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African Leaders Discuss Sustainable Development
African leaders gathered at an on-going summit in Gaborone, the Botswana capital, are due to produce a declaration on sustainable development in Africa on Friday, ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainability in June, the Rio+20. The two-day gathering is held under the theme: A Green Economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty [...]
Exotic Particles, Chilled And Trapped, Form Giant Matter Wave
Exotic particles, chilled and trapped, form giant matter wave Public release date: 24-May-2012[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Susan Brownscinews@ucsd.edu858-246-0161University of California - San Diego Exotic particles, chilled and trapped, form giant matter wave Excitons form Bose-Einstein condensate IMAGE: As excitons cool to a fraction of a degree above absolute zero, they condense at the bottom of an electrostatic trap and spontaneously form coherent matter waves. Creating indirect excitons,..
Pine Trees Infested With Bark Beetles Contribute to Air Pollution And Haze in Forests
The hordes of bark beetles that have bored their way through more than six billion trees in the western United States and British Columbia since the 1990s do more than kill stately pine, spruce and other trees. Results of a new study show that these pests can make trees release up to 20 times more [...]
