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May 03, 2016

In Chile, world's driest desert slakes thirst with fog
Alto Patache, Chile (AFP) May 2, 2016
Every morning at dawn, a thick mist known as "The Darkness" blows in from the Pacific to the edge of the Atacama Desert, the most arid place in the world. After tantalizing the northern Chilean desert with the promise of moisture, the mist evaporates in the sun, leaving the heat to bake the stark lunar landscape. But the South American country is researching how to use a technique called "fog harvesting" to collect this mist in large quantities and deliver it to communities that currently depend ... read more

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Despite their small brains - ravens are just as clever as chimps A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that ravens are as clever as chimpanzees, despite having much smaller brains, indicating that rather than the size of the brain, the neu ... more		Threat of novel swine flu viruses in pigs and humans The wide diversity of flu in pigs across multiple continents, mostly introduced from humans, highlights the significant potential of new swine flu strains emerging, according to a study to be publis ... more		High precision measurement advances fusion plasma diagnostics New design strategy boosts lithium alloy electrodes for solid-state batteries Enhanced solar water splitting achieved with MoS2 GaN nanorod heterostructures		Tamping down neurons' energy use could treat neurodegeneration Salk Institute scientists showed how an FDA-approved drug boosts the health of brain cells by limiting their energy use. Like removing unnecessary lighting from a financially strapped household to s ... more
				Chile quake at epicenter of expanding disaster and failure data repository Feb. 27, 2010, is a date that most Chileans will probably never forget. On that day, the sixth strongest earthquake in recorded history - packing a force greater than the most powerful thermonuclear ... more		Scientists advance disease resistance in 3 of world's most important crops Today's advanced online publication of the journal Nature Biotechnology carries three important papers on crop disease resistance. They report the isolation of novel disease resistance genes and the ... more

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