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A Battle of the Vampires, 20 Million Years Ago?
They are tiny, ugly,
disease-carrying little
blood-suckers that most
people have never seen or
heard of, but a new
discovery in a one-of-a-kind
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Scientists Coax Shy Microorganisms to Stand out in a Crowd
Scientists have advanced a
method that allowed them to
single out a marine
microorganism and map its
genome even though the
organism made up less than
... > full story
Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update: Data Sharpen Resolution of Seafloor Maps, Correct 'Discovery' of Atlantis
Internet information giant
Google updated ocean data in
its Google Earth application
this week, reflecting new
bathymetry data assembled by
... > full story
New Way to Study Ground Fractures
Geophysics researchers have
created a new way to study
fractures by producing
elastic waves, or
vibrations, through using
high-intensity light focused
directly on the fracture
... > full story
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Global Extinction: Gradual Doom Is Just as Bad as Abrupt
February 3, 2012 — Around 250 million years ago, most life on Earth was wiped out in an extinction known as the "Great Dying." Geologists have learned that the end came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic ... > full story -
Some Roads and Playgrounds in North Dakota Contain Cancer Causing Erionite
February 2, 2012 — What would you do if you found out that the roads you drive on could cause cancer? This is the reality that residents face in Dunn County, North Dakota. For roughly 30 years, gravel containing the ... > full story -
'Yellow Biotechnology': Using Plants to Silence Insect Genes in a High-Throughput Manner
February 2, 2012 — 'Yellow biotechnology' refers to biotechnology with insects -- analogous to the green (plants) and red (animals) biotechnology. Active ingredients or genes in insects are characterized and used for ... > full story -
Castaway Lizards Provide Insight Into Elusive Evolutionary Process, Founder Effects
February 2, 2012 — A biologist who released lizards on tiny uninhabited islands in the Bahamas has shed light on the interaction between evolutionary processes that are seldom observed. He found that the lizards' ... > full story -
Heat and Cold Damage Corals in Their Own Ways
February 2, 2012 — Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, ... > full story -
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Biosolar Breakthrough Promises Cheap, Easy Green Electricity
February 2, 2012 — Scientists have developed a system that taps into photosynthetic processes to produce efficient and inexpensive ... > full story -
NASA's GCPEx Mission: What We Don't Know About Snow
February 1, 2012 — NASA's GCPEx science team is collecting as much data as they can to improve understanding of snow dynamics inside clouds, because they relate to how snow moves through Earth's water and climate ... > full story -
Prolific Plant Hunters Provide Insight in Strategy for Collecting Undiscovered Plant Species
February 1, 2012 — Today's alarmingly high rate of plant extinction necessitates an increased understanding of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 15 to 30 percent of the world's flowering plants have yet to be ... > full story -
Global Experts Question Claims About Jellyfish Populations
February 1, 2012 — Blooms, or proliferation, of jellyfish have shown a substantial, visible impact on coastal populations -- clogged nets for fishermen, stinging waters for tourists, even choked intake lines for power ... > full storyMore: -
Yellow-Cedar Are Dying in Alaska: Scientists Now Know Why
February 1, 2012 — Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 ... > full story
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