(Phys.org)—The high-resolution stereo camera on ESA's Mars Express imaged the Charitum Montes region of the Red Planet on 18 June, near to Gale crater and the Argyre basin featured in our October and November ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Dec 06, 2012 4.8 / 5 (6) 0

Geologists of the University of Granada, Spain, have described for the first time ever the biological mechanism that explains how calcareous red algae grow on rocky substrates.

Biology - Other

Aug 03, 2009 4 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hoping to help fix the Earth's atmosphere, Catherine Peters recently found herself 4,100 feet underground.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 2 / 5 (4) 3

The Tibetan Plateau is the youngest and highest plateau on Earth, and its elevation reaches one-third of the height of the troposphere, with profound dynamic and thermal effects on atmospheric circulation ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 24, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 1