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		<title>Lava Likely Made River-Like Channel on Mars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flowing lava can carve or build paths very much like the riverbeds and  canyons etched by water, and this probably explains at least one of the  meandering channels on the surface of Mars. These results were presented  on March 4, 2010 at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference by  Jacob [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1243/lava-likely-made-river-like-channel-on-mars.html</link>
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		<title>Canine Health May Parallel Community Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The family dog may not only be a friendly companion but also a  reflection of community health.
Students at The University of Findlay are helping Michael Edelbrock,  Ph.D., associate professor of biology, study canine cells using a  process originally developed using human cells and perfected by  Alexander Vaglenov, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1240/canine-health-may-parallel-community-health.html</link>
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		<title>Scientists Transform Polyethylene Into a Heat-Conducting Material</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most polymers &#8212; materials made of long, chain-like molecules &#8212; are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.
The new process causes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1237/scientists-transform-polyethylene-into-a-heat-conducting-material.html</link>
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		<title>New Way of Producing Electricity With Nanotubes Discovered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists at MIT have discovered a previously unknown  phenomenon that can cause powerful waves of energy to shoot through  minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes. The discovery could lead to a  new way of producing electricity, the researchers say.
The phenomenon, described as thermopower waves, &#8220;opens up a new area [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1234/new-way-of-producing-electricity-with-nanotubes-discovered.html</link>
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		<title>Monuments Monitored from a Distance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of engineers from the University of Seville (US) has created a  system for monitoring historical monuments by remote control and  detecting possible damage. Five years ago the researchers placed various  sensors on the Giraldillo, the sculpture that crowns the Giralda, and  now they are publishing the results in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1228/monuments-monitored-from-a-distance.html</link>
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		<title>Marshes Dying for Lack of Fresh Water at Maurepas Swamp, Louisiana, US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Without a diversion from the Mississippi River or the introduction of other sources of fresh water in the near future, the Maurepas Swamp in southeast Louisiana will continue on a clear path toward becoming marsh and open water, a new study by Southeastern Louisiana University biologists and other scientists confirms.
Writing in the Journal of Coastal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1223/marshes-dying-for-lack-of-fresh-water-at-maurepas-swamp-louisiana-us.html</link>
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		<title>Suffocating Head Lice Works in New Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new non-neurotoxic treatment for head lice has been found to have an  average of 91.2% treatment success rate after one week, and to be safe  in humans from six months of age and up. This is the finding of a study  recently published in Pediatric Dermatology.
Benzyl Alcohol Lotion 5% (known as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1220/suffocating-head-lice-works-in-new-treatment.html</link>
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		<title>Consumers Don&#8217;t Want Wallet Phones; Airline, Movie Tickets on Cell Phones More Acceptable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the things users expect their cell phones to be &#8212; address book, calendar, camera, music player &#8212; a wallet isn&#8217;t one of them, according to research by a Kansas State University marketing professor.
Cell phone users are leery of putting banking accounts, identification and other sensitive information onto a device that gets left in cars, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1217/consumers-dont-want-wallet-phones-airline-movie-tickets-on-cell-phones-more-acceptable.html</link>
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		<title>Quantum Leap for Phonon Lasers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Physicists have taken major step forward in the development of practical phonon lasers, which emit sound in much the same way that optical lasers emit light. The development should lead to new, high-resolution imaging devices and medical applications. Just as optical lasers have been incorporated into countless, ubiquitous devices, a phonon laser is likely to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1215/quantum-leap-for-phonon-lasers.html</link>
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		<title>Is an Animal&#8217;s Agility Affected by the Position of Its Eyes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New research from scientists in Liverpool has revealed the relationship between agility and vision in mammals. The study, published in the Journal of Anatomy, sampled 51 species to compare the relationship between agility and vision between frontal eyed species, such as cats, to lateral-eyed mammals, such as rabbits, to establish if the positioning of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1212/is-an-animals-agility-affected-by-the-position-of-its-eyes.html</link>
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		<title>World-Class Protection Boosts Australia&#8217;s Great Barrier Reef</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is showing an extraordinary range of benefits from the network of protected marine reserves introduced there five years ago, according to a comprehensive new study published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences.
The scientific team, a &#8216;who&#8217;s-who&#8217; of Australian coral reef scientists, describe the findings as &#8220;a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1210/world-class-protection-boosts-australias-great-barrier-reef.html</link>
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		<title>Ice Shelves Disappearing on Antarctic Peninsula: Glacier Retreat and Sea Level Rise Are Possible Consequences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula due to climate change, according to new data. This could result in glacier retreat and sea-level rise if warming continues, threatening coastal communities and low-lying islands worldwide, experts say.
Research by the U.S. Geological Survey is the first to document that every ice front [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1205/ice-shelves-disappearing-on-antarctic-peninsula-glacier-retreat-and-sea-level-rise-are-possible-consequences.html</link>
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		<title>Animals Linked to Human Chlamydia Pneumoniae</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Animals have been found to have infected humans sometime in the past with the common respiratory disease Chlamydia pneumoniae, according to Queensland University of Technology infectious disease expert Professor Peter Timms.
Unlike the sexually-transmitted form of chlamydia, Chlamydia pneumoniae is a major bacterial germ that causes widespread respiratory disease in humans.
The discovery was made by an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1203/animals-linked-to-human-chlamydia-pneumoniae.html</link>
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		<title>Archaeologist Discovers Jerusalem City Wall from Tenth Century B.C.E.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A section of an ancient city wall of Jerusalem from the tenth century B.C.E. &#8212; possibly built by King Solomon &#8212; has been revealed in archaeological excavations directed by Dr. Eilat Mazar and conducted under the auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The section of the city wall revealed, 70 meters long and six meters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1184/archaeologist-discovers-jerusalem-city-wall-from-tenth-century-b-c-e.html</link>
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		<title>Successful wind tunnel test of controllable rubber trailing edge flap for wind turbine blades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s wind turbine blades, which can measure more than 60 metres in length, are subjected to enormous loads, which means that a blade can flex as much as 4-6 metres during strong gusts. However, the blades are also so long that there can be considerable differences in the loading from the gusts along the blade. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1181/successful-wind-tunnel-test-of-controllable-rubber-trailing-edge-flap-for-wind-turbine-blades.html</link>
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		<title>Unpacking condensins&#8217; function in embryonic stem cells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regulatory proteins common to all eukaryotic cells can have additional, unique functions in embryonic stem (ES) cells, according to a study in the February 22 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology (www.jcb.org). If cancer progenitor cells—which function similarly to stem cells—are shown to rely on these regulatory proteins in the same way, it may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1178/unpacking-condensins-function-in-embryonic-stem-cells.html</link>
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		<title>Diapers&#8217; contents could change way of finding intestinal disease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A medical test initially researched for aging adults also could be helpful for premature babies, according to scientists with Texas AgriLife Research.
The procedure, which uses fecal samples rather than the oft-dreaded colonoscopy, was developed by Dr. Robert Chapkin and his colleagues, who have been studying the noninvasive technique at the genetic level for more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1175/diapers-contents-could-change-way-of-finding-intestinal-disease.html</link>
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		<title>How to build a tabletop X-ray laser that could be used for super high-resolution imaging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For nearly half a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how to build a cost-effective and reasonably sized X-ray laser that could, among other things, provide super high-resolution imaging. And for the past two decades, University of Colorado at Boulder physics professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn have been inching closer to that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1172/build-tabletop-xray-laser-super-highresolution-imaging.html</link>
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		<title>How the insects survive a parasite that causes malaria in humans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By unraveling the mysteries that exist within the molecular composition of mosquitoes, a team of Kansas State University researchers is trying to discover how the insects survive a parasite that causes malaria in humans.
Kristin Michel, K-State assistant professor in the Division of Biology, has been leading studies involving Anopheles gambiae s.s. mosquitoes, which are the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1166/insects-survive-parasite-malaria-humans.html</link>
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		<title>New method that assesses the impact and cost-effectiveness of a range of vaccination options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study published in Vaccine describes a new method that assesses the impact and cost-effectiveness of a range of vaccination options. The model was applied to the 2009 influenza H1N1 outbreak and predicted accurately in real-time when the epidemic would peak and who should be prioritized for vaccination.
Last year, an outbreak of a novel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evoscience.com/1163/method-assesses-impact-costeffectiveness-range-vaccination-options.html</link>
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