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A molecule keeps anxiety down
Aug 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The link between emotions and experiences determines many aspects of our daily life. It allows us to recognize pretty objects or harmful situations. These links are created when nerve cells ...
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Towards a better understanding of hot spot volcanism
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Most of the Earth’s listed active volcanoes are located at the borders between two tectonic plates, where upsurge of magma from the mantle is facilitated. When these magmatic uprisings occur at a subduction zone, where one ...
Ceramic material revs up microwaving
Aug 28, 2008 |
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Quicker microwave meals that use less energy may soon be possible with new ceramic microwave dishes and, according to the material scientists responsible, this same material could help with organic waste remediation.
NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Faces Circuitous Route
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations ...
Journey to the center of the Earth -- Scientists explain tectonic plate motions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 21, 2008 |
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The first direct evidence of how and when tectonic plates move into the deepest reaches of the Earth is published in Nature today. Scientists hope their description of how plates collide with one sliding below ...
Earth: A Borderline Planet for Life?
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Our planet is changing before our eyes, and as a result, many species are living on the edge. Yet Earth has been on the edge of habitability from the beginning. New work by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian ...
Spirit Resumes Driving
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation.
Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 12, 2008 |
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A new study of possible links between climate and geophysics on Earth and similar planets finds that prolonged heating of the atmosphere can shut down plate tectonics and cause a planet's crust to become locked in place.
Bent tectonics: How Hawaii was bumped off
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Apr 03, 2009 |
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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 ...
Ancient Magma 'Superpiles' May Have Shaped The Continents
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two giant plumes of hot rock deep within the earth are linked to the plate motions that shape the continents, researchers have found.
Hot Fluids and Deep Earthquakes
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May 08, 2007 |
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Fluids in the Earth's lower crust are an underlying force in shaking things up where continental plates slip under each other, according to a study recently published in Nature. Donna Eberhart-Phillips, a UC Davis researcher ...
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