NASA image: Fires continue in Northern California
Storms have been the major cause of the huge fires that California has been battling in its northern regions.
Earth Sciences
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Southern Ocean's role in climate regulation, ocean health is goal of $21 million project
The Southern Ocean that encircles Antarctica lends a considerable hand in keeping Earth's temperature hospitable by soaking up half of the human-made carbon in the atmosphere and a majority of the planet's excess heat. Yet, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2014
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On Space Station, Earth's beauty is in the eye of the high definition beholder
A series of new Earth science instruments launching to the International Space Station over the next year is prompting a new era of Earth observation from the orbiting outpost. These new tools that monitor ocean winds and ...
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2014
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Fengshen looking more like a frontal system
NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Fengshen as it continued moving away from the east coast of Japan. Satellite imagery showed that the storm resembled a frontal system more than a tropical storm because ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2014
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Half of N. American Birds in peril from climate change
Iconic North American birds like the Bald Eagle and Brown Pelican are among hundreds of mankind's feathered friends facing threats to their survival due to climate change, researchers said Tuesday.
Ecology
Sep 9, 2014
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First evidence for water ice clouds found outside solar system
A team of scientists led by Carnegie's Jacqueline Faherty has discovered the first evidence of water ice clouds on an object outside of our own Solar System. Water ice clouds exist on our own gas giant planets—Jupiter, ...
Astronomy
Sep 9, 2014
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Squeezed quantum communication
New prospects for secure data traffic: Flashes of light in particularly sensitive quantum states can be transmitted through the atmosphere.
Quantum Physics
Sep 9, 2014
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Bacteria harbor secret weapons against antibiotics
The ability of pathogenic bacteria to evolve resistance to antibiotic drugs poses a growing threat to human health worldwide. And scientists have now discovered that some of our microscopic enemies may be even craftier than ...
Biotechnology
Sep 9, 2014
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Artificial membranes on silicon: First synthetic membranes made without solvents described
Artificial membranes mimicking those found in living organisms have many potential applications ranging from detecting bacterial contaminants in food to toxic pollution in the environment to dangerous diseases in people. ...
Materials Science
Sep 9, 2014
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Inspired by compound eyes of common fly, team determines how to make miniature omnidirectional sources of light
In our vain human struggle to kill flies, our hands and swatters often come up lacking. This is due to no fault of our own, but rather to flies' compound eyes. Arranged in a hexagonal, convex pattern, compound eyes consist ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 9, 2014
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