Image: Mystery mounds on Mars
Intriguing mounds of light-toned layered deposits sit inside Juventae Chasma, surrounded by a bed of soft sand and dust.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2013
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Galileo achieves its first airborne tracking
ESA's Galileo satellites have achieved their very first aerial fix of longitude, latitude and altitude, enabling the inflight tracking of a test aircraft.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2013
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Image: March of asteroids across dying star
(Phys.org) —In an unexpected juxtaposition of cosmic objects that are actually quite far from each other, a newly released image from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) shows a dying star, called the Helix ...
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2013
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Image: Sunny outlook
A composite of space- and ground-based observations in different wavelengths gathered on the day of the solar eclipse of 3 November 2013. The result is an overall view of the Sun and its surrounding corona, extending far ...
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2013
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Image: ALOS satellite captures Flinders from orbit
This image from Japan's ALOS satellite shows part of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, about 500 km north of Adelaide.
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2013
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Dust from dairies not likely to pose hazard to nearby communities
Studies by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicate the dust stirred up by wind and restless cattle at dairies does contain bacteria, fungi and small bacterial remnants such as endotoxins. But these potentially ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2013
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Lack of monitoring impairs bat conservation research
Millions of pounds are being spent to protect bats from disturbance by building development and renovations, however a lack of follow-up monitoring makes it difficult to tell whether conservation efforts are effective.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2013
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Why does a capsicum picked green stay green?
Shoppers hoping their browny-green capsicums will eventually ripen into those beautiful pillar box red ones will always be disappointed. University of Adelaide researchers have shed new light on why capsicums picked green ...
Biotechnology
Dec 13, 2013
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Sulfurous chemical known as 'smell of the sea' serves as clarion call for coral pathogens
Coral is really an ecosystem within the reef ecosystem: a colony of invertebrate polyps that excrete a calcium-carbonate skeleton. Living within the polyps are photosynthetic algae that produce nutrients the polyps use as ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2013
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3-D printing creates product liability issues, scholar says
While 3-D printing technology empowers people to create amazing objects once unimagined, it also raises red flags on the legal concept of strict product liability, according to a Stanford law professor.
Engineering
Dec 13, 2013
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