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Canadian researchers develop energy storage system

by  Agence France-Presse  on  March 30, 2013

Canadian researchers develop method to store excess wind and solar energy

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[Science Solitaire] Who do you really think you are?

by  Maria Isabel Garcia  on  March 29, 2013

Neuroscience tells you that you are a pyrotechnical wonder of sorts

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World's biggest creature tracked by its song

by  Agence France-Presse  on  March 27, 2013

A group of intrepid researchers were able to locate and tag some of the mammals after picking up on their deep and...

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In Payatas, turning trash into clean energy windfall

by  Karl Malakunas, Agence France-Presse  on  March 27, 2013

Payatas the first landfill in the country to have its methane gas converted into power as part of a United Nations'...

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Bill Gates the unknown explores Ghana's health progress

by  M.J. Smith, Agence France-Presse  on  March 27, 2013

Bill Gates' foundation has been on a high-profile campaign to improve health by increasing vaccinations in poorer...

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Miners shoot for the stars in tech race

by  Amy Coopes, Agence France-Presse  on  March 26, 2013

'There's nothing really science-fiction about any of this'

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New study highlights California tsunami risk

by  Agence France-Presse  on  March 26, 2013

Study: More than a quarter of a million Californians live in coastal areas which could be hit by devastating floods...

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Young girl's 'cure' signals new path against cancer

by  Kerry Sheridan, Agence France-Presse  on  March 26, 2013

US researchers are expanding their quest for a next-generation cancer treatment that may one day end the use of...

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Shanghai sees swine flow easing

by  Agence France-Presse  on  March 25, 2013

Shanghai said the end of an embarrassing pollution case which saw dead pigs floating down the city's main river was in...

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Scientists unravel genetic code of esophageal cancer

by  Agence France-Presse  on  March 24, 2013

A team of experts in the United States unravelled the genetic code of tumor cells from 149 patients, which they...

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