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NOAA report finds threats to California's Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new NOAA report on the health of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary indicates that the overall condition of the sanctuary's marine life and habitats is fair to good, but identifies several emerging threats to sanctuary ...





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Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found -- Discovered in Nevada

Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found -- Discovered in Nevada

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 6

The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought. The tracks -- two parallel rows of small dots, each about 2 millimeters ...


Vietnamese and foreign technicians work at a lake inside the presidential palace in Hanoi

Testing begins to save legendary Vietnam turtle

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have begun testing mechanical "SediTurtles" they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives.


Study shows more corn for biofuels would hurt water

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- More of the fertilizers and pesticides used to grow corn would find their way into nearby water sources if ethanol demands lead to planting more acres in corn, according to a Purdue University study.


Diverting Sediment-rich Water Below New Orleans Could Lead to Extensive New Land

Diverting Sediment-rich Water Below New Orleans Could Lead to Extensive New Land

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diverting sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River below New Orleans could generate new land in the river's delta in the next century.


Ancient muscle tissue extracted from 18 million year old fossil

Ancient muscle tissue extracted from 18 million year old fossil

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have extracted organically preserved muscle tissue from an 18 million years old salamander fossil. The discovery by researchers from University College Dublin, the UK and Spain, ...


Scientists work to save Strangford horse mussels

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Queen's University Belfast is working on a three-year study to conserve and restore endangered horse mussel reefs in Strangford Lough.


Where Did the Uranium Go?

Where Did the Uranium Go?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Uranium's migration through the soil depends on groundwater's chemical composition, according to a recent study by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Scientists showed that uraniumattached ...


International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition ...


Unique Uranium Source in Naturally Bioreduced Sediment

Unique Uranium Source in Naturally Bioreduced Sediment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recently published Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study of a naturally bioreduced sediment sample from a former uranium mill tailings site reveals insights that enhance understanding ...


Minimally invasive procedure effective for treating snoring

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Radiofrequency ablation, a procedure that uses heat to shrink the tissue of the soft palate, is an effective and minimally invasive procedure that can be used to treat patients who snore.



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