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UCLA engineers develop faster method to detect bacterial contamination in coastal waters

Currently, beachgoers are informed about water-quality conditions based on results from the previous day's sample. Scientists must collect samples in the…

Scientists find community involvement, not only enforcement, drives success of marine reserves

In one of the most comprehensive global studies of marine reserves, a team of natural and social scientists from the University of Rhode Island and other…

Chile quake occurred in zone of “increased stress”

The earthquake, some 300-500 times more powerful than the magnitude 7.0 quake in Haiti Jan. 12, ruptured at the boundary between the Nazca and South American…

Global Temperature Report: January 2009

January temperatures (preliminary)Global composite temp.: +0.72 C (about 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit) above 20-year average for January.Northern Hemisphere: +0.84 C…

Ancient corals hold new hope for reefs

Reef ecosystems were able to persist through massive environmental changes imposed by sharply falling sea levels during previous ice ages, an international…

Glue, fly, Glue: Underwater Silk for Surgical Sutures?

“Silk from caddisfly larvae – known to western fly fishermen as 'rock rollers' – may be useful some day as a medical bioadhesive for sticking to wet tissues,”…

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