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  'Waste Heat' May Economize CO2 Capture

  March 29, 2013 — Scientists have found it may be possible to use "waste" heat to remove CO2 instead of the higher pressure steam needed to make ... > full story
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  Growing Plants on Mars

  March 28, 2013 — Concrete plans for a one-way ticket to Mars have been forged. Food will have to be grown on location. Is this a distant future scenario? Not for scientists researching whether or not it is possible ... > full story
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  Regulation Recommendations So That Biofuel Plants Don’t Become Weeds

  March 26, 2013 — In the United States, only species listed on state or federal noxious weed lists are regulated, and those lists are often biased toward species that affect agricultural crops. Conversely, invasive ... > full story
• Air Quality
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  Discovery May Allow Scientists to Make Fuel from Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

  March 26, 2013 — Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking for ... > full story
• Epigenetics Research
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  Novel Way Plants Pass Traits to Next Generation: Inheritance Behavior in Corn Breaks Accepted Rules of Genetics

  March 26, 2013 — New research explains how certain traits can pass down from one generation to the next – at least in plants – without following the accepted rules of ... > full story
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  Scientists Use DNA to Quickly Unravel Relationship Between Plants and Insects

  March 25, 2013 — It can take years of direct observation for a researcher to fully understand the diets of a community of herbivorous insects in a tropical rain forest. Now, scientists are paving a fast track using ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
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  Homeowner Groups Can Support Native Species in Suburbia

  March 25, 2013 — Although it's known that home construction in suburban areas can have negative impacts on native plant and animals, a recent study suggests that well-managed development such as provided by ... > full story
• Botany
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  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Peach Genome Offers Insights Into Breeding Strategies for Biofuels Crops

  March 24, 2013 — Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate "biofuel crops" from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. ... > full story
• Fish
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  Genetic Analysis Calls for the Protection of Two Highly Endangered Portuguese Fish Species

  March 21, 2013 — A chromosome study of the endemic Portuguese fish Squalius aradensis and S. torgalensis draws attention to their current status of highly endangered species. Rapid habitat loss in combination with ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Global Nitrogen Availability Consistent for Past 500 Years Linked to Carbon Levels

  March 21, 2013 — Despite humans increasing nitrogen production through industrialization, nitrogen availability in many ecosystems has remained steady for the past 500 years, a new study ... > full story

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