McClatchy Newspapers: Scientists and environmentalists worry that 3,500 miles of Gulf of Mexico coastline from…
Month: May 2010
Lawmakers don’t want new drilling off West Coast
Associated Press: About 20 West Coast lawmakers are backing legislation that would permanently ban new…
Giant dome, fires aimed at huge oil spill
Reuters: Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday…
Deep beneath the Gulf, oil may be wreaking havoc
Associated Press: The oil you can’t see could be as bad as the oil you…
Anatomy of an Oil Disaster: Heckuva Job, Kenny!
Mongabay: Who is responsible for the great environmental disaster arising from the oil spill in…
Less sleep may add up to more pounds in adolescents
Adolescents who don’t get enough sleep may gain more than some extra time to play…
Purple bacteria best for harvesting solar energy
Purple bacteria seem to have the best structural solution for harvesting solar energy. A physicist…
High-altitude research advances low-altitude medicine
High altitude medicine is a “natural research laboratory” for the study of cardiovascular physiology and…
Densest dice packing: Tetrahedral dice pack tighter than any other shape
Tetrahedral dice, which have four triangular sides, pack more densely than any other shape yet…
Melanoma not caused by early ultraviolet (UVA) light exposure, new fish experiments show
Early life exposure to ultraviolet A light does not cause melanoma in a fish model…