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State may have brief window to slow loss of working forests to development
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's slumping economy and housing market may reduce, temporarily, the insistent economic forces on Washington's private forestland owners to give up the cycle of harvesting and replanting ...
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Difficulties with daily activities associated with progression to dementia
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Among individuals with mild cognitive impairment, often considered a transitional state between normal cognitive function and Alzheimer's dementia, those who have more difficulties performing routine activities appear more ...
Technology is key for biofuel success
Jul 16, 2009 |
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To make the conversion of biomass to biofuels more cost-effective, new technologies are essential, according to Dr. Richard Hess from the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls in the US and his team. Their cost-analysis(1) ...
Improved spectrometer based on nonlinear optics
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Scientists at Stanford University and Japan's National Institute of Informatics have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible ...
Fuel cells, energy conversion and mathematics
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Concerns about dwindling fossil fuel resources, current levels of petroleum consumption, and growing pressure to shift to more sustainable energy sources are among the many factors prompting the transition from our current ...
Fibroblasts invade at a snail's pace
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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A transcription factor known to drive the formation of fibroblasts during development also promotes their ability to invade and remodel surrounding tissues, report Rowe et al. in the February 9, 2009 issue ...
Engineering algae to make fuel instead of sugar
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Dec 17, 2008 |
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In pursuing cleaner energy there is such a thing as being too green. Unicellular microalgae, for instance, can be considered too green. In a paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) ...
Natural plant materials to regulate starch digestion
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Researchers in Switzerland are reporting discovery of natural plant materials that may regulate starch digestion — slowing down the body's conversion of potatoes, rice, and other carbohydrate-rich foods into sugar. The findings ...
Sunlight turns carbon dioxide to methane
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Dual catalysts may be the key to efficiently turning carbon dioxide and water vapor into methane and other hydrocarbons using titania nanotubes and solar power, according to Penn State researchers.
Biotech breakthrough could end biodiesel's glycerin glut
Jun 26, 2007 |
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With U.S. biodiesel production at an all-time high and a record number of new biodiesel plants under construction, the industry is facing an impending crisis over waste glycerin, the major byproduct of biodiesel production. ...
More insulin-producing cells, at the flip of a 'switch'
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Researchers have found a way in mice to convert another type of pancreas cell into the critical insulin-producing beta cells that are lost in those with type I diabetes. The secret ingredient is a single transcription factor, ...
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