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Probing life's extremes in Yellowstone

Probing life's extremes in Yellowstone (w/ Podcast)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Idaho National Laboratory biologist Frank Roberto squats on a bare, gravelly patch of ground in Yellowstone National Park's rolling backcountry. At his feet, scalding water churns in a mustard-yellow ...


Elusive 'hot' electrons captured in ultra-thin solar cells

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Boston College researchers have observed the "hot electron" effect in a solar cell for the first time and successfully harvested the elusive charges using ultra-thin solar cells, opening a potential avenue to improved solar ...


Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, a group of ...


Hawaiian hot spot has deep roots

Hawaiian hot spot has deep roots

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hawaii may be paradise for vacationers, but for geologists it has long been a puzzle. Plate tectonic theory readily explains the existence of volcanoes at boundaries where plates split apart ...


Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, due to cutting-edge UK research.


New Technology Allows Geophysicist To Test Theory About Formation of Hawaii (w/ Podcast)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever been to Hawaii, you probably spent your time enjoying the scenery of the beautiful islands, rather than wondering how they got to be there in the first place. But that's just what scientists ...


Lithium

Lithium to be extracted from geothermal waste

Technology / Energy

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A technique developed by a Californian company, Simbol Mining, will enable the valuable mineral lithium, widely used in high-density batteries, to be reclaimed from the hot waste water produced ...


Volatile gas could turn Rwandan lake into a freshwater time bomb

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 5

A dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo.


Turbulence around heat transport

Turbulence around heat transport

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heat transport in the earth's mantle and in the atmosphere is probably not as effective as previously thought.


Gravestones Talking through Time

Gravestones Talking through Time

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A visit to your local graveyard can provide not only a history lesson, but a science lesson as well. Historians know that gravestones can reflect the lives of people whose memories are lost ...



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