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Global warming threatens Antarctic sea life

“Nowhere else than in these ecosystems do giant sea spiders and marine pillbugs share the ocean bottom with fish that have antifreeze proteins in their blood,”…

March launch planned for ESA's gravity mission

An advance party from ESA has just arrived at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia to arrange logistical matters while the team of engineers will arrive…

Phytoplankton Cell Membranes Challenge Fundamentals of Biochemistry

Until now, it was thought that all cells are surrounded by membranes containing molecules called phospholipids – oily compounds that contain phosphorus, as…

European team finds smallest transiting extrasolar planet ever

It is the smallest extrasolar planet (planet outside our solar system) whose radius has ever been measured. The planet's composition is not yet certain, but it…

A (Google) Ocean Revolution For Sea Turtles

Google announced today a vast expansion of its popular Google Earth application to include seabed maps and underwater imagery. The launch event was held at…

Removing some cloud seeds of doubt

The team worked with Hydro Tasmania analysing the cloud seeding activity over the hydroelectric catchment area in central Tasmania for more than four decades –…

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