Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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Global Distribution of Species Density by Volume of Records Created for Each
Red=High & Green=Low
This map reflects the amount of information, research and analysis publicly available for the diverse organisms that populate the Earth. As can be seen, North America and Europe are better documented than other areas. In particular, ...
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
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Map of Ocean Wind Power Potential (NASA, 2007)
European scientists have discovered evidence that minute changes in global wind patterns may have initiated the last ice age, according to a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Wind patterns appear to have affected tidal currents in the North Atlantic Ocean ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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The First Video Game Was Played on the Second Computer to the Left
Fifty years ago, the world's first video game was played on the computer depicted above in a laboratory on Long Island.
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Clean energy technology needs to advance by an order of magnitude for the United States to meet its so-called 25 x '25 goal of producing 25% of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation released today.
The ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
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NASA generated this image from satellite data to show the amount of carbon consumed by plants in the United States through photosynthesis during the period March 26 - April 10, 2000. The map indicates how much carbon was absorbed out of the atmosphere and fixed within ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
The language of conservation is getting a much needed overhaul courtesy of an international team of conservationists who are trying to standardize the discipline's language. The project plans to ground the discipline's problems and tools field in a framework of well defined concepts.
The new system applies at every level of ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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Quantum Universe refers to the growing efforts being made to understand the universe in terms of quantum physics, which controls the actions of the microscopic, subatomic world. The discipline reflects a sea-change in particle physics and a major advance in our ability to penetrate intellectually ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Researchers have demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles – a potential hydrogen storage material.
Cars of the future will need to combine liquid fuel and a combustion engine to combat the twin challenges presented by global warming and peak oil. Fuel cells can run on hydrogen ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
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Scientists have discovered powerful evidence of how dysentery parasites evade the human immune system, according to a study appearing in the June 15 issue of the journal Genes and Development.
The new study, conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins and Stanford University, has developed a novel enzyme -- the EhROM1 ...
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