When carbon dioxide is stored underground in a process known as geological sequestration, it can find multiple escape pathways due to chemical reactions between carbon dioxide, water, rocks and cement …read more Source:: Science
Month: February 2016
A metal that behaves like water
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•Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of graphene’s basic properties, observing for the first time electrons in a metal behaving like a fluid. This research could lead to …read more Source:: Science
By switching ‘bait,’ biologists trick plants’ bacterial defense into attacking virus
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•Scientists have modified a plant gene that normally fights bacterial infection to confer resistance to a virus. The method is the first time a plant’s innate defense system has been …read more Source:: Science
Early diet of infants, not maternal obesity, influences development of gut microbiome
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•After the age of nine months, the development of the infant gut microbiota is driven by the transition to family foods, not maternal obesity, according to results from a new …read more Source:: Science
NASA delays space station cargo run due to mold on packing bags
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA’s next cargo run to the International Space Station will be delayed for at least two weeks after black mold was found in two fabric …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Ripple effect: scientists await word on gravitational waves
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A century ago, Albert Einstein hypothesized the existence of gravitational waves, small ripples in space and time that dash across the universe at the speed of light.<br …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
World’s top scientists pledge to share all findings to fight Zika
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•LONDON (Reuters) – Thirty of the world’s leading scientific research institutions, journals and funders have pledged to share for free all data and expertise on Zika to speed up the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Researchers find new Zika clues to birth defect in fetus study
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•CHICAGO (Reuters) – Researchers on Wednesday reported new evidence strengthening the association between Zika virus and a spike in birth defects, citing the presence of the virus in the brain …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Study challenges widely accepted theory of Yellowstone formation
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•Understanding the complex geological processes that form supervolcanoes could ultimately help geologists determine what triggers their eruptions. A new study using an advanced computer model casts doubt on previously held …read more Source:: Science
Maths link to future locust dispersal
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•(Reuters) – A mathematical model of locust swarms could help in the development of new strategies to control their devastating migration, according to British researchers. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews