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What goes down, must come up: Geoscientists offer new model for degassing of Earth's mantle

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

A new analysis of the processes that constantly stir the Earth's deep mantle is helping to explain how the mantle holds onto a portion of ancient noble gases that were trapped during the Earth's formation.


A Hidden Drip, Drip, Drip Beneath Earth's Surface

A Hidden Drip, Drip, Drip Beneath Earth's Surface

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are very few places in the world where dynamic activity taking place beneath Earth's surface goes undetected.


Alchemy in Tanzania? Gas Becomes Solid at Surface of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano

Alchemy in Tanzania? Gas Becomes Solid at Surface of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania.


Why is the Earth's mantle conductive?

Why is the Earth's mantle conductive?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from INSU-CNRS (France), working with chemists at a CNRS research unit, have explained that the high conductivity of the Earth's upper mantle is due to molten carbonates. They ...





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Experts think toxic algae harming endangered fish

Biology / Ecology

created 22 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they think toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced ...


Study: Race, class and gender shape religion's effect on American voters

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socio-economic class and gender, reports a new Cornell study.


Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all

Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion.


New device implanted by surgeons help paralyzed patients breathe easier

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.


Highest jobless rate in three decades causes drop in consumer confidence

Other Sciences / Economics

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Florida's consumer confidence fell three points to 69 in November amid continued concerns over the state?s high unemployment rate, according to a new University of Florida survey.


Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights

Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness ...


Fish food fight: Fish don't eat trees after all, says new study

Fish food fight: Fish don't eat trees after all, says new study

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What constitutes fish food is a matter of debate. A high-profile study a few years ago suggested that fish get almost 50 percent of their carbon from trees and leaves, evidence for a very ...


Battery Research Aims To Store Renewable Energy

Battery Research Aims To Store Renewable Energy

Technology / Energy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 6

The biggest chemical battery in the United States is located near Interstate 90 in the small town of Luverne, Minn. The 80 ton device -- the size of two tractor-trailers stacked on top of each other -- stores ...


Don't add an ER visit to your holiday plans

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UNC emergency physician Abhi Mehrotra, M.D., explains how you can avoid the most common injuries that land people in a hospital emergency department during the four-day Thanksgiving holiday period.


Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms

Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Every school day, more than 5 million students in the United States attend lessons held in modular classrooms. With new carpeting and paint, metal roofs and noisy ventilation systems, they can be a health ...



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