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Bacteria Keep Tabs on State of Oil Field
October 7, 2010 — The ups and downs of the bacteria in an oil field provide a useful source of information for keeping tabs on the state of the oil field itself. In theory, this process known as 'biomonitoring' can ... > full story -
Life-Saving in the Bacterial World: How Campylobacter Rely on Pseudomonas to Infect Humans
October 7, 2010 — The bacterium Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of food poisoning in humans. It is normally transmitted from contaminated chicken meat, as it is frequently found in the intestines of chickens, ... > full story -
Antarctic Sea Ice Increase Not Linked to Ozone Hole, New Research Shows
October 5, 2010 — While sea ice extent has declined dramatically in the Arctic in recent years, it has increased slightly in the Antarctic. Some scientists have suggested that increased Antarctic sea ice extent can be ... > full story -
How Warm Was This Summer?
October 1, 2010 — An unparalleled heat wave in eastern Europe, coupled with intense droughts and fires around Moscow, put Earth's temperatures in the headlines this summer. Likewise, a string of exceptionally warm ... > full story -
NASA's Webb Telescope Unique Structural 'Heart' Passes Extreme Tests
September 28, 2010 — NASA engineers have created a unique engineering marvel called the ISIM structure that recently survived exposure to extreme cryogenic temperatures, showing that the structure will remain stable when ... > full story -
Hot Atmosphere of Venus Might Cool Interior of Earth’s Sister Planet
September 20, 2010 — The heat in the atmosphere of Venus, induced from a strong greenhouse warming, might actually have a cooling effect on the planet's interior. This counter-intuitive theory is based on calculations ... > full story -
Technology That Can Withstand Extremes of Temperature and Radiation Created
September 19, 2010 — Radio transmitters that can withstand temperatures of up to 900 degrees C could soon be dropped into the depths of the earth to provide early warning of a volcanic eruption. The state-of-the-art ... > full story -
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest 2010 Extent, Third Lowest in Satellite Record
September 16, 2010 — The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in 1979, according to ... > full story -
NASA's Aqua Satellite Takes Snapshot of Arctic Ocean Sea Ice
September 14, 2010 — The Arctic Ocean is covered by a dynamic layer of sea ice that grows each winter and shrinks each summer, reaching its yearly minimum size each fall. While the 2010 minimum remains to be seen, NASA's ... > full story -
Improving Crisis Prediction, Disaster Control and Damage Reduction
September 14, 2010 — Earthquakes, homicide surges, magnetic storms, and the US economic recession are all kindred of a sort, according to a new theoretical framework. Researchers in the United States and Russia contend ... > full story
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