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Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates
Scientists have an ambitious
new strategy for untangling
the evolutionary history of
humans and their biological
relatives: Create a genetic ... > full story
Common Plants Can Eliminate Indoor Air Pollutants
Air quality in homes and
offices is becoming a major
health concern. Volatile
organic compounds (VOCs)
found in indoor air emanate
from adhesives, furnishings,
... > full story
Navy Sensor Provides Critical Space Weather Observations
Launched from Vandenberg Air
Force Base, Calif., aboard
an United Launch Alliance
Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct.
18, 2009, the Special Sensor
Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSU ... > full story
Links Between City Walkability And Air Pollution Exposure Revealed
A new study compares
neighborhoods' walkability
(degree of ease for walking)
with local levels of air
pollution and finds that
... > full story
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Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning
November 4, 2009 — Biologists have explained why corals spawn for just a few nights in some places but elsewhere string out their love life over many months. A new study shows that corals spawn when regional wind ... > full story -
Big Air Pollution Impacts On Local Communities: Traffic Corridors Major Contributors To Illness From Childhood Asthma
November 4, 2009 — Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions ... > full story -
Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment
November 2, 2009 — A recent assessment finds some positive trends among indicators of biodiversity loss in China -- notably, growth in forest coverage and improvements in marine ecosystems. However, other indicators, ... > full story -
Robot Fish Could Monitor Water Quality
November 2, 2009 — Nature inspires technology as an engineer and an ecologist have teamed to develop robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments. Robotic fish -- perhaps ... > full story -
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Sandia Announces Completion Of Mixed Waste Landfill Cover Construction
November 2, 2009 — The Environmental Restoration Project at Sandia National Laboratories reports the successful construction of an alternative evapotranspirative cover at the Mixed Waste Landfill in September. The ... > full story -
Asbestos Contamination: Health Impacts Of One Of The Nation's Largest Environmental Disasters
November 2, 2009 — Over nearly a century, thousands of residents and workers in Libby, Mont., have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore, leading to markedly higher rates of lung disease and autoimmune ... > full story -
Interactions With Aerosols Boost Warming Potential Of Some Gases
October 31, 2009 — For decades, climate scientists have worked to identify and measure key substances -- notably greenhouse gases and aerosol particles -- that affect Earth's climate. And they've been aided by ever ... > full story -
Improved Adhesive For Products Like Transparent Tape Could Benefit Biofuels Economy
October 30, 2009 — A researcher said that developing bio-based adhesives to replace environmentally hazardous materials also could produce high-value products needed to sustain the biofuels ... > full story -
Answering That Age-old Lament: Where Does All This Dust Come From?
October 29, 2009 — Where does dust come from? Scientists are reporting a surprising answer to that question, which has puzzled and perplexed generations of men and women confronted with layers of dust on furniture and ... > full story -
Pathogenic E. Coli Pervasive In Stream-water Samples With Low Concentrations Of Fecal Indicator Bacteria
October 29, 2009 — Bacteria commonly used to indicate health risks in recreational waters might not be so reliable after all. Pathogenic E. coli were pervasive in stream-water samples with low concentrations of fecal ... > full story
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