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21 hours ago | News
A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego has revealed.
22 hours ago | News
Using
forensic-style chemical analysis, scientists in the U.K. and Germany
have directly linked seismic observations of the deadly 1980 Mount St.
Helens eruption to crystal growth within the magma chamber, the large
underground pool of liquid rock beneath the volcano. Building direct
links between observations at the surface and processes occurring
underground has been an ongoing problem for volcanologists.
May 22 | News
The
first global analysis of carbon stored in seagrasses has revealed a
surprising figure. While a typical terrestrial forest stores about
30,000 metric tons of carbon per square kilometer, most of which is in
the form of wood, coastal seagrasses can account for 83,000 metric tons
of carbon per square kilometer. Their global impact is significant as
well.
May 21 | News
According
to a recent computational study, pollution is warming the atmosphere by
intensifying summer thunderstorm clouds. The effect, say researchers,
outweigh any cooling factors provided by clouds, and global climate
models don't see this effect because thunderstorm clouds simulated in
those models do not include enough detail.
May 17 | News
Scientists
in the U.K. have discovered a previously unrecognized volcanic process
called “fluidized spray granulation”, which can occur during kimberlite
eruptions to produce well-rounded particles containing mantle, most
notably diamonds. This physical process is remarkable similar to the gas
injection and spraying process used to form smooth coatings on
chocolates.
May 16 | News
Some remarkable types of bacteria have proven themselves capable of "consuming" toxic pollutants, organically diminishing environmental impact in a process called bioremediation. Enzymes within these bacteria can effectively alter the molecular structure of dangerous chemicals, but the underlying mechanisms and keys to future advances often remain unknown. Now, scientists Brookhaven National Laboratory have revealed a possible explanation for the superior function of one pollution-degrading enzyme.
May 16 | News
Starting
this week, U.S. Navy divers will be part of a multinational effort near
Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from
as long ago as the First and Second World Wars. At the same time,
physicians are studying these divers and how gas molecules form in
humans who experience long periods deep underwater.
May 15 | News
According
to predictions made by climate researchers with the Alfred Wegener
Institute for Polar and Marine Research, the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
fringing the Weddell Sea in Antarctica may start to melt rapidly in this
century and no longer act as a barrier for ice streams draining the
Antarctic Ice Sheet. They claim this finding refutes previous
assumptions that climate change would not affect the Weddell Sea.
May 15 | News
Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute have identified a tropical rainforest microbe that can endure relatively high concentrations of an ionic liquid used to dissolve cellulosic biomass for the production of advanced biofuels. They've also determined how the microbe accomplishes this, a discovery that holds broad implications beyond biofuels.
May 14 | News
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Iowa State
University discovered a
family of plant proteins that play a role in the production of seed
oils,
substances important for animal and human nutrition, biorenewable
chemicals,
and biofuels.
