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MAFFS firefighting mission drops 2 millionth gallon of fire retardant for the year

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Aircrews use a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire...

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Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Foreclosure Rescue Scam and Theft of Government Funds

A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today to operating a foreclosure rescue scam that defrauded distressed homeowners who were struggling to pay their mortgages, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justi...

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A new look at proteins in living cells

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Figure 1a: Schematic illustration of the experimental set-up for surface plasmon resonance microsc...

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U.S. Scientists Record Greatest, Earliest Loss of Arctic Ice Ever

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The lowest amounts of Arctic sea ice on record since satellite monit...

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