A peculiar cosmic explosion first detected by NASA's Swift observatory on Christmas Day 2010 was caused either by a novel type of supernova located billions of light-years away or an unusual collision much closer to home, within our own galaxy.
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NASA's Swift finds a gamma ray burst with a dual personality
Posted by Jenni (#2) 540 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)Abrupt permafrost thaw increases climate threat experts say
Posted by Jenni (#2) 540 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
As the Arctic warms, greenhouse gases will be released from thawing permafrost faster and at significantly higher levels than previous estimates, according to survey results from 41 international scientists published in the Nov. 30 issue of the journal Nature
Much to humans' chagrin, bacteria have superior survival skills. Their decision-making processes and collective behaviors allow them to thrive and even spread efficiently in difficult environments.
New material can enhance energy, computer, lighting technologies
Posted by Jenni (#2) 548 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
Arizona State University researchers have created a new compound crystal material that promises to help produce advances in a range of scientific and technological pursuits.
Call to evolve rodent conservation policy
Posted by Jenni (#2) 558 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Mike Jordan, Chair of the Small Mammal Subgroup of the Reintroduction Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission, has urged the Indian government to evolve a rodent conservation policy.
Life set to flow back to 200 lakes
Posted by Jenni (#2) 561 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Nearly 200 lakes falling under Kosasthalaiyar river sub-basin in Tiruvallur district near Chennai will soon be rejuvenated. The Water Resources Department has initiated the tendering process under the Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Waterbodies Restoration and Management project.
A team of researchers at MIT has found one of the most effective catalysts ever discovered for splitting oxygen atoms from water molecules a key reaction for advanced energy storage systems, including electrolyzers, to produce hydrogen fuel and rechargeable batteries.
Meerkats recognize each other from their calls
Posted by Jenni (#2) 571 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
Wild meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa recognize group members from their calls, behavior researchers at the University of Zurich have established for the first time. The researchers assume that meerkats can tell the individual group members apart.