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Study identifies source of oil sheens near Deepwater Horizon oil spill site
Chemical analysis shows that the source is oil pockets trapped in the wreckage of the sunken rig.
July 16, 2013
Why freshwater organisms survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
An asteroid impact caused the extinction of most dinosaurs and half of ocean-dwelling species. Meanwhile, life in inland freshwater ecosystems largely survived. Why?
July 16, 2013
Eye-tracking could outshine passwords
A collaborative team has developed a new biometric authentication technique that identifies people based on their eye movements. This new technique could one day replace online passwords if made user-friendly.
July 16, 2013
NASA Hubble finds new Neptune moon
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet.
July 15, 2013
Phytoplankton like to party, too
Tiny ocean plants use turbulence for travel to social gatherings.
July 15, 2013
Researchers estimate over two million deaths annually from air pollution
Over two million deaths occur each year as a direct result of human-caused outdoor air pollution, a new study has found.
July 15, 2013
Team cracks RNA code, finds possible new cause of autism
Many human diseases are due to defects in the RNA code. Cracking the code is crucial to creating new treatments for many conditions.
July 12, 2013
Antarctic glacier calves iceberg one-fourth size of Rhode Island
This week a European Earth-observing satellite confirmed that a large iceberg broke off of Pine Island Glacier, one of Antarctica's largest and fastest moving ice streams.
July 12, 2013
A beautiful end to a star’s life
X-rays from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (pink) shows superheated gas around the dense, hot core of an aging star.
July 12, 2013
