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Grass to gas: Researchers' genome map speeds biofuel development
Researchers at the University of Georgia have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x giganteus, a large perenn ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Curtin geologists make a 'shocking' discovery
Research led by Curtin University geologists has uncovered a wealth of new evidence in the mineral zircon from lunar rock samples recovered during NASA’s Apollo missions, revealing indisputable proof ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2012 |
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New research explains how diamond rich kimberlite makes its way to Earth's surface
(PhysOrg.com) -- Kimberlite, a type of magma that is normally found deep within the Earth’s crust is known to somehow make its way to the surface at times, and when it does, it quite often has diamonds ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Avalanche of reactions at the origin of life
The origin of life is seen as the formation of the first biomolecules which may be subject to multiplication and further development. Hitherto it was unclear, which reactions could have triggered the evolution of this ur-metabolism. ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Scientists look to microbes to unlock Earth's deep secrets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Of all the habitable parts of our planet, one ecosystem still remains largely unexplored and unknown to science: the igneous ocean crust.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Seeking a pot of geological gold
Researchers are moving a step closer to solving one of the greatest murder mysteries of all time. It happened roughly 200 million years ago, marking the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Could natural nuclear reactors have boosted life on this and other planets?
While modern-day humans use the most advanced engineering to build nuclear reactors, Nature sometimes makes them by accident.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Setting the stage for life: Scientists make key discovery about the atmosphere of early Earth
Scientists in the New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have used the oldest minerals on Earth to reconstruct the atmospheric conditions present on Earth very soon after its birth. The findings, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Pluto's hidden ocean
When NASA's New Horizons cruises by Pluto in 2015, the images it captures could help astronomers determine if an ocean is hiding under the frigid surface, opening the door to new possibilities for liquid water ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Ancient lunar dynamo may explain magnetized moon rocks
The presence of magnetized rocks on the surface of the moon, which has no global magnetic field, has been a mystery since the days of the Apollo program. Now a team of scientists has proposed a novel mechanism ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 09, 2011 |
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