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Making Gold Green: New Non-Toxic Method for Mining Gold
May 14, 2013 — Scientists have struck gold in the laboratory. They have discovered an inexpensive and environmentally benign method that uses simple cornstarch -- instead of cyanide -- to isolate gold from raw ... > full story -
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Learning to Recycle: Does Political Ideology Matter?
May 14, 2013 — Some targeted messages based on political orientation are more effective at persuading consumers to recycle according to a new ... > full story -
From Ocean to Land: The Fishy Origins of Our Hips
May 14, 2013 — New research has revealed that the evolution of the complex, weight-bearing hips of walking animals from the basic hips of fish was a much simpler process than previously ... > full story -
Do Potatoes Grow on Vines? A Review of the Wild Relatives of Some Favorite Food Plants
May 14, 2013 — Solanum is is well-known for its agriculturally important species such as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants, but also has many species that are less well known. The vining solanums related to the ... > full story -
Flower Power Fights Orchard Pests
May 14, 2013 — Researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well as conventional tree fruit ... > full story -
Microbes Capture, Store, and Release Nitrogen to Feed Reef-Building Coral
May 14, 2013 — Microscopic algae that live within reef-forming corals scoop up available nitrogen, store the excess in crystal form, and slowly feed it to the coral as needed, according to a study published in ... > full story -
Corals Turn to Algae for Stored Food When Times Get Tough
May 14, 2013 — Researchers present new evidence for the crucial role of algae in the survival of their coral hosts. Ultra-high resolution images reveal that the algae temporarily store nutrients as crystals, ... > full story -
Sulfate Aerosols Cool Climate Less Than Assumed
May 14, 2013 — Life span of cloud-forming sulfate particles in the air is shorter than assumed due to a sulfur dioxide oxidation pathway which has been neglected in climate models so ... > full story -
Could Carbon Dioxide Be Injected in Sandstone? Would It Stay There?
May 14, 2013 — As carbon dioxide levels in the Earth's atmosphere top 400 parts per million, options such as storing the greenhouse gas in porous sandstone rock formations found in abundance on the sea floor are of ... > full story -
Searching for Clandestine Graves With Geophysical Tools
May 14, 2013 — It's very hard to convict a murderer if the victim's body can't be found. And the best way to hide a body is to bury it. Developing new tools to find those clandestine graves is the goal of a small ... > full story
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