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<title>North Country wines survive the cold, please the palate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) The New York wine industry is booming. According to the New York Wind and Grape Foundation, five million people visit New York wineries every year. The industry generates almost $4 billion.The New York Farm Bureau is pushing for an official designation for a new Adirondack Wine Coast Trail to bring enthusiasts to seven vineyards in Clinton County.A lot of the credit for New York wines can go to a team of researchers that&apos;s doing what you might call &quot;extreme winemaking&quot;: Breeding grapes that survive the North Country&apos;s frigid winters and still make delicious wine.They hope names like Frontenac and Marquette will one day be as popular as Cabernet and Merlot. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21968/20130513/north-country-wines-survive-the-cold-please-the-palate">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Tracking the planets this spring</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 9, 2013) We&apos;re gaining about three minutes of daylight every day now, and the winter constellations such as Orion are starting to slip below the horizon. Jupiter will be the brightest object in the sky other than the moon. Look in the southwest sky in the early evening near the Pleiades. This weekend, the crescent moon will be paired up with Jupiter in the early evening.Look for Saturn in the morning sky in the southwest. In May we will start to see Venus in the western sky close to Jupiter. Martha Foley talks with St. Lawrence University astronomer Aileen O&apos;Donoghue. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21770/20130409/tracking-the-planets-this-spring">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Exploring art and science at the bottom of the world</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 28, 2013) An artist and a scientist will unveil a new exhibit Saturday afternoon at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek.  AntARTica includes works by artist Laura Von Rosk and cell biologist Sam Bowser.   The exhibit will include Von Rosk&apos;s landscape paintings and Bowser&apos;s watercolor paintings of tiny, single-celled organisms called Foraminifera that live under the ice.  The two were part of a team of biologists and artists that traveled to antarctica in 2011. Todd Moe spoke with Bowser and Von Rosk about how artists and scientists can inspire each other and collaborate on projects. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21710/20130328/exploring-art-and-science-at-the-bottom-of-the-world">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Can green tech be competitive with NYS &quot;green bank?&quot; </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 20, 2013) Late last year, the Cuomo administration laid out its agenda to address New York&apos;s future energy requirements. The plan needs to address a range of issues including energy security, pricing and the role of renewables. This week, reporters from the Innovation Trail are putting different parts of that complex energy puzzle under the microscope. Part of that agenda is a $1 billion &quot;green energy bank&quot; to leverage public dollars to boost the clean technology economy. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21647/20130320/can-green-tech-be-competitive-with-nys-quot-green-bank-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Solar Weather</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 28, 2013) Solar weather does more than create light shows at polar latitudes. When the sun acts up, the effects can range from communications interference on earth to lethal doses of radiation for unprotected astronauts. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about heavenly weather. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/8517/20130228/natural-selections-solar-weather">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Cuomo: Business + universities = Economic Development</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 6, 2013) In Potsdam yesterday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo again pushed his new initiative to create 10 Innovation &quot;Hot Spots.&quot; They&apos;d bring business and universities together to give start-up businesses support, access to venture capital and possibly tax breaks.The &quot;Hot Spot&quot; idea would fall under Cuomo&apos;s larger strategy to boost the upstate economy: the Regional Economic Development Councils. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21398/20130206/cuomo-business-universities-economic-development">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How a distant city affects your local weather</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 1, 2013) Seesawing temperatures, melting snow and rain, heavy winds...and that&apos;s just the latest few days of weather extremes. New research may help explain why patterns are changing. It suggests that even if you live thousands of miles away from a major city, it could still be playing a role in your local weather. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21367/20130201/how-a-distant-city-affects-your-local-weather">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers hope to make the job of first responders easier</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 21, 2013) New York State first responders have had plenty of opportunity to put their training to the test over the past two years during extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy and Tropical Storms Lee and Irene. The Innovation Trail&apos;s Matt Richmond reports on research that may make their challenging job easier, starting from the ground up. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21289/20130121/researchers-hope-to-make-the-job-of-first-responders-easier">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Clarkson team hopes for earlier autism diagnosis and treatment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 17, 2013) About one in 88 children in America is thought to have some form of autism. The illness affects communication and social abilities. It&apos;s usually diagnosed when children show slower language development than other kids. But a team at Clarkson University in Potsdam is hoping their research might make earlier diagnosis and intervention possible. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21275/20130117/clarkson-team-hopes-for-earlier-autism-diagnosis-and-treatment">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Saturn, Jupiter...and comets on the way</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 8, 2013) Clear nights in the forecast, and the waning crescent Moon make for a great opportunity to bundle up and get outside for some sky-watching.St. Lawrence University physics professor Aileen O&apos;Donoghue tells Martha Foley that Jupiter and Saturn are high and bright in the sky these days. Aileen&apos;s advice: bring good binoculars because there&apos;s a good chance you could see Jupiter&apos;s famous moons. And she has news for later this winter, too. There are two comets on our way. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21212/20130108/saturn-jupiter-and-comets-on-the-way">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>SUNY Albany expands RNA research </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 26, 2012) Most of us know all about DNA, the genetic building blocks that make us unique. But in recent years, there&apos;s a lot of interest in RNA— a molecule that controls how our genes are expressed.It has implications for treating everything from cancer to Alzheimer&apos;s disease and millions of dollars in federal and state investment are going into RNA research at the University at Albany. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21116/20121226/suny-albany-expands-rna-research">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>An appreciation for the darkest days of the year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 4, 2012) Aileen O&apos;Donoghue, who teaches astronomy and physics at St. Lawrence University, loves this time of year, when the sun sets early and rises late. She shares her enthusiasm with Martha Foley, and talks about some of the events of the ext couple of weeks.The waning crescent moon meets Spica, Saturn and Mercury at sunrise in the next few days. And a winter meteor shower, the Geminids, peaks Dec.13. And then, there&apos;s the winter solstice coming up Dec. 21. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21012/20121204/an-appreciation-for-the-darkest-days-of-the-year">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How to track road kill on your smart phone (seriously)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 27, 2012) We&apos;ve all seen or experienced it - unfortunate wildlife dashes in front of a car at just the wrong time—and its remains splatter across the road. But Danielle Garneau, a wildlife ecologist at SUNY Plattsburgh, says the road kill we&apos;re likely to see on roads this holiday season can teach us a lot: she&apos;s using a new smartphone app for citizen scientists. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20950/20121127/how-to-track-road-kill-on-your-smart-phone-seriously">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bringing back the Salmon River&apos;s salmon </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 23, 2012) In recent years both the federal and New York State governments have been studying how best to re-introduce salmon to New York&apos;s Salmon River.  That might come as a surprise to anyone who&apos;s ever caught one of the river&apos;s  famous eye-popping sized fish. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20938/20121123/bringing-back-the-salmon-river-apos-s-salmon">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>New film sets scenes at Trudeau lab</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 21, 2012) A film crew was in Saranac Lake last week to shoot scenes for a National Park Service film it&apos;s producing about George Washington Carver. Carver was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor best known for the many uses he devised for the peanut.The Maryland-based film crew is using the laboratory where scientist Edward Livingston Trudeau conducted his tuberculosis research as the backdrop for several scenes in the film. The lab has been restored by Historic Saranac Lake, which runs it as a museum and history center.Chris Knight visited the set during a break in filming last week. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20930/20121121/new-film-sets-scenes-at-trudeau-lab">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Climate change may lead to much warmer NY</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 13, 2012) In the coming century will New York warm up by three degrees Fahrenheit and have a climate like Richmond, Virginia?Or will it warm by eight degrees and become more like the state capital of Georgia, a city with the nickname &quot;Hotlanta&quot;? [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20873/20121113/climate-change-may-lead-to-much-warmer-ny">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>November skies offer early risers lots to see</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 6, 2012) Planets are on the move in in the mornings, in both the eastern and western skies. Astronomer Aileen O&apos;Donoghue sketched the scenes in conversation with Martha Foley Tuesday morning, and she also explained why the moon matters so much in the ocean&apos;s tides, like those that swept ashore during superstorm Sandy. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20818/20121106/november-skies-offer-early-risers-lots-to-see">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Battle broadens against invasives in Lake George</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 24, 2012) Lake George is a battleground once again as the fight against invasive Asian clams broadens. And that fight has implications for the rest of the Adirondack Park. Lake George is known for its crystal clear water, and the invasive clams can cause algae blooms and lower water quality significantly. $1.5 million has been spent over the last two years to eradicate the fast-breeding mollusks. But Asian clams have now been found in eight different areas on the 32-mile-long lake.  A broad coalition is seeking more money, and more help.Lake George officials are now considering a bold step to prevent further infestations - making the lake the first water body in the state where boat inspections and decontamination are mandatory. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20722/20121024/battle-broadens-against-invasives-in-lake-george">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama addresses thousands in Middlebury</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 15, 2012) The Dalai Lama visited Middlebury College in Vermont last Friday and Saturday. Thousands of people descended on the college town to hear his message. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20667/20121015/dalai-lama-addresses-thousands-in-middlebury">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Few options for control of spiny water flea</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 8, 2012) Discovery of the spiny water flea in Lake George has heightened worries that the invasive species will eventually move into Lake Champlain. And it&apos;s brought new attention to the danger of the Champlain Canal, an open waterway between Lake Champlain and the Hudson River.This past summer, spiny water fleas were found in the canal, and in several areas of Lake George as well. That triggered a quick response from a task force of New York and Vermont experts. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20624/20121008/few-options-for-control-of-spiny-water-flea">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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