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Political Action the Biggest Swing Factor in Meeting Climate Targets
January 2, 2013 — The most important factor affecting the likelihood of limiting climate change to internationally agreed targets is when people start to do something about it, according new ... > full story -
Natural Relationship Between Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Sea Level Documented
January 2, 2013 — By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the ... > full story -
Tool to Evaluate Genome Sequencing Method Developed
January 2, 2013 — Advances in bio-technologies and computer software have helped make genome sequencing much more common than in the past. But still in question are both the accuracy of different sequencing methods ... > full story -
Monkey See, Monkey Do: Visual Feedback Is Necessary for Imitating Facial Expressions
December 27, 2012 — Research using new computer-based technology shows that our ability to imitate facial expressions depends on learning that occurs through visual ... > full story -
Students' Online and Offline Social Networks Can Predict Course Grades
December 27, 2012 — The information can be used to determine which students need the most help, as well as which ones excel and might be guided to further study or careers in that subject ... > full story -
A Model-Free Way to Characterize Polymodal Ion Channel Gating
December 27, 2012 — Two studies help pave the way for a "shortcut" model-free approach to studying activation of "polymodal" ion channels -- channels that open in response to multiple ... > full story -
Development of New Corneal Cell Line Provides Powerful Tool
December 27, 2012 — Scientists have developed of HCENC-21 and HCEnC-21T, two novel model systems for human corneal ... > full story -
Smaller Colorado River Projected for Coming Decades, Study Says
December 23, 2012 — Some 40 million people depend on the Colorado River Basin for water but warmer weather from rising greenhouse gas levels and a growing population may signal water shortages ahead. In a new study, ... > full story -
Study Shows Rapid Warming on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
December 23, 2012 — In a discovery that raises further concerns about the future contribution of Antarctica to sea level rise, a new study finds that the western part of the ice sheet is experiencing nearly twice as ... > full story -
Physicists Take Photonic Topological Insulators to the Next Level
December 21, 2012 — Researchers have designed a simulation that for the first time emulates key properties of electronic topological insulators. Topological insulators, a state of matter that was only discovered in the ... > full story
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