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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 4.5 / 5 (11) | 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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Experts think toxic algae harming endangered fish

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2009 | 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 ...


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.


Reservoir of deforming tropical disease sought

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Knowing what causes a disease may not make it easier to control and contain infection, but understanding how humans become infected and where the pathogens live may improve control. A National Science Foundation grant for ...


Satellite data explains vanishing India groundwater

Satellite data explains vanishing India groundwater

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade - and they believe ...


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 ...


China is planning to build more dams and reservoirs on the troubled Yangtze river

China says planning more dams on troubled Yangtze

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China will build at least 20 more reservoirs or hydroelectric projects in the Yangtze river system by 2020, the government said Tuesday, despite growing concerns over dam construction there.


New research lights up chronic bacterial infection inside bone

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new report demonstrates how a sensitive imaging technique gives scientists the upper hand in seeking out bacteria in chronic infections.


SMOS and Proba-2 installed in launch tower

SMOS and Proba-2 satellites installed in launch tower

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In readiness for launch on 2 November, ESA’s SMOS and Proba-2 satellites - encapsulated in the launcher fairing - have been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower ...


The Eiffel Tower (centre) and the Montparnasse Tower (left) in Paris

'Cosmic opera' set for Paris tower

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The rooftop of a Paris skyscraper is to be transformed into a cosmic-ray laboratory in an unusual week-long experiment due to start on Saturday.


New funding will stimulate alternative energy research

Technology / Energy

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Initiatives to provide geothermal heating or power at the Pueblo of Jemez and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology campus are receiving Los Alamos National Laboratory assistance, thanks to recent American Reinvestment ...



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