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Oil, gas, propane? Penn State site compares home heating options
Oct 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- That nip in the air means fall is here, and many homeowners are facing a drastically more expensive home-heating season. An energy specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says it's not ...
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Rice sociologist looks at pediatric physicians' views on religion, spirituality
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pediatricians and pediatric oncologists express differing views on religion and spirituality, largely based on the types of patients they treat, according to a survey that will appear in the current edition ...
Researchers Discover Use for Carbon Dioxide in Conversion of Biomass Into Biofuel
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia University have successfully discovered a beneficial use for carbon dioxide in the conversion of organic materials, such as grass and bark, into fuel. Their findings ...
Telling an old book by its smell: Aroma hints at ways of preserving treasured documents
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its odor. In a report published in the American Chemical Society's Analytical Chemistry they d ...
Excavation unravels mysteries of men's gymnasium's demise during 1906 earthquake
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 10, 2009 |
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More than a year into an excavation project of the men's gymnasium that was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake, Stanford university archaeologist Laura Jones' team has unearthed evidence suggesting why the newly ...
Eco-friendly building techniques don't have to significantly raise construction costs
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more. But he and his colleagues are out to prove otherwise.
W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.
Ants are friendly to some trees, but not others
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Tree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts. But new research suggests that when they run out of space in their trees of choice, the ants can get destructive to neighboring trees.
Air pollution increases infants' risk of bronchiolitis
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Infants who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at increased risk for bronchiolitis, according to a new study.
Termites? gut reactions show how to improve renewable fuel, researchers say
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Termite damage costs the U.S. more than $1 billion each year, but that same destructive power might help solve one of the nation’s most pressing economic quandaries: sustainable fuel production.
Zooming in on data
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies of all sizes are struggling with the growing flood of data and information. Staff can quickly lose sight of impending risks or hidden opportunities. Now a new zoom software is helping users get ...
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