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Researchers use NASA satellites to improve pollution modelling
— 18 Dec 2007 19:58 | EnvironmentDetecting pollution, like catching criminals, requires evidence and witnesses; but on the scale of countries, continents and oceans, having enough detectors is easier said than done…
Solving solar system quandaries is simple
— 12 Dec 2007 00:43 | AstronomyQuick: What's the order of the planets in the solar system? Need a little help? Maybe the following mnemonic rings a bell: 'My Very Educated Mother Just Served Up Nine Pizzas.' It's…
Seismologists see Earths interior as interplay between temperature, pressure and chemistry
— 25 Oct 2007 21:51 | Geology and palaeontologySeismologists in recent years have recast their understanding of the inner workings of Earth from a relatively benign homogeneous environment to one that is highly dynamic and chemically…
ASU researchers improve memory devices using nanotech
— 24 Oct 2007 00:01 | PhysicsArizona State University's Centre for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics…
Researchers find earliest evidence for modern human behaviour in South Africa
— 17 Oct 2007 17:05 | Geology and palaeontologyEvidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa, harvesting food from the sea, employing complex bladelet tools and using red pigments in symbolic behaviour 164,000 years…
Old developmental pathways spawn evolutionary changes
— 7 Sep 2007 17:12 | BiologyWhen the larvae of the primitive social insect Polistes metricus, a paper wasp, slips into the quiet pupal stage, she doesn't know if she'll arise a worker or gyne (future queen) -…
Ice volcanoes on Charon?
— 19 Jul 2007 09:29 | AstronomyFrigid geysers spewing material up through cracks in the crust of Pluto's companion Charon and re-coating parts of its surface in ice crystals could be making this distant world into…
Scientists keep an eye on Martian dust storm
— 12 Jul 2007 07:01 | AstronomyScientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Centre are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm…
New view of lower mantle of the Earth
— 22 Jun 2007 00:01 | Geology and palaeontologyLaboratory measurements of a high-pressure mineral believed to exist deep within the Earth show that the mineral may not, as geophysicists hoped, have the right properties to explain…
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…