Almost 80 percent of current farmland in the U.S. would have to be devoted to raising corn for ethanol production in order to meet current biofuel production targets with existing technology, a new study has found. An alternative, according to a study in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology, would be to convert 60 percent of existing rangeland to biofuels.
A new study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans in April links migraines with depression in women.
Two more journalists have died in the Syria uprising, this time not from a medical emergency like Anthony Shadid, but from rocket fire directed at protestors in the city of Homs.
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Newswise honors New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid, who died today while on assignment covering the uprising in Syria.
Online daters intent on fudging their personal information have a big advantage: most people are terrible at identifying a liar. But new research is turning the tables on deceivers using their own words.
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