Posted On: 03/28/2013 8:45:05 AM
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New Evidence Ancient Asteroid Caused Global Firestorm on Earth
March 27, 2013 — A new look at conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days indicates the event could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every ... > full story
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Quantum Computing? Physicists' New Technique for Cooling Molecules May Be a Stepping Stone to Quantum Computing
March 27, 2013 — At the heart of next-generation computers may be a collection of ultracold molecules held at temperatures a mere fraction of a degree above absolute zero. By combining two traditional atomic cooling ... > full story
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Scientists Image Deep Magma Beneath Pacific Seafloor Volcano
March 27, 2013 — Since the plate tectonics revolution of the 1960s, scientists have known that new seafloor is created throughout the major ocean basins at linear chains of volcanoes known as mid-ocean ridges. But ... > full story
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New Way to Lose Weight? Changing Microbes in Guts of Mice Resulted in Rapid Weight Loss
March 27, 2013 — New research has found that the gut microbes of mice underwent drastic changes following gastric bypass surgery. The transfer of these microbes into sterile mice resulted in rapid weight ... > full story
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Imaging Methodology Reveals Nano Details Not Seen Before: Understanding Nanoparticles at Atomic Scale in 3-D Could Improve Materials
March 27, 2013 — Scientists have produced 3-D images and videos of a tiny platinum nanoparticle at atomic resolution that reveal new details of defects in nanomaterials that have not been seen ... > full story
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Carbon Cycle: Four Cells Turn Seabed Microbiology Upside Down
March 27, 2013 — With DNA from just four cells, researchers reveal how some of the world's most abundant organisms play a key role in carbon cycling in the ... > full story
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Sun Block for the 'Big Dog': Astronomers Detect Titanium Oxide and Titanium Dioxide Around the Giant Star VY Canis Majoris
March 27, 2013 — Astronomers have successfully identified two titanium oxides in the extended atmosphere around a giant star. The object VY Canis Major is one of the largest stars in the known universe and close to ... > full story
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Summer Melt Season Getting Longer on Antarctic Peninsula
March 27, 2013 — New research from the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the summer melt season has been getting longer over the last 60 years. Increased summer melting has been linked to the rapid break-up of ice ... > full story
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New Fossil Species from a Fish-Eat-Fish World When Limbed Animals Evolved
March 27, 2013 — Scientists who famously discovered the lobe-finned fish fossil Tiktaalik roseae, a species with some of the clearest evidence of the evolutionary transition from fish to limbed animals, have ... > full story
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Pesticide Combination Affects Bees' Ability to Learn
March 27, 2013 — Two new studies have highlighted a negative impact on bees' ability to learn following exposure to a combination of pesticides commonly used in agriculture. The researchers found that the pesticides, ... > full story
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