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NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western U.S. Snowpack
May 6, 2013 A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most accurate measurements to date of how much ... > full story -
New Cause for Common Lung Problem
May 6, 2013 New research has found that in cases of lung edema, or fluid in the lungs, not only do the lungs fail to keep water out as previously believed, but they are also allowing water to pump ... > full story -
Wind, Not Water, Formed Mound on Mars, New Analysis Suggests
May 6, 2013 Researchers suggest that Mars' roughly 3.5-mile high Mount Sharp most likely emerged as strong winds carried dust and sand into Gale Crater where the mound sits. If correct, the research could dilute ... > full story -
Engineers Manipulate a Buckyball by Inserting a Single Water Molecule
May 6, 2013 Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball and drive motion of the "big" nonpolar ball through the encapsulated "small" polar H2O ... > full story -
Zeal to Ensure Clean Leafy Greens Takes Bite out of Riverside Habitat in California
May 6, 2013 As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributors go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits and vegetables do not carry bacteria or viruses that ... > full story -
Brighter Clouds, Cooler Climate? Organic Vapors Affect Clouds, Leading to Previously Unidentified Climate Cooling
May 5, 2013 Scientists have shown that natural emissions and humanmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on Earth's climate by making clouds ... > full story -
Global Highways of Invasive Marine Species Calculated
May 5, 2013 New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date for importing potentially harmful invasive species with the ballast water of cargo ... > full story -
Scientists Use Satellites, Underwater Robot to Study Atlantic Sturgeon Migrations
May 3, 2013 Researchers are using satellites, acoustic transmitters, an underwater robot and historical records to pinpoint the ocean conditions that the fish prefer during migrations — and potentially ... > full story -
Boom in Jellyfish: Overfishing Called Into Question
May 3, 2013 Will we soon be forced to eat jellyfish? Since the beginning of the 2000s, these gelatinous creatures have invaded many of the world's seas, like the Japan Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, ... > full story -
How to Clean Seaweed from Beaches: Dry It and Use the Biomass for Energy
May 3, 2013 Scientists have developed an algae removal and treatment system that turns this underused residue into a renewable source of energy: biomass. The process involves several stages of washing, drying ... > full story
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