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  Pennsylvania Residents Concerned About Health Effects of Hydrofracking

  April 28, 2013 — Some residents living in areas in Bradford, Co, Pa., near natural gas operations, also known as hydraulic fracturing, are concerned their illnesses may be a result of nearby drilling operations. ... > full story
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  Sea Surface Temperatures Reach Highest Level in 150 Years on Northeast Continental Shelf

  April 26, 2013 — Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, according to new research. Temperature is also affecting distributions of ... > full story
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  Keeping Beverages Cool in Summer: I''s Not Just the Heat, It's the Humidity

  April 25, 2013 — Those drops on the outside of your drink don't just make the can slippery. Experiments show that in hot, humid weather, condensation heats a drink more than the surrounding ... > full story
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  Whales Are Able to Learn from Others: Humpbacks Pass on Hunting Tips

  April 25, 2013 — Humpback whales are able to pass on hunting techniques to each other, just as humans do, new research has ... > full story
• Graphene
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  Vaterite: Crystal Within a Crystal Helps Resolve an Old Puzzle

  April 25, 2013 — With the help of a solitary sea squirt, scientists have resolved the longstanding puzzle of the crystal structure of vaterite, an enigmatic geologic mineral and ... > full story
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  Seeding a New Kind of Concrete

  April 25, 2013 — Sunflower seed husks, a huge waste product of the vegetable oil and food industry, could be used as an environmentally friendly filler, or aggregate, for concrete according to Turkish researchers. ... > full story
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  New Grass Hybrid Could Help Reduce the Likelihood of Flooding

  April 25, 2013 — Scientists have used hybridized forage grass to combine fast root growth and efficient soil water retention. Field experiments show Festulolium cultivar reduces water runoff by up to 51 percent ... > full story
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  Nothing Bugs These NASA Aeronautical Researchers

  April 24, 2013 — A team of scientists at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia are studying ways to prevent the remains of insect impacts from adhering to the wing of an aircraft in flight. While the effort is ... > full story
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  Looking for Life by the Light of Dying Stars

  April 24, 2013 — Astronomers have now demonstrated that with the advanced technology available in the next decade we should be able to detect biomarkers like oxygen and methane in the planets that orbit dead stars ... > full story
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  Deep, Permeable Soils Buffer Impacts of Crop Fertilizer on Amazon Streams

  April 24, 2013 — A new study in the fast-changing southern Amazon -- a region marked by widespread replacement of native forest by cattle ranches and croplands -- suggests that some of the damaging impacts of ... > full story

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