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Moon influences Antarctica's massive ice stream's flow!

Irani — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:06:24 +0000

Do you know the moon influences the flow of a massive ice stream in Antarctica? Yes, you can blame the different phases of the moon for the ice stream’s courses! — according to scientists. According to scientists, the Rutford Ice...

125 million year-old flying mammal discovered

Irani — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:11:02 +0000

It was at least 70 million years earlier than ever thought, the mammals used to fly! It was therefore, sometimes at about the same time - or even earlier than birds that they took to the skies! This is suggested by a fossil uncovered in China,...

New zeolite found

Irani — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:28:29 +0000

A new porous material with a new, highly open framework structure is reportedly been discovered. Can we call it new zeolite? According to Avelino Corma and his colleagues from the Politecnica University of Valencia, it is a zeolite — one of a...

How do the tiny, but 'killer' tremors occur?

Irani — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:23:20 +0000

There is a link between tiny, almost imperceptible, tremors deep inside the earth and devastating quakes that can wipe out cities! Thus, the secrets of earthquake prediction can be unlocked with this finding’s help, according to...

Closest ever observations of undersea volcanic eruption

Irani — Fri, 26 May 2006 06:24:50 +0000

In 2004 and 2005, a submarine volcano, 550 meters below the ocean’s surface threw out plumes of sulfur-rich fluid and pulses of volcanic ash. The volcano is located near the Mariana Islands, northwest of Guam. Findings from the first...

Is the giant Earth's crust slab found near core, an ocean floor part?

Irani — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:36:49 +0000

The planet’s core has revealed a huge slab of folded Earth! It can once be a part of the ocean floor, scientists contemplate. With this discovery, a theory on the Earth’s crust got strengthened. It is been said that the earth’s...

Antarctic sub-glacial lakes found connected by network of rivers

Irani — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:57:00 +0000

A new discovery about the Antarctic has smashed the age-old thought that sub-glacial lakes had been completely sealed for millions of years, and it enables evolution of unique species in them. The buried lakes of Antarctica are surprisingly found...

How did fish move from sea to land millions of years ago? The African fish has the reply

Irani — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:25:41 +0000

How did fish move from sea to land millions of years ago? Can this finding help to explain the mystery? It sounds amazing! - a fish leaping to gulp down a land bug! Yes, that is what scientists have discovered — a fish that can hunt and...

Yogurt: It May Help You Protect From HIV!

Irani — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:26:33 +0000

A bacterium has been discovered in yogurt that could potentially neutralize the HIV virus! Yes, the HIV virus. A friendly bacterium has been found in humans and yoghurt, which the doctors in the United States have modified. And it led to the...

Protect from HIV by Having Yogurt

Irani — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:37:59 +0000