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  Same-Day Water Pollution Test Could Keep Beaches Open More Often

  April 3, 2013 — With warm summer days at the beach on the minds of millions of winter-weary people, scientists are reporting that use of a new water quality test this year could prevent unnecessary beach closures ... > full story
• Alternative Fuels
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  Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Production Could Revolutionize Alternative Energy Market

  April 3, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the ... > full story
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  Papyrus Plant Detox for Slaughterhouses

  April 3, 2013 — Humans have used the papyrus sedge for millennia. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Now ... > full story
• Quantum Computers
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  Quantum Cryptography: On Wings of Light

  April 3, 2013 — Physicists have, for the first time, successfully transmitted a secure quantum code through the atmosphere from an aircraft to a ground ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
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  An Inside Look at Carnivorous Plants

  April 2, 2013 — A pitcher plant's work seems simple: Their tube-shaped leaves catch and hold rainwater, which drowns the ants, beetles, and flies that stumble in. But the rainwater inside a pitcher plant is not just ... > full story
• Transportation Issues
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  Pedestrians at Serious Risk When Drivers Are 'Permitted' to Turn Left

  April 2, 2013 — A study to examine driver behavior in permitted left turns has identified what researchers call an "alarming" level of risk to pedestrians crossing the street -- about 4-9 percent of the time, ... > full story
• Nature
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  Can Synthetic Biology Save Wildlife? From Re-Creating Extinct Species to the Risk of Genetically Modified Super-Species

  April 2, 2013 — What effects will the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology have on the conservation of nature? The ecological and ethical challenges stemming from this question will require a new and ... > full story
• Climate
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  Rising Temperature Difference Between Hemispheres Could Dramatically Shift Rainfall Patterns in Tropics

  April 2, 2013 — One often ignored consequence of global climate change is that the Northern Hemisphere is becoming warmer than the Southern Hemisphere, which could significantly alter tropical precipitation ... > full story
• Botany
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  Total Buzz Kill: Metals in Flowers May Play Role in Bumblebee Decline

  April 2, 2013 — Beekeepers and researchers nationally are reporting growing evidence that a powerful new class of pesticides may be killing off bumblebees. Now, research points toward another potential cause: metal ... > full story
• Moon
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  Craters on the Moon: Pre-Existing Mineralogy May Survive Lunar Impacts

  April 2, 2013 — Large impacts on the Moon can form wide craters and turn surface rock liquid. Geophysicists once assumed that liquid rock would be homogenous when it cooled. Now researchers have found evidence that ... > full story

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