• Images capture split personality of dense suspensions

    Updated: 2012-03-30 23:23:10
    <pStir lots of small particles into water, and the resulting thick mixture appears highly viscous. When this dense suspension slips through a nozzle and forms a droplet, however, its behavior momentarily reveals a decidedly non-viscous side. University of Chicago physicists recorded this surprising behavior in laboratory experiments using high-speed photography that can capture action taking place in one hundred-thousandths of a second or less.read more

  • Newly discovered foot points to a new kid on the hominin block

    Updated: 2012-03-30 19:30:21
    It seems that "Lucy" was not the only hominin on the block in northern Africa about 3 million years ago. A team of researchers that included Johns Hopkins University geologist Naomi Levin has announced the discovery of a partial foot skeleton with characteristics (such as an opposable big toe bone) that don't match those of Lucy, the human ancestor (or hominin) known to inhabit that region and considered by many to be the ancestor of all modern humans. read more

  • Allosaurus Ink

    Updated: 2012-03-30 18:12:38
    When I decided to get my first science tattoo, the choice was clear—it had to be Allosaurus

  • Declines in Caribbean coral reefs pre-date damage resulting from climate change

    Updated: 2012-03-30 17:30:19
    The decline of Caribbean coral reefs has been linked to the recent effects of human-induced climate change. However, new research led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests an even earlier cause. The bad news – humans are still to blame. The good news – relatively simple policy changes can hinder further coral reef decline.read more

  • New advances in plate reconstruction: Earthbyte group presents GPlates

    Updated: 2012-03-30 14:30:26
    Boulder, Colorado, USA – The April/May GSA Today science article is now online at www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/. In this issue, Simon Williams and colleagues from the Earthbyte Group of the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney present GPlates, a powerful new method for analyzing geological and geophysical data sets within the context of tectonic reconstructions. read more

  • Volcanic plumbing exposed

    Updated: 2012-03-30 14:30:13
    Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions. International teams of researchers, led by the University of Leeds, studied the location and behaviour of magma chambers on the Earth's mid-ocean ridge system - a vast chain of volcanoes along which the Earth forms new crust. read more

  • Owosso #Harpist Fund

    Updated: 2012-03-30 02:40:01
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  • Physicists explain the collective motion of particles called fermions

    Updated: 2012-03-29 21:30:05
    Some people like company. Others prefer to be alone. The same holds true for the particles that constitute the matter around us: Some, called bosons, like to act in unison with others. Others, called fermions, have a mind of their own. Different as they are, both species can show "collective" behavior -- an effect similar to the wave at a baseball game, where all spectators carry out the same motion regardless of whether they like each other.read more

  • Pattern of large earthquakes on San Jacinto fault identified with help of LiDAR

    Updated: 2012-03-29 20:30:22
    The San Jacinto Fault (SJF) Zone is a seismically active, major component of the overall southern San Andreas Fault system. Researchers from San Diego State University (SDSU) and U.S. Geological Survey have mapped evidence of past ruptures consistent with very large earthquakes along the Clark Fault, an individual strand associated with the SJF. read more

  • New seismic hazard assessment for Central America

    Updated: 2012-03-29 20:00:06
    A new study evaluates the seismic hazards for the entire Central America, including specific assessments for six capital cities, with the greatest hazard expected for Guatemala City and San Salvador, followed by Managua and San José, and notably lower in Tegucigalpa and Panamá City.read more

  • Scientists refine Earth's clock

    Updated: 2012-03-29 19:31:26
    New research has revealed that some events in Earth's history happened more recently than previously thought. Scientists from the British Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, publishing this week in the journal Science, have refined the data used to determine how much time has passed since a mineral or rock was formed. They report uranium isotopic composition of minerals, used to date major geological events, which are more accurate than previously published. The major effect of this is to reduce previous age determinations by up to 700,000 years.read more

  • CO2 was hidden in the ocean during the Ice Age

    Updated: 2012-03-29 19:30:25
    Bremerhaven/Bern, 29 March 2012. Why did the atmosphere contain so little carbon dioxide (CO2) during the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago? Why did it rise when the Earth's climate became warmer? Processes in the ocean are responsible for this, says a new study based on newly developed isotope measurements. This study has now been published in the scientific journal "Science" by scientists from the Universities of Bern and Grenoble and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association. read more

  • UC San Diego physicists find patterns in new state of matter

    Updated: 2012-03-29 19:30:14
    Physicists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered patterns which underlie the properties of a new state of matter.read more

  • How Tenontosaurus Grew Up

    Updated: 2012-03-29 17:51:06
    Tenontosaurus is kind of a vanilla dinosaur, but paleontologists have collected a lot of them. A new study shows how they developed and might help explain the evolution of gigantic dinosaurs

  • How quantum physics could make 'The Matrix' more efficient

    Updated: 2012-03-29 17:30:34
    Researchers have discovered a new way in which computers based on quantum physics could beat the performance of classical computers. The work, by researchers based in Singapore and the UK, implies that a Matrix-like simulation of reality would require less memory on a quantum computer than on a classical computer. It also hints at a way to investigate whether a deeper theory lies beneath quantum theory. The finding is published 27 March in Nature Communications.read more

  • Montana State study compares growth around Yellowstone, Glacier and other national parks

    Updated: 2012-03-29 17:30:11
    BOZEMAN, Mont. – The land around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks might look like it's filling up with people and houses, but it's nothing compared to the rate of development around some other U.S. national parks, according to a new Montana State University study.read more

  • International commission offers road map to sustainable agriculture

    Updated: 2012-03-28 20:00:03
    MADISON – An independent commission of scientific leaders from 13 countries today released a detailed set of recommendations to policymakers on how to achieve food security in the face of climate change. read more

  • Fossil raindrop impressions imply greenhouse gases loaded early atmosphere

    Updated: 2012-03-28 18:30:48
    In ancient Earth history, the sun burned as much as 30 percent dimmer than it does now. Theoretically that should have encased the planet in ice, but there is geologic evidence for rivers and ocean sediments between 2 billion and 4 billion years ago. <p Scientists have speculated that temperatures warm enough to maintain liquid water were the result of a much thicker atmosphere, high concentrations of greenhouse gases or a combination of the two.read more

  • Neutrons uncover new density waves in fermion liquids

    Updated: 2012-03-28 18:30:26
    Scientists working at the Institut Laue-Langevin, one of the world's leading centres for neutron science, have carried out the first investigation of two-dimensional fermion liquids using neutron scattering, and discovered a new type of very short wave-length density wave. The team believe their discovery, published in Nature, will interest researchers looking at electronic systems, since high temperature superconductivity could result from this type of density fluctuations.read more

  • Video reveals wave character of particles

    Updated: 2012-03-28 16:00:17
    Quantum theory describes the world of atoms very precisely. Still, it defies our macroscopic conception of everyday's world due to its many anti-intuitive predictions. The wave-particle dualism probably is the best known example and means that matter may spread and interfere like waves. Now, an international team of researchers has recorded the interference process of individual molecules. The recordings were published by the journal Nature Nanotechnology online. read more

  • Las Vegas’ Truly Terrible Dinosaurs

    Updated: 2012-03-28 15:17:13
    Sin City's dinosaurs are some of the worst around: a dopey-looking Herrerasaurus, a bellowing Allosaurus and a Deinonychus that looked as if it had been tarred and feathered

  • Interrogational torture: Effective or purely sadistic?

    Updated: 2012-03-28 15:00:21
    Los Angeles, CA -- While government officials have argued that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are necessary to protect American citizens, the effectiveness of such techniques has been debated. According to a recent study, when torture is used to elicit information, it is likely to be unexpectedly harsh yet ineffective. This study was published in a new article in Political Research Quarterly (PRQ) published by SAGE on behalf of the Western Political Science Association.read more

  • The acid test: 21st century pH meter

    Updated: 2012-03-28 01:30:43
    Modern methods for mass production of biological agents and fine chemicals require precise control of pH. However within these systems it is not always possible to use traditional methods for measuring acidity and alkalinity. Biomed Central's open access journal BMC Biotechnology describes a new and user friendly method for measuring pH, which uses luminescent dual life-time referencing (DLR), to provide real-time characteristics of enzyme reactions.read more

  • IPTi in co-endemic falciparum and vivax malaria

    Updated: 2012-03-27 22:31:02
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  • Mode of childbirth following cesarean section: Informing women's decision-making

    Updated: 2012-03-27 22:30:53
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  • GSA's Lithosphere puts together a rich mix of first quarter 2012 online articles

    Updated: 2012-03-27 21:30:06
    Boulder, Colo., USA - Lithosphere topics include Deccan volcanism; river profiles in Eastern Papua, New Guinea; significant seismic hazard in the Camarillo fold belt, Southern California; mechanics of the San Jacinto and southern San Andreas faults; new evidence from the SAFOD core; chalcedony of the White River Group, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado; and using seismic data to study the crust and upper mantle beneath the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.read more

  • Mars: The glass planet?

    Updated: 2012-03-27 21:00:03
    Impact of Indus River discharge on productivity and preservation of organic carbon in the Arabian Sea over the twentieth century Andreas Lückge et al., Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), 30655 Hannover, Germany. Posted online 26 March 2012; doi: 10.1130/G32608.1.read more

  • Wind turbines that learn like humans

    Updated: 2012-03-27 19:30:26
    Depending on the weather, wind turbines can face whispering breezes or gale-force gusts. Such variable conditions make extracting the maximum power from the turbines a tricky control problem, but a collaboration of Chinese researchers may have found a novel solution in human-inspired learning models. read more

  • ORNL process converts polyethylene into carbon fiber

    Updated: 2012-03-27 19:30:23
    Common material such as polyethylene used in plastic bags could be turned into something far more valuable through a process being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In a paper published in Advanced Materials, a team led by Amit Naskar of the Materials Science and Technology Division outlined a method that allows not only for production of carbon fiber but also the ability to tailor the final product to specific applications.read more

  • Writing graphene circuitry with ion 'pens'

    Updated: 2012-03-27 19:30:19
    The unique electrical properties of graphene have enticed researchers to envision a future of fast integrated circuits made with the one-carbon-atom-thick sheets, but many challenges remain on the path to commercialization. Scientists from the University of Florida have recently tackled one of these challenges – how to reliably manufacture graphene on a large scale. read more

  • Some flame retardants make fires more deadly

    Updated: 2012-03-27 18:00:33
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  • West Antarctic ice shelves tearing apart at the seams

    Updated: 2012-03-27 18:00:10
    A new study examining nearly 40 years of satellite imagery has revealed that the floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are steadily losing their grip on adjacent bay walls, potentially amplifying an already accelerating loss of ice to the sea. read more

  • Dinosaur Sighting: Ketchupsaurus and Company

    Updated: 2012-03-26 18:41:48
    Eight years ago, 100 decorative dinosaurs roamed Pittsburgh, and some of them are still in town

  • Symphony of Dinosaurs

    Updated: 2012-03-23 13:22:12
    A new video brings you a dinosaur documentary mash-up set to techno beats

  • The Case of the Headless Hadrosaur

    Updated: 2012-03-22 13:12:24
    After nearly a century, a mystery is solved and a skull has been matched to its skeleton

  • Battle Lizard

    Updated: 2012-03-21 15:12:31
    A film-in-progress imagines a future in which cowboys ride dinosaurs

  • Paleontologists Announce Two Tiny Ceratopsians

    Updated: 2012-03-19 16:15:58
    A pair of mysterious, tiny dinosaur specimens have turned out to be new species of horned dinosaurs

  • Life in the Time of Dinosaurs

    Updated: 2012-03-16 13:43:55
    What was life like for Canada's dinosaurs 70 million years ago? Paleontologist Annie Quinney can tell you

  • A Baby Brachiosaur?

    Updated: 2012-03-15 15:08:48
    Brachiosaurus was once thought to be the ultimate prehistoric titan, but we know surprisingly little about this Jurassic dinosaur

  • Dinosaur Sighting: Triceratops Topiary

    Updated: 2012-03-14 14:10:52
    The reader is correct that Trixie is technically a "real, live dinosaur"

  • Arthur Conan Doyle’s Ethereal Dinosaurs

    Updated: 2012-03-13 16:23:03
    Prior to the 1925 debut of The Lost World, the novelist pulled a stunt to make people think dinosaurs might still be alive in a distant jungle

  • Excavating the River of Giants

    Updated: 2012-03-12 15:46:14
    Rare footage shows how paleontologist R.T. Bird diverted a river to excavate a set of Texas dinosaur tracks in 1938

  • Microraptor Was a Glossy Dinosaur

    Updated: 2012-03-09 17:26:55
    The feathered, four-winged dinosaur had a glorious sheen

  • Dinosaur Sighting: The Most Dangerous Place for a Wedding

    Updated: 2012-03-07 15:23:28
    Two dinosaur fans decided to get married inside one of the world's most famous roadside dinosaurs

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