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Cool Stars Have Different Mix of Life-Forming Chemicals

(PhysOrg.com) -- Life on Earth is thought to have arisen from a hot soup of chemicals. Does this same soup exist on planets around other stars? A new study from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope hints that planets ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 2

Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat

A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum goes massive

(PhysOrg.com) -- An astrophysics experiment in America has demonstrated how fundamental research in one subject area can have a profound effect on work in another as the instruments used for the Laser Interferometer ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 5