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Cassini closes in on the centuries-old mystery of Saturn's moon Iapetus

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Extensive analyses and modeling of Cassini imaging and heat-mapping data have confirmed and extended previous ideas that migrating ice, triggered by infalling reddish dust that darkens and warms the surface, may explain the ...


Understanding ocean climate

Understanding ocean climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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High-resolution computer simulations performed by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) are helping to understand the inflow of North Atlantic water to the Arctic Ocean and how ...


Germany unveiled a supercomputer which should be in a position to model even tornados

Germany unveils world's largest weather supercomputer

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Germany Thursday unveiled the world's most powerful weather supercomputer that scientists hope will provide critical data on global warming for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).


Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say Penn environmental scientists

Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...


A novel, 10,000-year study of strata compaction and sea-level rise on English coast

A novel, 10,000-year study of strata compaction and sea-level rise on English coast

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Environmental scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and Durham University have employed a novel combination of geological and model reconstructions of wetland environments during a 10,000-year period ...


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Rare Scottish mineral may indicate life on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientists is looking for clues about life on Mars in an earthy clay mineral found only in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.


DNA study sheds new light on horse evolution

DNA study sheds new light on horse evolution

Biology / Evolution

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient DNA retrieved from extinct horse species from around the world has challenged one of the textbook examples of evolution - the fossil record of the horse family Equidae over the past ...


Penn State scientist at center of a storm

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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A few words culled from some hacked e-mails in Britain have generated chaos in the world of climate science -- throwing dark clouds over Pennsylvania State University and stirring up negative publicity for the field that ...


IBM Introduces New System z Linux Solutions for Large-Scale Consolidation and Savings

Technology / Software

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM today announced new Linux offerings for the System z mainframe to help clients run smarter and more efficient data centers that maximize the use of IT resources and reduce energy costs.


New silicon-germanium nanowires could lead to smaller, more powerful electronic devices

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microchip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturizing transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch electronic signals.



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