Scientists cannot travel into the past to take the Earth's temperature so they use proxies to discern past climates, and one of the most common methods for obtaining such data is derived from the remains of tiny marine organisms ...
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2017
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Jupiter's moon Europa is definitely an odd place. Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei, it was first seen in detail only in the late 1970s, after spacecraft visited the jovian system.
Space Exploration
May 10, 2017
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Scientists at Ames Laboratory have discovered a method for making smaller, more efficient intermetallic nanoparticles for fuel cell applications, and which also use less of the expensive precious metal platinum.
Materials Science
May 9, 2017
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Sheer aggression rather than pure muscle strength often gives hermit crabs living in broken shells the edge during a fight. Broken shells constrain crabs' activities because they are heavy and a large portion of them unusable. ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2017
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People began to negatively impact the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay earlier than previously thought, a new study finds.
Environment
Apr 27, 2017
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Humans began measurably and negatively impacting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay in the first half of the 19th century, according to a study of eastern oysters by researchers at The University of Alabama.
Environment
Apr 20, 2017
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Skeletons and shells first came into being 550 million years ago as the chemical make-up of seawater changed, a study suggests.
Evolution
Apr 4, 2017
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Royal Dutch Shell's Nigeria subsidiary "fiercely opposed" environmental testing and is concealing data showing thousands of Nigerians are exposed to health hazards from a stalled cleanup of the worst oil spills in the West ...
Environment
Mar 24, 2017
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New research from a beach-roaming biomechanics engineer paints a surprisingly industrious picture of limpets—the marine snails that are abundantly plastered on rocks at low tide. His work shows that limpets survive and ...
Other
Jan 19, 2017
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Bioengineers at The University of Nottingham are trialling how to use shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags as a 'green' alternative to oil-based plastics, and as a new food packaging material to extend product ...
Materials Science
Jan 10, 2017
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