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From greenhouse to icehouse -- reconstructing the environment of the Voring Plateau

From greenhouse to icehouse -- reconstructing the environment of the Voring Plateau

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

The analysis of microfossils found in ocean sediment cores is illuminating the environmental conditions that prevailed at high latitudes during a critical period of Earth history.


Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in visible light in the Kuiper Belt, a vast ring of icy debris that is encircling the outer rim of the solar system ...


Zoning the ocean may help endangered whales to recover

Biology / Ecology

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Scientists in Scotland, Canada and the US have proposed a new method to identify priority areas for whale conservation. The team's findings, published in Animal Conservation, suggest that even small protected areas, identi ...


Stopping a Stroke in its Tracks: Catheter Device Restrores Blood Flow to Brain by Suctioning Blood Clots

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bobbie Laird was suffering a life-threatening stroke triggered by a blood clot in her brain that was nearly half an inch long.


New species of coral, sponges found near Hawaii

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- New and dramatic species of coral and sponges have been found in the Pacific during deep sea dives near the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, scientists said Monday.


Hypoxia increases as climate warms

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new study of Pacific Ocean sediments off the coast of Chile has found that offshore waters experienced systematic oxygen depletion during the rapid warming of the Antarctic following the last "glacial maximum" period 20,000 ...


Device connected to tongue designed to help blind perceive images

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

An experimental device that uses the tongue instead of the eyes to "see" could be on the market next year, and a blind Fresno, Calif., teen hopes to be among the first to take one home.



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