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Is the sky the limit for wind power?
In the future, will wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up New York? A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution and California State University identifies New York as a prime location for exploiting high-altitude winds, which globally contain enough energy to meet world demand 100 times over.   view more (2009-06-16)

Monarch butterflies help explain why parasites harm hosts
It's a paradox that has confounded evolutionary biologists since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859: Since parasites depend on their hosts for survival, why do they harm them?   view more (2008-05-15)

Case Western Reserve University biologists suspect lightning fires help preserve oak forests
Oak forests may be approaching extinction but lightning fires may play a vital role in their regeneration, according to Case Western Reserve University biologists.   view more (2006-12-13)

NASA Researchers Studying Tropical Cyclones
NASA hurricane researchers are deploying to Costa Rica next month to investigate the birthplace of eastern Pacific tropical cyclones. They will be searching for clues that could lead to a greater understanding and better predictability of one of the world's most significant weather events - the hurricane.   view more (2005-06-24)

It's a Boy? Tropical Depression 18-E Forms in the Eastern North Pacific
At 11 a.m. EDT on October first, the eighteenth tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season was born.   view more (2009-10-02)

Catching a killer one spore at a time
A workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis-one of the deadliest frog diseases on Earth.   view more (2009-10-20)

Why juniper trees can live on less water
An ability to avoid the plant equivalent of vapor lock and a favorable evolutionary history may explain the unusual drought resistance of junipers, some varieties of which are now spreading rapidly in water-starved regions of the western United States, a Duke University study has found.   view more (2008-02-28)

The EU's Descartes Prize:Rewarding European Research for society More projects, more teams, more countries
Interest in the Descartes Prize is growing. Launched in 2000, the Descartes Prize, worth 1EUR million, aims to promote European research resulting from trans-national co-operation. Now entering its third year, the number of submissions has doubled to 108, in comparison to last year. Entries to the prize also show an increase in collaboration... view more... (2002-07-24)

GOES-11 Sees Tropical Cyclones Fizzling and Forming in the Eastern Pacific
There are a lot of ups and downs in tropical cyclone formation in the Pacific Ocean this week, and that's keeping NOAA's GOES-11 satellite busy. There are remnants of Maka and Tropical Depression 9E, a fizzled Felicia, and a new Tropical Storm named Guillermo.   view more (2009-08-14)

Scientists Verify Predictive Model for Winter Weather
Scientists have verified the accuracy of a model that uses October snow cover in Siberia to predict upcoming winter temperatures and snowfall for the high- and mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.   view more (2007-08-21)

Tree Species Composition Influences Nitrogen Loss From Forests
Throughout the world, nitrogen compounds are released to the atmosphere from agricultural activities and combustion of fossil fuels.   view more (2009-03-17)

More Than 200 New Genes Discovered
Finnish company Jurilab has announced the completion of a genome-wide scan in Acute Myocardial Infarction in the East Finland Founder Population. The study gives invaluable insight into the interplay of different genes and pathways leading to coronary disease. The study has re-affirmed the majority of genes previously known to be associated with... view more... (2004-08-12)

Concern for European public health as EU border extends to the east (p 1339, 1389)
Public-health experts writing in this week's issue of THE LANCET caution that the widening of the European Union (EU) to the east could have potentially adverse effects on public health - both for the new member countries, many of whom have poor health-care infrastructure, and for existing EU members. In May, 2004, ten new member states... view more... (2004-04-21)

New research may lead to better climate models for global warming
One hundred fifty scientists from more than 40 universities in nine countries are starting a coordinated program aimed at gaining new insights about the Earth's climate and the complex, interconnected system involving the oceans, the atmosphere and the land.   view more (2007-12-10)

Cave's climate clues show ancient empires declined during dry spell
The decline of the Roman and Byzantine Empires in the Eastern Mediterranean more than 1,400 years ago may have been driven by unfavorable climate changes.   view more (2008-12-08)

More fires, droughts and floods predicted
As temperatures rise with global warming, an increased risk of forest fires, droughts and flooding is predicted for the next 200 years by climate scientists from the University of Bristol, UK.   view more (2006-08-15)

ESA keeps vigil on the Antarctic ice pack
An unusually heavy Antarctic sea-ice pack has kept polar supply ship Magdalena Oldendorff trapped for more than a month. A multinational rescue mission already evacuated passengers and non-essential crew from the vessel, caught in ice while returning from the Russian base of Novolazarevskaya on Queen Maud Land. Meanwhile, an Argentine icebreaker... view more... (2002-07-19)

Shellfish face an uncertain future in a high CO2 world
Overfishing and disease have decimated shellfish populations in many of the world's temperate estuarine and coastal ecosystems.   view more (2009-05-27)

The guiding of light: A new metamaterial device steers beams along complex pathways
Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner of a building or the profile of the eastern seaboard.   view more (2009-08-03)

Stanford study uses genetic evidence to trace ancient African migration
Stanford University researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced civilization.   view more (2008-08-05)
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