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Biochar could clear the air in more ways…

Rice University study suggests health, economic benefits of capturing agricultural nitric oxide [caption id="attachment_12813" align="alignright" width="300"] Biochar could reduce local air pollution from agriculture by reducing emissions of nitric oxide from soil, according to Rice…

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Automatic image retouching on your phone

System can apply a range of styles in real-time, so that the viewfinder displays the enhanced image. [caption id="attachment_12809" align="alignnone" width="639"] A new system can automatically retouch images in the style of a professional photographer.…

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Mangroves vital for environmental decontamination

Mangrove trees, particularly their leaf litter, filter copper out of soil and water in Indonesia. [caption id="attachment_12802" align="alignnone" width="791"] A new study from Indonesia has found that mangrove leaf litter accumulates the most copper, followed…

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Two sides to this energy story

Rice University lab develops dual-surface graphene electrode to split water into hydrogen and oxygen [caption id="attachment_12805" align="alignnone" width="613"] A two-sided electrocatalyst developed at Rice University splits water into hydrogen on one side and oxygen on…