EPFL's Laboratory of Soil Mechanics has developed an easily reproducible technique using bacteria and urea to reinforce sandy or gravelly terrain. A series of chemical reactions lead to the rapid formation of mineral crystals ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2018
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The results of new international research into tiny marine plankton will allow scientists to more precisely estimate past ocean conditions and predict future changes, and suggests global warming may have a bigger impact on ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2017
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Calcite is one of the most abundant components of the Earth's crust, constituting the largest carbon reservoir in the global carbon cycle. Thus, large-scale dissolution of calcite would have enormous impact on the weather, ...
Materials Science
Jul 27, 2017
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Devils Hole in the U.S. is a unique place. In this subaqueous cavern, conditions have remained stable for hundreds of thousands of years. In a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, researchers from Innsbruck ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2015
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A new research project involving researchers from Bath aims to develop novel self-healing concrete that uses an inbuilt immune system to close its own wounds and prevent deterioration.
Engineering
May 31, 2013
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An international research team, with Spanish participation, has discovered a new species of mollusc, Polyconites hadriani, in various parts of the Iberian Peninsula. The researchers say this species, which is the oldest in ...
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sea urchins dig themselves hiding holes in the limestone of the ocean floor using teeth that don’t go blunt. Weizmann Institute scientists have now revealed their secrets, which might give engineers insights ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2009
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Many marine organisms, including corals, build skeletons from calcium carbonate -- in the form of calcite or aragonite. The current composition of seawater favors the formation of aragonite -- but soft corals have a specific ...
Biochemistry
Aug 16, 2011
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