Plumbing trees' plumbing reveals their engineering skill
...olisms. In particular, the findings reveal how the deepest roots develop the largest conduits in order to dra...ter to maintain its year-round foliage, it has the deepest roots, going some 60 to 75 feet into the bedrock to find water." In their studies, the researchers d...Whale carcass yields bone-devouring worms
...lsewhere, the whale fall in Monterey Canyon is the deepest studied to date. Its great depth (2,891 meters) may explain why some of the animals at this site have never been seen before. In addition to the newly named species, the researchers collected between four and six additional unidentified worm-like ani......eenhouse effect caused by humans. This will be the deepest oceanic sediment core yet to be extracted from the Arctic. On completion of the expedition, the cores will be brought to the DFG Ocean Margins Research Centre's core repository at the University of Bremen, where an international group of scientists w...Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop DOE leadership-class computing capability for science
...loped at ORNL will enable researchers to probe the deepest secrets of Nature and facilitate the technical, economic and social benefits such understanding will yield, said Secretary Abraham. It is no exaggeration to say that this machine will give both the U.S. scientific community and industrial sector ...Can you tell the difference between Quarks and DNA?
...udying the nuclei of atoms will unlock some of the deepest secrets of the universe, helping us to understand how all the matter we see around us was created, how the universe evolved and how it will ultimately end. Just as importantly, the applications of this sort of research in nuclear medicine is at work ...Bacteria discoveries could resemble Mars, other planets
...rctic glaciers. The latest discovery is one of the deepest drill holes in which scientists have discovered li...or, from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and from the deepest part of the ocean the Mariana Trench. "When you put all of those things together," Fisk said, "it ...... some unique features the largest volcano and the deepest canyon in the solar system its rocky, dusty, cold landscape has yet to yield signs of the ultimate prize: life. Three simple words follow the water have become the mantra of astrobiologists studying the Red Planet because the presence of water is...How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
... trenches more than four kilometers deep open. The deepest water and greatest pressure in the world lie at the bottom of the 11 km-deep Mariana Trench in the Eastern Pacific near the island of Guam. The hidden margins support many of the same species associated with deeper waters. Margins feature more compli......s are found in soft fine-grained clay found in the deepest parts of the lake, and are believed to be less tha...to unanswered questions and one of Lake Superior's deepest mysteries. CONTACT: Nigel Wattrus, Minnesota Sea Grant Researcher, Associate Professor, Geological ...Science picksleads, feeds and story seeds (November 2002)
...marvel at the mysteries beneath the surface of the deepest lake in the U.S. New bathymetric mapping, combined with decades of past research, now provides the clearest picture yet of events that happened since the massive eruption 7,700 years ago that destroyed Mount Mazama and created Crater Lake. Additiona...Field Museum plays key role in massive project to map Tree of Life
... organisms. This project will produce a map of the deepest branches of evolutionary relationships between spiders by combining a massive amount of newly generated comparative genomic data with new and re-assessed data on morphology and behavior. Spiders are among the oldest and most diverse groups of organ...X-ray analysis of shipwreck may help conservators save waterlogged artifacts
...as submerged, hydrogen sulfide penetrated into the deepest layers of the wood. Under the sea, chemical reactions turn hydrogen sulfide into elemental sulfur or pyrite, depending on the amount of available iron ions. The Swedish and Stanford researchers found evidence that sulfur had accumulated within the b...The body's production of melatonin may be the reason why the elderly can't get a good night's sleep
... there is a lower percentage of sleep spent in the deepest stages of non-REM sleep, there are more frequent arousals and awakenings during the sleep episode, and the inability to sustain sleep for the desired duration frequently occurs. As if fitful sleep wasn't bad enough, the elderly are deluged with misi...Gondwana split sorts out mammalian evolution
...eam. "Based on molecular clocks, we found that the deepest split occurs between Afrotheria and other placentals at ~103 million years, a date that coincides with a major plate tectonic separation." The result is controversial. Some researchers cite fossil evidence that suggests that mammals diversified on...Healy researchers make a series of striking discoveries about Arctic Ocean
... it beneath the Arctic ice cap. The ridge is the deepest and most remote portion of the global mid-ocean ridge system, where new ocean crust is continuously created as seafloor spreading takes place through volcanic activity. Many theories about seafloor spreading can be tested only on a slow-spreading ri...Changes in Lake Erie fish population suggest lake's recovery
... the east basin, the coolest and deepest part of the lake, wasn't available. Phosphorus is a byproduct of municipal and industrial wastewater plants and from fertilizer use on agricultural lands. Too much phosphoru...Where there's soup, there's life
...e inorganic energy and carbon sources, and are the deepest lineage within the universal tree of life," she explained. "Although the trunk and base of the tree of life are much debated, these few pieces of evidence suggest that this group of organisms may be a good proxy for studying early Earth life. Under...Heritability of attitudes: Twin research in religious perspective
...ate to our experience that scientific data and our deepest human values engage and criticize one another at critical moments in cultural history. Perhaps this is one such moment." --Lindon Eaves 2. Ted Peters, Ph.D., Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological Union, 2380 Ells...Presbyterians vote in favor of fetal, embryonic, and stem cell research
... of biotechnologies to human beings mandatory. The deepest issues of life and its meaning must not be obscured in the rush to profits and benefits promised by new biotechnologies." [Ibid., p. 365] 2. "Do Justice, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly" (1992), which included the following response to Commissioners' Resolut...Anthropologists find evidence of early humans in southern China cave
...rtz. "That's number five. Thisone was found at the deepest level of our excavations, and is probably closer to 300,000years old." Another surprise from the 2000 field season was the discovery of several antlers and tuskfragments. The team found both antlers that had been shed and antlers that were still att...