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The reddish glow from the city lights of Boulder, Colo., is the result in part of the light being scattered by haze particles. UW scientists have discovered unexpected chemistry involving the pollutants that make up the haze. (Credit: Phil Armitage)

ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2010) — The smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized [...]

ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2010) — A study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides new information about the rates at which three of the most powerful greenhouse gases are destroyed by a chemical reaction that takes place in the upper atmosphere.

Georgia Tech researchers work in their laboratory [...]

ScienceDaily (Jan. 19, 2010) — Scorpions deliver a powerful, paralyzing venom — a complex cocktail of poisonous peptides — that immobilize animal prey on the spot. Some of the toxins in this cocktail damage only insects, which is why a Tel Aviv University researcher is harnessing them to create a safe and ecologically sound pesticide.

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These images from an electron microscope show wool fibers coated with the silica nanoparticles that may improve wool’s qualities.
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2009) — Scientists in China are reporting an advance that may improve the natural wonders of wool — already regarded as the "wonder fabric" for its lightness, softness, warmth even [...]

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Sights like this one are becoming rare as fewer salmon make it back to their birthing grounds to spawn.

ScienceDaily (Dec. 17, 2009) — Biologists determined that short-term, seasonal exposure to pesticides in rivers and basins may limit the growth and size of wild salmon populations. In addition to the widespread deterioration of salmon [...]

ScienceDaily (Dec. 9, 2009) — There is more to the snowflake than its ability to delight schoolchildren and snarl traffic.

The unique shapes of snow crystals and the complex chemical reactions that occur on their surface could give clues about ground-level ozone loss. (Credit: Purdue University photo/Shepson Lab)
The structure of the frosty flakes also fascinate ice [...]

(a) Colored scanning electron microscope image of the measured device. Aluminum top gate is used to induce a two-dimensional electron layer at the silicon-silicon oxide interface below the metallization. The barrier gate is partially below the top gate and depletes the electron layer in the vicinity of the phosphorus donors (the red spheres added to [...]

ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2009) — Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its smell.

Old books give off an unmistakable, musty odor that scientists can use to assess the book's condition. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
In a report in ACS' [...]

Oyster is a simple mechanical hinged flap connected to the seabed at around 10m depth. Each passing wave moves the flap, driving hydraulic pistons to deliver high pressure water via a pipeline to an onshore electrical turbine. (Credit: Aquamarine Power Ltd.)

ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2009) — Queen's University Belfast has helped the global wave energy industry [...]

 
At the core of this project are experiments that demonstrate how water droplets behave on different surfaces – suspended in various type of oil. (Credit: Image courtesy of SINTEF)

ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Operators of subsea fields on the continental shelf spend vast amounts of money on keeping harmful ice-like crystals under control. SINTEF scientists [...]