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By Brian E Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – The potential market for monitoring mercury emissions and remediation to keep the poison from getting into the environment is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. That was the assessment of three businesses interviewed here Tuesday at the huge International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. The gathering, which kicked off Sunday evening and...

Madison, WI - One of the most creative songwritingcompetitions ever is underway at Broadjam.com!Broadjam Inc., a leading online music firm, is hosting its second annual6-Pack Songwriting Competition to put songwriters' skills to the test - sixin fact. Contestants can submit songs to any of the six challenges, whichrange from an original birthday tune to an emotional ballad. The competitionlaunched...

BOSTON - In the long, dark days of winter, gardeners are known to count the daysuntil spring. Now, scientists have learned, some plants do exactly the same thing.Addressing scientists here today (Aug. 9) at a meeting of the American Society ofPlant Biologists, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Richard Amasinodescribed studies that have begun to peel back some of the mystery...

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