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Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow
Oct 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. These days it's more than just a potent reminder of the region's agricultural roots and the hundreds of thousands of cattle raised ...
Doubling a gene in corn results in giant biomass
Mar 02, 2009 |
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University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, Moose said, due to a greater number of leaves and ...
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Research project yields better understanding of the defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis
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A team of researchers studying the protein that, when defective or absent, causes cystic fibrosis (CF) has made an important discovery about how that protein is normally controlled and under what circumstances ...
Science's breakthrough of the year: Uncovering 'Ardi'
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The research that brought to light the fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, has topped Science's list of this year's most significant s ...
Laurence still causing warnings and watches in northern west Australia
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Although the center of Tropical Cyclone Laurence has been over land for two days, it's still holding together and bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the northern coastal areas of West Australia and will ...
Scientists works to develop Christmas tree that doesn't shed needles
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After chasing the perfect Christmas tree for three decades, Gary Chastagner could be getting close.
STEM gets greener: Promoting critical thinking using renewable energy technology
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Can building model cars really help create the next generation of electric vehicle designers and engineers? Researchers at North Carolina State University think so. Through a recent grant, they will develop a curriculum that ...
Japan mines toxic e-waste for precious materials
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.
NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The question is a potential deal-killer: If nations ever agree to slash greenhouse gas emissions, how will the world know if they live up to their pledges?
Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging U.N. climate talks Thursday by announcing the U.S. would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help ...
New results from a terra-ific decade in orbit
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA's "flagship" Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and ...
ARS Scientists Help Fight Damaging Moth in Africa
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have launched a preemptive strike to combat the false codling moth, a major pest in its native Africa.
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