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Science Future for February 14, 2009
February 23 “When Plasmons Interact, Worlds Collide: The Emerging Field of Nanophotonics” at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. Visit www.nsf.gov March 1 Deadline for submissions to the Chlorofilms plant biology video YouTube competition. Visit www.chlorofilms.org March 6 The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center opens in Concord, N.H. Visit Starhop .
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Science Past for February 14, 1959
POLAR ICE CORES REVEAL TRAPPED “ANCIENT AIR” — Bubbles of “ancient air” trapped in polar ice may reveal whether the modern industrial world is polluting the atmosphere with carbon dioxide. The air bubbles were found in cores drilled at depths down to 1,345 feet in the Greenland and Antarctic ice caps. The ice originated as snows […]
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