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Earth Sciences

Antarctic Temperature Trends Challenge Climate Models

This comes soon after the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that strongly supports the conclusion that the Earth's climate as a…

Physics & Astronomy

New Mars Orbiter Images Reveal Past Groundwater Flows

The new color images from the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show an equatorial landscape of hills composed of dozens of alternating…

Transportation and Logistics

Bulging Bumper: A Step Toward Computerized Carriageways

A paper presented at the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress and Exhibition recently offers a glimpse of how a high-tech,…

Earth Sciences

Mapping Life Cycle of Unique Organism in Extreme Environments

The findings are being published this week in an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the U.S. With the aid of microarray technology,…

Physics & Astronomy

ESA Marks 15 Years of Near-Real-Time Earth Observation Data

At the end of the commissioning phase of ESA’s ERS-1 satellite in early 1992, the space agency began disseminating oceanographic data of the satellite’s…

Environmental Conservation

UK Over 50s: Leading in Carbon Footprint Yet Craving Change

Over 50s have the highest carbon footprint, yet are most concerned over climate change and are calling for stronger leadership from the Government to combat…

Physics & Astronomy

Latest Search Updates: Where Is Beagle 2 Crater H2O?

Included in the image is new coverage of the crater H2O which was considered by the Beagle 2 team as unique in the area that had been searched for evidence of…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA THEMIS Mission Expands Sun-Earth Fleet with Five Spacecraft

The main scientific objective of THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) is to find what triggers magnetic substorms. This…

Physics & Astronomy

First X-Ray Detection of Colliding-Wind Binary Outside Milky Way

Thanks to the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory, with help from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, an international team led by Dr Yaël Nazé…

Environmental Conservation

New DNA Barcoding Uncovers Overlooked Species in Biodiversity

At unprecedented levels of difficulty involving highly biodiverse and continent-sized landscapes, scientists have successfully tested their ability to identify…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Analog Circuits Set to Transform Consumer Electronics

But the same cannot be said of the older analog circuits in the same devices, which process natural sights and sounds in the real world. Because analog…

Earth Sciences

Measuring Atmospheric Impact on Greenland’s Climate Change

An international team of climate scientists led by the University of East Anglia will measure for the first time the influence of the atmosphere over Greenland…

Life & Chemistry

Dual-Modality Microbeads Enhance Disease Biomarker Detection

The researchers developed a technique to simultaneously or sequentially add optical and magnetic nanoparticles into the beads. Adding magnetic nanoparticles…

Physics & Astronomy

LSU professor resolves Einstein's twin paradox

First suggested by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago, the paradox deals with the effects of time in the context of travel at near the speed of light….

Life & Chemistry

Disposable DNA Sensor Detects Hazardous Uranium Ions

The sensor provides a fast, on-site test for assessing uranium contamination in the environment, and the effectiveness of remediation strategies, said Yi Lu, a…

Environmental Conservation

Grizzly Bears Thrive on Remarkably Diverse Diets in Alberta

“Alberta bears have remarkably diverse diets,” said Dr. Mark Boyce, biological sciences professor at the U of A and co-author on the study. “They’ll eat just…

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