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MBARI discovers new deep-sea hydrothermal vents using sonar-mapping robot

“As the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) descended into the blue depths above the Alarcón Rise, the control room was abuzz with anticipation," wrote MBARI geologist Julie Martin in her April 22nd cruise log. "Today we [are] planning to dive on one of the strangest envi ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Sun's crowning glory

(Phys.org) -- Those who experience a total solar eclipse are overwhelmed as they look at the circle of light that surrounds our Sun. Laypeople may find it enchanting, but researchers have been racking their ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists 'read' the ash from the Icelandic volcano two years after its eruption

In May 2010, the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the Iberian Peninsula and brought airports to a halt all over Europe. At the time, scientists followed its paths using satellites, laser ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemists explain the molecular workings of promising fuel cell electrolyte

Researchers from New York University and the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart reveal how protons move in phosphoric acid in a Nature Chemistry study that sheds new light on the workings of a promising fuel cell electrolyte.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How the Pacific Ocean leaks (w /Video)

A state-of-the-art ocean model has been used in a new study to conduct the first detailed investigation of oceanic water flow between the Pacific and Indian Oceans via the south of Australia. 

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Carbon nanotubes: The weird world of 'remote Joule heating'

(Phys.org) -- A team of University of Maryland scientists have discovered that when electric current is run through carbon nanotubes, objects nearby heat up while the nanotubes themselves stay cool, like a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (38) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

CODITA: measuring the cosmic dust swept up by the Earth

Although we think of space as being empty, there is more out there than meets the eye – dust, for example, is everywhere. If all the material between the Sun and Jupiter were compressed together it would ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Studying slimy substances for a cleaner environment

Extracellular polymeric substances, or EPS, are the slimy material that bacteria excrete and surround themselves with as they form biofilms. EPS are mostly water (up to 95%), but the remaining ingredients ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A traffic jam of quantum particles

(PhysOrg.com) -- German scientists discover surprising transport phenomena in ultracold quantum many body systems.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study of ferroelectric domain walls offers a new nanoscale conduction path

(PhysOrg.com) -- Facility users from Rutgers University together with the Center for Nanoscale Materials' Electronic & Magnetic Materials & Devices Group have identified two-dimensional sheets of charge formed ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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