[ad_1] A researcher at UB's Biological and Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory, led by Assistant Professor of Geology Elizabeth Thomas, adds solvents to glass columns holding organic matter from lake sediments. This process …
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[ad_1] University of Arizona / JPL-Caltech / NASA By Sid PerkinsOctober 29, 2018, 12:35 The red planet is a rich source of perchlorates, chemical compounds used in fertilizers and rocket fuel, which …
Read More »Archaeologists discover 300,000-year-old stone tools in Saudi Arabia
[ad_1] Stone tools discovered in the inhospitable desert of Saudi Arabia indicate that members of our genus Homo had ventured beyond the known borders of Africa and the Levant between 300 000 …
Read More »Un produit chimique appauvrissant la couche d'ozone interdit est utilisé illégalement en Chine
[ad_1] Une nouvelle étude révèle que des composés dangereux, qui appauvrissent la couche d'ozone, sont toujours utilisés en Chine, même si le Protocole de Montréal l'interdit dans le monde entier. La Chine …
Read More »Swarm of 1,000 octopuses found at the bottom of the ocean
[ad_1] Scientists exploring the waters near Monterey, California, have sighted over 1,000 octopus at the bottom of the ocean – the largest octopus nursery ever discovered National Geographic. The incredible images were …
Read More »Audit: NASA lost moon buggy, other artifacts due to poor policies
[ad_1] October 29, 2018 – After 60 years of space exploration, NASA could do a better job of tracking its history, federal investigators have found. The NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG), …
Read More »NASA spacecraft just broke the record for its closest approach to the sun
[ad_1] Illustration of an artist showing NASA's Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun. Credit: NASA / JHUAPL A spacecraft studying the sun with NASA has just been registered. In April 1976, the …
Read More »US government halts study on heart stem cells
[ad_1] Heart attacks can damage the muscle cells (shown here) that cause the organ to continue beating.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library The US National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood …
Read More »NASA breaks record by testing parachute on Mars
[ad_1] NASA is preparing the technology for use as part of its Mars 2020 powerplant mission, which is scheduled to land on the Red Planet in February 2021 – and breaks world …
Read More »Rare Blue Asteroid Reveals on Hover – ScienceDaily
[ad_1] Blue asteroids are rare and blue comets are almost unknown. An international team led by Teddy Kareta, PhD student at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona, studied …
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