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Signals in a Storm: Seeing Brain Cells Communicate (preview)

If you could pause time for an instant and make yourself small enough to discern individual molecules, the far right of this image is what you might see when one brain cell communicates with another across a synapse--the point of contact between two nerve cells. How the brain senses, thinks, learns and emotes depends on how all its nerve cells, or neurons, communicate with one another. And as a result, many laboratories are working feverishly to understand how synapses function--and how psychiatric drugs, which target them, improve patients’ lives

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Carbon capture projects up in 2010, despite costs

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - The number of projects for capturing greenhouse gases from power plants and factories edged up in 2010 despite soaring costs and slow progress in U.N.-led efforts to slow climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. [More]

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The International Smart Gear Competition Opens

The numbers of fish and other ocean life have dropped dramatically in the past few decades. That’s because of commercial overfishing, and something called bycatch. [More]

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China Unveils Green Targets

By Jane Qiu Growing environmental costs and energy demands have persuaded China's leaders that the country cannot sustain its breakneck economic growth. [More]

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China Trying to Harness 2 Trillion Tons of Coal Reserves for Global Energy Dominance

Coal may be the most loathed energy source among sustainability advocates, but it isn't going anywhere, especially now that governments are investing billions in carbon capture and sequestration projects for coal plants. Any country with significant coal reserves and a government that pays little attention to safety and environmental hazards stands to profit handsomely.

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PC Industry Is Apple’s Plaything

Apple has some hot products on sale, and its designs push many an envelope. But are its decisions skewing the PC industry somewhat

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