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Scientists take off on historic mission to measure greenhouse gases that have an impact on climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

HIAPER, one of the nation's most advanced research aircraft, is scheduled to embark on an historic mission spanning the globe from the Arctic to the Antarctic.





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Panasonic develops direct methanol fuel cell system with high power output and durability

Technology / Energy

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Panasonic Corporation announced it has developed a direct methanol fuel cell system which can produce an average power output of 20 W by increasing the output per cubic centimeter twice that of its previous prototype. Using ...


As shuttle's career nears an end, NASA turns focus to satellites

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three decades. But that's not all the agency has planned: There are also launches of three new satellites aimed at better understanding ...


China defends role at Copenhagen

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 2

China has defended its role at this month's climate change talks in Copenhagen, saying Premier Wen Jiabao played a key part in sealing an accord, after critics blamed Beijing for blocking negotiations.


New tool in the fight against mosquito-borne disease: A microbial 'mosquito net'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Earlier this year, researchers showed that they could cut the lives of disease-carrying mosquitoes in half by infecting them with a bacterium they took from fruit flies. Now, a new report in the December 24th issue of Cell, ...


Scientists map speed of climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (28) | comments 28

New study finds that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile per year to keep pace with global climate change.


Shallow Origins

Shallow Origins

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 2

In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began.


Cornellians build computer climate-change model

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are contributing to a new model of climate change that may give more accurate predictions of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in Earth's future.


Frederic Scheer, head of the plastics manufacturer Cereplast

Potatoes, algae replace oil in US company's plastics

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 5

Frederic Scheer is biding his time, convinced that by 2013 the price of oil will be so high that his bio-plastics, made from vegetables and plants, will be highly marketable.


A dolphin swims off the coast of Rangiroa

Oceans becoming noisier thanks to pollution -- report

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

The world's oceans are becoming noisier thanks to pollution, with potentially harmful effects for whales, dolphins and other marine life, US scientists said in a study published Sunday.


Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems

Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (44) | comments 49

Researchers studying a period of high carbon dioxide levels and warm climate several million years ago have concluded that slow changes such as melting ice sheets amplified the initial warming caused by greenhouse ...



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