Earth didn’t always harbor life. But around 4 billion years ago, something in the environment changed, and systems with biological properties began to emerge.
A Chemical Clue to How Life Started on Earth
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Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle
A University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science research cruise leaves for the deep Atlantic Ocean 50 miles southeast of Bermuda on Monday for a week of science at sea aboard the 171-foot R/V Atlantic Explorer.
Excellence Payments to Hospitals Improve Hip Fracture Care
Hip fractures are a major cause of death and disability among older people worldwide, with 70,000 cases every year in the UK, which cost the NHS around £2 billion.
Physics Could Answer Questions About Breast Cancer Spreading to Bones
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Barn Owls May Hold Key to Navigation and Location
The way barn owl brains use sound to locate prey may be a template for electronic directional navigation devices, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are recreating owl brain circuitry in electronics.
