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Cassini Finds Hints of Activity at Saturn Moon Dione
May 29, 2013 — From a distance, most of the Saturnian moon Dione resembles a bland cueball. Thanks to close-up images of a 500-mile-long (800-kilometer-long) mountain on the moon from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, ... > full story -
Artificial Sweeteners May Do More Than Sweeten: It Can Affect How the Body Reacts to Glucose
May 29, 2013 — Researchers have found that a popular artificial sweetener can modify how the body handles sugar. They analyzed the sweetener sucralose in 17 severely obese people and found it can influence how the ... > full story -
Improving 'Crop Per Drop' Could Boost Global Food Security and Water Sustainability
May 29, 2013 — Improvements in crop water productivity -- the amount of food produced per unit of water consumed -- have the potential to improve both food security and water sustainability in many parts of the ... > full story -
Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study Says
May 29, 2013 — During the last ice age, when thick ice covered the Arctic, many scientists assumed that the deep currents below that feed the North Atlantic Ocean and help drive global ocean currents slowed or even ... > full story -
Geochemistry Survey at Chatham Rise Reveals Absence of Modern Day Greenhouse Gas Emissions
May 29, 2013 — Geochemistry analysis of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas, a potential contributor to ... > full story -
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Flexible Opals: 'Polymer Opals' Get Color from Internal Structure Alone
May 29, 2013 — A synthetic material which mimics the brightest and most vivid colors in nature, and changes color when twisted or stretched, has been developed. It could have important applications in the security, ... > full story -
Microplastic Pollution Prevalent in Lakes, Too
May 29, 2013 — Researchers have detected microplastic pollution in one of Western Europe's largest lakes, Lake Geneva, in large enough quantities to raise ... > full story -
Paper Could Be Basis for Inexpensive Diagnostic Devices
May 29, 2013 — Paper is known for its ability to absorb liquids. But by modifying the underlying network of cellulose fibers, etching off surface “fluff” and applying a thin chemical coating, ... > full story -
Scientists Develop CO2 Sequestration Technique
May 28, 2013 — Scientists have discovered and demonstrated a new technique to remove and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while generating carbon-negative hydrogen and producing alkalinity, which can be used to ... > full story -
Fast-Sinking Jellyfish Could Boost the Oceans' Uptake of Carbon Dioxide
May 28, 2013 — Increasing numbers of gelatinous plankton might help in mitigating the carbon dioxide problem. In field and laboratory experiments scientists have shown that dead jellyfish and pelagic tunicates sink ... > full story
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