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Spring nitrogen fertilizing for optimal wheat production

With longer and warmer days, wheat seeding and fertilizing has begun across the state. Using the right fertilizer source, rate, timing and placement is important for optimal production. Montana State University Extension ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russia blames radiation for space probe failure

The head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality imported ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Biodiversity enhances ecosystems global drylands: researchers

An international team of researchers including Dr. Bertrand Boeken of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggest in a new study that plant biodiversity preservation is ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russian Mars probe meets inglorious end in Pacific

Russia vowed Monday to expose the officials responsible for the failure of a Mars probe that the military said crashed into the Pacific Ocean after orbiting the Earth for more than two months.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Mars probe to crash into ocean Sunday: Russia

Russia's space agency on Wednesday pinpointed the likely trajectory of its stranded Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, predicting it would crash into the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta later this week.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UI engineers conduct residential soils study, one of few such US studies ever done

University of Iowa engineers have published their findings from a study of residential soils in the city of Cedar Rapids, making it one of only a few such U.S. urban soil studies ever conducted.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists simulate Moon and Mars exploration in Mojave desert

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and a team of international researchers from Mars Institute and SETI Institute returned to the Mojave Desert this month to complete a series of field tests and simulations aimed at investigating ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

'Frustration' in Europe over joint Mars probe: NASA

The United States has failed to commit to plans for an unmanned joint Mars mission with the European space agency, causing frustration abroad, top NASA officials told lawmakers on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 17

Some land in Japan too radioactive to farm: study

Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists have warned, as the country struggles to recover from the Fukushima atomic disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 16

Coneheads (Protura) of Italy: What we know in their 'native' country after a century

Coneheads collected from all over the territory of Italy were studied by three researchers of Genoa University (Loris Galli, Matteo Capurro and Carlo Torti). 40 species have been identified (belonging to eight genera and ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russians desperately try to save Mars moon probe (Update)

A Russian space probe aiming to land on a Mars moon was stuck circling the Earth after equipment failure Wednesday, and scientists raced to fire up its engines before the whole thing came crashing down.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 83

Six years and 12,000 holes: Cyprus mapped

It was a marathon project that took six years and the collection and analysis of some 12,000 soil samples, but an international team of geologists has managed to create the Geochemical Atlas of Cyprus.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nuclear contamination found beyond Japan no-go zone

High levels of radioactive contamination have been found in soil in the capital of Japan's Fukushima prefecture, a study showed Wednesday, prompting calls to make the area a voluntary evacuation zone.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Using ground covers in organic production

Studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists indicate that organic farmers who need to periodically amend their soils with compost after planting can still control weeds -- and hold down costs -- by using fabric ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In Brief: Martian soil oxidation-reduction potential not too extreme for life

Ever since the NASA Viking mission, which reached Mars in 1976, there has been considerable interest in the composition of Martian soils.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1