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Beavers provide insight on how to improve our enamel
Posted: February 13, 2015Beavers don’t brush their teeth, and they don’t drink fluoridated water, but a new Northwestern University study reports beavers do have protection against tooth decay built into the chemical structure…
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The Future of Droughts in the US Central Plains and Southwest
Posted: February 13, 2015In the recent film Interstellar, a mysterious phenomenon known as "the blight" is wiping out agriculture around the world until only corn—for some reason—survives. Humanity is on the brink of…
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When you stop at a red light you are exposed to higher levels of air pollution
Posted: February 13, 2015UK commuters spend an average of about 1.5 hours a day at the wheel. Road vehicles in particular are known to emit polluting nanoparticles which contribute to respiratory and heart…
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New study calculates magnitude of plastic waste going into the ocean
Posted: February 12, 2015A plastic grocery bag cartwheels down the beach until a gust of wind spins it into the ocean. In 192 coastal countries, this scenario plays out over and over again…
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Children in cities have increased risk of neurological damage due to air pollution
Posted: February 12, 2015Pollution in many cities threatens the brain development in children. Findings by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, MA, MD, Ph.D., and her team of researchers reveal that children living…
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How much sleep do you really need?
Posted: February 12, 2015Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researcher Lydia DonCarlos, PhD, is a member of an expert panel that's making new recommendations on how much sleep people need.The panel, convened…
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Dead wood helps to balance habitats and manage wildfires
Posted: February 11, 2015Healthy forest ecosystems need dead wood to provide important habitat for birds and mammals, but there can be too much of a good thing when dead wood fuels severe wildfires….
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Plant turns cow manure to ethanol
Posted: February 11, 2015Tulare County, California, recently surpassed nearby Fresno County as the top agriculture-producing county in terms of economic value within the U.S. It’s also the country’s top dairy producing county. The result has…
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19,500 square miles of polar ice melts into oceans each year
Posted: February 11, 2015Sea ice increases in Antarctica do not make up for the accelerated Arctic sea ice loss of the last three decades, according to the stark findings of a new NASA…
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New Study Predicts Plant Responses to Drought
Posted: February 10, 2015A new U.S. Geological Survey study shows how plants’ vulnerability to drought varies across the landscape; factors such as plant structure and soil type where the plant is growing can…
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