Posts Tagged ‘water’
Science & Technology - Jun 19, 2009 15:41 - 2 Comments
What a view! Shorefront property found on Mars
Reconstructed landscape showing the Shalbatana Lake on Mars as it may have looked roughly 3.4 billion years ago. Data used in reconstruction are from NASA and the European Space Agency. (Credit: G. Di Achille/ University of Colorado)
Science & Technology - Jun 15, 2009 9:49 - 0 Comments
Mars rover finds telltale signs of water in crater
A mosaic of Cape St. Vincent, a promontory in the north wall of Victoria Crater, taken by the Mars rover Opportunity on May 6, 2007. (Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell)
Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 11:55 - 1 Comment
Seeing blue in search for Earth-like planets
This artist’s impression shows a gas-giant exoplanet transiting across the face of its star. (Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Earth & Environment, Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2009 11:15 - 0 Comments
Digging deep for clues to Asian water crisis
STANFORD (US)—Health experts have called the water crisis in southern Asia the largest mass poisoning in history. While more than 140 million people drink arsenic-contaminated groundwater each day—and thousands die each year from chronic exposure—the source of the poisoning has been difficult to trace. New clues found in an isolated region of Cambodia could help millions tap safer water sources. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 12, 2009 13:08 - 0 Comments
Putting on the squeeze to ‘freeze’ water
PRINCETON (US)—Think there’s only one way to freeze water? Think again. Researchers may be able to “freeze” water into a solid, not by cooling it, but by confining it to narrow spaces less than one-millionth of a millimeter wide. (more…)
