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Audio / Video Press Releases
Carbon Balls
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  High Yield Crops Keep Carbon Emissions Low
Monday, June 14, 2010
South America
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  New Revelations about Mercury’s Volcanism, Magnetic Substorms, and Exosphere from MESSENGER
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010
South America
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  Global Tropical Forests Threatened by 2100
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010
Stem Cells
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  Plant “Breathing” Mechanism Discovered
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010
Stem Cells
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  Ancient Galaxy Cluster Contains “Modern” Galaxies
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010
Stem Cells
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  Did Phosphorus Trigger Complex Evolution−and Blue Skies?
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010
Stem Cells
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  Silver Tells a Volatile Story of Earth’s Origin
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010
Stem Cells
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  Scientists Find Moon Whiskers
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010
Stem Cells
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  Chromosome “Glue” Surprises Scientists
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2010
Stem Cells
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  Moon Whets Appetite for Water
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010
Stem Cells
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  CO2 Effects on Plants Increase Global Warming
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010
Stem Cells
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  For Stem Cells, Practice Makes Perfect
TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2010
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  Cracking the Plant-Cell Membrane Code
MONDAY, MAY 18, 2010
Metallic Glass
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  Metallic Glass Yields Secrets Under Pressure
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2010
missing Link Star
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  Old Star is “Missing Link” in Galactic Evolution
TUESDAY MAY 11, 2010
Carbon Outsourced
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  Carbon Emissions ‘Outsourced’ to Developing Countries
TUESDAY MAY 4, 2010
Carbon Outsourced
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  Bald Eagle Diet Shift Enhances Conservation
MONDAY MAY 3, 2010
Ara Net
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  Merging Galaxies Create a Binary Quasar
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010
Ara Net
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  Gene Function Discovery: Guilt by Association
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2010
Doppler Shift
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  Superconducting Hydrogen?
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2010
Doppler Shift
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  Astronomers Detect Earliest Galaxies
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2010
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  Climate Change Puts Ecosystems on the Run
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010
plant cell
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  Antagonistic genes control rice growth
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
rocky planet
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  First Super-Earths Discovered around Sun-like Stars
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010
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  Ken Caldeira Testifies to Congress on Geoengineering
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010
lava
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  Hawaiian Hot Spot Has Deep Roots
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010
forest
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  Breakthrough in Monitoring Tropical Deforestation Announced in Copenhagen
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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  “Safety Valve” Protects Photosynthesis from Too Much Light
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
graphic of 100 times area   “Dropouts” Pinpoint Earliest Galaxies
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2010
Hydrogen Storage
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  New Hydrogen-Storage Method Discovered
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
Lava Flow
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  Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Comet Dust
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  “Ultra-Primitive” Particles Found in Comet Dust
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Earthquake Zone
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  New Way to Monitor Faults May Help Predict Earthquakes
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Arabidopsis
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  Plants on Steroids: Key Missing Link Discovered
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
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  Scientists Study Possible Responses to Climate Emergencies
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
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  Carnegie Donates Landmark Clones to Biology
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009
Plant Outline Image
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  Hydrocarbons in Deep Earth?
MONDAY, JULY 27, 2009
Plant Outline Image
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  Plants Put Limit on Ice Ages
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009
Stem Cell Image
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  Stem Cell Surprise for Tissue Regeneration
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009
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  Midget Plant Gets Makeover
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009
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  Global Sunscreen Won’t Save Corals
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009
Tethered Kite
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  Is the Sky the Limit for Wind Power?
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009
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  Advance in understanding cellulose synthesis
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009
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  Surprise: Typhoons Trigger Slow Earthquakes
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009
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  ‘Colossal’ Magnetic Effect Under Pressure
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009
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  Bioelectricity Promises More ‘Miles Per Acre’ Than Ethanol - Interview with Chris Field
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2009
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  MESSENGER Reveals Mercury as a Dynamic Planet
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009
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  Fingerprinting Slow Earthquakes
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009
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  Mysterious Space Blob Discovered at Cosmic Dawn
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009
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  Did a Nickel Famine Trigger the “Great Oxidation Event”?
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2009
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  Asteroid Impact Helps Trace Meteorite Origins
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009
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  Early Agriculture Left Traces in Animal Bones
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009
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  Under Pressure, Atoms Make Unlikely Alloys
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
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  Coral Reefs May Start Dissolving When Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Doubles
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
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  Global Ecology’s Congressional ‘Hat Trick’
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009
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  Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
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  New Stars from Old Gas Surprise Astronomers
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009
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  Exploring Planets in Distant Space and Deep Interiors
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009
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  Decisive Action Needed as Warming Predictions Worsen, Says Carnegie Scientist
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009
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  Scientists deconstruct cell division
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009
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  High Pressure Yields Novel Single-Element ‘Compound’
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2009
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  Spectacular Heating of Planet Observed
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
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  Exoplanet Atmospheres Detected from Earth
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009
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New Technology Needed to Monitor Rain Forest “Tsunami”

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2009

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  Half-baked Asteroids Have Earth-like Crust
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009
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“Scrawny” Gene Keeps Stem Cells Healthy
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009

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  New Rain Forest Mapping Technology Gets Huge Support
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2009
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  Zeroing in on Hubble’s Constant
MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009
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  Climate Change Alters Ocean Chemistry
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008
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  Corralling the Carbon Cycle
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
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  Electronic heat trap grips deep Earth
NOVEMBER 12, 2008
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  World Needs Climate Emergency Backup Plan, Says Expert
NOVEMBER 7, 2008
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  New Process Promises Bigger, Better Diamond Crystals
OCTOBER 28, 2008
Chris Somerville
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  “Little Bang” triggered Solar System formation
OCTOBER 2, 2008
Oldest Rocks
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  Oldest Known Rocks Discovered
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Chris Somerville   Putting the Squeeze on Nitrogen for High Energy Materials
SEPTEMBER 3, 2008
Chris Somerville   Chris Somerville delivers 'Developing Cellulosic Biofuels' ICAR Keynote Lecture (audio)
AUGUST 12, 2008
maelstrom   Maelstrom quashes jumping genes
AUGUST 11, 2008
alan cutler   Carnegie’s Alan Cutler receives James H. Shea Award for Science Writing
JULY 22, 2008
anciet earth moon collision   Moon water discovered: Dampens Moon-formation theory
JULY 9, 2008
area map   Abandoned Farmlands Are Key to Sustainable Bioenergy
JUNE 25, 2008
supernova   Supernova birth seen for first time
MAY 22, 2008
Features
first board meeting   About Carnegie Institution for Science: Our Mission
Shaun Hardy
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  FORTHCOMINGShaun Hardy, Librarian at Carnegie's Broad Branch Road Campus presents "To Penetrate the Mantle of Darkness"
Robert M. Hazen
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  Robert M. Hazen, staff scientist at Carnegie's Geophysical Laboratory, discusses mineral evolution
Paul Silver   Paul Silver, staff scientist at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, discusses his earthquake research
first board meeting   Sean C. Solomon, director at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, discusses MESSENGER