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Redrawing Our BordersEvanston IL (SPX) Nov 22, 2010 What are borders these days? When travel was local, borders and communities were easy to define, but now our connectivity is more complex. It's time to think of borders differently, according to Northwestern University researchers. To reflect today's reality, they have taken a look at human mobility and redrawn the borders within the United States, showing areas of the country that are most connected. Some of the borders in this new map are familiar, but many are not. The research team, led ... read more |
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  China to boost grain supplies to combat inflation: Xinhua China will increase grain supplies, open up more land for planting vegetables and crack down on hoarding as the government steps up efforts to combat rising inflation, state media said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Pelletized Manure Reduces Toxic Runoff There is considerable amount of uncertainty concerning the environmental impacts that animal hormones have on surface water. Higher concentrations of hormones in waterways have been found to cause p ... more | .. |
 Google agrees to delete Street View data in Britain Google has agreed to delete private emails and passwords mistakenly picked up from wireless networks in Britain by its Street View cars, the British information commissioner said Friday. ... more | .. |
Chips bags too noisy for US, but a hit in Canada Frito-Lay had hoped its launch of the first compostable chips bag would be a hit with environmentally-conscious consumers, but a backlash over the very noisy pouch forced its removal from US store shelves. ... more |
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 Eruption At Mount Merapi The primary danger during the eruption at Merapi Volcano has been pyroclastic flows. These avalanches of hot volcanic gases, ash, and rocks descend rapidly and violently, occasionally at speeds over ... more | .. |
 A Tale Of Two Cities You would never confuse Seattle, Washington, with New York City. One is home to about 600,000 people, the other has a population of 8.2 million. One ardently protects the wild salmon thrashing ... more | .. |
 Scientist Recognized For Work On Natural Resources Remote Sensing NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior presented the William T. Pecora Award to Marvin E. Bauer of the University of Minnesota for his pioneering work in remote sensing of natural resources. B ... more | .. |
 Flooding In Pakistan In early November 2010, the director general of the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department warned that flood water could linger up to six more months in Pakistan. ... more |
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 New Revelations In Ammonia Synthesis Scientists at the University of Cambridge are working on ways to improve the efficiency of the ammonia synthesis process. With between 3-5% of the world's natural gas used to create artificial ferti ... more | .. |
  How To See The Best Meteor Showers Of The Year There are several major meteor showers to enjoy every year at various times, with some more active than others. For example, April's Lyrids are expected to produce about 15 meteors an hour at their ... more | .. |
 UN-SPIDER Opens Beijing Office The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) set up its first office in China Tuesday in a bid to promote international cooperat ... more | .. |
 Algosolar Launches Bioponica Algosolar has launched Bioponica, a 10'x4' table with 120 gallon fish tank is designed to convert waste into produce. The design and method was conceived by partners David Epstein, D.O. a holistic o ... more |
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 Satellites Tracking Mt Merapi Volcanic Ash Clouds Since its latest series of deadly eruptions, Java's Mt Merapi has been spewing volcanic ash clouds into the air. Satellite data are crucial for assessing the eruption's danger to air traffic and pub ... more | .. |
 Change In Temperature Uncovers Genetic Cross Talk In Plant Immunity Like us, plants rely on an immune system to fight off disease. Proteins that scout out malicious bacterial invaders in the cell and communicate their presence to the nucleus are important weapons in ... more | .. |
  Catastrophic Drought Looms for Capital City of Bolivia Catastrophic drought is on the near-term horizon for the capital city of Bolivia, according to new research into the historical ecology of the Andes. If temperatures rise more than 1.5 to 2 de ... more | .. |
 African Dust Caused Red Soil In Southern Europe Spanish and American researchers have conducted a mineralogical and chemical analysis to ascertain the origin of "terra rossa" soil in the Mediterranean. The results of the study reveal that mineral ... more |
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 New Research Changes Understanding Of C4 Plant Evolution A new analysis of fossilized grass-pollen grains deposited on ancient European lake and sea bottoms 16-35 million years ago reveals that C4 grasses evolved earlier than previously thought. Thi ... more | .. |
 Biochemistry Of How Plants Resist Insect Attack Determined Many plants, including crops, release volatiles in response to insect attack. The chemical compounds can be a defense or can be an aromatic call for help to attract enemies of the attacking insect. ... more | .. |
 Detroit's Urban Farms Could Provide A Majority Of Produce For Local Residents Transforming vacant urban lots into farms and community gardens could provide Detroit residents with a majority of their fruits and vegetables. As city officials ponder proposals for urban far ... more | .. |
  Chile mulls water pipeline for arid north Chile is working on a $3.85 billion plan to pipe freshwater to its arid north as part of a government strategy to stimulate social and economic development in the region. ... more |
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Storm-hit St. Lucia banana growers need months to recover The banana industry in Saint Lucia and the Windward Islands could need more than six months to fully recover from a hurricane that devastated the key export earner, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Wednesday November 17 The Leonid meteor shower best viewing this year will be in the two to three hours before dawn on November 17 and 18, according to the editors of StarDate magazine. There is always some uncerta ... more | .. |
  Volcano buries Indonesian farmers' savings Indonesian farmer Ari Sutikno was a month away from harvesting his rice crop when Mount Merapi volcano buried it - and his family's income - under a layer of hot ash. ... more | .. |
 Beijing to melt snow to address water shortage Beijing will collect and melt snow this winter in a bid to quench the water shortage that has plagued the Chinese capital for years, state media reported Friday. ... more |
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