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Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, find scientists
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The gases which formed the Earth's atmosphere - and probably its oceans - did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a study by University of Manchester and University ...
We owe it all to comets
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Apr 28, 2009 |
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Comets have always fascinated us. A mysterious appearance could symbolize God's displeasure or mean a sure failure in battle, at least for one side. Now Tel Aviv University justifies our fascination -- comets ...
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WU scientists analyze solar wind samples from Genesis Mission
Oct 30, 2007 |
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As reservoirs of valuable information go, nothing beats the sun. This sphere of heat and energy holds 99.9 percent of the solar system, saved in all original proportions after planets and meteorites formed. ...
Study gives clues to increasing X-rays' power
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a pair of Russian institutes.
New isotope gives a glimpse of the origins of precious metals
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Apr 18, 2005 |
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The beginnings of precious metals like gold can be traced to the blink of an eye in an exploding star billions of years ago, and scientists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University ...
Meteorites 'behind volcanic eruptions' say scientists
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Sep 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gases that cause volcanoes to erupt may have spewed from meteorites that smashed into the earth billions of years ago, according to research presented at The BA Festival of Science in Liverpool today.
Scientists reveal fate of Earth's oceans
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May 10, 2006 |
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have uncovered the first evidence of seawater deep inside the Earth shedding new light on the fate of the planet's oceans, according to research published in Nature this week (May 1 ...
Breakthrough With Ultra-Fast Xrays
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Electromagnetically-induced transparency, or EIT, has been known in the visible realm for quite some time. The process is used to control such characteristics as dispersion and absorption in gases, allowing the gases to become ...
Researchers reassess theories on formation of Earth's atmosphere
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Sep 19, 2007 |
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Geochemists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are challenging commonly held ideas about how gases are expelled from the Earth. Their theory, which is described in the Sept. 20 issue of the journal Nature, could ...
New noble gas chemical compounds created
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Mar 23, 2005 |
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Chemical compounds consisting of noble gases combined with hydrocarbon molecules – a feat previously thought to be unattainable – have been created as the result of the work of researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This ach ...
Wetness-defying water? Physicists discover a paradox: hydrophobic water
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Oct 14, 2005 |
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Now you can extend that truism about oil and water to water and itself. Water and water don't always mix, either. The textbooks say that water readily comes together with other water, open arms of hydrogen clasping oxygen att ...
NASA Sends First Genesis Early-Science Sample to Researchers
Jan 28, 2005 |
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NASA scientists have sent to academic researchers an unprecedented piece of the sun gathered by the Genesis spacecraft, enabling the start of studies to achieve the mission's initial science objectives. Scientists at NAS ...
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