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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/njio-nrn112009.php" title="(New Jersey Institute of Technology) The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following investigators under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...." target="_self">NJIT receives NSF funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>New Jersey Institute of Technology</i>) The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following investigators under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/nrl-iei112009.php" title="(Naval Research Laboratory) NRL marine biogeochemistry and geology and geophysics scientists return from Arctic expedition exploring methane hydrate deposits in the Beaufort Sea and spatial variation of sediment contribution to Arctic climate change...." target="_self">International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>Naval Research Laboratory</i>) NRL marine biogeochemistry and geology and geophysics scientists return from Arctic expedition exploring methane hydrate deposits in the Beaufort Sea and spatial variation of sediment contribution to Arctic climate change.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/uoca-nmt112009.php" title="(University of Colorado at Boulder) A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit..." target="_self">New method to measure snow, vegetation moisture with GPS may benefit farmers, meteorologists</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>University of Colorado at Boulder</i>) A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/asfb-jl112009.php" title="(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) A key question in the origin of biological molecules like RNA and DNA is how they first came together billions of years ago from simple precursors. Now, in a study appearing in this week\'s JBC, re..." target="_self">Just like old times: Generating RNA molecules in water</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</i>) A key question in the origin of biological molecules like RNA and DNA is how they first came together billions of years ago from simple precursors. Now, in a study appearing in this week\'s JBC, researchers in Italy have reconstructed one of the earliest evolutionary steps yet: generating long chains of RNA from individual subunits using nothing but warm water. ');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/lu-lrg112009.php" title="(Lehigh University) A US Department of Energy grant will help develop methods of recovering and reusing heat generated by the compression of CO2 in a carbon-capture system. The goal is to facilitate carbon capture and sequestration and limit the amount of..." target="_self">Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>Lehigh University</i>) A US Department of Energy grant will help develop methods of recovering and reusing heat generated by the compression of CO2 in a carbon-capture system. The goal is to facilitate carbon capture and sequestration and limit the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere by coal-fired power plants. Unlike other modeling studies, which focus on specific components of the carbon-capture system, the Lehigh researchers will look at the entire power plant.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/f-sf-fay112009.php" title="(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Surplus biomass from the production of flax sheaves, and generated from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol. T..." target="_self">Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol</a><br />');
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document.write('(<i>FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology</i>) Surplus biomass from the production of flax sheaves, and generated from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol. This has been suggested by two studies carried out by Spanish and Dutch researchers and published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/uoc-pfe111909.php" title="(University of Cincinnati) Arnie Miller, University of Cincinnati professor of paleontology in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, and co-author Michael Foote of the University of Chicago publish their research in the Nov. 20 issue of Science with th..." target="_self">Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>University of Cincinnati</i>) Arnie Miller, University of Cincinnati professor of paleontology in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, and co-author Michael Foote of the University of Chicago publish their research in the Nov. 20 issue of Science with their paper, \"Epicontinental Seas Versus Open-Ocean Settings: The Kinetics of Mass Extinction and Origination.\"');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/drnl-ola111909.php" title="(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play a role in maintaining a healthy climate, according to researchers at the US Department of Energy\'s Oak Ridge and Los..." target="_self">ORNL, Los Alamos pioneer new approach to assist scientists, farmers</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory</i>) Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play a role in maintaining a healthy climate, according to researchers at the US Department of Energy\'s Oak Ridge and Los Alamos national laboratories.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/ltu-mmp111909.php" title="(Louisiana Tech University) A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia...." target="_self">Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>Louisiana Tech University</i>) A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/whoi-wba111909.php" title="(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Bruce A. Warren -- one of the world\'s pre-eminent researchers of deep ocean currents and scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution -- is the 2010 winner of the prestigious Sverdrup Gold Medal, a..." target="_self">WHOI\'S Bruce A. Warren is awarded Sverdrup Gold Medal</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write('(<i>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</i>) Bruce A. Warren -- one of the world\'s pre-eminent researchers of deep ocean currents and scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution -- is the 2010 winner of the prestigious Sverdrup Gold Medal, awarded by the American Meteorological Society.');
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