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Dan Grossman on The Campbell Conversations

Dan Grossman is a freelance environmental journalist who has frequently appeared on public radio and the BBC, and has written for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Scientific American. He’s won a...

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State awards $2.4 million for stem cell research center

Officials from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) cut the ribbon today on a brand new Stem Cell Research Center.It's paid for through a $2.45 million grant from the New York State Stem Cell...

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SU scientists say fireflies could be a light source

There's more to fireflies than a backyard light show.  Scientists at Syracuse University are working on a project that ultimately would put the insect's luminescense to use.Lighting up a television...

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Scientists uncover hidden history of polar bears

It all started with a fossil.“We have this polar bear jawbone from the Svalbard archipelago in the North Atlantic,” says Charlotte Lindqvist, a professor at SUNY Buffalo and lead author of a landmark...

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Researchers try to individualize light therapy

As upstate New York heads into some of the darkest days of the calendar year, researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy are trying to shed some light on our individual cycle of...

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Study finds mercury levels dropping in Atlantic Ocean

Mercury levels among fish caught in the Atlantic Ocean are dropping, but it's not the same case for fish from the Pacific Ocean.That's among the findings in a new report worked on by a Syracuse...

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New stem cell facility to be available to scientists statewide

A new facility in upstate New York is being touted as the ‘bridge’ from research to stem cell therapies that could potentially cure conditions like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and spinal damage.Housed at the...

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New report finds future sea level rise will be significant

A report published Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finds that sea level increases over the next century will have significant impacts on coastal...

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2012 heat causes temperature records to fall

As far as weather measurements go, Syracuse crushed its old record for the warmest year ever recorded. Central New Yorkers dealt with the warmest temperatures in more than 80 years during 2012.Syracuse...

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Dan Grossman on The Campbell Conversations

Dan Grossman is a freelance environmental journalist who has frequently appeared on public radio and the BBC, and has written for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Scientific American. He’s won a...

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State awards $2.4 million for stem cell research center

Officials from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) cut the ribbon today on a brand new Stem Cell Research Center.It's paid for through a $2.45 million grant from the New York State Stem Cell...

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SU scientists say fireflies could be a light source

There's more to fireflies than a backyard light show.  Scientists at Syracuse University are working on a project that ultimately would put the insect's luminescense to use.Lighting up a television...

View Article

Scientists uncover hidden history of polar bears

It all started with a fossil.“We have this polar bear jawbone from the Svalbard archipelago in the North Atlantic,” says Charlotte Lindqvist, a professor at SUNY Buffalo and lead author of a landmark...

View Article


Researchers try to individualize light therapy

As upstate New York heads into some of the darkest days of the calendar year, researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy are trying to shed some light on our individual cycle of...

View Article

Study finds mercury levels dropping in Atlantic Ocean

Mercury levels among fish caught in the Atlantic Ocean are dropping, but it's not the same case for fish from the Pacific Ocean.That's among the findings in a new report worked on by a Syracuse...

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New stem cell facility to be available to scientists statewide

A new facility in upstate New York is being touted as the ‘bridge’ from research to stem cell therapies that could potentially cure conditions like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and spinal damage.Housed at the...

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New report finds future sea level rise will be significant

A report published Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finds that sea level increases over the next century will have significant impacts on coastal...

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2012 heat causes temperature records to fall

As far as weather measurements go, Syracuse crushed its old record for the warmest year ever recorded. Central New Yorkers dealt with the warmest temperatures in more than 80 years during 2012.Syracuse...

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SU among those chosen to be NASA competition sites

Syracuse University is one of two upstate universities have been chosen as host sites for the international NASA space apps challenge. The challenge,» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Ammonium nitrate storage closely regulated in New York

The chemical responsible for the death of 14 people and injury of over 200 in West, Texas, is in wide use. Leaving many upstate New Yorkers wondering how» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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