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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:15:45 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Obscure Fungus Produces Diesel Fuel Components
Obscure Fungus Produces Diesel Fuel Components
A wild fungus has been found to produce a variety of hydrocarbon components of diesel fuel. The harmless, microscopic fungus, known as Gliocladium roseum (NRRL 50073), lives quietly within ulmo trees in the Patagonian rainforest.
Gary Strobel of Montana State University has found that the fungus produces many energy-rich hydrocarbons, and that the particular diesel components produced can be varied by changing the growing medium and environment of the fungus. The fungus ...
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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:48:32 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Dear Colleague Letter for the Division of Mathematical Sciences with the title "Mathematical and Statistical Research for Threat Detection"
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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:45:48 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Dry Spells Spelled Trouble in Ancient China
Dry Spells Spelled Trouble in Ancient China
Chinese history is replete with the rise and fall of dynasties, but researchers now have identified a natural phenomenon that may have been the last straw for some of them: a weakening of the summer Asian Monsoons.
Such weakening accompanied the fall of three dynasties and now could be lessening precipitation in northern China.
Results of the study, led by researchers from the University of Minnesota and Lanzhou University in China, appear in this week's issue of the journal ...
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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:13:48 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Using Mathematical Models to Predict Global Migration
Using Mathematical Models to Predict Global Migration
The growing pace of globalization has increased the level of human migration as individuals and families move from one country or continent to another to escape hardships or seek a better future. The world's future stability will require the various countries that will lose and receive people to be prepared for this trend.
Joel E. Cohen, a researcher at Rockefeller University and Columbia University, discussed his work on developing mathematical models to predict human migration ...
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