Search results for serpentine soils
Measuring calcium in serpentine soils
Aug 19, 2008 |
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Serpentine soils contain highly variable amounts of calcium, making them marginal lands for farming. Successful management of serpentine soils requires accurate measurement of the calcium they hold. Research published this ...
The benefits of stress ... in plants
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Chronic stress in humans has been implicated in heart disease, weight gain, and diabetes, among a host of other health problems. Extreme environments, a source of chronic stress, present a challenge even for the hardiest ...
Geologists recover rocks yielding unprecedented insights into San Andreas Fault
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 04, 2007 |
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For the first time, geologists have extracted intact rock samples from 2 miles beneath the surface of the San Andreas Fault, the infamous rupture that runs 800 miles along the length of California.
Serpentine locks up Carbon Dioxide
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Sep 02, 2004 |
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A common mineral can remove carbon dioxide from combustion gases, but in its natural state, it is glacially slow. Now, a team of Penn State researchers is changing serpentine so that it sequesters the carbon ...
Scientists create new nanotube structures
May 27, 2008 |
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Thanks to the rising trend toward miniaturization, carbon nanotubes – which are about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair and possess several unique and very useful properties – have become the choice candidates for use ...
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Snake-like robot conquers obstacles
Mar 22, 2005 |
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A virtually unstoppable "snakebot" developed by a University of Michigan team that resembles a high-tech slinky as it climbs pipes and stairs, rolls over rough terrain and spans wide gaps to reach the other ...
Prehistoric funerary precinct excavated in northern Israel
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 02, 2008 |
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Hebrew University excavations in the north of Israel have revealed a prehistoric funerary precinct dating back to 6,750-8,500 BCE.
The limits of life on Earth extended... in water
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of archaebacteria, Pyrococcus CH1, thriving within a temperature range of 80 to 105°C and able to divide itself up to a hydrostatic pressure of 120 Mpa (1000 times higher than the atmospheric ...
Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science
May 13, 2008 |
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A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today.
Researchers Investigate Early Solar System
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are part of an international research team that is studying minerals formed during the early history of the solar system.
Nano-coatings grease earthquake zones
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2007 |
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Samples of rock from deep inside the San Andreas Fault could shake up scientists' notions about why some fault zones move slowly and steadily while others balk for a time and then shift suddenly and violently, producing major ...
Step on the gas -- New fuel cell design adds control, reduces complexity
Jan 16, 2007 |
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When Princeton University engineers want to increase the power output of their new fuel cell, they just give it a little more gas – hydrogen gas, to be exact. This simple control mechanism, which varies the flow of hydrogen ...
Martian Methane Reveals the Red Planet is not a Dead Planet
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars today is a world of cold and lonely deserts, apparently without life of any kind, at least on the surface. Worse still, it looks like Mars has been cold and dry for billions of years, ...
When proteins, antibodies and other biological molecules kiss, a new kind of biosensor can tell
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Sep 20, 2007 |
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When biological molecules kiss, a new kind of biosensor can tell. A new and deceptively simple technique has been developed by chemists at Vanderbilt University that can measure the interactions between free-floating, ...
Megalithic rock art discovered in Anglesey
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 10, 2006 |
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Spectacular megalithic rock-art has been discovered within one of Britain’s most important Neolithic monuments and recorded by a team of archaeologists from the University of Bristol.
