News tagged with water environments
Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Iron and manganese compounds, in addition to sulfate, may play an important role in converting methane to carbon dioxide and eventually carbonates in the Earth's oceans, according to a team of researchers ...
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LSU gets to the bottom of things -- in Antarctica
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Antarctica has long held secrets of the earth's history locked in its icy depths, and until recently, there has been very little information on the environments that have been sealed beneath miles of ice for millions of years. ...
Lustful beetles desire water, not sex
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Female seed beetles are known for their promiscuity, a surprising fact given that the males of the species have dangerously sharp spikes on their sex organs. Now a U of T Mississauga team ...
Many characteristics of Mars, including ice, are similar to Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Mars gets as far as 250 million miles away, but many parts of it closely resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a Texas A&M University researcher ...
NTT DOCOMO Develops Solar-powered Handset
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 15, 2009 |
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NTT DOCOMO, Japan's largest mobile operator, announced today its development of the SOLAR HYBRID (docomo STYLE series SH-08A), a solar-powered, waterproof mobile phone that will go on sale in Japan from September.
How Mercury Becomes Toxic In The Environment
Aug 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Naturally occurring organic matter in water and sediment appears to play a key role in helping microbes convert tiny particles of mercury in the environment into a form that is dangerous to ...
Water acts as catalyst in explosives
Mar 20, 2009 |
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The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions.
From greenhouse to icehouse -- reconstructing the environment of the Voring Plateau
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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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.
Discovery to aid study of biological structures, molecules
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the United States and Spain have discovered that a tool widely used in nanoscale imaging works differently in watery environments, a step toward better using the instrument ...
Great Lake's sinkholes host exotic ecosystems
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Researchers are exploring extreme conditions for life in a place not known for extremes.
To swim or to crawl: For the worm it's a no brainer (w/Video)
Mar 31, 2009 |
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A study at the University of Leeds has shown, for the first time, that C. elegans worms crawl and swim using the same gait, overturning the widely accepted belief that these two behaviours are completely different.
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