• Eat Up All Of Your Brussels Sprouts -- Unless You're An Aphid
• February 11, 2008 — Aphids that eat Brussels sprouts are smaller than normal and live in undersized populations, which has a negative knock-on effect up the food chain according to new research in Science. The study ... > full story
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• Core Samples From Subsea Fault System Off Japan Will Help Explain How Earthquakes Are Generated

  February 11, 2008 — Scientists aboard IODP scientific drilling vessel Chikyu collected 5,000 samples from the seismogenic zone known as the Nankai Trough. The samples will provide scientists with new sources of data and ... > full story
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• Rubik's Cube In Center Of Earth? Computer Simulations Support New Model Of Earth's Core
  February 11, 2008 — Swedish researchers have presented evidence in Science to support their new theory about the structure of the earth's core. The findings may be of significance for our understanding of the cooling ... > full story
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• Biofuel Crops That Require Destroying Native Ecosystems Worsens Global Warming
  February 11, 2008 — Turning native ecosystems into "farms" for biofuel crops causes major carbon emissions that worsen the global warming that biofuels are meant to mitigate, according to a new study. The carbon lost by ... > full story
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  Antarctic Expedition Provides New Insights Into The Role Of The Southern Ocean For Global Climate

  February 11, 2008 — In the Southern Ocean, large quantities of surface-drifting plankton algae are able to significantly reduce the carbon dioxide content of surface waters. Scientists will discuss pressing questions of ... > full story
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• Intersex Fish Linked To Population And Agriculture In Potomac River Watershed
  February 11, 2008 — For several years, scientists have been working to determine why so many male smallmouth bass in the Potomac River basin have immature female egg cells in their testes - a form of intersex. They are ... > full story
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• History Of Quaternary Volcanism And Lava Dams In Western Grand Canyon
  February 11, 2008 — John Wesley Powell wrote in 1895: "...what a conflict of water and fire there must have been [in western Grand Canyon]! Just imagine a river of molten rock running down over a river of melted snow." ... > full story
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• Cheap, Environmentally Friendly Extraction Method For Titanium Dioxide Developed
  February 11, 2008 — From medicine to make-up, plastics to paper -- hardly a day goes by when we don't use titanium dioxide. Now researchers have developed a simpler, cheaper and greener method of extracting higher ... > full story
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• Organic Solar Cells: Electricity From A Thin Film

  February 10, 2008 — Teams of researchers all over the world are working on the development of organic solar cells. Organic solar cells have good prospects for the future: They can be laid onto thin films, which makes ... > full story
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• Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Trigger Huge Plankton Blooms In Eastern Atlantic
  February 10, 2008 — Scientists are at sea studying the Saharan dust that blows off the coast of Africa - triggering huge plankton blooms in the eastern Atlantic. Saharan dust is rich in nitrogen, iron and phosphorus and ... > full story