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The most sought-after structures for next generation computing found in beetles
May 20, 2008 09:18 AM - University of Utah

Researchers have been unable to build an ideal “photonic crystal” to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They are found in the shimmering, iridescent green scales of a beetle from Brazil.

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Climate change having 'worldwide, widespread effects'
May 20, 2008 08:38 AM - , Science and Development Network

[BEIJING] Many physical and ecological systems are being affected by the world's warming climate, researchers say. Scientists from across the world applied statistical models to published data on changes in 829 physical systems and around 28,800 plant and animal systems —on both global and continental scales — some with data going back to 1970.

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Global Warming Has Little Impact In Tropical Storm And Hurricane Numbers, NOAA Reports

National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration.
A new model simulation of Atlantic hurricane activity for the last two decades of this century projects fewer hurricanes overall, but a slight increase in intensity for hurricanes that do occur. Hurricanes are also projected to have more intense rainfall, on average, in the future.
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Population and Climate Change: Can We Talk?

Robert Engelman, Worldwatch Institute
ISTANBUL-The workshop I've been attending in this ancient city drew 31 people-ranging from a member of the British parliament to a Dutch women's rights advocate to a Hungarian environmentalist-to talk about whether it makes sense to bring population into the global debate on climate change.
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