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E-Blast Monday 07.29.13 Breaking Story Global Warming To Cut Snow Water Storage 56 Percent In Oregon Watershed Today's Video Damaging Volcanic Ash Stays Well Beyond Welcome Picture of the Day Savanna Landscape, Kenya New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-Funded Harvard Scientist Evelyn Hu Discusses Using Light To Store Information Latest News Sick Sea Fans: Undersea "Doctors" To The Rescue Researchers have developed a catalog of genes that, the researchers say, will allow us to better understand the immune systems of corals called sea fans. Center Creates Polymers Made From Safe And Renewable Natural Resources Scientists are working to reduce the nation's reliance on fossil fuels by developing environmentally friendly and cost effective plastics from natural, sustainable and renewable materials. Biophysicist Obtains First Experimental Evidence Of Internal Pressure Inside Herpes Virus Scientists have measured the pressure inside human herpes simplex virus 1, providing the first experimental evidence of high internal pressure within a virus that infects humans. New in the Journals & Magazines NEW SCIENTIST: Egg-Munching Parasite Wasp Hitchhikes On A Damselfly NATURE: Pilot Projects Bury Carbon Dioxide In Basalt POPULAR MECHANICS: How Earth Accelerates Electrons To 99.9 Percent Of Light Speed SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Gastric Bypass Makes Gut Burn Sugar Faster PHYSICS: Snell's Law For Granular Materials What the Blogs Are Saying Today KRULWICH WONDERS - Look What You've Done, North America! PLOS BLOGS - Art Of Uncertainty NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - The Power Of Hidden Mutations, Or Why I Wish I Bought A Fan NOBEL INTENT - Blue Cells Of Death Mark The End Of A Worm's Life QUEST - Penguin Sentinels Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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