (REDD).

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Projected California Warming Promises Cycle Of More Heat Waves, Energy Use For Next Century

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:13:47 EDT

As the 21st century progresses, major cities in heavily air-conditioned California can expect more frequent extreme-heat events because of climate change.

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Improved Tsunami Early Warning With New Software System

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:13:43 EDT

the team for tsunami modelling of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association has presented the currently leading software system for tsunami events with the potential for catastrophe.

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Record Land Grab Predicted As Demand Soars For New Sources Of Food, Energy And Wood Fiber

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:13:32 EDT

Escalating global demand for fuel, food and wood fibre will destroy the world's forests, if efforts to address climate change and poverty fail to empower the billion-plus forest-dependent poor

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More Kidney Stone Disease Projected Due To Global Warming

dirtyfratboy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:13:29 EDT

Global warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and UT Dallas have found.

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New Mode Of Gene Regulation Discovered In Mammals

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:58:09 EDT

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered a type of gene regulation never before observed in mammals -- a "ribozyme" that controls the activity of an important family of genes in several different species.

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Detecting Flu Viruses In Remote Areas Of The World

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:58:02 EDT

Researchers in Ohio and New Mexico are reporting an advance in the quest for a fast, sensitive test to detect flu viruses -- one that requires no refrigeration and can be used in remote areas of the world where new flu viruses often emerge.

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Snake Venom Tells Tales About Geography

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:57:53 EDT

Just as people give away their origins by that southern drawl or New England twang, poisonous snakes produce venom that differs distinctly from one geographic area to another, the first study of the "snake venomics" of one of the most common pit vipers in Latin America has found.

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New 'Scrubber' Speeds Removal Of Powerful Anthrax Clean-up Agent

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:57:50 EDT

Researchers in New Jersey report discovery of a fast, efficient method for removing a powerful pesticide used to sterilize buildings and equipment following anthrax attacks.

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California Wildfires As Seen From Remotely Piloted Aircraft

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:57:47 EDT

A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state. Additional flights are planned for next week.

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Dioxin Risk In Sewage-sludge Used On Crops, Plant Tissue Grown On Contaminated Soil

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:57:43 EDT

Land application of biosolids (treated municipal sewage sludge) is a common practice because biosolids are a rich source of plant nutrients and organic matter.

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Report Calls For Expansion Of Professional Science Master's Degree Programs

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:57:36 EDT

Policymakers, universities, and employers should work together to speed the development of professionally oriented master's degree programs in the natural sciences, says a new report from the National Research Council.

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Herpesvirus Proteins That Target Key Cellular Processes Identified

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:57:28 EDT

A new study suggests that herpesviruses use multiple strategies to manipulate important components of the host cell nuclear environment during infection.

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Who Dares Sings, And Who Sings Wins: Bold Birds Get The Girl

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:54:33 EDT

Humans often choose partners based on behavioural keys that are displayed during social interactions.

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Mobilizing White Blood Cells To The Lung: New Discovery Could Lead To An Improved Influenza Vaccine

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:54:16 EDT

Findings just published in the journal Immunity by researchers at the Trudeau Institute shed new light on how a previously-unknown messaging mechanism within the human immune system prompts specific influenza-fighting cells to the lung airways during an infection.

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Enzyme Key To 'Sister Act' That Maintains Genome Stability

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:54:10 EDT

Keeping the genome stable is a "sister act" of matched chromatids -- the pairs of the double helix DNA molecule that exist during the chromosome duplication in the S phase of the cell cycle.

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Identifying And Disrupting Key Elements Of Malaria's 'Sticky Sack' Adhesion Strategy

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:54:05 EDT

Malaria is one of the most devastating diseases afflicting humanity. It infects and debilitates about 600 million people and kills up to three million people every year, mainly in the wet tropical regions of the world.

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Researchers Unveil Near-complete Protein Catalog For Mitochondria

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:54 EDT

Imagine trying to figure out how your car's power train works from just a few of its myriad components: It would be nearly impossible.

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Magnolia Compound Hits Elusive Target In Cancer Cells

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:50 EDT

A natural compound from magnolia cones blocks a pathway for cancer growth that was previously considered "undruggable," researchers have found.

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Marine Worm's Jaws Say 'Cutting-edge New Aerospace Materials'

dirtyfratboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:53:47 EDT

Researchers in California and New Hampshire report the first detailed characterization of the protein composition of the hard, fang-like jaws of a common marine worm.

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