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NASA Spacecraft Make New Discoveries About Northern Lights

A fleet of NASA spacecraft, launched less than eight months ago, has made three important discoveries about spectacular eruptions of Northern Lights called "substorms" and the source of their power.
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Greenland's Melting is Accelerating

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Science news // 11 December, 2007 05:12:57
 The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder climate scientist.

Odd Little Star has Magnetic Personality

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Astronomy news // 10 December, 2007 05:12:27
 A dwarf star with a surprisingly magnetic personality and a huge hot spot covering half its surface area is showing astronomers that life as a cool dwarf is not necessarily as simple and quiet as they once assumed.

MIT instrument finds surprises at solar system's edge

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Astronomy news // 10 December, 2007 08:12:07
 The Voyager 2 spacecraft's Plasma Science instrument, developed at MIT in the 1970s, has turned up surprising revelations about the boundary zone that marks the edge of the sun's influence in space.

NASA Mega-Telescope Gears Up to Study Cosmos

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Astronomy news // 09 December, 2007 08:12:42
 NASA has selected three teams of scientists to begin studying disks of dust around nearby stars starting in February 2008, using the Keck Interferometer in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. This sophisticated new system combines the observing power of the two large Keck telescopes into a single mega-telescope.

MIT creates oil-repelling materials

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Technology news // 06 December, 2007 10:12:36
 MIT engineers have designed a class of material structures that can repel oils, a novel discovery that could have applications in aviation, space travel and hazardous waste cleanup. Such materials could be used to help protect parts of airplanes or rockets that are vulnerable to damage from being soaked in fuel, like rubber gaskets and o-rings.

Free software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics

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Technology news // 06 December, 2007 10:12:21
 Until recently, a student solving a calculus problem, a physicist modeling a galaxy or a mathematician studying a complex equation had to use powerful computer programs that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. But an open-source tool based at the University of Washington won first prize in the scientific software division of Les Trophées du Libre, an international competition for free software.

‘Flying Fish unmanned aircraft takes off and lands on water

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Technology news // 05 December, 2007 09:12:31
 Flying fish were the inspiration for an unmanned seaplane with a 7-foot wingspan developed at the University of Michigan. The autonomous craft is believed to be the first seaplane that can initiate and perform its own takeoffs and landings on water.

Did Life Originate in a Mica Sandwich?

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Science news // 04 December, 2007 07:12:27
 Earth's first life may have developed between the layers of a chunk of layered mica sitting like a multilayered sandwich in the primordial soup, according to a new hypothesis.

Herbal extract found to increase lifespan

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Life sciences news // 04 December, 2007 11:12:32
 The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia increased the lifespan of fruit fly populations, according to a University of California, Irvine study.

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