Study: Zika Virus Infects and Kills Fetal Cerebral Cortex Cells This birth defect can cause babies to be born with an unusually small head and inhibited brain development. The scientists, who made their findings based on experiments performed with lab-grown human stem cells, discovered that the Zika virus is attracted to and infects the cells […]
Zika Kills Cells Crucial to Brain Development; Did Volcanoes Cause Mars to Tilt?
Posted March 7th, 2016 at 4:20 pm (UTC-4)
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Science Images of the Month – August 2015
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Giant Magma Reservoir Found Beneath Yellowstone Supervolcano
Posted April 23rd, 2015 at 6:00 pm (UTC-4)
Yellowstone National Park’s many geothermal features, including its estimated 10,000 hot springs and geysers, draw millions of visitors each year. There’s good reason why the approximately 8,983 square km park has such a high level of geothermal activity. You see, the park sits atop one of the world’s largest active volcanic systems. According to the […]
Volcanic Activity Linked to A Warm and Wet Ancient Mars
Posted November 17th, 2014 at 7:09 pm (UTC-4)
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Exploratory missions to Mars, such as NASA’s Curiosity Rover, have provided more and more evidence that Mars at one time was warm enough for water to flow on its surface. Now a new study published in the journal “Nature Geoscience” has found that those ancient, warm periods on the Red Planet probably took place in […]
Science Images for September, 2014
Posted September 29th, 2014 at 7:23 pm (UTC-4)
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New Research Provides Insight into When a Volcano Will Erupt
Posted February 17th, 2014 at 5:36 pm (UTC-4)
New research by scientists from at the University of California-Davis and Oregon State University may make it easier to predict when a volcano is ready to erupt. A new study published recently in the journal Nature says that before an eruption, the volcanic magma – or the molten/semi molten rock under the volcano – must […]
World’s Largest Single Volcano Found Off Japan Coast
Posted September 6th, 2013 at 5:36 pm (UTC-4)
Researchers have identified the largest volcano ever documented on the planet. It’s even bigger than Hawaii’s legendary Mauna Loa, which remains the biggest active volcano on our planet. Called Tamu Massif, this enormous dormant or inactive volcano is located within the huge underwater mountain range called Shatsky Rise formation about 1609 kilometers east of Japan. […]
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