Net Rinse

The unprecedented image quality of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) carried by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is helping scientists make leaps forward in understanding both the ongoing and ancient processes that shaped the surface of Mars.

3D view of a few scallops. The ridges are asymmetrical with a steeper, shorter, scarp-facing-slope and form steps […]

Scientists detect a mysterious flow of galactic clusters
 

Galaxy clusters and CMBGalaxy clusters across the sky (white spots, shown here on an all-sky survey of the cosmic microwave background) appear to move, on average, in one direction toward the southern sky (purple patch). NASA, WMAP, Kashlinsky et al.
A newly discovered “dark flow” appears to carry clusters […]

Fossil find uncovers new species of meat-eating dinosaur that had birdlike lungs

AVIAN AIRWAYS.The new dinosaur species Aerosteon riocoloradensis had lungs (red) and air sacs (other colors) similar to those of modern birds. Full StoryTodd Marshall, Project Exploration
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of carnivorous dinosaur that possessed an interesting feature: It breathed like a […]

(May 12, 2008) — The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth’s orientation shifts through the year. Since the Industrial Revolution, however, new forces have begun to exert significant influence on Earth’s […]

MIAMI: About 45 feet beneath the ocean’s surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches.
The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and […]

Grass that may help tackle global warming by cutting the level of methane given off by cows is being developed by scientists reports the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry’s (SCI) magazine Chemistry & Industry.
Scientists at Gramina, a joint biotech venture by Australia’s Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre and New Zealand rural […]

The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth’s climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the journal Nature.
The new study identifies a link between reducing sulphur dioxide emissions from burning coal and increasing sea surface temperatures in the tropical north Atlantic, resulting in a heightened […]

New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron “snow” forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth’s atmosphere and fall to the ground.
The movement of this iron snow could be responsible for Mercury’s mysterious magnetic field, say researchers from the University of Illinois and Case […]

Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness those finely honed skills to make medical discoveries, perhaps even finding a cure for HIV.
A new game, named Foldit, turns protein folding into a competitive […]

ScienceDaily (May 8, 2008) — It is pathetically true that Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB is still thriving the test of scientific interventions despite affecting almost one -third of the worlds’ population. The fact that it takes approximately one human life every 15 second somewhere in the world is an unfortunate death statistics […]