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By sampling clouds -- and making their own -- researchers have shown for the first time a direct relation between lead in the sky and the formation of ice crystals that foster clouds. The results suggest that lead generated by human activities causes clouds to form at warmer temperatures and with less water. This could alter the pattern of both rain and snow in a warmer world.
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Scientists at Arizona State Univ.'s Mars Space Flight Facility are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a new dust storm.
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Moving to improve informatics support in the fast growing area of biologics research, Symyx Technologies, Inc. has announced that it is extending an invitation to life scientists in industry and academia to join an expanded Biologics Advisory Board.
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In a nod to Earth Day, the University of Utah today broke ground for a $130 million, sustainably designed interdisciplinary research facility, the first of four buildings that will create a new Interdisciplinary Quadrangle.
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In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter just by thinking about it.
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Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director of the National Science Foundation, delivered a speech recently to employees on how the agency intends to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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It has been more than 120 years since physician and pill pioneer W.E. Upjohn founded a company in his native city that would become one of the nation's largest drug makers.
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Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have succeeded in unlocking the potential of carbon dioxide a common greenhouse gas by converting it into a more useful product.
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A University of Waterloo engineering research team has developed the world's first flying microrobot capable of manipulating objects for microscale applications.
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A new, simpler programming language for wireless sensor networks is designed for easy use by geologists who might use them to monitor volcanoes and biologists who rely on them to understand birds' nesting behaviors, for example. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University have written the language with the novice programmer in mind.
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Scientists at Rice University have found a simple way to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other products that incorporate sheets of tough, electrically conductive material.
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The EAS abstract submission site will remain open until further notice to accommodate those of you who may have had trouble connecting to our system on April 15th.
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