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Significant Contribution of Greenland's Peripheral Glaciers to Sea-Level Rise
March 18, 2013 Glaciers at the edge of Greenland which are not connected to its huge ice sheet, or can be clearly separated from it, are contributing to sea-level rise much more than previously thought. Scientists ... > full story -
Nanoscale Spinning Magnetic Droplets Created
March 14, 2013 Researchers have successfully created a magnetic soliton -- a nano-sized, spinning droplet that was first theorized 35 years ... > full story -
Chemical Chameleon Tamed: Researchers Give Floppy Molecule a Structure Through Solvent Effects
March 14, 2013 How you get the chameleon of the molecules to settle on a particular "look" has been discovered by chemists in Germany. The molecule CH5+ is normally not to be described by a single rigid structure, ... > full story -
Increase in Heavy Rainfalls Over Past 60 Years in Upper Midwest, US
March 13, 2013 Heavy rains have become more frequent in the upper Midwest over the past 60 years, according to a new stud. The trend appears to hold true even with the current drought plaguing the region, the ... > full story -
Whale's Streaming Baleen Tangles to Trap Food
March 13, 2013 Many whales filter food from water using racks of baleen plates in their mouths, but no one had ever investigated how baleen behaves in real life. According to an expert, baleen was viewed as a ... > full story -
Extreme Water in Earth's Interior
March 13, 2013 Earth is the only known planet that holds water in massive quantities and in all three of the main phase states. But the earthly, omnipresent compound water has very unusual properties that become ... > full story -
Device May Lead to Quicker, More Efficient Diagnostics
March 12, 2013 A twist on thin-film technology may provide a way to optically detect and analyze multiple substances simultaneously, leading to quicker diagnostics in such industries as health care and homeland ... > full story -
Canadian Arctic Glacier Melt Accelerating, Irreversible, Projections Suggest
March 12, 2013 Ongoing glacier loss in the Canadian high Arctic is accelerating and probably irreversible, new model projections suggest. The Canadian high Arctic is home to the largest clustering of glacier ice ... > full story -
Antarctic and Arctic Insects Use Different Genetic Mechanisms to Cope With Lack of Water
March 12, 2013 Although they live in similarly extreme ecosystems at opposite ends of the world, Antarctic insects appear to employ entirely different methods at the genetic level to cope with extremely dry ... > full story -
Pesticide Application as Potential Source of Noroviruses in Fresh Food Supply Chains
March 12, 2013 Contaminated water used to dilute pesticides could be responsible for viruses entering the food chain, warn ... > full story
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