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Bangalore, India (SPX) Sep 14, 2004Preparations for the launch of EDUSAT by India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F01) are proceeding satisfactorily at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. As per the present progress, the launch is expected to take place at 4:01 pm on Monday, September 20, 2004. Unsung Species Co-Endangered 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2004The global extinction crisis ignores thousands of affiliated species that are also at risk of being wiped out, making the list of endangered species much larger and more serious than originally thought, says a study produced in part at the University of Alberta. |
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Ring Of Life
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2004One of science's most popular metaphors - the "tree of life," with its evolutionary branches and roots, showing groups of bacteria on the bottom and multicellular animals on the higher branches - turns out to be a misnomer, UCLA molecular biologists report in the Sept. 9 issue of the journal Nature. Surfing The Wave 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2004Earth is the only planet we know of that has life, but it is not exactly a safe haven. Planetary processes such as volcanoes, earthquakes, extreme weather and climate change often threaten life, and sometimes have led to the extinction of species. Modeling Ocean Behavior: The Key To Understanding Our Future Climate 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2004Scientists have long recognized the importance of oceans in our climate. In fact, the unique physical characteristics of our oceans are largely responsible for making the Earth a livable environment. Complex Cells Likely Arose From Combination Of Bacterial And Extreme-Microbe Genomes 
Arlington VA (SPX) Sep 09, 2004According to a new report, complex cells like those in the human body probably resulted from the fusion of genomes from an ancient bacterium and a simpler microbe, Archaea, best known for its ability to withstand extreme temperatures and hostile environments. Sandia Experiments May Reduce Possibility Of Future Water Wars 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 09, 2004A method that uses roughly only one-hundredth the fresh water customarily needed to grow forage for livestock may leave much more water available for human consumption, as well as for residential and industrial uses. As a byproduct, it also may add formerly untapped solar energy to the electrical grid. First-Of-Its-Kind Experiment On San Andreas 
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 08, 2004Using classified technology developed by the military during the Cold War, a team of geoscientists led by Rice University's Manik Talwani is conducting a first-of-its-kind experiment on California's famed San Andreas fault this week. Subtropical Arctic 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Sep 07, 2004The North Pole, synonymous with all things very cold, once had a subtropical climate according to scientists now returning from the Arctic. |
Deception Point
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2004Who wrote the Great Astrobiology Novel, and what can one learn from reading it? If forced to answer this question today, a consensus might build around the particulars of one record-setting novelist, Dan Brown. Genetic Map Of Important Tree Genes Outlined 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Sep 07, 2004Researchers in Sweden and the United States have publicly released a new database of many of the most important genes in a tree genome. This collection of genes, which includes a large proportion of those expressed during tree growth, is among the best for any plant species. Ape Versus Man: Volatile DNA? 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2004A team of biochemists from UC Riverside published a paper in the June 11 issue of the Journal of Molecular Biology that gives one explanation for why humans and primates are so closely related genetically, but so clearly different biologically and intellectually. Battle Between Bubbles Might Have Started Evolution 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Sep 03, 2004Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers are proposing that the first battle for survival-of-the-fittest might have played out as a simple physical duel between fatty bubbles stuffed with genetic material. Study Finds Antioxidant Protects Metal-Eating Plants 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 02, 2004An antioxidant, a type of compound that prevents certain types of damage to living cells, appears to allow some kinds of plants to thrive on metal-enriched soils that typically kill other plants, says a Purdue University scientist. Moho Gone Missing, Geologists Say 
San Joaquin Valley CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2004About 25 miles beneath the Earth's surface is a discrete boundary between the planet's rocky crust and the mantle below that geologists call the Moho. But in the southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the Moho just isn't there, reports a team of geologists. Ignition Threshold For Impact-Generated Fires 
San Antonio CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2004Scientists conclude that, 65 million years ago, a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid or comet slammed into what is now the Yucatan peninsula, excavating the Chicxulub impact crater and setting into motion a chain of catastrophic events thought to precipitate the extinction of the dinosaurs and 75 percent of animal and plant life that existed in the late Cretaceous period. |
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