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Greenhouse gases are vital to life on Earth, but the growing concentration of certain gases, such as carbon dioxide, is throwing the planet's delicate balance out of whack. NASA is on the case, studying carbon dioxide on a global scale and its effects on our weather and climate.
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A simple salad spinner will save lives this summer, if everything goes as planned by two Rice University undergraduates.
The spinner has been turned, so to speak, into a rudimentary centrifuge that medical clinics in developing countries can use to separate blood without electricity.
Lila Kerr, a Sid Richardson College sophomore, and Lauren Theis, a Wiess College freshman, will take their Sally Centrifuge abroad for testing this summer as part of Beyond Traditional Borders (BTB), Rice's…
When it comes to renewable energy, Hawaii stands out, with 15 percent of the state's power coming from solar and wind. Now, the state may be pioneering another renewable form of energy: ocean waves. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson visited a naval base in Hawaii, where researchers are testing a new frontier of wave power technology.
Extreme cold on Nov. 2010 reminded me of what Al Gore was saying on the matter on his presentations that led to the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". In this abstract, he's discussing what would happen if -eventually- Greenland would start melting...
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