It takes a global village to monitor and analyze trends in Earth's "breathing" -- or the exchange of carbon dioxide, water vapor and energy between vegetation on the ground and the planet's atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2010
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A collaboration between CNM's Electronic & Magnetic Materials & Devices Group and Argonne's Energy Systems Division has led to an entirely new way to fabricate both two- and three-dimensional functional nanomaterials.
Nanomaterials
Aug 19, 2010
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Researchers at the Computer Vision Lab at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a method with which they can produce virtual copies of real objects. The copies can be touched and even sent via the Internet. By incorporating ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 19, 2010
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Scientists have determined that Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes peptic ulcers and some forms of stomach cancer, requires the vitamin B6 to establish and maintain chronic infection, according to research published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 19, 2010
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NASA's Aqua satellite noticed that the showers and thunderstorms from the remnants of Tropical Depression 5 (TD5) extended from Louisiana northeast into southwest Alabama. Infrared imagery indicated some strong thunderstorms ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Before business skyrockets to space, the FAA has to make sure it's safe to get there.
Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2010
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A new simulation of oil and methane leaked into the Gulf of Mexico suggests that deep hypoxic zones or "dead zones" could form near the source of the pollution. The research investigates five scenarios of oil and methane ...
Environment
Aug 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many Americans believe they can save energy with small behavior changes that actually achieve very little, and severely underestimate the major effects of switching to efficient, currently available technologies, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lesbians who turn to sperm donors to conceive are finding it easier to do so, but only if they have the money to pay for it, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2010
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A team of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) scientists led an intensive month-long field study to research the effects of carbonaceous aerosols, often seen as haze, on climate. The Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2010
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