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Inmates conduct ecological research on slow-growing mosses
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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Nalini Nadkarni of Evergreen State College currently advises a team of researchers who sport shaved heads, tattooed biceps and prison-issued garb rather than the lab coats and khakis typically worn by researchers. ...
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Calif. scientists battle Kiwi mud snails
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Jun 12, 2006 |
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Southern California environmentalists are struggling to find ways to control invasive New Zealand mud snails.
Researchers stunned by inmates' success raising endangered frogs
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Kneeling on the edge of a tank the size of a child's wading pool, Harry Greer thrust his arm into the cool water and scooped up three frogs.
Nature Conservancy buys Calif. ranchland in hopes of restoring salmon run
Mar 17, 2009 |
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The Nature Conservancy has bought ranchland near Mount Shasta to repair a cow-ravaged tributary of Shasta River, historically one of the most productive salmon streams in California.
Nitrogen research shows how some plants invade, take over others
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Biologists know that when plants battle for space, often the actual battle is for getting the nitrogen.
Chloride In Big Darby Creek Has Increased Three-Fold In Past 40 Years
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chloride levels in central Ohio’s Big Darby Creek were three times higher in 2007 than the levels recorded in the late 1960s, and have more than doubled since 1992, according to an analysis conducted at Ohio ...
Northern brown bears discovered feeding on whitefish runs
Sep 22, 2009 |
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The discovery of brown (grizzly) bears feeding on migrating broad whitefish in a stream in Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories has researchers advising increased care in petroleum extraction and infrastructure ...
Scientists reveal mechanism that triggers differentiation of embryo cells
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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The mechanism whereby embryonic cells stop being flexible and turn into more mature cells that can develop into specific tissues has been discovered by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery has significant ...
A new dinosaur species, Pachyrhinosaur lakustai, unveiled from Pipestone Creek, Alberta, Canada
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 02, 2008 |
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The fossils revealed a herd of dinosaurs that perished in a catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago. The animals are characterized by a bony frill on the back of the skull ornamented with smaller horns. ...
Successful initial safety tests for genetically-modified rice that fights allergy
Jun 24, 2009 |
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In a first-of-its-kind advance toward the next generation of genetically modified foods -- intended to improve consumers’ health -- researchers in Japan are reporting that a new transgenic rice designed to ...
As a river runs through it, a Death Valley stream offers insights into flooding and climate change
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2008 |
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Death Valley may be known by its three superlatives: hottest, driest, and lowest – as in temperature, rainfall, and elevation in the United States. But it was the flow of water through the National Park that ...
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