Activists fault WHO report on Fukushima radiation
Activist physicians on Monday accused the World Health Organization of downplaying the health impact of nuclear fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Environment
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Asteroids and comets shower Mars with organics
Asteroids and comets appear to be a much more important supplier of organic molecules on Mars than expected. Until now, astronomers assumed that the organics on Mars mainly came from dust particles from space. Now, computer ...
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2018
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Physicists measure photonic interactions at the atomic level
By measuring the unique properties of light on the scale of a single atom, researchers from Duke University and Imperial College, London, believe that they have characterized the limits of metal's ability in devices that ...
Nanophysics
Aug 30, 2012
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Cassini finds hints of activity at Saturn moon Dione
(Phys.org) —From a distance, most of the Saturnian moon Dione resembles a bland cueball. Thanks to close-up images of a 500-mile-long (800-kilometer-long) mountain on the moon from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists ...
Space Exploration
May 30, 2013
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Tiny tire particles inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries
Small particles from tires inhibited the growth and caused adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater and coastal estuary ecosystems, two new Oregon State University studies found.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2022
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Bringing the Definition of 'Life' to Closure
In the search for life beyond Earth, we should not expect to find life forms we're familiar with. Determining whether something completely alien is 'alive' could be a challenge, so a universal definition of life is needed. ...
Other
Feb 11, 2010
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A role for meteoritic iron in the emergence of life on Earth
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and Ludwig Maximilians University Munich have proposed a new scenario for the emergence of the first building blocks for life on Earth, roughly 4 billion years ago.
Astrobiology
May 25, 2023
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Beijing to exit 200 most polluted cities list
Beijing's notoriously bad air quality has improved in recent years and the Chinese capital is expected to drop out of a list of 200 most polluted cities in the world this year, a data provider said Thursday.
Environment
Sep 12, 2019
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US-CERN agreement paves way for new era of scientific discovery
A new agreement between the United States and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) signed today will pave the way for renewed collaboration in particle physics, promising to yield new insights into fundamental ...
General Physics
May 7, 2015
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Refining atmospheric climate models
(PhysOrg.com) -- A long, frustrating search for the source of "extra" aerosols seen in field experiments but not in models might have come to an end when scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 1, 2011
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