| November 26, 2003 |
| Marine
scientists discover nutrient pollution boosts fungi, bacteria killing Caribbean
reefs: In the Caribbean Sea, coral reefs -- those gorgeous,
eye-popping, fish-nourishing, ship-scraping biological wonders that are
among the region's crown jewels -- continue to die rapidly, a University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill biologist says. Their future looks bleak. |
| Scientists
discover how brain draws and re-draws picture of world: Children
usually spill if trying to drink from a full cup, but adults rarely do.
How we learn to almost automatically complete complex movements -- like
how to lift a cup and tip it so the liquid is right at the edge when we're
ready to drink -- is one of our brain's mysterious abilities. |
| Global
halt to major greenhouse gas growth: The greenhouse gas, methane,
has stopped growing in the global background atmosphere and could begin
to decrease, CSIRO researchers announced today. |
| Ecstasy
can trigger heart attacks in users: The illegal drug MDMA (Methylene
3, 4 dioxy-methamphetamine) more commonly known as 'Ecstasy' or 'XTC,' can
trigger heart attacks, according to a case report in the December issue
of Annals of Emergency Medicine. |
| Researchers
reveal early steps in clone development: Despite widely publicized
reports about the sheep, Dolly and Polly, cloning is still not considered
successful in the scientific community. Only two percent of clones succeed
and they are sometimes unhealthy. |
| Nanotech
instruments allow first direct observations of RNA 'proofreading':
When Ralph Waldo Emerson said that nature pardons no mistakes, he wasn't
thinking about RNA polymerase (RNAP) - the versatile enzyme that copies
genes from DNA onto strands of RNA, which then serve as templates for all
of the proteins that make life possible. |
November 25, 2003 |
| Global
wetlands surveyed from space: Dotted across varied regions
of our planet are the waterlogged landscapes known as wetlands. Often inaccessible,
these muddy areas are actually treasure houses of ecological diversity -
their overall value measured in trillions of Euros. |
| Endangered
species listings may backfire: New research confirms fears
that Endangered Species Act listings do not necessarily help - and may even
harm - rare species on private lands. |
| Brain
activity abnormal in children with delayed speech: Children
with unusually delayed speech tend to listen with the right side of the
brain rather than the left side of the brain. |
| Mars
landers create opportunity for Web-linked sundials around the world:
Sullivan, a University of Washington astronomy professor, is teaming up
with television personality Bill Nye, 'the science guy,' and The Planetary
Society on EarthDial, a project to get schools, community organizations
and individuals around the world to build their own sundials and display
them on the Internet using 24-hour webcams. |
| Tracking
the illegal ivory trade: Despite the international ban on selling
African elephant ivory, poaching is still widespread. Law enforcers may
soon have a new tool for cracking down on elephant poachers: a genetic analysis
of ivory can help show which part of Africa it came from. |
| Does
shade coffee help or hinder conservation?: While shade coffee
is promoted as protecting tropical forests and birds, conservationists are
split on whether it actually works. |
November 24, 2003 |
| SOHO
tracks recent stormy regions on Sun's far side as they turn for second shot
at Earth: Scientists using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
(SOHO) spacecraft have been able to monitor the activity of the recent powerful
solar magnetic active regions that were hidden on the far side of the Sun
as they rotated with the Sun to face the Earth again. |
| Scientists
design a new transistor: When amazing new computers and other
electronic devices emerge, they will have been conceived and incubated in
university laboratories like that of Dr. Chris Gorman, professor of chemistry
at North Carolina State University. There, the scientist and his multidisciplinary
team are working to build, molecule by molecule, a nanoscale transistor. |
| Radio
waves help see moisture inside walls: Building researchers
at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have joined
forces with Intelligent Automation Inc. in Rockville, Md., to develop a
way to use ultra wide-band radio waves to non-destructively detect moisture
within the walls of a building. |
| X-ray
inspection may meet computer chip-making need: A decades-old,
X-ray-based method for studying the atomic structure of materials may be
the answer to a looming semiconductor industry need--a rugged, high-throughput
technology for measuring dimensions of chip circuitry packed with devices
approaching molecular proportions. |
| Edible
urban plants found to contain lead: Chicago has one of the
highest rates of lead poisoning in the United States, an extremely persistent
health problem that particularly plagues urban areas. Now a new study by
Northwestern University researchers shows that edible plants grown in urban
gardens could contain potentially hazardous amounts of lead. |
| International
Space Station Status Report: The eighth permanent crew to live
on the International Space Station completed its first month aboard the
complex this week, a week that saw the 16 nations that participate in the
Station program celebrate the fifth anniversary of its launch. |
November 21, 2003 |
| NASA
successfully tests ion engine: NASA's Project Prometheus recently
reached an important milestone with the first successful test of an engine
that could lead to revolutionary propulsion capabilities for space exploration
missions throughout the solar system and beyond. |
| 1700
Japan tsunami linked to massive North American quake: Guided
by Japanese writings from an era of shoguns, an international team of scientists
today reported new evidence that an earthquake of magnitude 9 struck the
northwestern United States and southwestern Canada three centuries ago. |
| Researchers
create Bose-Einstein 'super molecule': A super-cold collection
of molecules behaving in perfect unison has been created for the first time
from a sea of 'ermion' atoms by researchers at JILA, a joint institute of
the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder). |
| Evidence
says EarthÍs greatest extinction caused by ancient meteorite:
Long before the dinosaurs ever lived, the planet experienced a mass extinction
so severe it killed 90 percent of life on Earth, and researchers at the
University of Rochester think they've identified the unlikely culprit. |
| New
technology will speed genome sequencing: Almost 150 different
genomes have been sequenced to date, including the human genome. But sequencing
needs are growing faster than ever: In March 2003, the Bush administration
announced it will spend $1 billion over five years to increase forensic
analysis of DNA, including a backlog of up to 300,000 samples. |
| Tree
root life controls CO2 absorption: A new study, published today
in Science, indicates that the potential for soils to soak up atmospheric
carbon dioxide is strongly affected by how long roots live. |
November 20, 2003 |
| International
Space Station marks five years in orbit: The International
Space Station reaches the historic five years in space milestone on November
20, 2003. The unique orbiting laboratory complex has grown from a lone,
uninhabited module into a permanently staffed, house-sized research facility. |
| Volcanic
eruptions may affect El Niĝo onset: A new study by scientists
at the University of Virginia (UVa) in Charlottesville and the National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, suggests that
explosive volcanic eruptions in the tropics may increase the probability
of an El Niño event occurring during the winter following the eruption. |
| Focus
on solar outbursts: While scientists and aurora spotters marvel
at the explosions on the Sun, everyone responsible for the hundreds of satellites
that serve human needs, from weather observations to car navigation, wishes
that these potentially damaging events were more predictable. |
| Climate
events linked to reproduction of one of the most endangered marine mammals:
The highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population is facing a
difficult journey to recovery. That recovery may become even more precarious
if North Atlantic climate takes a turn for the worse, according to Cornell
University ecologists. |
| Lewis
and Clark notes reveal history of human impacts: Native Americans
had a major impact on the wildlife of the American West for hundreds of
years prior to European settlement, a report from Oregon State University
indicates, based on data from one of the most accurate surveys of its time
- the journals of Lewis and Clark. |
| SARS
death rate doubles in polluted cities: A new study led by researchers
at the UCLA School of Public Health associates air pollution with an increased
risk of dying from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS. |
November 19, 2003 |
| Most
distant x-ray jet yet discovered provides clues to big bang:
The most distant jet ever observed was discovered in an image of a quasar
made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Extending more than 100,000 light-years
from the supermassive black hole powering the quasar, the jet of high-energy
particles provides astronomers with information about the intensity of the
cosmic microwave background radiation 12 billion years ago. |
| A
new Cornell 'nanoguitar,' played by a laser, offers promise of applications
in electronics and sensing: Six years ago Cornell University
researchers built the world's smallest guitar -- about the size of a red
blood cell -- to demonstrate the possibility of manufacturing tiny mechanical
devices using techniques originally designed for building microelectronic
circuits. |
| Formation
of lava bubbles offers new insight into seafloor formation:
Scientists studying the formation of the sea floor thousands of feet below
the surface have a new theory for why there are so many holes and collapsed
pits on the ocean bottom. In a recent article in the journal Nature, the
researchers say the holes and pits of various sizes are probably formed
by lava erupting onto the seafloor so quickly it traps water beneath it,
forming bubbles of steam that eventually collapse as the water cools. |
| Researchers
achieve breakthrough in development of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes:
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developing ultraviolet (UV)
light-emitting diodes (LEDs) recently demonstrated two deep UV semiconductor
optical devices that set records for wavelength/power output. |
| MIT
team mines for new materials with a computer: A computational
technique used to predict everything from books that a given customer might
like to the function of an unknown protein is now being applied by MIT engineers
and colleagues to the search for new materials. |
| International
Space Station Status Report: The Expedition 8 crew of the International
Space Station wound up its week with a busy Friday, getting ready for next
week's practice session for a possible February spacewalk. |
November 17, 2003 |
| By
the year 2050, human population could add 2.6 billion people:
It took from the beginning of time until 1950 to put the first 2.5 billion
people on the planet. Yet in the next half-century, an increase that exceeds
the total population of the world in 1950 will occur. |
| New
investigational vaccine to prevent hepatitis C tested for first time in
humans: With an estimated 170 million people around the world
already infected with hepatitis C, Saint Louis University is testing, for
the first time in humans, an investigational vaccine that researchers hope
will prevent infection with the virus. |
| Genes
control severity of heart failure: By screening the genomes
of mice with heart failure, Duke University Medical Center researchers have
discovered multiple stretches of DNA containing genes that modify the heart's
pumping ability and survival with the disease. |
| New
program interrogates gene pathways: Any criminologist will
tell you that witnesses, even the best intentioned, don't always get it
right. Confusion, trauma -- even a smattering of white lies -- inevitably
distort the story to some degree, requiring multiple witnesses to corroborate
each other's testimonies. |
| Better
brain imaging helps surgeons avoid damage to language functions:
Advances in neurosurgery have opened the operating room door for an amazing
array of highly invasive forms of brain surgery, but doctors and patients
still face an incredibly important decision - whether to operate when life-saving
surgery could irrevocably damage a patient's ability to speak, read or even
comprehend a simple conversation. |
| Mantis
shrimp fluoresce to enhance signaling in the dim ocean depths:
The tropical mantis shrimp has the most sophisticated eyes of any creature
on the planet, yet it often lives at murky depths where the only light is
a filtered, dim blue. Why does it need such complex vision? |
November 14, 2003 |
| Delta-like
fan on Mars suggests ancient rivers were persistent: Newly
seen details in a fan-shaped apron of debris on Mars may help settle a decades-long
debate about whether the planet had long-lasting rivers instead of just
brief, intense floods. |
| Discovery
could lead to new ways to create nano-fibers and wires: A research
team led by engineers at Purdue University and physicists at the University
of Chicago has made a discovery about the formation of drops that could
lead to new methods for making threads, wires and particles only a few nanometers
wide. |
| Some
large Pacific Northwest quakes could be limited in size by their location:
Large, deep earthquakes have shaken the central Puget Sound region several
times in the last century, and nerves have been rattled even more often
by less-powerful deep quakes. |
| Climate
models predict wetter winters, warmer summers in the West:
When you turn on the television news for the latest weather report, usually
a week-long forecast is given. But what if you could learn what to expect
in the coming decades? |
| Technique
may identify novel disease genes at a faster clip: Researchers
have used ultraviolet light to 'weld' a key regulatory protein to its RNA
targets, creating a new tool that can be used to identify novel proteins
involved in a variety of human diseases. |
| 200
years later, geologist re-orients Lewis and Clark's compass readings:
Virtual explorer Robert Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences
in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has teamed
up with Lewis and Clark to provide the oldest determinations of the magnetic
declination of America's interior. |
November 13, 2003 |
| New
memory device could offer smaller, simpler way to archive data:
Engineers at Princeton University and Hewlett-Packard have invented a combination
of materials that could lead to cheap and super-compact electronic memory
devices for archiving digital images or other data. |
| Not-yet-turned-on
star is forming Jupiter like planet: University of Arizona
astronomers have used a new technique called nulling interferometry to probe
a dust disk around a young nearby star for the first time. |
| Research
sheds new light on process of evolution: For more than a century,
scientists have concluded that a species evolves or adapts by going through
an infinite number of small genetic changes over a long period of time. |
| ESAÍs
first step towards Mars Sample Return: What is the next best
thing to humans landing on Mars and exploring the wonders of the Red Planet?
The answer: touching, imaging and analysing carefully preserved samples
of Martian rock in a state-of-the-art laboratory on Earth. |
| Transparent
fish provide window on blood formation and marrow transplantation:
Researchers have developed powerful new techniques to see in unprecedented
detail how blood-forming cells develop in zebrafish. |
| Observing
a burst with sunglasses: 'Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)' are certainly
amongst the most dramatic events known in astrophysics. These short flashes
of energetic gamma-rays, first detected in the late 1960's by military satellites,
last from less than one second to several minutes. |
November 12, 2003 |
| Thermal
superconductivity in carbon nanotubes not so 'super' when added to certain
materials: Superb conductors of heat and infinitesimal in size,
carbon nanotubes might be used to prevent overheating in next-generation
computing devices or as fillers to enhance thermal conductivity of insulating
materials, such as durable plastics or engine oil. |
| Arctic
and Antarctic sea ice marching to different drivers: A 30-year
satellite record of sea ice in the two polar regions reveals that while
the Northern Hemisphere Arctic ice has melted, Southern Hemisphere Antarctic
ice has actually increased in more recent years. |
| ESA's
new view of the Milky Way - in gamma rays!: ESA's gamma-ray
observatory Integral is making excellent progress, mapping the Galaxy at
key gamma-ray wavelengths. |
| Neutron
detector under development to monitor spacecraft radiation:
It’s no secret that radiation is a great danger to astronauts. Most
of the research to date concerns the effects of galactic cosmic rays, but
what happens to those particles when they pass into a spacecraft? |
| Air
pollution, even at 'safe' levels, is bad for the heart: Urban
air pollution is linked to increased rates of death from cardiovascular
disease, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association's
Scientific Sessions 2003. |
| Vaccines
against fatal African cattle fever: Research carried out in
the Netherlands has led to the development of two new vaccines against East
Coast Fever. |
November 11, 2003 |
| Ancient
Maya stone altar recovered in Guatemala: An unprecedented collaboration
of archeologists, Maya villagers and Guatemalan authorities has resulted
in the recovery of a magnificent Maya altar stone that was carved in 796
AD and sheds new light on the collapse of the classic Maya civilization. |
| UCLA
researchers find gingko biloba may help improve memory: Researchers
at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute found significant improvement in
verbal recall among a group of people with age-associated memory impairment
who took the herbal supplement ginkgo biloba for six months when compared
with a group that received a placebo. |
| Mars-like
Atacama Desert could explain Viking 'No Life' Result: A team
of scientists from NASA, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Louisiana
State University and several other research organizations has discovered
clues from one of Earth's driest deserts about the limits of life on Earth,
and why past missions to Mars may have failed to detect life. |
| Daily
vitamins could prevent vision loss among thousands: If every
American at risk for advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) took
daily supplements of antioxidant vitamins and zinc, more than 300,000 people
could avoid AMD-associated vision loss over the next five years. |
| Scientists
find brain areas affected by lack of sleep: Lack of sleep can
affect an individual's memory, ability to perform simple daily tasks, and
attention span. Recent studies that help decipher the basic mechanism of
sleep may help in the development of drugs that reduce the need for sleep
in military combat or other circumstances. |
| Immune
memory from smallpox vaccination lasts more 50 years: Immune
memory after smallpox vaccination persists for at least 50 years in immunized
individuals, according to research conducted by scientists at the Emory
Vaccine Center and Emory University School of Medicine. |
November 10, 2003 |
| Several
commonly used pesticides are toxic to mitochondria in laboratory experiments:
Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found in laboratory
experiments that several commonly used pesticides are just as toxic or even
more toxic to the mitochondria of cells than the pesticide rotenone, which
already has been implicated in the development of Parkinson's disease. |
| Illinois
researchers create world's fastest transistor -- again: Researchers
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have broken their own
record for the world's fastest transistor. |
| The
biggest solar X-ray flare ever is classified as X28: It has
been announced that the massive solar X-ray flare which occurred on 4 November
was, at best estimate, an X28. There is still a small chance this will be
revised by a small amount, but it is now official: We have a new number
1 X-ray flare for the record books, the most powerful in recorded observational
history. |
| 'Dark
matter' forms dense clumps in ghost universe: The 'dark matter'
that comprises a still-undetected one-quarter of the universe is not a uniform
cosmic fog, says a University of California, Berkeley, astrophysicist, but
instead forms dense clumps that move about like dust motes dancing in a
shaft of light. |
| New
findings help predict soil production and erosion: Two Dartmouth
researchers have quantified the chemical weathering rates of bedrock at
three sites around the world. |
| International
Space Station Status Report: The Expedition 8 crew settled
into life aboard the International Space Station this week, squaring away
their new home in orbit and beginning work with several different experiments. |
November 7, 2003 |
| Warming
waters identified as cause of marine life depletions off California:
Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated for the first time that
they can easily apply a film of tiny, high-performance silicon nanowires
to glass and plastic, a development that could pave the way for the next
generation of cheaper, lighter and more powerful consumer electronics. |
| Nanowire
film brings cheaper, faster electronics a step closer: Researchers
at Harvard University have demonstrated for the first time that they can
easily apply a film of tiny, high-performance silicon nanowires to glass
and plastic, a development that could pave the way for the next generation
of cheaper, lighter and more powerful consumer electronics. |
| Ice
cores may yeild clues to 5,000-year-old mystery: The latest
expeditions to ice caps in the high, tropical Peruvian Andes Mountains by
Ohio State University scientists may shed light on a mysterious global climate
change they believe occurred more than 5,000 years ago. |
| Volcanic
mysteries unraveled underwater: Almost all of the active volcanoes
on Earth lie beneath miles of seawater at mid-ocean ridges, creating the
long chain of volcanic mountains that encircles the Earth like the seam
of a baseball. |
| New
TB vaccine shows promise in HIV infection: An innovative vaccine
against tuberculosis has shown promise in persons with HIV, researchers
from Dartmouth Medical School and the National Public Health Institute of
Finland report in the Nov. 7 issue of the journal AIDS. |
| Scripps
scientists link ozone to atherosclerosis: A team of investigators
led by The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) President Richard A. Lerner,
M.D., and TSRI Associate Professor Paul Wentworth, Jr., Ph.D., are reporting
evidence for the production of ozone in fatty atherosclerotic plaques taken
from diseased arteries. |
November 6, 2003 |
| Hot
cocoa tops red wine and tea in antioxidants; may be healthier choice:
There's sweet news about hot cocoa: Researchers at Cornell University
have shown that the popular winter beverage contains more antioxidants per
cup than a similar serving of red wine or tea and may be a healthier choice. |
| Voyager
approaching solar system's final frontier: NASA's Voyager
1 spacecraft is about to make history again. It is the first spacecraft
to enter the solar system's final frontier, a vast expanse where wind from
the sun blows hot against thin gas between the stars: interstellar space. |
| Gender
differences in brain response to pain: A new UCLA study shows
that different parts of the brain are stimulated in reaction to pain depending
on gender. |
| Explanation
offered for Antarctica's Blood Falls: Researchers here have
discovered that a reddish deposit seeping out from the face of a glacier
in Antarcticas remote Taylor Valley is probably the last remnant of an ancient
salt-water lake. |
| Unique
molecular structure offers insight into nanoscale self-assembly, solution
chemistry: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven
National Laboratory and the University of Bielefeld, Germany, have discovered
a new type of hollow spherical vesicles formed by large-scale, wheel-shaped
inorganic molecules. |
| Canadian
discovery promises treatment for HIV dementia: Millions of
HIV patients who suffer from dementia now have hope of a treatment, thanks
to a breakthrough discovery by Canadian researchers. |
November 5, 2003 |
| Molecular
electronic device shows promise: Thanks to a team of materials
scientists at Northwestern University, molecular electronics may be one
step closer to reality. |
| World's
most alkaline life forms found near Chicago: Sometimes the
most extreme environment for life isn't at the bottom of the ocean or inside
a volcano. It's just south of Chicago. |
| Metal
nano-bumps could improve artificial body parts: Biomedical
engineers at Purdue University have proven that bone cells attach better
to metals with nanometer-scale surface features, offering hope for improved
prosthetic hips, knees and other implants. |
| Extraterrestrial
enigma - missing amino acids in meteorites: Amino acids have
been found in interstellar clouds and in meteorites - but with some enigmatic
omissions and tantalizing similarities to life on Earth. |
| La
Niĝa influences Amazon flooding: Work recently published in
Nature announces a significant correlation between sediment deposition in
two Bolivian rivers, which flow into one of the principal tributaries of
the Amazon, and climatic events of the ENSO (El Niĝo Southern Oscillation)
type. |
| Direct
link found between chronic inflammation, colon cancer: Investigators
in the A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Research Center at Vanderbilt have identified
a type of DNA damage caused by chronic inflammation as a potential risk
factor for colorectal cancer. |
November 4, 2003 |
| Astronomers
find nearest galaxy to Milky Way: An international team of
astronomers from France, Italy, the UK and Australia has found a previously
unknown galaxy colliding with our own Milky Way. This newly-discovered galaxy
takes the record for the nearest galaxy to the centre of the Milky Way. |
| Sky-high
icebergs carried boulders from the Rockies to south-central Washington:
Geologists have uncovered a scene in the Pasco Basin west of the
Columbia River that shows how boulders piggybacked icebergs from what is
now Montana and came to rest at elevations as high as 1,200 feet. |
| Sand
ripples taller on Mars: Mars is kind of like Texas - things
are just bigger there. In addition to the biggest canyon and biggest volcano
in the solar system, Mars has now been found to have sand ripples twice
as tall as they would be on Earth. |
| Drug
improves brain structure in Alzheimer's patients: Researchers
at Duke University Medical Center have determined that a medication commonly
prescribed for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) appears to cause
physical improvements in the hippocampus and other brain regions of patients
with the disease. |
| Treating
blood clots, a half-century later: The first new oral drug
in 50 years to prevent blood clots after knee-replacement surgery was superior
to the standard treatment in a clinical trial of about 2,300 patients led
by the University of Rochester Medical Center. |
| Ultra-low
oxygen could have triggered die-offs, spurred bird breathing system:
Recent evidence suggests that oxygen levels were suppressed worldwide
175 million to 275 million years ago and fell to precipitously low levels
compared with today's atmosphere, low enough to make breathing the air at
sea level feel like respiration at high altitude. |
November 3, 2003 |
| Colorado
cave yields million-year-old record of evolution and climate change:
For at least a million years, owls throughout the West have been
snapping up sagebrush voles and reducing them to gray pellets of fur, bones
and teeth littering the foot of the roost. |
| Researchers
home in on obesity gene and offer explanation for overeating:
An international team of researchers has identified the role of a gene which
may explain why some people overeat and become obese. |
| NASA
exploring potential of small UAVs for earth studies: NASA
is exploring the potential use of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAV) that
look like large radio controlled airplanes to conduct scientific studies
of the Earth. |
| Signals
from space enable earthquake detection: A violent earthquake
that cracked highways in Alaska set the sky shaking as well as the land,
an ESA-backed study has confirmed. |
| Near-real
time ozone forecasting made possible by Envisat: Stratospheric
data supplied by Envisat are the basis for a near-real time global ozone
forecasting service now available online |
| Researchers
grow breast cancer tissue from transplanted mammary stem cells:
Mammary stem cells that grow in human breast tissue may play a pivotal role
in breast cancer, according to research to be presented at the International
Association for Breast Cancer Research, sponsored by UC Davis Cancer Center. |
| NASA
adapts miniature biological lab for use in space: NASA is
adapting tiny laboratories embedded in compact discs (CDs) to conduct biological
tests aboard the International Space Station and to eventually look for
life on other planets. |
| Pacific
atolls are young as islands go: Bikini Atoll and the other
idyllic, palm-covered atolls of the tropical Pacific Ocean are less than
two thousand years old -- much younger than previously thought, according
to a University of Arizona geologist. |
| International
Space Station Status Report: International Space Station Expedition
8, Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Michael Foale and Flight Engineer
Alexander Kaleri wound up their first full workweek in space Friday. |
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