On Giving Tuesday, holiday donation campaigns launch into high gear, with various year-end appeals supporting a whole array of causes. But how do people decide where to donate their money? They know that they should give ...
Social Sciences
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Graphene is currently one of the most extensively studied materials in the world, both on a scientific and industrial level. The world's first two-dimensional material, this single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal ...
Nanomaterials
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EPFL researchers have developed a method to assess the aesthetic impact of solar panels on buildings and to set objective criteria for where they should be placed. Some municipal governments could apply this method as early ...
Energy & Green Tech
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An Indonesian court has rejected a case brought by Acehnese community leaders who want one of the country's most prized tropical forests to be protected from exploitation by mining and plantation companies.
Environment
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Will 2016 be the year the world finally lost interest in the paleodiet? Believe it or not, it's already happened! 'Peak-paleo' passed without notice way back in January 2014.
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2016
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South Australian research that improves wheat, pastures and other crop yields has sown the seeds for global distribution deals and a timely partnership with an innovative US agricultural technology company Indigo Ag Inc.
Biotechnology
Nov 29, 2016
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Nitrogen is one of the essential nutrients of life on Earth, with some organisms, such as the kinds of microbes found within the roots of legume plants, capable of converting nitrogen gas into molecules that other species ...
Earth Sciences
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A new massive plywood building panel developed by an Oregon company and tested at Oregon State University may be the largest such product ever manufactured.
Engineering
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Since it was introduced to North America in the late 19th century, the house sparrow has received little love. "Nothing can be urged in its favor," declared an 1891 editorial in the New York Times. A few years later, the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2016
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Shoppers sitting down at their computer to take advantage of online sales are helping the environment, said a Purdue University professor.
Energy & Green Tech
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