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Facebook Unfriending Has Real Life Consequences: Many Avoid 'Unfrienders' in Real Life
February 4, 2013 Unfriending someone on Facebook may be as easy as clicking a button but a new study shows the consequences can reach far beyond ... > full story -
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Impressive Aerial Maneuvers of the Pea Aphid
February 4, 2013 Pea aphids can free fall from the plants they feed on and -- within a fraction of a second -- land on their feet every time. Oftentimes, the falling aphids manage to cling to a lower part of the ... > full story -
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Hydro Beats Nuclear and Coal, Beats Oil and Gas, Review Finds
February 4, 2013 Researchers in Italy and the UK have reviewed the economic, social and environmental impact of hydro, coal, oil, gas and nuclear power. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, but of these ... > full story -
Health Departments Hindered in Addressing Health Concerns from Animal Production Sites, Study Finds
February 4, 2013 State and local health departments face significant barriers and usually do not get involved when confronted with public health concerns resulting from food animal production sites, according to a ... > full story -
Understanding Earth's Climate Prior to the Industrial Era
February 3, 2013 Climate signals locked in the layers of glacial ice, preserved in the annual growth rings of trees, or fingerprinted in other so-called proxy archives such as lake sediments, speleothems, and corals ... > full story -
Routes Towards Defect-Free Graphene
February 1, 2013 A new way of growing graphene without the defects that weaken it and prevent electrons from flowing freely within it could open the way to large-scale manufacturing of graphene-based devices with ... > full story -
Pearl Culture, the Black Gold of French Polynesia?
February 1, 2013 The second greatest economic resource of French Polynesia after tourism, black pearl culture has been facing a major crisis since the first decade of this century. Overproduction, falling prices, ... > full story -
Planting Trees May Not Reverse Climate Change, but It Will Help Locally
February 1, 2013 Afforestation, planting trees in an area where there have previously been no trees, can reduce the effect of climate change by cooling temperate regions, a new study ... > full story -
People Having Stroke Should Get Therapy Within 60 Minutes of Hospital Arrival
January 31, 2013 People having an ischemic stroke should receive clot-dissolving therapy -- if appropriate -- within 60 minutes of arriving at the hospital, according to new American Stroke Association ... > full story -
New Device Traps Particulates, Kills Airborne Pathogens
January 31, 2013 A new device called a soft X-ray electrostatic precipitator protected immunocompromised mice from airborne pathogenic bacteria, viruses, ultrafine particles, and allergens, according to a new ... > full storyMore:
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