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Keeping Beverages Cool in Summer: I''s Not Just the Heat, It's the Humidity
April 25, 2013 Those drops on the outside of your drink don't just make the can slippery. Experiments show that in hot, humid weather, condensation heats a drink more than the surrounding ... > full story -
Earth's Center Is 1,000 Degrees Hotter Than Previously Thought, Synchrotron X-Ray Experiment Shows
April 25, 2013 The temperature near Earth's center is 6,000 degrees Celsius, 1,000 degrees more than given in an experiment 20 years ago. This experiment with synchrotron X-rays confirms geophysical models that ... > full story -
Ice Tubes in Polar Seas -- 'Brinicles' or 'Sea Stalactites' -- Provide Clues to Origin of Life
April 24, 2013 Life on Earth may have originated not in warm tropical seas, but with weird tubes of ice -- sometimes called "sea stalactites" -- that grow downward into cold seawater near the Earth's poles, ... > full story -
Sunlit Snow Triggers Atmospheric Cleaning, Ozone Depletion in the Arctic
April 24, 2013 Researchers have discovered that sunlit snow is the major source of atmospheric bromine in the Arctic, the key to unique chemical reactions that purge pollutants and destroy ... > full story -
Jupiter's Atmosphere Still Contains Water Supplied by the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Impact
April 23, 2013 Researchers are reporting Herschel observations of water in Jupiter's stratosphere. It is a clear remnant of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact on Jupiter nearly 20 years ... > full story -
New NASA Satellite Takes the Salton Sea's Temperature
April 22, 2013 A new NASA image may look like a typical black-and-white image of a dramatic landscape, but it tells a story of temperature. The dark waters of the Salton Sea pop in the middle of the Southern ... > full story -
Geochemical Method Finds Links Between Terrestrial Climate and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
April 22, 2013 Scientists used a new chemical technique to measure the change in terrestrial temperature associated with a major shift in global atmospheric CO2 concentrations nearly 34 million years ago. Their ... > full story -
Remote-Sensing Study Quantifies Permafrost Degradation in Arctic Alaskan Wetlands
April 18, 2013 Geoscientists has achieved unprecedented detail in quantifying subtle, long-period changes in the water levels of shallow lakes and ponds in hard-to-reach Arctic ... > full story -
Battery Low? Give Your Mobile Some Water
April 18, 2013 A power source for your mobile phone can now be as close as the nearest tap, stream, or even a puddle, with the world’s first water-activated charging ... > full story -
Hop, Skip or Jump? Study Says No to All of the Above
April 17, 2013 Engineers have found that in the earliest stages of arthritis, high-impact exercise may worsen cartilage ... > full story
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