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  Everything You Know About Osmosis Is (Probably) Wrong

  March 28, 2013 — Even though the concept is important to plant and human physiology, osmosis is understood in biology and chemistry in simple -- and often incorrect -- ... > full story
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  Saturn Is Like an Antiques Shop, Cassini Suggests; Moons and Rings Date Back to Solar System's Birth

  March 27, 2013 — A new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that Saturn's moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system's birth. Though they are tinted on ... > full story
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  Manufacturing: Plasma Treatments on a Roll

  March 27, 2013 — A revolutionary atmospheric-pressure plasma boosts adhesion of polymer films for roll-to-roll solar-cell production has been ... > full story
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  Summer Melt Season Getting Longer on Antarctic Peninsula

  March 27, 2013 — New research from the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the summer melt season has been getting longer over the last 60 years. Increased summer melting has been linked to the rapid break-up of ice ... > full story
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  Lunar Cycle Determines Hunting Behavior of Nocturnal Gulls

  March 27, 2013 — Zooplankton, small fish and squid spend hardly any time at the surface when there's a full moon. To protect themselves from their natural enemies, they hide deeper down in the water on bright nights, ... > full story
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  Clays Can Expand Under Pressure

  March 27, 2013 — It was always believed that water is "squeezed" out of the clay structure under pressure but physicists in Sweden together with German colleagues show that this appear to be not always true if excess ... > full story
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  LRO's LAMP Ultraviolet Spectrograph Observes Mercury and Hydrogen in GRAIL Impact Plumes

  March 26, 2013 — When NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft made their final descent for impact onto the Moon's surface last December, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's sophisticated payload was in position to observe the ... > full story
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  Elevated Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Trims Wheat, Sorghum Moisture Needs

  March 25, 2013 — Agronomy researchers found that elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere have an upside -- a reduced need for moisture in some important ... > full story
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  Engineers Explain Physics of Fluids Some 100 Years After Original Discovery

  March 22, 2013 — Intuition says two or more jets of fluid should coalesce into a single stream of fluid, but that is not always the case. Velocity ... > full story
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  NASA's Kennedy Space Center Operations Helps Launch Pad of the Future Take Shape

  March 22, 2013 — The launch pad of the future is taking shape at NASA's Kennedy Space Center as the Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program office, along with Center Operations, continues with ... > full story

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