News tagged with mineral waters
Rare Scottish mineral may indicate life on Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientists is looking for clues about life on Mars in an earthy clay mineral found only in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Hormone-mimics in plastic water bottles -- just the tip of the iceberg?
In an analysis1 of commercially available mineral waters, the researchers found evidence of estrogenic compounds leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. What's more, these chemicals are potent in vivo and result ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Wet and mild: Researchers take the temperature of Mars's past
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have directly determined the surface temperature of early Mars for the first time, providing evidence that's consistent with ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2011 |
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'Cold' Mars Could Have Harbored Liquid Water
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study provides further evidence that Martian minerals dissolved in water could have kept that water from freezing, even on a cold, early Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Exposed rocks point to water on ancient Mars
A new discovery of hydrothermally altered carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars points toward habitable environments deep in the martian crust, a Planetary Science Institute researcher said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Out of thin Martian air
A wet Mars is just a memory, but where did the water go?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2011 |
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New evidence found for the oldest oxygen-breathing life on land
New University of Alberta research shows the first evidence that oxygen-breathing bacteria occupied and thrived on land 100 million years earlier than previously thought.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Study of clays suggests watery Mars underground
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study suggests if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet's surface.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Waxy plant substance key for absorption of water, nutrients
(PhysOrg.com) -- While proving a long-held theory that suberin blocks water and nutrient absorption in plants, a Purdue University scientist learned more about manipulating the substance to better feed plants.
May 22, 2009 |
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Ultrasound puts water back in the Murray Darling
You may not be able to squeeze blood out of a stone but, by applying the right amount of ultrasound during processing, Jianhua (Jason) Du and colleagues from the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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A Drop in the Bucket
A new technique is being developed to detect water in the protoplanetary disks of other solar systems. If successful, it would help in our understanding of how habitable planets form.
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Reducing algal blooms with mining by-products
CSIRO research has shown that some mining by-products can be effective in preventing nutrients from entering river systems, thereby reducing the potential for algal blooms.
Jan 31, 2011 |
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