Stuck-in-the-mud plankton reveal ancient temperatures
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
New research in Nature Communications showing how tiny creatures drifted across the ocean before falling to the seafloor and being fossilised has the potential to improve our understanding of past climates.
The research published in Nature Communications has identified which planktic foraminifera gathered up in core samples from the ocean floor, drifted thousands of kilometres and which sp ...
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The green lungs of our planet are changing
Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
Are leaves and buds developing earlier in the spring? And do leaves stay on the trees longer in autumn? Do steppe ecosystems remaining green longer and are the savannas becoming drier and drier? In fact, over recent decades, the growing seasons have changed everywhere around the world. This was determined by a doctoral candidate at the Goethe University as part of an international collaboration ...
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3D printed organs offer ultra-realistic practice models
Tokyo (AFP) March 10, 2015 -
An incision from the surgeon's scalpel sends liquid oozing over the surface of a the lung, but on this occasion it doesn't matter if something goes wrong - the doctor can simply create another model with a 3D printer.
The ultra-realistic lung - wet, soft, and complete with tumours and blood vessels - is one of a range of organs being produced by a Japanese firm that will allow surgeons to ...
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Amid chaos of Libya, newly unearthed fossils give clues to our own evolution
Lawrence KS (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
Libya hasn't been terribly hospitable for scientific research lately. Since the 2011 toppling of Muammar Gaddafi, fighters tied to various tribes, regions and religious factions have sewn chaos across that nation. Most recently, ISIS militants in Libya committed mass beheadings that triggered retaliatory bombings by neighboring Egypt.
"Currently, it is obviously very dangerous to be a West ...
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Novel mechanism proposed to explain Colorado's high elevation
Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 11, 2015 -
No one really knows how the High Plains got so high. About 70 million years ago, eastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska were near sea level. Since then, the region has risen about 2 kilometers, leading to some head scratching at geology conferences.
Now researchers at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and the Depar ...
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Wood Mac gobbled up by Verisk
Jersey City, N.J. (UPI) Mar 10, 2015 -
Energy consultant group Wood Mackenzie confirmed Tuesday it was acquired by Verisk Analytics for approximately $2.8 billion.
"Our teams stand ready to build on the strength of our existing solutions with the benefit of Verisk's analytic expertise, customer relationships, and financial resources," Stephen Halliday, chief executive officer of Wood Mackenzie, said in a statement.
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No known link between towelette found in Australia and MH370
Sydney (AFP) March 10, 2015 -
A Malaysia Airlines towelette was found on a Western Australian beach four months after MH370 vanished, investigators revealed Tuesday, but they said it was impossible to know if it came from the missing plane.
Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board and no sign of the aircraft has ever been found. It is thought to have gone down in the Indian Ocean off Australia's ...
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