Salt Origin Without Evaporation Proposed
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By Anonymous  A group of authors led by a Statoil ASA specialist in marine geology has proposed an unconventional theory for the origin of salt that could have far reaching implications for oil and gas exploration.
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are reporting a possible answer to a longstanding question in research on the origins of life on Earth--how did the first amino acids form the first peptides?
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New findings suggest that fine clays may be deposited by relatively fast-flowing water.
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British scientists have taken tips from Mother Nature to develop a new technology that could deliver cheaper, life-saving vaccines without refrigeration to millions of children in remote areas of the world.
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It all came down to a small, Utah-made device sitting inside an Idaho pottery kiln. This recent experiment at a national research laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, may pave the way for an efficient means of extracting hydrogen from water.
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Research suggests that the sun's activity is not responsible for the onset of global warming.
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Helium isotopes reveal hidden stores of geothermal energy.
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By Greg Miller, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 9--There's a pillar of salt coming to Columbia, and it's not a message from an angry deity.   The city of Columbia will pay Michigan-based Dome Corp.
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People who smoke or use high amounts of table salt on their food appear to be at increased risk for gastroesophageal reflux, a disease in which stomach juices flow back into the esophagus, European researchers report. In contrast, tea and alcohol, which have been identified as culprits in past studies, did not increase the risk.
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By Seth Borenstein THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON -- The first "sniffs of air" of two huge far-away planets reveal that they seem to be missing water, a surprising finding amid weather unlike any planets in our solar system with blast furnace-like gusts amid supersonic winds.
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By Alicia Chang THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  For decades, scientists have scoured Mars in search of water, a basic ingredient for primitive life.  But the best clues were always tied to the ancient past when the Red Planet was warmer and wetter.
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NEW YORK  - People who smoke or use high  amounts of table salt on their food appear to be at increased  risk for gastroesophageal reflux, a disease in which stomach  juices flow back into the esophagus, European researchers  report. In contrast, tea and alcohol, which have been  identified as culprits in past studies, did not increase the  risk.
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Curious deposits on Mars that originally appeared to be signs of an ancient ocean were instead produced by water emerging from underground, a new study finds.
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Parents are confused over the salt content of foods and the dangers of eating too much salt, research shows.
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British scientists have taken tips from  Mother Nature to develop a new technology that could deliver  cheaper, life-saving vaccines without refrigeration to millions  of children in remote areas of the world.
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Liquid or gas flowed through cracks penetrating underground rock on ancient Mars, according to a report based on some of the first observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These fluids may have produced conditions to support possible habitats for microbial life.
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By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb.