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  Turning Algae Into Clean Energy and Fish Food; Helping Africans to Irrigate Crops

  April 16, 2013 — Two student teams working hard to move their “green” ideas off the drawing board and into the real world will showcase their ... > full story
• Petroleum
  Fossil Fuels
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  Chemistry
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  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Cheaper Natural Gas-Powered Cars on the Horizon?

  April 16, 2013 — When it comes to American consumers' vehicular preferences, a chemist says the choice often boils down to simple economics more so than availability, environment or ... > full story
• Energy Issues
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  The Future of Our Energy

  April 15, 2013 — When it comes to sustainable energy supplies hydroelectric plants are usually the best solution, according to researchers who have reviewed the economic, social and environmental impact of fuel ... > full story
• Transportation Science
  Vehicles
  Energy Policy
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  Compact Multipurpose Scooter for Crowded Megacities

  April 12, 2013 — Researchers have unveiled an all-new multipurpose scooter prototype, codenamed VOI, at the 3rd Taiwan International Electric Vehicle Show. VOI gets its name from the Vietnamese word for elephant -- a ... > full story
• Saturn
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  Ice Cloud Heralds Fall at Titan's South Pole

  April 11, 2013 — An ice cloud taking shape over Titan's south pole is the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon. Made from an ... > full story
• Fisheries
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  Pollution: Learning the Limits for Marine Species

  April 11, 2013 — Work by biologists and marine scientists over the past 10 years has covered such commercial resources as shrimp, scallops, herring and cod. Establishing tolerance levels for these and other species ... > full story
• Health Policy
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  Researchers Develop Tool to Assist Areas of Infectious Disease Outbreaks

  April 10, 2013 — Researchers have developed a simple new tool to help governments worldwide decide whether to screen airplane passengers leaving or arriving from areas of infectious disease ... > full story
• Alternative Fuels
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  Overcoming a Major Barrier to Medical and Other Uses of 'Microrockets' and 'Micromotors'

  April 10, 2013 — An advance in micromotor technology akin to the invention of cars that fuel themselves from the pavement or air is opening the door to new medical and industrial uses for these tiny devices, ... > full story
• Water
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  Spring Rains Bring Life to Midwest Granaries but Foster Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'

  April 9, 2013 — The most serious ongoing water pollution problem in the Gulf of Mexico originates not from oil rigs, as many people believe, but rainstorms and fields of corn and soybeans a thousand miles away in ... > full story
• Geography
  Water
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  Polluting Plastic Particles Invade the Great Lakes

  April 9, 2013 — Floating plastic debris -- which helps populate the infamous "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" in the Pacific Ocean -- has become a problem in the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water in the ... > full story

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