News articles tagged with 'energy' (Page 91)
Life elsewhere in Solar System could be different from life as we know it
— 6 Jul 2007 19:18 | AstronomyThe search for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond should include efforts to detect what scientists sometimes refer to as 'weird' life - that is, life with an alternative…
Magnetic field uses sound waves to ignite sun's ring of fire
— 31 May 2007 07:18 | AstronomySound waves escaping the Sun's interior create fountains of hot gas that shape and power the chromosphere, a thin region of the suns atmosphere which appears as a ruby red ring of fire…
Tropical birds have slow pace of life compared to northern species
— 24 May 2007 00:10 | BiologyIn the steamy tropics, even the birds find the pace of life a bit more relaxed, research shows. Tropical birds expend less energy at rest than do birds living in more northern climates,…
A new view of photosynthesis
— 3 May 2007 20:00 | BiologyDuring the remarkable cascade of events of photosynthesis, plants approach the pinnacle of stinginess by scavenging nearly every photon of available light energy to produce food. Yet…
Location, location - Cell sizes, lives influenced by host size
— 8 Mar 2007 20:10 | BiologyCells from the smallest to the largest of mammals often seem to be one size fits all. Now a closer look reveals that whether a cell lives in an elephant, mouse or something in between…