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  Potential Nutritional Therapy for Childhood Neurodegenerative Disease

  August 1, 2013 — Researchers have identified the gene mutation responsible for a particularly severe form of pontocerebellar hyplasia, a currently incurable neurodegenerative disease affecting children. Based on ... > full story
• Osteoporosis
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  New Model for Staph Bone Infections Outlined

  August 1, 2013 — Microbiologists have identified a staph-killing compound that may be an effective treatment for ... > full story
• Wildfires
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  Extreme Wildfires in Western U.S. Likely Fueled by Climate Change

  August 1, 2013 — Climate change is likely fueling the larger and more destructive wildfires that are scorching vast areas of the American West, according to new ... > full story
• Civil Engineering
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  Scientists Discover Mineral-Making Secrets Potentially Useful for New Materials

  August 1, 2013 — Proteins have gotten most of the attention in studies of how organic materials control the initial step of making the first tiny crystals that organisms use to build structures that help them move ... > full story
• Kidney Disease
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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
• Land Management
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  Citizen Scientists Rival Experts in Analyzing Land-Cover Data

  July 31, 2013 — Data gathered and analyzed by non-experts can rival the quality of data from experts, shows a new study of crowdsourced data from the Geo-Wiki ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
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  Chanel, UCSB's Corpse Flower, Blooms and Causes a Big Stink

  July 31, 2013 — Chanel, UC Santa Barbara's corpse flower, has finally spread her odiferous wings, broadcasting a stench that smells like a cross between rotting flesh and Limburger cheese. "It's disgusting," said ... > 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
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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
• Optics
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  Universal Law for Light Absorption in 2-D Semiconductors

  July 31, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated a universal law of light absorption for 2-D semiconductors. This discovery not only provides new insight into the optical properties of 2-D semiconductors and quantum ... > full story

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