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Evidence of ancient hot springs on Mars detailed
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2009 |
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New Rochelle, NY, February 12, 2009 -Data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) suggest the discovery of ancient springs in the Vernal Crater, sites where life forms may have evolved on Mars, according to a report in ...
Hot springs microbes hold key to dating sedimentary rocks, researchers say
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Scientists studying microbial communities and the growth of sedimentary rock at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park have made a surprising discovery about the geological record of life and the environment.
Watching rocks grow: Theory explains landscape of geothermal springs
Jul 05, 2006 |
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Physicists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully modeled the spectacular landscapes seen at geothermal hot springs.
Study reveals function of ubiquitous yet poorly understood microorganisms
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May 23, 2007 |
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Discovered in the late 1970s, archaea are one of the three main branches on the tree of life, with bacteria and eukaryotes such as plants and animals on the other two branches. But scientists are just now gaining a fuller ...
Geographic isolation drives the evolution of a hot springs microbe
May 27, 2009 |
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Sulfolobus islandicus, a microbe that can live in boiling acid, is offering up its secrets to researchers hardy enough to capture it from the volcanic hot springs where it thrives. In a new study, researchers report that p ...
Team finds Yellowstone alga that detoxifies arsenic
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Arsenic may be tough, but scientists have found a Yellowstone National Park alga that's tougher.
'Hellish' hot springs yield greenhouse gas-eating bug
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Dec 06, 2007 |
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A new species of bacteria discovered living in one of the most extreme environments on Earth could yield a tool in the fight against global warming.
Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone
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Jul 26, 2007 |
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In the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, a team of researchers has discovered a novel bacterium that transforms light into chemical energy.
Imagine Peace Tower lights in Second Life
Oct 11, 2009 |
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Just hours after Friday's annual lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland, a virtual version of the tribute to late Beatle John Lennon opened in online world Second Life.
Large rock growth at geothermal hot springs
Jul 12, 2006 |
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Although nature’s landscape is constantly changing, scientists have discovered that it does so in a predictable way. During the formation of ponds, terraces and rock domes at geothermal hot springs, the fluids ...
Swarm of Yellowstone earthquakes doesn't pose risk, scientists say
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 07, 2009 |
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When you have 400 earthquakes on top of one of the largest supervolcanoes on Earth, people pay attention.
Yellowstone microbes fueled by hydrogen
Jan 25, 2005 |
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Microbes living in the brilliantly colored hot springs of Yellowstone National Park use primarily hydrogen for fuel, a discovery University of Colorado at Boulder researchers say bodes well for life in extreme environments ...
Poison + water = hydrogen. New microbial genome shows how
Dec 02, 2005 |
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Take a pot of scalding water, remove all the oxygen, mix in a bit of poisonous carbon monoxide, and add a pinch of hydrogen gas. It sounds like a recipe for a witch's brew. It may be, but it is also the preferred environment ...
Foot-dragging Mars rover finds Yellowstone-like hot spring deposits
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 22, 2008 |
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Deposits of nearly pure silica discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Gusev Crater formed when volcanic steam or hot water (or maybe both) percolated through the ground. Such deposits are found ...
Hot Electrons Could Double Solar Cell Power Efficiency
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Scientists have experimentally verified a theory suggesting that hot electrons could double the output of solar cells. The researchers, from Boston College, have built solar cells that successfully use hot ...
