Hydrothermal vent systems could have persisted millions of years, incubated life
The staying power of seafloor hydrothermal vent systems like the bizarre Lost City vent field is one reason they also may have been incubators of Earth's earliest life, scientists report in a paper published in the July 25 issue of Science. ... Discovered just 2 years ago during a National Science Foundation-funded expedition in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, Lost City has the tallest vents ever seen t...Citing 'human obligation,' AAAS CEO urges U.S.-Cuban collaboration
The American scientific community has a "human obligation" to "explore ways that science can improve the lives of people everywhere"--including Cuba, Alan I. Leshner, head of the world's largest general scientific organization told U.S. policymakers today.... ..."The entire world is facing increasingly complex and often devastating problems of poverty, environmental degradation and human disease,...Scholar: hurricanes helped shape Cuban culture, history
CHAPEL HILL -- When hurricane season in the Caribbean officially ends Friday, (Nov. 30) many Cubans, especially farmers, will probably breathe a sigh of relief. They survived Hurricane Michelles wrath earlier this month, but the fallout was five deaths and ruined crops, wrecked sugar mills and destroyed homes. ... ...Hurricanes are a fact of life in Cuba, which has historically been hard-hit duri...NASA Using Space Incubator To Understand Breast Cancer
... A special incubator designed to grow tissue samples in space is being applied on Earth in a quest to understand how breast cancer works - and how it might be controlled.... ... ... Scientists are using NASA Bioreactors to culture breast cells on Earth to learn what controls the growth of both healthy and malignant breast tissues. Their findings could affect health care for women not only on...US-Cuban Scientific Collaborations Jeopardized By Travel Restrictions
WASHINGTON, DC -- Strained US-Cuban relations and inconsistently-applied travel...restrictions are hampering scientific exchanges between the US and Cuba,...according to a new report released today by the American Association for the...Advancement of Science (AAAS). ...... The report, The Effect of Travel Restrictions on Scientific Collaboration...Between the United States and Cuban Scientists,...Discovery Channel Returns From Underwater Scientific Expedition Off The Coast Of Cuba
. . Crew of scientists received a surprise visit from. Cuban President Fidel Castro . . A team of internationally renowned scientists. and researchers returns today from a month-long deep. sea scientific expedition off the coast of Cuba. . The expedition of these unchartered, pristine waters. in a high-tech submersible vehicle was designed to look. for new species, explore the massive c...