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The least sea ice in 800 years

The least sea ice in 800 years

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (66) | comments 77

New research, which reconstructs the extent of ice in the sea between Greenland and Svalbard from the 13th century to the present indicates that there has never been so little sea ice as there is now. The ...





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German scientists produce first Bose-Einstein condensate with calcium atoms

German scientists produce first Bose-Einstein condensate with calcium atoms

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

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 ...


New technology cleans up Visalia Superfund 100 years ahead of schedule

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's technology was instrumental in cleaning up Southern California Edison's Visalia Pole Yard, which is scheduled to be taken off the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund list this ...


Hiking, horses and helicopter: Scientists deploy seismic network for study of Sierra Negra, Galapagos

Scientists deploy seismic network for study of Sierra Negra, Galapagos

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Miami (UM), University of Rochester, University of Idaho-Moscow and the Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Quito, ...


Shaking the Earth: Just add water

Shaking the Earth: How Water Helps Tectonic Plates Slide in New Zealand

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New Zealand is the site of one of the world’s youngest subduction zones, where the Pacific Plate of Earth’s crust dives beneath the Australian Plate. Now, a University of Utah study shows ...


Electric fish

Electric fish could spark healthcare innovation

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mathematicians in Manchester are hoping electric fish can give them clues to solving a fiendishly complex mathematical problem - which could in turn lead to better treatment for patients with ...


Earth Magnetic Field

The Earth's magnetic field remains a charged mystery

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 20

400 years of discussion and we’re still not sure what creates the Earth’s magnetic field, and thus the magnetosphere, despite the importance of the latter as the only buffer between us and deadly solar wind ...


A step closer to an ultra precise atomic clock

A step closer to an ultra precise atomic clock

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 7

A clock that is so precise that it loses only a second every 300 million years - this is the result of new research in ultra cold atoms. The international collaboration is comprised of researchers from the ...


Alaska volcano booms online

Technology / Internet

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The cameras watch her every move. Thousands of strangers want to be her friend, and thousands more follow her latest exploits hour by hour on their laptops and cell phones. She's Mount Redoubt, Internet star.


Bent tectonics: How Hawaii was bumped off

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

More than 80 undersea volcanoes and a multitude of islands are dotted along the Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain like pearls on a necklace. A sharp bend in the middle is the only blemish. The long-standing explanation for this ...


Grid helps find one picture in a million

Grid helps find one picture in a million

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for images on the internet can be a frustrating business. Whether you want the perfect sunset over the sea or the London skyline by night, youre dependent on people to describe the ...



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