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Better Tools for Saving Water and Keeping Peaches Healthy
December 13, 2012 Peach growers in California may soon have better tools for saving water. Scientists are evaluating whether infrared sensors and thermal technology can help peach growers decide precisely when to ... > full story -
Student Engineers Cook Up Devices for Better Cooking
December 13, 2012 Students in, of all things, a robotics class use engineering skills and advice from a chef to rig up devices to more accurately control cooking ... > full story -
Finding Life in the Volcanic Systems of the Antarctic Polar Front
December 13, 2012 Volcanic waters in the cold Southern Ocean are the destination for RRS James Cook's current expedition. Scientists are exploring a 2-mile deep water system of hydrothermal vents, calderas and cold ... > full story -
Cloud Forest Trees Drink Water Through Their Leaves
December 13, 2012 Using water flow sensors and plastic "leaves" that measure wetness, biologists have discovered that trees living in tropical montane cloud forests drink through their leaves as well as their roots. ... > full story -
Cassini Spots Mini Nile River on Saturn's Moon Titan
December 12, 2012 Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of Earth's Nile River: a river valley on Saturn's moon Titan that stretches more than 200 ... > full story -
Building Better Barley: Improving Selection Efficiency for More Water-Efficient Varieties
December 12, 2012 By studying the carbon isotope compositions of barley plants and their relationship with water-use efficiency, researchers have developed tools that plant breeders can use to improve selection ... > full story -
More Ice Loss Through Snowfall on Antarctica
December 12, 2012 Stronger snowfall increases future ice discharge from Antarctica. Global warming leads to more precipitation as warmer air holds more moisture -- hence earlier research suggested the Antarctic ice ... > full story -
Will Climate Change Cause Water Conflict?
December 12, 2012 Climate change plays a secondary role in the origin or aggravation of social conflicts linked to water. Political discourses must avoid directly linking climate change with social conflict and human ... > full story -
Violence in Mali Threatening Survival of Endangered Elephants
December 12, 2012 Researchers have revealed the secrets of survival of an endangered population of African elephant in the unforgiving Sahara desert. The elephants have the biggest range in the world, the study ... > full story -
Photosynthesis: Mysterious Enzyme Structure Solved
December 12, 2012 Scientists have solved a long-standing puzzle in photosynthesis research. With the aid of quantum chemistry they were able to provide unexpected insight into the properties of the oxygen evolving ... > full story
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