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UC Breakthrough Aims to Make Biofuel Cheaper

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory achieved a breakthrough in understanding the vulnerability of microbes to the alcohols they produce during fermentation of plant biomass.

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Using Computer Science To Save the Bees

Honeybees pollinate a third of what people eat and drink, from coffee to almonds, but colonies are on the decline because of extreme weather, pesticides and parasites.

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New Computer Vision System Can Guide Specialty Crops Monitoring

The technology applies an internet of things and artificial intelligence to enhance controlled environment agriculture in advanced greenhouse scenario.

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Rice Study Reveals How Rising Temperatures Could Lead To Population Crashes

Researchers at Rice University have uncovered a critical link between rising temperatures and declines in a species’ population, shedding new light on how global warming threatens natural ecosystems. 

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SwRI, U-Michigan Engineers Create More Effective Burner to Reduce Methane Emissions

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Michigan (U-M) have published a new study showing an advanced new methane flare burner, created with additive manufacturing and machine learning, eliminates 98% of methane vented during oil production.

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Ideal Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates in Corn Belt Have Been Climbing for Decades, Study Shows

The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three decades, according to new Iowa State University research.

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Warming Brings Heavy Snowfall to Greenland, Replenishing Some Lost Ice

A single storm in 2022 dumped enough snow on Greenland to replace 8 percent of ice lost that year. 

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Sea Otters Help Kelp Forests Recover — But How Fast Depends on Where They Are

New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forest returned more slowly in Southern California than in British Columbia.

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Heat from the Sun Affects Seismic Activity on Earth

Incorporating solar activity predictions into detailed Earth temperature models may improve earthquake forecasts.

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NASA’s Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Duo May Be Trio

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, and has most recently been popularized in the novel and television show "3 Body Problem." 

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