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• Pollination options

  - 2007-10-06

  Penn State University scientists in the US have endorsed a synthetic chemical alternative to pollination by bees, called Flower Power, following a trial run on squash plants. Bee populations around the world are in drastic decline.

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• Cave carvers

  - 2007-03-12

  Scientists have found that deep-dwelling microorganisms play a major role in carving out the caves where they live. Jenn Macalady, a cave microbiologist at Pennsylvania State University, and a team of spelunking scientists, examined communities of microbes in Italy's Frasassi caves. These microbes grow in slimy formations called "snottites" that...

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• Zeolites fight chloramines.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

  - 2004-07-01

  They say you can't argue with science, and Wolfram Hartwig (June 2004 Tech Talk) may be a brilliant scientist, but unfortunately he is just plain wrong when it comes to using zeolites in indoor swimming pools plagued with chronic chloramine problems. Here at...

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• Thermally stable fuel.(Academic: emerging technologies)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-05-01

  Thermally stable, bituminous coal-based fuel for next generation military aircraft is being developed by scientists at Penn State, University Park, Pa. Jet propulsion 900, or JP900, absorbs considerable amounts of heat and stays stable at 482[degrees]C, leaving nozzles, valves, and remaining engine parts free of carbon...

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• New, quicker tests identify E. coli strains.

  - 2003-12-31

  M2 PRESSWIRE-31 December 2003-US ARS: New, quicker tests identify E. coli strainsC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12312003 New tests that more quickly identify dangerous strains of Escherichia coli bacteria are being developed by Agricultural Research Service scientists in Wyndmoor, Pa. ...

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• Old Worms

  - 2000-06-01

  When a creature turns out to be 250 years old, it seems that a little historical context is in order. So consider: When certain tubeworms now thriving deep in the Gulf of Mexico started their lives, Louisiana belonged to France, and the city of New Orleans was just coming into...

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