Over the last decade, an average of 60,000 km2 of the Baltic Sea bottom has suffered from hypoxia without enough oxygen to support its normal ecosystem. Several large-scale geo-engineering interventions are currently on the ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have seen dramatic changes in the upper atmosphere of a faraway planet. Just after a violent flare on its parent star bathed it in intense X-ray radiation, ...
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2012
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Ulrich Technau from the University of Vienna has addressed the origin of musculature. His analysis reveals for the first time that some central components of muscles of higher animals are much older than previously assumed. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2012
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The City of Oakland will be ground zero for the first urban sensor network to provide real-time, neighborhood-by-neighborhood measurements of carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming – ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2012
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Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) is the causative agent of typhoid fever, a serious health threat resulting in some 22 million new cases yearly and approximately 217,000 fatalities. A number of novel vaccine candidates using live ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers at Rice University have developed a lithium-ion battery that can be painted on virtually any surface.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 28, 2012
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Of all the hundreds of spacecraft and satellites in Earth orbit, few can match the International Space Station for its view of the big blue marble below. Scientists would like to put that spectacular view to good use – ...
Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) and four partner organizations have measured for the first time concentrations of 13 perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) in five different endangered species of ...
Ecology
Jun 28, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- In an important step towards more practical quantum information processing, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of California, San Diego; and the Politecnico ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 28, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- In searching for better flame retardants for home furnishings—a large source of fuel in house fires—National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers defied the conventional wisdom and literally ...
Materials Science
Jun 28, 2012
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