http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began. http://www.physorg.com/news180726917.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:40:01 EST news180726917 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have been studying how krill form into superswarms, which are among the largest gatherings of living creatures on Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news174636686.html Biology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:50:05 EST news174636686 (PhysOrg.com) -- It's not every day you find clues to the planet's inner workings in aquarium scum. But that's what happened a few years ago when University of Washington researchers cultured a tiny organism from the bottom of a Seattle Aquarium tank and found it can digest ammonia, a key environmental function. New results show this minute organism and its brethren play a more central role in the planet's ecology than previously suspected. http://www.physorg.com/news173538255.html Biology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:04:40 EST news173538255 (AP) -- Deep beneath the crystalline blue surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. lies a virtual rain forest of coral reefs so expansive the network is believed to be the world's largest. http://www.physorg.com/news169813348.html Space & Earth Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:23:11 EST news169813348 Researchers from the University of Southampton have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab. The results, published this week in the Journal of Biogeography, reveal temperature as a driving force behind the divergence of a major seafloor predator; globally, and over tens of millions of years of Earth's history. http://www.physorg.com/news165738541.html Biology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:29:24 EST news165738541 Most fish rely primarily on their vision to find prey to feed upon, but a University of Rhode Island biologist and her colleagues have demonstrated that a group of African cichlids feeds by using its lateral line sensory system to detect minute vibrations made by prey hidden in the sediments. http://www.physorg.com/news158862769.html Biology Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:33:15 EST news158862769 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commercial fishing in the north-east Atlantic could be harming deep-sea fish populations a kilometre below the deepest reach of fishing trawlers, according to a 25-year study published on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news156008555.html Biology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:43:34 EST news156008555 Researchers are exploring extreme conditions for life in a place not known for extremes. http://www.physorg.com/news154721462.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:11:38 EST news154721462 (PhysOrg.com) -- The genome of a marine bacterium living 2,500 meters below the ocean's surface is providing clues to how life adapts in extreme environments, according to a paper published Feb. 6, 2009, in the journal PLoS Genetics. http://www.physorg.com/news153152063.html Biology Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:15:00 EST news153152063 Florida Atlantic University researcher and member of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Dr. Tamara Frank, was part of an international research team that discovered the first vertebrate with eyes that use mirrors rather than lenses to focus light. Results from this research have been published in the January issue of Current Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news152272288.html Biology Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:52:02 EST news152272288 Undersea mountains several thousand meters high have been discovered subducted under a tectonic plate that constitutes the sea bottom off the Boso Peninsula in the southeastern part of the Kanto region, according to a survey by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news149842366.html Space & Earth Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:52:46 EST news149842366 (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland deep sea research has dug up an insight into the evolutionary past of some of the earliest animals. http://www.physorg.com/news146410065.html Biology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:27:45 EST news146410065 A study published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE highlights how the exploration of the ocean depths can benefit humankind. This is the story of a voyage of discovery, starting with marine animals that glow, the identification of the molecules responsible and their application as marker in living cells. http://www.physorg.com/news146312945.html Biology Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:29:05 EST news146312945 Off the coast of Central California, in the inky darkness of the deep sea, a bright orange metal pyramid about the size of two compact cars sits quietly on the seafloor. Nestled within the metal pyramid is the heart of the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) -the first deep-sea ocean observatory offshore of the continental United States. Six years and $13.5 million dollars in the making, the MARS Observatory went "live" on Monday, November 10, 2008, returning the first scientific data from 900 meters (3,000 feet) below the ocean surface. http://www.physorg.com/news146160940.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:15:40 EST news146160940 The German Research Vessel Polarstern had to prove its ice breaking capabilities in Arctic waters to gain data on two series of long-term research measurements. After working in regions up to latitude 82° N, Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association will enter port in Reykjavik (Iceland) on August 10th. http://www.physorg.com/news137666104.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:35:04 EST news137666104