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NASA: Food, Emotional Support Vital for Trapped Chile Miners

13 years ago from Live Science

A healthy variety of nutritious food coupled with strong emotional support will be vital in the coming months, as 33 trapped Chilean miners await rescue, a NASA physician advised.

Hurricane Danielle Weakens in the Atlantic

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

But National Hurricane Center Says Category 1 Storm Could Regain Strength over Next Two Days

OU GeoChip technology plays critical role in Gulf of Mexico deepwater oil plume study

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A University of Oklahoma technology - GeoChip - played a critical role in an intensive study of the dispersed oil plume that formed at a depth between 3,600 and 4,000...

Cement, the glue that holds oyster families together

13 years ago from Science Blog

Oyster reefs are on the decline, with over-harvesting and pollution reducing some stocks as much as 98 percent over the last two centuries. With a growing awareness of oysters' critical...

France prepares to drain alpine lake

13 years ago from UPI

PARIS, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- French engineers say they've begun an operation to drain a hidden like under a glacier on Mont Blanc that threatens to flood a valley. ...

Marathon may be fined for deadly explosion

13 years ago from UPI

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The pipeline division of energy company Marathon faces a $1 million penalty for an accident that killed one worker in Louisiana, the U.S. government...

Study predicts massive impact of drought tolerant maize in Africa

13 years ago from Science Blog

NAIROBI, KENYA (26 AUGUST 2010) -- As climate change intensifies drought conditions in Africa and sparks fears of a new cycle of crippling food shortages, a study released today finds...

Researcher develops carbon dioxide-free method of producing iron

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- George Washington University Professor Stuart Licht has developed a revolutionary carbon dioxide-free method of producing iron that could provide a breakthrough for an industry that has been using...

NASA satellite sees Tropical Storm Mindulle make landfall in Vietnam

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Tropical Storm Mindulle came ashore in central Vietnam today, August 24 and brought heavy rainfall and gusty winds with it. NASA's Aqua satellite captured strong convection and thunderstorms in Mindulle's...

Making an explosive double date with Russian volcanoes

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Two French scientists are travelling to one of the remotest places on Earth, the Kamchatka peninsula, to piece together the complex life story of two volcanoes...

New study shows how giant tortoises, alligators thrived in High Arctic 50 million years ago

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A new study of the High Arctic climate roughly 50 million years ago led by the University of Colorado at Boulder helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises...

Ward Hunt Ice Shelf loses chunk

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

A large parcel of ice has fractured from a massive ice shelf on Ellesmere Island, the third known case of Arctic ice loss this summer alone.

China launches mapping satellite

13 years ago from UPI

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- China launched an Earth mapping satellite into polar orbit Tuesday, official Chinese media outlets said. ...

Snow crabs found clustered around methane vents at bottom of Sea of Japan

13 years ago from Physorg

Large clusters of a type of snow crab called benizuwaigani have been discovered around methane vents at the bottom of the Sea of Japan, but scientists are not quite sure...

The Gates Path to an Energy Revolution

13 years ago from NY Times Science

Bill Gates lays out a path toward a clean-energy future, with sustained money for innovation a core need.

Facebook campaign to save Canadian bears caught in drug bust

13 years ago from Physorg

An international campaign with the help of social networking site Facebook hopes to save the lives of some 14 black bears used to guard an illegal marijuana farm in western...

Fish farming projects in B.C. get funding boost

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

The federal government announced $640,000 in funding this week for six aquaculture projects in B.C. aimed at reducing the harmful impact of salmon farming and promoting sustainable fish farming practices.

Pakistan floods: Deluges after the deluge | Jeremy Hunt

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Catastrophic floods in Pakistan are likely to recur as global warming combines with El NiñoThe Pakistani crisis is already one of the very first order. Some 20 million people have been left homeless,...

Report: Grand Canyon park at 'risk'

13 years ago from UPI

PHOENIX, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The Grand Canyon, one of America's iconic national parks, is under threat from without and within, a report from a conservation group says. ...

Moldova seizes smuggled uranium

13 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Moldovan police have seized 1.8kg of uranium-238 in the capital, Chisinau, interior ministry officials say.

Scientists map origin of large, underwater hydrocarbon plume in Gulf

13 years ago from Science Blog

Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have detected a plume of hydrocarbons at least 22 miles long and more...

Fruit flies use horizontal landmarks for altitude control, says Caltech research team

13 years ago from Science Blog

PASADENA, Calif. -- Flies follow horizontal edges to regulate altitude, says a team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This finding contradicts a previous model,...

New 'Naked Scientists' series investigates our oceans

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The University of Cambridge's 'Naked Scientists' are launching a new series of podcasts this week entitled 'Naked Oceans'...

Carnivore species shrank during global warming event

13 years ago from Science Daily

Extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago.

Low Fly-Overs Measure Thickness of Melting Arctic Ice

13 years ago from Live Science

Efforts could paint clearer picture of the state of Arctic in a warming world.

Noble gas detection system reaches maturity

13 years ago from Physorg

The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization certified the first noble gas detection system at its radionuclide station in Charlottesville, Va., United States, on Aug. 19, 2010. The...

National Briefings | Midwest: Illinois: 5 States Seek to Close Possible Carp Route

13 years ago from NY Times Science

The states are asking a federal judge to take emergency action to close two shipping locks and install barriers to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes via a...

Huge vessel starts work on Nord Stream

13 years ago from UPI

ZUG, Switzerland, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The world's largest pipelay vessel headed for Russian waters to lay a 212-mile section of the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea,...