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Finding The Right Environment For Developing Cells

Image Caption: Experimental hydrogel scaffolds prepared at NIST for culturing bone cells clearly show the dependence of bone mineralization on the stiffness of the gel. Deposited minerals are denser at the bottoms of the gradient gels, which are progressively stiffer from top to bottom. Strips are approximately 1 x 6 cm.

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Finding The Right Environment For Developing Cells

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Overwhelmed By Diet Tips? Change Your Environment First

Image Caption: Professor Brian Wansink measures portion sizes with a student assisting with research for the Food and Brand Lab. Credit: Cornell Food and Brand Lab

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Overwhelmed By Diet Tips? Change Your Environment First

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Genes, Environment, Or Chance? (redOrbit)

Image Caption: Despite identical genes and a shared environment, only some mutant nematode embryos develop a gut, which appears violet in this photomicrograph. Credit: Arjun Raj and Scott Rifkin

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Environment Canterbury faces the axe (Stuff)

The future of Environment Canterbury (ECan) hangs in the balance as the Government considers axing the council and replacing it with a commission.

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Environment Canterbury faces the axe (Stuff)

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Hungarian environment minister asks for information on Romanian gold mine (Budapest Business Journal)

Hungarian Environment Minister Imre Szabó has asked his Romanian counterpart for urgent information on the planned reopening of a controversial gold mine in northwest Romania, the ministry told MTI.

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Hungarian environment minister asks for information on Romanian gold mine (Budapest Business Journal)

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Leaf Beetles Show Environment’s Role In Formation Of New Species (redOrbit)

Image Caption: This is Scott Egan, left, and Daniel Funk with willow leaf beetle, left, and maple leaf beetle. Credit: Composite by Michael Smelzer, photos by John Russell, Vanderbilt University

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