News tagged with alkaline earth

German scientists produce first Bose-Einstein condensate with calcium atoms

Physicists at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) have succeeded in producing a Bose-Einstein condensate from the alkaline earth element calcium. The use of alkaline earth atoms creates new ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0

More than meets the eye: New blue light nanocrystals

Berkeley Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1




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NASA 'Smart SPHERES' tested successfully on international space station

(PhysOrg.com) -- In November, a free-flying robot on the International Space Station successfully gathered and delivered motion data to its astronaut handler for the first time via a new smartphone controller. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research group finds ancient deep sea mud volcano as possible site for origin of life

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international consortium of scientists and researchers has been studying some ancient rocks found on the southwestern coast of Greenland. They believe the rocks were once part of a deep ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

First life may have arisen above serpentine rock, researchers say

(PhysOrg.com) -- About 3.8 billion years ago, Earth was teeming with unicellular life. A little more than 4.5 billion years ago, the Earth was a ball of vaporous rock. And somewhere in between, the first organisms ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

From oil spill to toxic waste: The polymer solution

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last October, a containment dam belonging to a Hungarian alumina manufacturer collapsed after heavy rains, releasing 200 million gallons of caustic sludge. Eight people died in the flood of ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cruise to investigate impacts of ocean acidification

The UK research vessel RRS Discovery left Liverpool yesterday on the first research cruise specifically to study ocean acidification in European waters. Twenty four scientists from eight different UK institutes, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fossil find gives hope for animal life in 'lost cities'

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's oceans could be littered with thousands of undiscovered 'lost cities' housing communities of creatures that thrive in some of the Earth's most extreme conditions, a new discovery ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lab puts sea life to an acid test

The baby crabs look like lint specs swirling in glass jars. The 3-day-old geoducks are too small to even see.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Protein adaptation shows that life on early earth lived in a hot, acidic environment

A new study reveals that a group of ancient enzymes adapted to substantial changes in ocean temperature and acidity during the last four billion years, providing evidence that life on Early Earth evolved from ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Universal solvent no match for new self-healing sticky gel

Scientists can now manufacture a synthetic version of the self-healing sticky substance that mussels use to anchor themselves to rocks in pounding ocean surf and surging tidal basins. A patent is pending on ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Can we grow crops on other planets?

Science fiction lovers aren’t the only ones captivated by the possibility of colonizing another planet. Scientists are engaging in numerous research projects that focus on determining how habitable other ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast


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