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Urban CO2 Domes Increase Deaths Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2010
Everyone knows that carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas driving climate change, is a global problem. Now a Stanford study has shown it is also a local problem, hurting city dwellers' health much more than rural residents', because of the carbon dioxide "domes" that develop over urban areas.
That finding, said researcher Mark Z. Jacobson, exposes a serious oversight in current cap-and-t ... read moreDigging Deep Into Diamonds
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 16, 2010By creating diamond-based nanowire devices, a team at Harvard has taken another step towards making applications based on quantum science and technology possible. The new device offers a bright, stable source of single photons at room temperature, an essential element in making fast and secure computing with light practical. The finding could lead to a new class of nanostructured dia ... more
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Canada reports mildest winter on record
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