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Lake Found in Sierra Nevada With the Oldest Remains of Atmospheric Contamination in Southern Europe
Scientists found, in the
Laguna de Rio Seco lagoon,
at an altitude of 3,020 m.,
evidence of atmospheric
pollution caused by lead and
... > full story
Mine Disaster: Hundreds of Aftershocks
A new study has identified
hundreds of previously
unrecognized small
aftershocks that happened
after Utah's deadly Crandall
Canyon mine collapse in
... > full story
Scientists Discover New Materials to Capture Methane
Scientists have discovered
new materials to capture
methane, the second highest
concentration greenhouse gas
emitted into the atmosphere. ... > full story
Soils in Newly Forested Areas Store Substantial Carbon That Could Help Offset Climate Change
Surface appearances can be
so misleading: In most
forests, the amount of
carbon held in soils is
substantially greater than
... > full story
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Making Gold Green: New Non-Toxic Method for Mining Gold
May 14, 2013 — Scientists have struck gold in the laboratory. They have discovered an inexpensive and environmentally benign method that uses simple cornstarch -- instead of cyanide -- to isolate gold from raw ... > full story -
New Algorithm Helps Evaluate, Rank Scientific Literature
April 18, 2013 — Keeping up with current scientific literature is a daunting task, considering that hundreds to thousands of papers are published each day. Now researchers have developed a computer program to help ... > full story -
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Mining Information Contained in Clinical Notes Could Yield Early Signs of Harmful Drug Reactions
April 10, 2013 — Mining the records of routine interactions between patients and their care providers can detect drug side effects a couple of years before an official alert from the US Food and Drug Administration, ... > full story -
Superhero Supercomputer Helps Battle Autism
March 26, 2013 — When it officially came online at the San Diego Supercomputer Center in early January 2012, Gordon was instantly impressive. In one demonstration, it sustained more than 35 million input/output ... > full story -
A Tiny Grain Helps Reveal the History of a Rock
March 25, 2013 — Researchers can use the mineral rutile to learn about rock types and their history. Two articles now present a new application of a method for more easily tracing the mineral ... > full story -
Communications Technology Among Tools Needed to Aid Miner Safety
March 15, 2013 — A new report identifies tools that would help miners devise their own means of escape when trapped ... > full story -
First Discovery of a Natural Topological Insulator
March 7, 2013 — In a step toward understanding and exploiting an exotic form of matter that has been sparking excitement for potential applications in a new genre of supercomputers, scientists are reporting the ... > full story -
Using Twitter to Predict the Influence of Lifestyle on Health
February 8, 2013 — Researchers showed last year how Twitter can be used to predict how likely it is for a Twitter user to become sick. They have now used Twitter to model how other factors -- social status, exposure to ... > full story -
Satellite Navigation System Avoids Traffic Jams
February 7, 2013 — Endlessly frustrated by congested roads, computer scientists have developed a satellite navigation system, GeoTNavi, which hooks into historical traffic data and current vehicle movements to find the ... > full story -
Mercury Contamination in Water Can Be Detected With a Mobile Phone
February 6, 2013 — Chemists have manufactured a sheet that changes color in the presence of water contaminated with mercury. The results can be seen with the naked eye but when photographing the membrane with a mobile ... > full story
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