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Lava pours out of Montserrat

Deep magma matters in volcanic eruption cycle

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Although the Soufriere Hills volcano on Montserrat exhibits cycles of eruption and quiet, an international team of researchers found that magma is continuously supplied from deep in the crust but that a valve ...





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NASA awards CU-Boulder $3.3 million for concept study for mission to Venus

NASA awards CU-Boulder $3.3 million for concept study for mission to Venus

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 14 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $3.3 million for a detailed, one-year concept study for a lander mission to Venus to study the history of its surface, climate and atmosphere and to predict ...


Couple stranded 3 days after GPS leads them astray

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(AP) -- A Nevada couple letting their SUV's navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road.


As the World Churns

As the World Churns

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 23

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Terra firma." It's Latin for "solid Earth." Most of the time, at least from our perspective here on the ground, Earth seems to be just that: solid. Yet the Earth beneath our feet is actually ...


House and Senate look to final health care talks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage - plus who will pay for it - will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama's health care remake.


US Senate votes on landmark health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Senators gave Barack Obama a huge political boost on Thursday by passing a sweeping remake of the US health care system that aims to extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans.


Surgery recognized as effective treatment for type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A first-of-its-kind consensus statement by 50 medical experts from around the world has pronounced surgery to be a legitimate and effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, bringing the procedure a significant step closer to ...


Poisonous prehistoric 'raptor' discovered

Poisonous prehistoric 'raptor' discovered in China

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of University of Kansas researchers working with Chinese colleagues have discovered a venomous, birdlike raptor that thrived some 128 million years ago in China. This is the first ...


Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year

Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar ...


Not easy being green

Not easy being green

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a battle to save a cherished piece of nature from the forces of economic growth. Preservationists formed groups to present their case, and public figures across the country spoke up ...


Closing in on dark matter?

Physicists detect two candidate dark matter interactions, but say the data are not conclusive

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have spent decades searching for the elusive material known as dark matter, which is believed to make up 25 percent of the universe. On Thursday, Dec. 17, a team of physicists including ...



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