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A team of scientists from UCL is designing the 'eyes' of a rover that will search for signs of life on Mars.

June 12, 2010 — Virginia Key — A team of dedicated South Florida researchers from the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) and the Nation

PASADENA, Calif.

WASHINGTON - NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Chairman Johann-Dietrich Worner signed an agreement Thursday during a bilateral meeting in Berlin

Doctor needed in Antarctica 7 June 2010 It's harsh, demanding, isolated and even hostile, but a unique place: Concordia research station in Antarctica.

Next week a fascinating new documentary on human effects on our oceans will be screened in 130 countries. It is presented by University of Plymouth lecturer Jason Hall-Spencer in his first starring role on European television. Hall-Spencer is renowned for his leading research on ocean acidification and the discovery of huge deep water coral reefs.

Tanks, bombs and soldiers may be the immediate occupants of the vast swathes of militarized territories across the world, but do they have other functions and meanings? A new book that takes an unprecedented look at these places holds some unexpected answers.

Tanks, bombs and soldiers may be the immediate occupants of the vast swathes of militarized territories across the world, but do they have other functions and meanings? A new book that takes an unprecedented look at these places holds some unexpected answers.

2 June 2010 This video shows what future astronauts would see from their cockpit: Mars turning below as they sweep around the Red Planet.

Van Dyke made significant contributions to the field of fluid mechanics, particularly in understanding the flow of air around airplanes and spacecraft traveling faster than the speed of sound.

Since the start of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption there has been much speculation about an eruption of its larger neighbour, Katla.

In Bangladesh, people dig deep wells to find drinking water free of naturally occurring arsenic. But farmers are also pumping water from those deep aquifers, threatening the water supply and public health.

Holdings of UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library digitized by Google May 20, 2010 By Dolores Davies Approximately 100,000 volumes from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, t

PASADENA, Calif.— Was Tyrannosaurus rex cold-blooded? Did birds regulate their body temperatures before or after they began to grow feathers? Why would evolution favor warm-bloodedness when it has such a high energy cost? Questions like these—about when, why, and how vertebrates stopped relying on external factors to regulate their body temperatures and began heating themselves internally—have long intrigued scientists.

The meeting is an opportunity for the public to discuss the proposed habitat conservation plan with Stanford and the two federal agencies responsible for reviewing the university's plans.

Small-mammal communities got knocked seriously askew about 12,000 years ago by the last episode of global warming.

The historic gardens of Somerset are the subject of a new book by Professor Tim Mowl and Marion Mako, from the University of Bristol's Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. The book is the latest volume in the series of county guides to the Historic Gardens and Landscapes of England, a project supported by the University of Bristol and the Leverhulme Trust , and is the tenth volume in the series.

May 19, 2010 — Virginia Key — With tendrils of oil entering the powerful loop current that runs past the Florida Keys and up the Atlantic seaboard, a group of scientists, politicians, and

Dr Kiril Stanilov, a Marie Curie research fellow at UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) is developing a historical model of urban growth to explore the evolution of London.

UCL scientists are researching the quality of England's lakes and ponds and asking everyone to get involved in a project led by UCL's OPAL (Open Air Laboratories) Water Centre.

News release IPCC InterAcademy Council Scripps Homepage ScrippsNews Home Nobel Prize-winning UC San Diego researcher Mario Molina to examine how climate panel prepares reports May 13, 2010 By Robert

Kettle's Yard has brought together the largest group of paintings by the American painter Agnes Martin to be seen in the UK for more than 15 years.

12 May 2010 Deposits of volcanic ash colour this view of the Meridiani Planum, as seen by the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera.

An advanced JPL-built optical sensor flying aboard a NASA research aircraft is among several NASA remote-sensing assets being mobilized to help assess the spread and impact of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the request of U.S. disaster response agencies.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Scripps Homepage ScrippsNews Home Fulfilling Copenhagen Accord will require variety of efforts ranging from 'Herculean' to the readily actionable, scientists say April 30, 2010 By Robert Monroe Scripps climate and atmospheric scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan (gray shirt) looks on as Hafeez Rehman explains new clean-burning cookware and lanterns to rural villagers in India.

Robert Ferguson MP (1767?1840), is infamous for having run off with Mary Elgin, the wife of Lord Elgin (of the Elgin Marbles).

Robin Irvine, 22, is studying archaeology and anthropology at Corpus Christi College. He was brought up in Scotland where he went to both independent and state schools.

Italy should prepare for the possibility of earthquakes larger than last year's disaster at L'Aquila and take steps to reinforce poorly constructed buildings.

Founded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world. In celebration of its 200-year history, this book commemorates the lives of the Society's 13 founder members and sets geology in its national and European context at the turn of the 19th century.

The Arthurian legend has inspired European writers and artists for almost fifteen hundred years. From shadowy beginnings in early medieval chronicles and poems, it has developed through medieval romance to modern films and TV series.

For insight into what can happen when the Earth's carbon cycle is altered - a cause and consequence of climate change - scientists can look to an event that occurred some 720 million years ago. New data from a Princeton University-led team of geologists suggest that an episode called "snowball Earth," which may have covered the continents and oceans in a thick sheet of ice, produced a dramatic change in the carbon cycle.

In Australia, Martu hunter-gatherers light fires to expose the hiding places of their prey: monitor lizards called goanna that can grow up to 6 feet long.

BERKELEY — The University of California, Berkeley, announced today (Tuesday, April 27) the selection of three architecture firms to submit design proposals for the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA).

Stanford's Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), launched into space in February aboard the most advanced solar-observing satellite ever designed, is up and running. For at least five years, HMI, along with two other instruments, will send back high-definition images of the sun that will help forecast solar activity.

Ash from the Icelandic volcano is difficult to track from satellites, making safety predictions for airliners difficult.

Hidden and unacknowledged beliefs are responsible for the UK´s social inequality, according to a leading geographer at the University of Sheffield, whose research is set to be revealed in a new book published this week (Wednesday 21 April 2010).

Envisat keeping an eye on the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano 21 April 2010 The development of the ash plume from Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull volcano between 17-20 April is tracked in this series of Envisat images. On 17 and 19 April, the brown-coloured ash plume is visible travelling in a roughly southeasterly direction over the Atlantic Ocean by the prevailing western air current.

PASADENA, Calif. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered something odd about a distant planet - it lacks methane, an ingredient common to many of the planets in our solar system. "It's a big puzzle," said Kevin Stevenson, a planetary sciences graduate student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, lead author of a study appearing tomorrow, April 22.

The continuing eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano was observed Mon. April 19, 2010, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument onboard NASA's Terra spacecraft.

Data of the Paul Scherrer Institute from the High-Alpine Research Station Jungfraujoch yield important information. The eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland has stalled flight traffic in large regions of Europe. Decision makers had to base their decisions mainly on model calculations for the volcanic plume dispersion.

The University plan protects the California tiger salamander, steelhead, California red-legged frog, Western pond turtle and San Francisco garter snake.