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Earth Sciences Jun 17, 2011

Ocean's harmful low-oxygen zones growing, are sensitive to small changes in climate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fluctuations in climate can drastically affect the habitability of marine ecosystems, according to a new study by UCLA scientists that examined the expansion and contraction of low-oxygen zones in the ocean.

Plants & Animals Mar 29, 2011

Biologist's work sheds light on the shape of seahorses

(PhysOrg.com) -- People are naturally fascinated by seahorses. Characters from King Neptune to Aquaman to the Little Mermaid have been depicted as using these enigmatic creatures as a means of transportation.

Biochemistry Jan 18, 2011

Utilizing algae's potential for a better tomorrow

Most people scorn algae as pond scum, but Lee Elliott embraces the slime, captures it, filters it, and analyzes it for its potential to grow like weeds and fuel the airplanes and automobiles of tomorrow.

Earth Sciences Aug 26, 2010

Scientist seeing clearly the effects of pyrocumulonimbus

Wildfires can wreak widespread havoc and devastation, affecting environmental assets lives, property and livelihoods. Meteorologist Mike Fromm of the Naval Research Laboratory, in collaboration with several national and international ...

Nanomaterials Aug 5, 2010

Push-Button Logic on the Nanoscale

(PhysOrg.com) -- Circuits that can perform logic operations at the push of a button are a dime-a-dozen these days, but a breakthrough by researchers in the USA has meant they can be smaller and simpler than ever before. Using ...

Earth Sciences Jun 16, 2010

Scientists use volcanic emissions to study Earth's atmospheric past

On March 20, Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano woke from its nearly 200-year slumber to change the way the world viewed volcanoes forever. Bringing almost all transatlantic air travel to a halt for the first time in modern ...

Nanophysics May 4, 2009

Nano-sandwich Triggers Novel Electron Behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- A material just six atoms thick in which electrons appear to be guided by conflicting laws of physics depending on their direction of travel has been discovered by a team of physicists at the University of ...

Materials Science Mar 20, 2009

Water acts as catalyst in explosives

The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions.

General Physics Jan 22, 2009

Long-Distance Teleportation Between Two Atoms: First between atoms 1 meter apart

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have successfully teleported information between two separate atoms in unconnected enclosures a meter apart - a significant milestone in the global quest for practical quantum ...

General Physics Dec 12, 2008

Breakthrough experiment on high-temperature superconductors

(PhysOrg.com) -- New information about the metallic state from which high temperature superconductivity emerges, has been revealed in an innovative experiment performed at the University of Bristol.

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