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A conservation movement that began in the United Kingdom is gaining traction among environmentalists here in the U.S.They're urging homeowners to put away their lawn mowers for a month and let the grass and weeds grow wild.WXXI was invited to the backyard of a Brighton resident who's pushing 'No Mow May.'
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While methane doesn’t make up a large share of greenhouse gas emissions, it’s more harmful than carbon and other more common pollutants. And it can be curbed dramatically by plugging old wells that leak the gas.
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(NPR & WXXI News) Far from our galaxy, in the vast darkness of space, two massive black holes merged into a single, larger hole.And now researchers say…
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As NASA continues work on the next-generation space telescope, some local engineers and other workers at Harris Corporation are keeping a close eye on its…
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A researcher at the University of Rochester will be working on a study for NASA that looks at some of the physical challenges to astronauts that are posed…
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A University of Rochester Assistant Professor is using a $1.25-million dollar grant to study the health and economic impact on people living where…
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In a move expected to drive down costs to the industry, Natcore Technology says it has developed a way to swap silver for aluminum in its solar…
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For the last couple decades, Pluto has been a controversial little rock. It's been considered an outsider since its discovery in 1930: just a little…
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Congresswoman Louise Slaughter announced she has helped prevent over $7 million dollars in cuts from the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser…
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A Rochester-based psychologist says there are decades of research about how to create a workplace that draws the best employees, allows them to do their…
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New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Rochester area Congresswoman Louise Slaughter say that a proposal to have a new photonics…
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A new study that includes some researchers from the University of Rochester details a planet with rings that makes Saturn's rings look tiny by…