Choking China: The struggle to clear Beijing's air
As pollution levels return to normal in China's capital after a record-breaking month of smog, what can be done to banish the smog?
New Scientist
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Australia's overheated climate debate
Climate-change wrangling in Australia has descended into death threats and extreme insults. The science is being drowned out.
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The carbon cost of Germany's nuclear 'Nein danke!'
Europe's energy consumers will find themselves paying a high price for Germany's decision to get out of nuclear power.
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Paying our respects at a CO2 graveyard
There are more cows than people here in Nirranda South, three hours south-west of Melbourne, making it the perfect spot to test a technology that remains hugely controversial. I am at a facility run by
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Stem cell therapies move into the real world
After years of hype, controversy and disappointment, stem cell treatments may finally be poised to reach masses of patients.
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Crop disease to add to east Africa's woes
While those experiencing drought hope for rain, it could bring a worse problem with it: an aggressive strain of the fungal crop disease yellow rust.
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Australia's shiny new carbon tax is an empty promise
The carbon tax is unlikely to change the country's status as the largest per-capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the developed world.
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Twitter to track dengue fever outbreaks in Brazil
Tracing disease outbreaks down to individual cities via social networking could help track dengue's spread.
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Polymer sandwich harvests electricity from waste heat
Turning waste heat into pyroelectricity could make solar cells and power stations more efficient.
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Deep sea gold rush: Mining hydrothermal vents
<p><i>As mining companies prepare to exploit the copper and gold in the seabed, the author explore the fate of the unique ecosystems around tectonic boundaries. <br /> </i></p> <p><i>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128193.700-deep-sea-gold-rush-mining-hydrothermal-vents.html</i></p>
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New dawn for mining at the seabed
<p><style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p><font size="3"><i>Let's see if we can mine the ores around hydrothermal vents without destroying the marine habitat in the process. (Editorial)<br /> </i></font></p> <p><font size="3"><i>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128192.600-new-dawn-for-mining-at-the-seabed.html</i></font></p> <p> </p> </p>