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Researchers Design Synthetic Trees to Produce Algal Biofuels and Water
04/18/2013

Most current methods of growing the tiny plants are inefficient due to the large amounts of water and energy required…

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Spent Nuclear Fuel Could Be Used to Sterilize Medical Products and Foods
04/17/2013

For decades, engineers have been looking for something to do with spent nuclear waste other than letting it just sit in a repository.

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3D-Textured Solar Cells to be Tested on the International Space Station
04/16/2013

…a new type of 3D-textured solar cell will soak up 16 sunrises everyday from the “back porch” of the orbiting research vessel.

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Supersized Crabs Bulking Up on Carbon Pollution
04/15/2013

Carbon pollution from power plants, factories and vehicles is settling in the ocean …

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Corporations Can’t Ignore Climate Change
04/12/2013

When a strong storm can bring the world’s largest financial institutions to a standstill, it is crystal clear that the challenges of climate change are inextricably linked to our economy.

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Florida Algae Bloom Leads to Record Manatee Deaths
04/11/2013

“We’ve seen in the past that when algae blooms coincide with manatee movement, it results in catastrophic mortality.”

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Up to 120 Tons of Radioactive Water Leak from Fukushima Daiichi Storage Tank
04/10/2013

Tens of thousands of gallons of radioactive water leaked from an underground storage tank at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant this past Saturday.

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Is the Ozone Hole Shrinking?
04/09/2013

The ozone layer may be making a comeback.

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Obama Says $100 Million Will Be Invested In Brain-Mapping Initiative
04/08/2013

“We have the chance to improve the lives of not just millions, but billions of people,”

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Fatal Landslide Draws Attention to the Toll of Mining on Tibet
04/05/2013

The miners had traveled to a valley on the roof of the world to work in what a state news agency described last year as “a mining miracle.”

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