Lizards threatened by warming (13/05/2010)
Climate change could wipe out one species in five, researchers say.
As many as one in five species of the world’s lizards could go extinct by 2080 because they can’t take the heat of climate change, an international research team reports.
The cost associated with ISO 14001 certification has developing countries companies’ lag in environmental management.
The ISO 14000 series of international standards have been developed to integrate environmental aspects into processes and product standards. This includes, but is not limited to, environmental management systems (ISO 14001), auditing guidelines (ISO 14010), labeling (ISO 14020), performance evaluations (ISO 14031), life cycle assessment (ISO 14040...
NASA at NASCAR (12/05/2010)
Cozily positioned next to the piping hot kettle corn tent and across from the Panasonic HD 3D truck, NASA's new traveling exhibit "From Rockets to Race Cars" made its NASCAR debut last weekend at Richmond International Raceway.
Portrait in DNA: Can forensic analysis yield police-style sketches of suspects? (09/05/2010)
How your genes could reveal what you look like.
Male, short and stout, with dark skin, brown eyes, shovel-shaped teeth, type A+ blood and coarse, dark brown hair giving way to pattern baldness. He would have a high tolerance for alcohol and a higher-than-average risk of nicotine dependence—fortunately, he lived thousands of years before humans discovered smoking. The description of a Stone Age Greenland resident published in February paints an extraordinary portrait of a man who vanished more than 4,000 years ago, drawn almost solely from his DNA remains.
Ocean Has Way, Way More Species Than Expected (04/05/2010)
About 2,000 scientists from 80 countries have gone on hundreds of voyages over the past decade in an effort to compile on Census of Marine Life, a comprehensive catalog the oceans"biological diversity. In the past, scientists estimated that there might be more than one million species in the oceans, some 230,000 of which had not yet been identified. Those estimates are still listed on the census web site, which apparently needs to be updated. According to a newly-issued press release, census research now indicates that there may be more than 20 times than number of bacteria species alone, and that the total number of species of marine microbes of all sorts may be close to one billion.
NASA Helps Keep Boat Owners From Running Out of Gas (04/05/2010)
Boat owners now have a better idea of the amount and purity of their fuel thanks to a NASA-developed wireless sensor technology.
Experimental Explanation of Supercooling: Why Water Does Not Freeze in the Clouds (23/04/2010)
Scientists from the Commissariat à l"Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the ESRF have found an experimental explanation of the phenomenon of supercooling. Their research is published today in Nature.
Supercooling, a state where liquids do not solidify even below their normal freezing point, still puzzles scientists today. A good example of this phenomenon is found everyday in meteorology: clouds in high altitude are an accumulation of supercooled droplets of water below their freezing point.
Supercooling was discovered already in 1724 by Fahrenheit, but even today the phenomenon remains a subject for intense discussions. Over the last 60 years the very existence of deep supercooling has led to speculations that the internal structure of liquids could be incompatible with crystallization.
NASA to Launch Human-Like Robot to Join Space Station Crew (23/04/2010)
NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, or R2, was developed jointly by NASA and General Motors under a cooperative agreement to develop a robotic assistant that can work alongside humans, whether they are astronauts in space or workers at GM manufacturing plants on Earth.
New methods identify thousands of new DNA sequences missing from reference map of human genome (21/04/2010)
A person can have one or more copies, or no copy at all, of a particular DNA sequence, which may account for why these sequences were absent from the reference genome.
Omega-3: Healthy No Matter What? (12/04/2010)
The health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids are widely accepted. But how can these nutrients be absorbed most effectively into the body? And do they have any potentially negative effects? Norwegian researchers are seeking answers to these questions.
Norway is a major player in the production of fish oils and omega-3. Over 40 per cent of the world"s omega-3 oils in food and food supplements originate in Norway. Researchers have clearly documented the beneficial health effects of the marine omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, but beyond this, little is known.
