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Phoenix Lander Sees, Feels Martian Whirlwinds in Action
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has photographed several dust devils dancing across the arctic plain this week and sensed a dip in air pressure as one passed near the lander.
Rotation is key to understanding volcanic plumes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 200-year-old report by a sea captain and a stunning photograph of the 2008 eruption of Mount Chaiten are helping scientists at the University of Illinois better understand strong volcanic ...
New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant
Aug 16, 2009 |
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Deep in Africa's Kalahari Desert lies the "Devil's claw," a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year. Unfortunately, ...
Lasers, software and the Devil's Slide
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Running for more than 1,000 kilometers along picturesque coastline, California's Highway 1 is easy prey for many of the natural hazards plaguing the region, including landslides.
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Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social ...
Tasmanian devils face extinction
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Oct 03, 2007 |
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Australian scientists say the ongoing fight to save Tasmanian devils from extinction may be doomed.
Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined a trio of shots taken seconds apart through different colored filters to create a special-effects portrait of a moving dust devil on Mars.
Dust Devils Whip By Spirit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2007 |
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On sol 1120 (February 26, 2007), the navigation camera aboard NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured one of the best dust devils it’s seen in its three-plus year mission. The series of navigation camera ...
Movie Clip Shows Whirlwinds Carrying Dust on Mars
Apr 22, 2005 |
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is taking movies of dust devils -- whirlwinds carrying dust -- scooting across a plain on Mars.
Tasmanian devils listed as endangered in Australia
May 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Tasmanian devil, a snarling fox-sized marsupial made notorious by its Looney Tunes cartoon namesake Taz, was listed in Australia as an endangered species Friday because of a contagious cancer ...
Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil
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Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australia’s new $A200m synchrotron in Melbourne could contribute to the fight to save the Tasmanian devil from the outbreak of facial tumour disease currently decimating devil populations, ...
CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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CSIRO scientists have joined the battle to save Australia’s iconic Tasmanian devils from the deadly cancer currently devastating devil populations.
Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil
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Aug 01, 2007 |
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Dr Church says he will use the synchotron to see if the disease causes any biochemical changes in the devils which could be detected in their hair before the disease becomes apparent.
Cancer is threatening Tasmanian devils
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Australian scientists say a deadly facial-tumor disease threatening a carnivorous Australian marsupial known as the Tasmanian devil might be infectious.
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