NSF launches oceanic zest test
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Buoy to monitor CO2 absorption The first ever system designed specifically to measure the acid levels in the oceans was launched this week. The project, funded by the US's National Science Foundation (NSF), aims to determine how much CO2 the Pacific Ocean absorbs each year.â¦
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An ambitious two-year effort aims to understand the vital, shifting dynamics of ice, oceans and life at the ends of the earth.
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An unmanned experimental jet has broken a world record for speed, cruising over the Pacific Ocean at just under 7000 miles (11,265km) per hour in a NASA test of cutting-edge &quot;scramjet&quot; engine technology.
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UK researchers have developed a way of using light to detect the presence of bacteria.
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A new test could help scientists determine more quickly whether chinook salmon in the Klamath River are infected with a potentially deadly parasite.
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A new spacecraft is being readied to make the fastest, most detailed study yet of the fleeting gamma ray bursts emanating from deep in space.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $7.5 million over five years to establish the Center for Probing the Nanoscale (CPN) at Stanford University.
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An international team of scientists has found life on a Norwegian island.  No surprises there, but the successful field test of a collection of life-detection instruments may be a stepping stone for future endeavors to sniff out life on Mars.
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Marine scientists began a nine-day mission in the world's only permanent working undersea laboratory Monday to study changes along a coral reef off the Florida Keys.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 20  - NASA launched Saturday its Swift satellite, which will track huge explosions of gamma rays, the US space agency said.
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Scientists will use advanced technology never before deployed beneath the sea as they try to discover new creatures, behaviors and phenomena in a 10-day expedition to the Gulf of Mexico's deepest reaches.
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When NASAâs Genesis solar-wind sample return capsule skyrockets from space next week and drops into the Utah Test and Training Range, that landmark in civilian space draws upon a once classified satellite snooping program.
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By Kunitoshi Sakurai  An unusual preliminary environmental survey was conducted recently along the coastal area of Henoko point in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, with the participation of a Maritime Self-Defense Force (SDF) minesweeper tender.
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WASHINGTON - A new ocean science program dedicated to studying and explaining the world&#39;s oceans is the latest offering from the Smithsonian Institution (news - web sites)&#39;s National Museum of Natural History.
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The American Geophysical Union got a peek at techniques and tools from Microsoft Research's eScience group.
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Stora Enso Wood Supply will test FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) forest certification in Finland.
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WASHINGTON -- Two area high school students who have discovered a new way to detect breast cancer have won a national science competition.