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Significant potential exists for additional crop production in Southern Africa based on land availability.
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Silicone Solutions Help Tackle Rising Energy Costs
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Researchers at MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research have produced a report concerning key design issues of proposed cap-and-trade programs that are under consideration in the United States as a way of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
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A powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated, according to a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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To assist in responding to potential effects of climate change, a new strategy focuses on 40 specific actions for the national water program to take to respond to climate change.
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Through a detailed analysis of the science, policy and design of land use, researchers at the University of Michigan are examining how "exurban" areas outside of American's urban and suburban areas can absorb more carbon from the atmosphere.
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As part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), MIT and Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, have announced a new energy research collaboration aimed at exploring new materials and concepts for efficient energy-conversion and energy-storage systems.
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As the international search for ways to remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the environment intensifies, a team of scientists has identified a process by which marine organisms influence the amount of atmospheric carbon the sea absorbs.
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An international team of researchers led by MIT has explained how contaminated batches of the blood-thinner heparin were able to slip past traditional safety screens and kill dozens of patients recently in the United States and Germany.
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Promising to transform solar power from a "boutique" option to an affordable, dependable, mainstream energy solution, MIT and the Chesonis Family Foundation today launched a "solar revolution" with the ultimate aim of making solar energy America's primary carbon-free fuel.
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MIT and Fraunhofer, a German research organization, have signed an agreement to establish a research center in Massachusetts focused on significantly reducing the cost of solar energy over the next five years.
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have discovered that the brain can respond to the calorie content of food, even in the absence of taste.
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Chevron Corporation (NSYE: CVX) today announced that its Australian subsidiary, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, plans to develop a new Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, based on its 100 percent-owned Wheatstone natural gas discovery.
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Microbes living in the oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth's environment, but very little is known about their activities and how they work together to help control natural cycles of water, carbon and energy.
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More Carbon Lost than Gained When Converting Land for Biofuels Crops; Findings Have Major Implications for Climate Change Policy.
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It can often be daunting to decipher what is and isn't considered healthy as you steer through grocery store aisles filled with a potpourri of products, labels and claims.
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Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented the development of cancer in 90 percent of young mice genetically predestined to develop the disease.
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The new study compared results for two groups of men and women at Hopkins, with similar degrees of heart failure and medical histories.
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today three grant award recipients for the 2008 Mineral Resources External Research Program, which encourages minerals research.
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As scientific concern grows about global climate change, few people appreciate that two-thirds of the planet is ocean.
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