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Born during the Great Depression, Daniel Hillel moved to Palestine as a child and settled with his family on a kibbutz, where he learned firsthand the difficulty of rehabilitating degraded land. It was there, in the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel, that he first became enthralled with farming.
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Scientists today are describing a revolutionary new way to use sunlight to produce steam and other vapors without heating an entire container of fluid to the boiling point.
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As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced an award to support a new project to design, license and help commercialize small modular reactors (SMR) in the United States.
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Sandia’s one-of-a-kind multiphase shock tube began with a hallway conversation that led to what engineer Justin Wagner describes as the only shock tube in the world that can look at how shock waves interact with dense particle fields.
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"Dark Energy": Life Beneath the Seafloor Discussed at Upcoming American Geophysical Union Conference
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of Flucelvax, the first seasonal influenza vaccine licensed in the United States produced using cultured animal cells, instead of fertilized chicken eggs.
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), a world leader in technologies for energy-efficient buildings, has agreed to work with Singapore as that island nation pursues energy conservation and climate mitigation policies.
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Commendations for exemplary scientific research and leadership have been bestowed upon Fernando Garzon, Cristian Batista and Irene Beyerlein, by the Laboratory Fellows organization.
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Researcher says project is first ever demonstration of the potential of using metal nanoparticles to make fuel from water.
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Cross-disciplinary center is latest element of MPowering the State initiative between the two campuses.
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GE Healthcare’s 2012 Cell Imaging Competition - Voting Opens to Celebrate Art, Science and Discovery
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NYU chemists have discovered a family of anti-freeze molecules that prevent ice formation when water temperatures drop below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Their findings, which are reported in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may lead to new methods for improving food storage and industrial products.
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