Earth Science
Minerals found in the subsurface of Mars, a zone of more than three miles below ground, make for the strongest evidence yet that the red planet may have supported life, according to research “Groundwater activity on Mars and implications for a deep biosphere,” published in Nature Geoscience on January 20, 2013.
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Researchers have tracked a trail of minerals that point to the prior presence of water at the Curiosity rover site on Mars.
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An international collaboration including researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has discovered that the Earth's core formed under more oxidizing condition's than previously proposed.
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Berkeley Lab research could lead to a better understanding of the Arctic ecosystem’s impact on the planet's climate.
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A new study co-authored by the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that clay minerals, rocks that usually form when water is present for long periods of time, cover a larger portion of Mars than previously thought.
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You’d think it would be easy to use seismic waves to find tunnels dug by smugglers of drugs, weapons or people but that's not the case.
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The planet’s two largest ice sheets have been losing ice faster during the past decade, causing widespread confusion and concern. A new international study provides a firmer read on the state of continental ice sheets and how much they are contributing to sea-level rise.
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Shedding light on the limits of life in extreme environments, scientists have discovered abundant and diverse metabolically active bacteria in the brine of an Antarctic lake sealed under more than 65 feet of ice.
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"Dark Energy": Life Beneath the Seafloor Discussed at Upcoming American Geophysical Union Conference
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U-M Launches $9M Effort to Strengthen Great Lakes Restoration While Advancing Research and Education
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The study of materials at extreme conditions took a giant leap forward with the discovery of a way to generate super high pressures without using shock waves whose accompanying heat turns solids to liquid.
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Anthrax has the unexpected ability to grow and reproduce while lurking in soil – increasing the deadly bacteria’s chances to infect cattle and other mammals, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered.
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