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  Europe-Wide Pollen Count Map Created

  April 17, 2013 — In future there could be precise, personal travel warnings for hay fever sufferers covering the whole of ... > full story
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  'Survival of the Fittest' Now Applies to Computers: Surprising Similarities Found Between Genetic and Computer Codes

  April 16, 2013 — "Survival of the fittest" originally referred to natural selection in biological systems, but new research shows that this evolutionary theory also applies to technological ... > full story
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  Love at First Sniff: Male Moths Go by First Impressions

  April 16, 2013 — Entomologists now have an explanation for why we see so many hybrid moths in nature. The team closely examined the behavior and the olfactory circuitry of male moths and found an answer in ... > full story
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  Turning Algae Into Clean Energy and Fish Food; Helping Africans to Irrigate Crops

  April 16, 2013 — Two student teams working hard to move their “green” ideas off the drawing board and into the real world will showcase their ... > full story
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  Catch Me If You Can: Two New Species of Moth from the Russian Far East

  April 16, 2013 — Showing a range of peculiar habits and difficult to be discovered and collected, Ypsolophid moths present an exciting catch for scientists. Russian entomologists have discovered and described two ... > full story
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  New Material Gets Itself Into Shape

  April 16, 2013 — Inspired by plant components that respond to external stimuli, material scientists have devised a new method for producing composite materials from a variety of materials that adopt a pre-programmed ... > full story
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  Better Skin Grafting: Inspired by Spiny-Headed Worms, Scientists Invent Microneedle Adhesive Stronger Than Surgical Staples

  April 16, 2013 — A parasitic worm may hold the answer to keeping skin grafts firmly in place over ... > full story
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  Biodiversity Crisis: The Impacts of Socio-Economic Pressures on Natural Floras and Faunas

  April 16, 2013 — A new study on extinction risk has shown that proportions of plant and animal species being classified as threatened on national Red Lists are more closely related to socioeconomic pressure levels ... > full story
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  Scientists Transform Cellulose Into Starch: Potential Food Source Derived from Non-Food Plants

  April 16, 2013 — A team of researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally though of as ... > full story
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  Resurgence of Endangered Deer in Patagonian ‘Eden’ Highlights Conservation Success

  April 16, 2013 — The Huemul, a species of deer found only in the Latin American region of Patagonia, is bouncing back from the brink of possible ... > full story

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