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Scientists Refine Earth's Clock: Some Events in Planet's History Happened More Recently Than Previously Thought
March 29, 2012 New research has revealed that some events in Earth's history happened more recently than previously thought. Scientists have refined the data used to determine how much time has passed since a ... > full story -
Capsule for Removing Radioactive Contamination from Milk, Fruit Juices, Other Beverages
March 27, 2012 Amid concerns about possible terrorist attacks with nuclear materials, and fresh memories of environmental contamination from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, scientists have ... > full story -
Using Twitter to Predict Financial Markets
March 26, 2012 Researchers have developed a model that uses data from Twitter to help predict the traded volume and value of a stock the following ... > full story -
Saving Habitat Key to Songbird's Survival
March 26, 2012 The golden-winged warbler – already long gone from Ohio – is disappearing from regions across the United States. The population of this little, gray songbird with bright yellow patches on ... > full story -
Colourful River Crabs: Newly Discovered and Already Threatened by Mining Project
March 21, 2012 Scientists have discovered four new species of the colorful Insulamon freshwater crab. But various mining projects on the island of Palawan pose a huge threat to these ... > full story -
NASA Sees Cyclone Lua Strengthening for March 17 Landfall
March 16, 2012 Northern Australia's Pilbara coast is under warnings, alerts and watches as powerful Cyclone Lua nears for a landfall. NASA's Aqua satellite has been providing infrared, visible and microwave data on ... > full story -
Oil Sands Pollution Comparable to a Large Power Plant
February 22, 2012 In the first look at the overall effect of air pollution from the excavation of oil sands, also called tar sands, in Alberta, Canada, scientists used satellites to measure nitrogen dioxide and sulfur ... > full story -
Arsenic Supply at Highest Risk of Shortages
February 16, 2012 Modern technology depends on reliable supplies of a wide variety of materials, but there is increasing concern about the dependability of those ... > full story -
Arsenic Criticality Poses Concern for Modern Technology
February 8, 2012 Risks related to the critical nature of arsenic -- used to make high-speed computer chips that contain gallium arsenide -- outstrip those of other substances in a group of critical materials needed ... > full story -
New Biodiversity Map of Andes Shows Species in Dire Need of Protection
January 26, 2012 The Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia is one of the most biologically rich and rapidly changing areas of the world. A new study has used information collected over the last 100 years by ... > full storyMore:
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