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  Scientists Use Crowd-Sourcing to Help Map Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions

  May 14, 2013 — Climate science researchers from Arizona State University are launching a first-of-its-kind website to better understand and track greenhouse gas emissions from global power ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
  Seeds
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  Endangered Plants
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  New Non-GM Technology Platform for Genetic Improvement of Sunflower Oilseed Crop

  May 13, 2013 — Scientists have developed techniques for the genetic improvement of sunflowers using a non-GMO based approach. The new technology platform can harness the plant’s own genes to improve ... > full story
• Energy Technology
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  Physicists Light 'Magnetic Fire' to Reveal Energy's Path

  May 13, 2013 — Physicists have uncovered how energy is released and dispersed in magnetic materials in a process akin to the spread of forest fires, a finding that has the potential to deepen our understanding of ... > full story
• Solar Energy
  Graphene
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  Solar Panels as Inexpensive as Paint?

  May 13, 2013 — Researchers are helping develop a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what's available ... > full story
• Physics
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  Perfectly Doped Quantum Dots Yield 'Colors to Dye For'

  May 10, 2013 — This focuses on an ultra-precise method for doping the tiny semiconductors produces vivid ... > full story
• Alternative Fuels
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  New Endurance Record for Small Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

  May 10, 2013 — Using liquid hydrogen fuel stored in a new NRL-developed cryogenic fuel storage tank, the flight shatters the previous 26-hour record set by the UAV in ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  New Advance in Biofuel Production

  May 9, 2013 — Researchers have developed an enzyme-free ionic liquid pretreatment of cellulosic biomass that makes it easier to recover fermentable sugars for biofuels and to recycle the ionic ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
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  'Power Plants': How to Harvest Electricity Directly from Plants

  May 9, 2013 — The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet. However, only a tiny fraction of the solar radiation on Earth is converted into useful ... > full story
• Sustainability
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  Setting the Standard for Sustainable Bioenergy Crops

  May 8, 2013 — Bioenergy crops, such as Miscanthus and switchgrass, appear to be promising resources for renewable energy, but these new crops did not come with a manual on how to measure details on their ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
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  Value in Concentrating Solar Power to Add to Electric Grid Calculated

  May 7, 2013 — Researchers have quantified the significant value that concentrating solar power plants can add to an electric ... > full story

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