16/10/2012

Antarctic rift subject of international attention

As NASA's Operation IceBridge resumed Antarctic science flights on Oct. 12, 2012, researchers worldwide had their eyes on Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, the site of a large rift measured during last year's campaign. ...

Researchers use voltammetry to probe the brain's chemistry

(Phys.org)—Our brains are constantly awash in chemicals that serve as messengers, transporting signals from one neuron to another.  It's a really nifty system, although scientists still aren't clear on how, exactly, those ...

Great apes, small numbers

Sumatran orangutans have undergone a substantial recent population decline, according to a new genetic study, but the same research revealed the existence of critical corridors for dispersal migrations that, if protected, ...

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