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Increase in Heavy Rainfalls Over Past 60 Years in Upper Midwest, US
March 13, 2013 — Heavy rains have become more frequent in the upper Midwest over the past 60 years, according to a new stud. The trend appears to hold true even with the current drought plaguing the region, the ... > full story -
Uncertainty Regarding Energy Prices Is Hampering Investment in Energy Efficiency
March 13, 2013 — According to the model developed by BC3 and UPV/EHU researchers, energy price uncertainty is having a negative effect on investment in energy efficiency. Furthermore, they conclude that higher prices ... > full story -
Large Plastic Bags in Unique Experiment to Study Ocean Acidification
March 13, 2013 — To study the effects of ocean acidification, ten huge plastic containers called mesocosms are placed in the Gullmar Fjord in Sweden. The project is unique: mesocosms of this size have never been used ... > full story -
Canadian Arctic Glacier Melt Accelerating, Irreversible, Projections Suggest
March 12, 2013 — Ongoing glacier loss in the Canadian high Arctic is accelerating and probably irreversible, new model projections suggest. The Canadian high Arctic is home to the largest clustering of glacier ice ... > full story -
Nose's Unheralded Neighbor: Maxillary Sinuses Allow Noses to Change Shapes
March 12, 2013 — The maxillary sinuses, those pouches on either side of the human nose, have a purpose after all: They act as cushions to allow noses to assume different shapes. A new study explains the relationship ... > full story -
New Automated Process Simplifies Alignment and Splicing of Multicore Optical Fibers
March 12, 2013 — New multicore optical fibers have many times the signal-carrying capacity of traditional single-core fibers, but their use in telecommunications has been restricted because of the challenge in ... > full story -
Ultra-High-Speed Optical Communications Link Sets New Power Efficiency Record
March 12, 2013 — Ultrafast supercomputers that operate at speeds 100 times faster than current systems are now one step closer to reality. Researchers have found a way to transmit massive amounts of data with ... > full story -
NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars
March 12, 2013 — An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and ... > full story -
Cryptic Clams: Biologists Find Species Hiding in Plain View
March 12, 2013 — Cryptic comments seem to have an ambiguous, obscure or hidden meaning. In biology, cryptic species are outwardly indistinguishable groups whose differences are hidden inside their ... > full story -
Eel Migration Study Reveals Porbeagle Shark Predation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
March 12, 2013 — Satellite tracking tags used to elucidate the migratory path of American eels from the St. Lawrence River to the Sargasso Sea prematurely detached from the specimens leading investigators to suspect ... > full story
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