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ESA's Cluster Mission Establishes Why Earth's Aurorae Shine (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 09-01-2006 at 12:00:38
| ESA's Cluster mission has established that high-speed flows of electrified gas, known as "bursty bulk flows," in the Earth's magnetic field are the carriers of decisive amounts of mass, energy and magnetic perturbation towards the Earth during magnetic substorms. When substorms occur, energetic particles strike our atmosphere, causing aurorae to shine. |
Bacteria Beat The Heat (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 09-01-2006 at 12:00:31
| How do some microorganisms manage to exist and even thrive in surroundings ranging from Antarctica to boiling hot springs? A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute's Plant Sciences Department, led by Prof. Avigdor Scherz, has found that a switch in just two amino acids can make a difference between functioning best at moderate temperatures and being adapted to living in extreme heat. |
High-flying Balloons Track Hurricane Formation, 'Seeding' Areas (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 09-01-2006 at 06:00:37
| The eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean is out of range for U.S. hurricane-hunter aircraft, and forecasters have little skill predicting which systems brewing there will develop into hurricanes, atmospheric scientists say. So, to find out how some of the most dangerous hurricanes form, U.S. and French researchers are launching large, specialized balloons carrying nearly 300 instruments over wide swaths of Africa and the Atlantic Ocean. |
Study Confirms Ammunition As Main Source Of Lead Poisoning In Condors (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 09-01-2006 at 06:00:37
| Lead poisoning is a major factor limiting the success of efforts to rebuild populations of the endangered California condor. A study led by environmental toxicologists at UC Santa Cruz has now confirmed what wildlife biologists have long suspected: Bullet fragments and shotgun pellets in the carcasses of animals killed by hunters are the principal sources of lead poisoning in California condors that have been reintroduced to the wild. |
A Better Water Test (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 09-01-2006 at 06:00:37
| Water is essential for life. Nevertheless, even small amounts of water in the wrong places -- such as fuels, lubricants, or organic solvents -- can cause motors to sputter, metal parts to rust, or chemical reactions to go awry. A new method for detection and measurement of small amounts of water, developed in the lab of Dr. van der Boom in the Weizmann Institute's Organic Chemistry Department, might allow such tests to be performed accurately and quickly. |
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