News articles tagged with 'deposition'
Fossil bone bed helps reconstruct life along California's ancient coastline
— 10 Jun 2009 09:32 | Geology and palaeontologyIn the famed Sharktooth Hill Bone Bed near Bakersfield, Calif., shark teeth as big as a hand and weighing a pound each, intermixed with copious bones from extinct seals and whales,... — full story
Dust deposited in oceans may carry elements toxic to marine algae
— 10 Mar 2009 15:30 | EnvironmentDust blown off the continents and deposited in the open ocean is an important source of nutrients for marine phytoplankton, the tiny algae that are the foundation of the ocean food... — full story
Organic soils continue to acidify despite reduction in acidic deposition
— 12 Jan 2009 21:18 | EnvironmentFollowing the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 and 1990 acidic deposition in North America has declined significantly since its peak in 1973. Consequently, research has shifted from... — full story
Acid soils in Slovakia tell somber tale
— 17 Nov 2008 21:02 | EnvironmentIncreasing levels of nitrogen deposition associated with industry and agriculture can drive soils toward a toxic level of acidification, reducing plant growth and polluting surface... — full story
Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields
— 14 Oct 2008 12:38 | TechnologyNanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution.... — full story
As waters clear, scientists seek to end a muddy debate
— 13 Dec 2007 20:34 | Geology and palaeontologyGeologists have long thought muds will only settle when waters are quiet, but new research by Indiana University Bloomington and Massachusetts Institute of Technology geologists shows... — full story
Method safely deposits novel metal oxide thin films on substrates
— 17 Sep 2007 15:23 | ChemistryUniversity at Buffalo chemists have developed a novel way to grow chemically pure, zinc oxide thin films characterised by dense, bristle-like nanostructures and a new method for depositing... — full story
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