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  1. Portable solar device creates potable water

    (PhysOrg.com) -- By harnessing the power of the sun, a Monash University graduate has designed a simple, sustainable and affordable water-purification device, which has the potential to help eradicate disease and save lives. Link Removed - Invalid URL The Solarball, developed as Mr...
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  2. Mystery of 200 Dead Cows in Wisconsin Solved

    Mystery of 200 Dead Cows in Wisconsin Solved Authorities investigating the deaths of 200 cows in Wisconsin have come up with an unlikely culprit: the sweet potato. The cows were found dead in a Stockton pasture two weeks ago. Locals were left scratching their heads about what caused the...
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  3. Scientists Say 'Blunt Force Trauma' Killed Arkansas Blackbirds

    Scientists Say 'Blunt Force Trauma' Killed Arkansas Blackbirds Scientists investigating the death of thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas say they've identified the cause of death: blunt force trauma. Locals in Beebe, Ark., were mystified when as many as 5,000 red-winged blackbirds...
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  4. Join the Discussion: How Folding@Home Uses Spare CPU/GPU Power to Fight Diseases

    So does anyone on the site use Folding@Home? In case you do not know, Folding@Home is a way to use your extra CPU/GPU cycles to help solve protein folding to cure diseases. Now that the human genome has been mapped, scientists are trying to figure out how and why proteins fold - and misfold, in...
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