A new study provides clues into the understanding of the behavior of the charged molecules…
Month: June 2013
Large-scale biodiversity is vital to maintain ecosystem health
Over the years ecologists have shown how biological diversity benefits the health of small, natural…
Amazon forest fire risk to increase in 2013
University and NASA researchers predict that the severity of the 2013 fire season will be…
A Hubble view of NGC 1579: The Trifid of the North
Unlike the venomous fictional plants that share its name, the Trifid of the North, otherwise…
Climate conditions determine Amazon fire risk
Using an innovative satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that a previously unmapped type of…
Mars rover opportunity trekking toward more layers
Approaching its 10th anniversary of leaving Earth, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is on the…
Radar movies highlight asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon
Scientists working with NASA’s 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have released…
Stranded orcas hold critical clues for scientists
The development of a standardized killer-whale necropsy system has boosted the complete data from killer-whale…
Common genetic disease linked to father’s age
Scientists have unlocked the mystery of why new cases of the genetic disease Noonan syndrome…
Making sense of patterns in the Twitterverse
If you think keeping up with what’s happening via Twitter, Facebook and other social media…