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River Basins Critical for Emerging Markets
By the Editor on June 12, 2012
Poor management of water resources could stifle economic growth in some of the world’s most rapidly developing economies, according...
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New Holey Material Soaks Up CO2
By the Editor on June 12, 2012
UK researchers have developed a porous material that can preferentially soak up CO2 from the atmosphere. NOTT-202 is a...
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Human Fingerprints on Ocean Warming Detected
By the Editor on June 12, 2012
Natural fluctuations alone do not explain warming in the upper layers of the planet’s oceans, confirms a new computer...
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Maybe a Cosmic Impact Wiped Out Mammoths After All
By the Editor on June 12, 2012
A study of rocks in Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Syria provides powerful support for the theory that a major...
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Why Being Touched Can Inflame Emotions
By the Editor on June 12, 2012
It’s clear touch and emotion can be closely tied: The brush of a hand can provoke excitement, comfort or...
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Battery-Powered Buses Enter the Mainstream
By the Editor on June 11, 2012
Better lithium ion batteries have led to an explosion in availability of plug-in passenger cars. And now, thanks to...
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Physicists Discover Mechanisms of Wrinkle and Crumple Formation
By the Editor on June 11, 2012
Smooth wrinkles and sharply crumpled regions are familiar motifs in biological and synthetic sheets, such as plant leaves and...
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‘Prometheus’ Offers a Creationist Indulgence for Science Geeks
By the Editor on June 11, 2012
“Prometheus,” the new movie from the director Ridley Scott, is a scientific and spiritual quest. The scientists in the...
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Unique Microbes Found in Extreme Environment
By the Editor on June 11, 2012
Researchers who were looking for organisms that eke out a living in some of the most inhospitable soils on...
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Climate ‘Time Machine’ Tests Future CO2 Levels
By the Editor on June 11, 2012
A climate time machine has been erected in Australia. The contraption, comprised of several nine-story-tall frames with pipes that...
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