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  Breath Analysis Reliably Indicates Presence, Level of Infection in Mice

  August 1, 2013 — Breath analysis may prove to be an accurate, noninvasive way to quickly determine the severity of bacterial and other infections, according to a new ... > full story
• Wind Energy
  Nature of Water
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  Figuring out Flow Dynamics

  July 31, 2013 — Scientists have been building models of turbulent flow. Recently, they developed a new and improved way of looking at the composition of turbulence near walls, the type of flow that dominates our ... > full story
• Nature of Water
  Graphene
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  Smart Materials: Fused Liquid Marbles Show Their Strength

  July 31, 2013 — A superglue polymerisation strategy that fortifies encapsulated ‘liquid marble’ water droplets also strengthens their market ... > full story
• Chemistry
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  Game Changer for Synthesizing New Materials: Method Synthesizes Thousands of New Compounds With Ultra Low Thermal Conductivity

  July 31, 2013 — A chemist likens his lab's newly published accomplishments to combining two flavors of ice cream and churning out thousands of flavors to appeal to any taste bud. In reality, he is referring to his ... > full story
• Volcanoes
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  'Highway from Hell' Fueled Costa Rican Volcano

  July 31, 2013 — Scientists suggest that the 1960s eruption of Costa Rica's largest stratovolcano was triggered by magma rising from the mantle over a few short months, rather than thousands of years or more, as many ... > full story
• Birds
  Bird Flu Research
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  Bird Brains Predate Birds Themselves: 'Flight-Ready' Brain Was Present in Some Non-Avian Dinosaurs, CT Scans Indicate

  July 31, 2013 — New research provides evidence that dinosaurs evolved the brainpower necessary for flight well before they actually took to the air as birds. Based on computed tomographic scans, the study takes a ... > full story
• Graphene
  Nanotechnology
  Materials Science
  Organic Chemistry
  Civil Engineering
  Chemistry
   

  Surprising Result Discovered When Looking Into Effects of Carbon Nanotubes and Soil Sorption of Toxicants

  July 31, 2013 — When it comes to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the soil, recent research shows that the new materials do not affect the sorption of the toxic part of oil called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ... > full story
• Air Quality
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  Airborne Campaign Preparing to Probe Pollution-Climate Link

  July 31, 2013 — The floor of a NASA hangar and an adjacent laboratory in Southern California's high desert have been in constant motion this month as scientists prepare their instruments for installation on two of ... > full story
• Air Pollution
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  Catching Aerosols in a CATS Eye

  July 31, 2013 — Quick looks by a special CATS-eye attached to the International Space Station will help scientists catalog and track particles in Earth's atmosphere and act as a pathfinder for a new satellite ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Nature
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  Geochemistry
   
  

  Could Planting Trees in the Desert Mitigate Climate Change?

  July 31, 2013 — As the world starts feeling the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and consequent global temperature rise, researchers are looking for a Plan B to mitigate climate change. A group of ... > full story

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