ASU researchers use NASA satellites to improve pollution modeling

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Detecting pollution, like catching criminals, requires evidence and witnesses; but on the scale of countries, continents and oceans, having enough detectors is easier said than done.


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Eccentric pulsar system challenges theories of binary formation

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An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and ...

Astronomers use new model of dust in galaxies to remeasure the total energy output of stars in the universe

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Anyone gazing up on a dark clear night is greeted by the spectacle of thousands of powerful fusion reactors - the stars. These balls of extremely hot gas are generating unimaginably large quantities of energy. ...

Addressing the 'nitrogen cascade'

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While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a ...

Microsoft in deal on European environment data

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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it is collaborating with the European Environmental Agency to make information about local air and water pollution levels freely available to consumers through Microsoft Web portals.

Russian scientists announce 'spaceroach' grandchildren: report

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Russian space scientists announced on Thursday a new breakthrough in a long pedigree of firsts: the birth of 30 grandchildren of a "space cockroach" who spent 12 days in orbit.