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Scientists at NC State University have given water quality along North Carolina's Outer Banks a clean bill of health for the fourth straight year.

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Researchers are one step closer to the performance of therapeutic cloning in mice, with an eye not toward developing another mouse, but generating an unlimited source of genetically matched therapeutic dopamine cells. The technique may have implications for Parkinson's disease research.

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Has the Chinese space program made rapid progress through espionage or legitimate research and acquisition?

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In 50 years, you may be reading a magazine page printed on a leaf.

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Astrobiologists are visiting the Indian Ocean to explore a bizarre undersea ecosystem that doesn't need sunlight to flourish. You can join them via a live webcast on April 26th!

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For the past 20 years, scientists have documented a decline in the number of flowering dogwood trees, a trend reflected throughout the Midwest. Though many dogwoods have been lost to an infection called anthracnose, Purdue University researchers says changes in forest composition also may be a contributing factors.

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Using watermarks to preserve the integrity of printed documents dates back 2000 years. Research by a pair of Purdue University professors could bring that time-tested method into the electronic age.

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1) Blind Temple student develops new Braille device; 2) Researchers using fly ash to decontaminate water; 3) Temple undergrads benefit from interdisciplinary programs.

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A University of Arkansas professor plans to expand a successful physics education reform program to include preparing future secondary school teachers to teach physics.

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A twin-engine plane has successfully completed an historic 1,300-mile Antarctic flight to the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, bringing a new physician to replace Dr. Ronald Shemenski.

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Researchers at MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals have used computer-aided design techniques to achieve a hundred-fold increase in the catalytic activity of one of the company's synthetic manganese-based compounds previously shown to exert protective anti-inflammatory effects in animal models.

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April science tips from Iowa State University include: 1) Buckybowls by the bucketful; 2) Sensing noise and canceling it; 3) Protective polymer coatings for MEMS

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The newly formed Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan will host its inaugural conference on May 21-25. The event, titled "2001: A spacetime Odyssey," will feature some of the world's most distinguished scientists in the fields of particle physics, astronomy and astrophysics, and mathematics.

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A new study led by Salk scientists reveals that neuromuscular synapses are triggered by cues in muscle cells.

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A Sandia team has been working with Houston-based Haddington Ventures and its subsidiary Norton Energy Storage LLC to determine the feasibility of using a 2,200-foot-deep inactive mine near Norton, Ohio, as the storage vessel for a compressed air energy storage power plant.

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Scientists know that atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide have risen sharply in recent years. But a study released in Paris reports a surprising and dramatic increase in the most important greenhouse gas -- water vapor -- during the last half-century.

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The United States can expect 50 hurricanes -- 20 of them zeroing in on Floridas' the next 30 years, according to a new study by Florida State University climatologist James Elsner. Elsner predicts that 18 of the 50 will be considered major hurricanes.

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Using a force field to float molten test samples precisely in mid-air, NASA's Electrostatic Levitator creates a unique environment for space-age materials processing.

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Russian scientists from SPEKTR, a fledgling Russian company, will meet at Sandia National Laboratories the afternoon of April 26 with the founder and president of the leading African-American-owned investment banking firm, M.R. Beal, to learn how to finance the manufacture of an innovative wheelchair seat intended to prevent development of potentially deadly pressure sores.

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Theologians express vigorous opposition to any immediate attempts at human cloning for reproductive purposes, warning that a premature attempt may undermine support for legitimate scientific research or lead to overly restrictive legislation.

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I wish to express the gratitude of the United States to the men and women of the Royal New Zealand Air Force who recently returned from an evacuation flight to McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

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A computer model originally applied to such theoretical problems as understanding the mathematics behind soap bubble formation could be worth millions of dollars for companies that operate communications satellites.

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Two professors at The University of Texas at Austin College of Engineering have devised a method to make silicon shine.

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Instruments anchored by 2 1/2 miles of cable to the seafloor at the North Pole should give year-round information about layers of water that help determine how thick -- or thin -- the ice is in the Arctic.

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1- Tracking the night sky; 2- Blind scholar earns multiple honors; 3- Temperature of earth's highest polar clouds measured.

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Scientists have developed a new working model of cell membrane fusion. The model, which mimics the biochemical machinery of fusion in mammalian nerve membranes, offers researchers guidance for studying the biophysics of a process fundamental to all life.

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By combining an electrically charged gas with a specialized catalyst, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have successfully reduced harmful oxides of nitrogen in a diesel engine by half.

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NEAR mission science team members have concluded that the majority of the small features that make up the surface of asteroid Eros more likely came from an unrelenting bombardment from space debris than internal processes.

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) cargo plane will fly to McMurdo Station, Antarctica to transport several U.S. citizens to New Zealand, some of whom require medical attention that cannot be provided in Antarctica.

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Just as the Federal Reserve uses more than one index to measure the health and state of the economy, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) believe it is essential to have at least two climate measures to capture all "flavors" of El Nino.

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Climate researchers are warning that efforts to reduce air pollution could, if not well designed, make global warming worse.

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Scientists have been hard-pressed to track the global behavior of aerosols, which influence climate, along with visibility and human health.

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The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on Sunday, April 22nd. Looking at the Lyrids can be fun, but now you can listen to them, too, using NASA's online meteor radar.

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Engineers at Purdue University, in efforts to develop an effective system that uses ultrasound to clean polluted water, have pinpointed the frequency that degrades certain kinds of pollutants most efficiently.

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Intelligent nanostructures that report on their environment by changing color from blue to fluorescent red under mechanical, chemical, or thermal stress have been created by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico.

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The American Society for Microbiology has selected Tinsley Davis, a third-year Ph.D. candidate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Lisa Rezende, a current postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, as the recipients of its 2001 Mass Media Fellowships

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UIC and UCLA anthropologists report in new book evidence of pre-Inca pilgrimages to Islands of the Sun and the Moon in Lake Titicaca.

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A shark researcher at the University of Rhode Island looks into the jaws of a shark to reveal how they eat. She also refutes the old theory that sharks swim like airplanes fly.

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As Earth Day refocuses the world's attention on the environment, researchers from Temple and Philadelphia universities are using the environment waste product fly ash to remove heavy metals from contaminated water.

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The United States seriously lags behind England and Germany when it comes to computer-driven climate research, and a University of Washington scientist says it is time to take dramatic steps toward leadership in the field.

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A team of conservationists led by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society have re-discovered the Siamese crocodile in Thailand (formally known as Siam), capturing the animal on film while surveying for tigers.

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1) Simmillennium Project Yields Better Quake-Modeling Software; 2) Earthquake Study Focuses On Hospitals' Importance In Crisis; 3) My Legos Hold Up Better Than Yours

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Scientist Edward O. Wilson of Harvard University will speak at the National Science Foundation on the future of biodiversity on May 2, 2001.

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Discoveries by an Arkansas researcher may change the way scholars view Native American history. Using remote sensing technologies, archeologists are getting a bigger picture of native life as far back as the 13th century.

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Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research believe it is essential to have at least two climate measures to capture all "flavors" of El Nino. Their new index is helping to characterize El Nino events.

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University of Utah researchers have identified two genes necessary for eyes to take shape and get wired to the brain in developing embryos.

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The idea that what humans witnessed and chronicled in 1178 A.D. was a major meteor impact that created the 22-kilometer (14-mile) lunar crater called Giordano Bruno is a myth, a University of Arizona graduate student has discovered.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor Emeritus Charles S. "Chip" Cox has been awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. Cox, will receive a medal and a $15,000 prize during the NAS annual meeting on April 30 in Washington, D.C.

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Crawling around the International Space Station like an agile worm, the newest Canadian robotic arm will be essential for building and maintaining the ISS.