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Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday. |
 Scientists solve 30-year-old aurora borealis mysteryUCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of ... |
NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the ... |
 COROT's new find orbits Sun-like starA team of European scientists working with COROT have discovered an exoplanet orbiting a star slightly more massive than the Sun. After just 555 days in orbit, the mission has now observed more than 50 000 ... |
Watching a 'New Star' Make the Universe Dusty(PhysOrg.com) -- Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, and its remarkable acuity, astronomers were able for the first time to witness the appearance of a shell of dusty gas around a star that had just erupted, ... |
 GOCE prepares for shipment to Russia4 hours ago | pda version
Launching in just two months' time, GOCE – now fully reconfigured for launch in September, is currently being prepared for shipment on 29 July 2008 from ESA's test facilities in the Netherlands to the Plesetsk ... |
 Lenses galore -- Hubble finds large sample of very distant galaxiesBy using the gravitational magnification from six massive lensing galaxy clusters, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided scientists with the largest sample of very distant galaxies seen to date. ... |
Study: Typhoons bury tons of carbon in the oceansA single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in the ocean -- in the form of sediment -- as all the other rains in that country all year long combined. That's the finding of an Ohio State University study published in ... |
Shielding for ambitious neutron experimentIn science fiction stories it is either the inexhaustible energy source of the future or a superweapon of galactic magnitude: antimaterial. In fact, antimaterial can neither be found on Earth nor in space, is extremely complex ... |
 N.M. cavers chart unique 'snowy' river of crystals(AP) -- Hundreds of feet beneath Earth's surface, a few seasoned cave explorers venture where no human has set foot. Their headlamps illuminate mud-covered walls, gypsum crystals and mineral deposits. The ... |
Durham scientists to tackle CO2 storage in global warming challengeScientists at Durham University (UK) are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming. |
Scientists find new clues to explain Amazonian biodiversityJul 23, 2008 | pda version
Ice age climate change and ancient flooding—but not barriers created by rivers—may have promoted the evolution of new insect species in the Amazon region of South America, a new study suggests. |
 Dino diversity had a long pedigree, says studyThe belief that dinosaurs underwent explosive species diversification just before they were wiped out is an illusion, for the beasts' main evolutionary shifts took place millions of years before, a study says. ... |
 More EU states eyeing ESAFour countries that joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 are knocking on the door of the European Space Agency (ESA), French Research Minister Valerie Pecresse said here on Tuesday. |
 The 2008 Perseid Meteor ShowerMark your calendar: The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th and it should be a good show. |
