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  Off-Grid Sterilization With 'Solar Steam'

  July 22, 2013 — Nanotechnology researchers have unveiled a solar-powered sterilization system that could be a boon for more than 2.5 billion people who lack adequate sanitation. The "solar steam" sterilization ... > full story
• Floods
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  Global Warming
  Fossils
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  Geochemical 'Fingerprints' Leave Evidence That Megafloods Eroded Steep Gorge

  July 22, 2013 — For the first time, scientists have direct geochemical evidence that the 150-mile long Tsangpo Gorge, possibly the world's deepest, was the conduit by which megafloods from glacial lakes, perhaps ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Climate
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  Sea Level Rise: New Iceberg Theory Points to Areas at Risk of Rapid Disintegration

  July 22, 2013 — In events that could exacerbate sea level rise over the coming decades, stretches of ice on the coasts of Antarctica and Greenland are at risk of rapidly cracking apart and falling into the ocean, ... > full story
• Water
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  Sub-Saharan Water: Not Just Fossil Water

  July 22, 2013 — The Sahara conceals large quantities of water stored at depth and inherited from ancient times. A recent study has just shown that this groundwater is not entirely fossil, but resupplied every year. ... > full story
• Tsunamis
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  Scientific Experiment Creates a Wave Frozen in Time

  July 22, 2013 — Scientists have created, in a laboratory, a static pipeline wave, with a crest that moves neither forward nor backward. This research will allow improvement in boat and seaport designs and will ... > full story
• Nature of Water
  Nuclear Energy
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  Magnets Make Droplets Dance: Reversible Switching Between Static and Dynamic Self-Assembly

  July 22, 2013 — Researchers have placed water droplets containing magnetic nanoparticles on strong water repellent surfaces and have made them align in various static and dynamic structures using periodically ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Ice Ages
  Early Climate
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  Ancient Ice Melt Unearthed in Antarctic Mud: 20-Meter Sea Level Rise, Five Million Years Ago

  July 21, 2013 — Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 meters, scientists ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  A Warmer Planetary Haven Around Cool Stars, as Ice Warms Rather Than Cools

  July 19, 2013 — In a bit of cosmic irony, planets orbiting cooler stars may be more likely to remain ice-free than planets around hotter stars. This is due to the interaction of a star’s light with ice and ... > full story
• Nature of Water
  Graphene
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  Controlling Friction by Tuning Van Der Waals Forces

  July 19, 2013 — For a car to accelerate there has to be friction between the tire and the surface of the road. The amount of friction generated depends on numerous factors, including the minute intermolecular forces ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Solar Flare
   
  

  Snow in an Infant Solar System: A Frosty Landmark for Planet and Comet Formation

  July 18, 2013 — A snow line has been imaged in a far-off infant solar system for the very first time. The snow line, located in the disc around the Sun-like star TW Hydrae, promises to tell us more about the ... > full story

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