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Exploring Mars in the Austrian Alps

In the largest ice caves on Earth, spacesuits and remote-controlled planetary rovers were for the first time tested in a five-day odyssey in the Alps designed to mimic potential future missions on Mars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists confirm Sierra Nevada 200-year megadroughts

The erratic year-to-year swings in precipitation totals in the Reno-Tahoe area conjures up the word "drought" every couple of years, and this year is no exception. The Nevada State Climate Office at the University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Expedition studies acid impacts on Arctic

The effects of ocean acidification on Arctic seas will be studied by a team of 30 researchers, including Dr Toby Tyrrell from the University of Southampton, who set sail from the UK today (1 June), venturing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Killer stainless steel': New process

(Phys.org) -- Stainless steel is the icon of cleanliness for home and commercial kitchens, restaurants, hospitals and other settings, but it can collect disease-causing bacteria like other surfaces if not ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

UCLA life scientists view biodiversity through a whole new dimension

(Phys.org) -- How can blue whales, the largest animals on the planet, survive by feeding on krill, shrimp-like creatures that are the size of a penny? According to UCLA life scientists, it's all a matter of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mars methane linked to meteorites

Tiny amounts of methane in the Martian atmosphere may come not from living things, but from meteorites on the red planet's surface, the latest findings suggest.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Dyeing easier : New potential for dyeing polyester with chitosan

Najua Tulos and co-researchers of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, studied the potential of chitosan to dye polyester fabric. Produced commercially by removing ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New microscope may take the 'ouch' out of blood tests

If the sight of a needle makes you squeamish, researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are developing a new optical microscope for viewing blood cells that could do away with conventional ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers identify mechanism that maintains stem cells readiness

An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood cancer cells grow, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report today in the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Geoengineering: A whiter sky

One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from the Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar geoengineering could have ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 15 | with audio podcast


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