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Low-Grade Cotton Offers More Ecologically-Friendly Way to Clean Oil Spills
May 16, 2013 — When it comes to cleaning up the next massive crude oil spill, one of the best and most eco-friendly solutions for the job may be low-grade cotton from West ... > full story -
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Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes
May 15, 2013 — Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house consumes, even though home energy ... > full story -
Methane Emissions Higher Than Thought Across Much of U.S.
May 15, 2013 — After taking a rented camper outfitted with special equipment to measure methane on a cross-continent drive, a scientist has found that methane emissions across large parts of the US are higher than ... > full story -
Black Hole Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy
May 15, 2013 — The intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to produce immense power in the form of jets moving at millions of miles per ... > full story -
Cotton Offers a New Ecologically Friendly Way to Clean Up Oil Spills
May 15, 2013 — With the Deepwater Horizon disaster emphasizing the need for better ways of cleaning up oil spills, scientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be an ideal, ecologically friendly ... > full story -
Could Carbon Dioxide Be Injected in Sandstone? Would It Stay There?
May 14, 2013 — As carbon dioxide levels in the Earth's atmosphere top 400 parts per million, options such as storing the greenhouse gas in porous sandstone rock formations found in abundance on the sea floor are of ... > full story -
New Non-GM Technology Platform for Genetic Improvement of Sunflower Oilseed Crop
May 13, 2013 — Scientists have developed techniques for the genetic improvement of sunflowers using a non-GMO based approach. The new technology platform can harness the plant’s own genes to improve ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory Reaches New Milestone: Tops 400 Parts Per Million
May 10, 2013 — On May 9, the daily mean concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time since measurements began in 1958. Independent ... > full story -
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New Advance in Biofuel Production
May 9, 2013 — Researchers have developed an enzyme-free ionic liquid pretreatment of cellulosic biomass that makes it easier to recover fermentable sugars for biofuels and to recycle the ionic ... > full story -
Geologists Study Mystery of 'Eternal Flames'
May 9, 2013 — "Eternal flames" fueled by hydrocarbon gas could shine a light on the presence of natural gas in underground rock layers and conditions that let it seep to the surface, according to new ... > full story
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