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Rebuilding Missouri Flood Plains, Agriculture, Economy

*Using a flood simulator, MU researchers reveal cottonwood trees as a profitable crop in devastated flood areas*

COLUMBIA, Mo. –When the Missouri River flooded in 1993 and 1995, it left a deep layer of sandy silt that covered thousands of acres of rich farmland. Now, MU forestry researchers may have found a crop that can survive a flood and act as a sustainable source of biomass.

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Online Habits: Where Are We Going?

A study by Nielsen into the habits of Internet users in the United States of America might provide a guideline as to future Internet user habits round the globe, since the USA sets the trend in virtual reality. What were the findings of this study? For a start, a huge disparity in Internet access via PC and mobile means. And by 2014, the video will dominate nearly 100% of web-use?

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Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder Should Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks

Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder Should Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks An international science team involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help assess the risks of abrupt future climate change on Earth.

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IBM Closes Acquisition of Coremetrics

ARMONK, N.Y. – 02 Aug 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the closing of its acquisition of Coremetrics, a leader in Web analytics software. Coremetrics, based in San Mateo, CA, will expand IBM’s business analytics capabilities by enabling organizations to use cloud computing services to develop faster, more targeted marketing campaigns.

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IBM and University of Aberdeen Collaborate to Identify Molecules from the Deep Sea

–For the first time, atomic force microscopy helps scientists reveal the exact chemical structure of a natural compound

–Using this fast and accurate technique could open new possibilities in drug discovery and treatments

–Compound was extracted from a mud sample taken from the Mariana Trench, 10,916 meters (35,814 feet) below sea level

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Office for Mac 2011 Hitting Store Shelves This October

REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 2, 2010 — Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, the next version of the leading productivity suite for the Mac, will be available in more than 100 countries around the world at the end of October.

The suite will come in two editions to purchase at retail — Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 and Office for Mac Home and Business 2011.

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A Cellular Housekeeper, and Potential Target of Obesity Drugs, Caught in Action

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have obtained the closest look yet of how a gargantuan molecular machine breaks down unwanted proteins in cells, a critical housekeeping chore that helps prevent diseases such as cancer.

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Rare Earth Elements: The World is Rapidly Running Out and China Has Most of The Remaining Supply

Most people have no idea what rare earth elements are, but a wide array of the technologies that we use every single day are dependent on them.

Without rare earth elements, we would have no hybrid car batteries, flat screen televisions, cell phones or iPods. Without rare earth elements, the entire “green economy” would not be able to function, because almost all emerging green technologies use them.

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