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Multiple Regions Of Chromosome 8 Found To Be Associated With Different Cancers
June 25, 2008 — A recently discovered, but not yet understood, section of chromosome 8, called 8q24, may contain at least five distinct regions that are associated with different cancers, according to a study in the ... > full story -
Mars Air Once Had Moisture, New Soil Analysis Says
June 25, 2008 — A new analysis of Martian soil data suggests that there was once enough water in the planet's atmosphere for dew to hit the ground, leaving tell-tale signs of its interaction with the planet's ... > full story -
Desert Plant May Hold Key To Surviving Food Shortage
June 19, 2008 — Scientists are investigating how a Madagascan plant could be used to help produce crops in harsh environmental conditions. The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, ... > full story -
Untapped Energy From Oil Flare-Offs Can Be Used To Release Water Locked In Gypsum
June 11, 2008 — Gypsum, a rocky mineral is abundant in desert regions where fresh water is usually in very short supply but oil and gas fields are common. Researchers have hit on the idea of using the untapped ... > full story -
Fecal Microorganisms Inhabit Sandy Beaches Of Florida
May 13, 2008 — A study of Florida beaches has shown that wet sand and dry sand above the intertidal zone have significantly more fecal bacteria than near-shore seawater. Scientists researched whether indicator ... > full story -
Farmland Dust Cloud From Ukraine Impact Air Quality As Far As Germany
May 6, 2008 — Fallow agricultural land and steppe-formation processes are evidently capable of having a much greater effect on global air quality than was previously assumed. This is the conclusion drawn by ... > full story -
Kalahari Desert Sands An Important, Forgotten Storehouse of Carbon Dioxide
April 1, 2008 — The sands of the desert are an important and forgotten storehouse of carbon dioxide taken from the world's atmosphere. Sands like those in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana are full of cyanobacteria. ... > full story -
Small Desert Beetle Found To Engineer Ecosystems
March 27, 2008 — A tiny beetle is wreaking catastrophic action on the deteriorating Chihuahuan ... > full story -
Rare Oryx Going Into The Wild, To Help Species Recover
March 4, 2008 — A male scimitar-horned oryx from the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center is playing an important role in ensuring the species does not vanish from the planet. Oryx are a ... > full story -
Nanometer-Scale Complexity, Growth, And Diagenesis In Desert Varnish
February 29, 2008 — Finely layered coatings, rich in manganese and iron and commonly called desert varnish, are common on rocks in desert environments worldwide. These coatings have been the subject of intense ... > full story
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