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Mining the Moon

Friday, June 12th, 2009 - 09:15:46 - Anuradha Menon

Planetary geologists speculate that the moon’s polar craters may hold billions of tons of hydrogen, perhaps even in the form of water ice. Intriguing...

Modeling the Sound of Water
Monday, June 8th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York are developing a method for real-time calculations of the sounds made...

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Self-Healing Bendable Concrete

Friday, May 8th, 2009 - 18:48:06 - Anuradha Menon

It's not quite as advanced as Terminator technology. But a new concrete that can heal its own wounds may soon bring futuristic protection to bridges...

Self-Cleaning and Water-Striding Robots

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 - 16:55:55 - Anuradha Menon

Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality thanks...

New Device Lets Plants Talk

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 - 10:05:53 - Anuradha Menon

Although technology has benefited agriculture in a number of ways, there are some things that growers still do the old-fashioned way. Among them is...

Fossil Shows How Seals Got Flippers

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 - 10:33:35 - Anuradha Menon

A fossil skeleton that helps to explain how seals and walruses developed flippers has been discovered in the Canadian Arctic, shedding light on the...

Astronomers Discover an Earth-Like Planet

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 - 14:08:18 - Anuradha Menon

The Holy Grail of astronomy is to find a planet capable of supporting life. European researchers have taken a big step forward in that quest...

Carbon Capture has a Sparkling Future

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 - 12:32:53 - Anuradha Menon

New research shows that for millions of years carbon dioxide has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields saturated with...

Water Acts as Catalyst in Explosives

Saturday, March 21st, 2009 - 14:42:05 - Anuradha Menon

The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions. Lawrence Livermore National...

Water Holding Frog
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 - Sarah GIngichashvili
In a water-deprived region of Northern Australia, the water-holding frog survives by burying itself into the soil to avoid...