Earth Sciences

Evolution Algorithm Inspires Organic Solar Cell Design

the scattering layer to maximize the amount of time light remained trapped within the cell- all by ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2013 - 10:59am

An Early Spring For The Next Century

budburst, modeling for example a single species of tree to represent all the trees in a geographic region. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2013 - 5:52pm

Eurazhdarcho Langendorfensis: New Extinct Flying Reptile Identified

wings up and walk on all fours when needed. "With a three-metre wingspan, Eurazhdarcho would have ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2013 - 7:44pm

South Pole: Garbage Dump At The End Of The World

small area, which turned it into the logistic hub of the international Antarctic research – with all ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 7 2013 - 12:30pm

Domesticating Switchgrass For Biofuels Has Its Downsides

This all-in-one combination could increase virus pressure in crop areas unless mitigated." ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 15 2013 - 11:30am

Climate Change Causes Local Weather Events- Yeah, We Said It

the media not attribute such things to climate change- after all, the situation in the 1930s was worse ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 15 2013 - 1:00pm

How To Make Siberia A Lot Less Scary

buildings are all built on permafrost and are vulnerable to thawing. Such a thaw could damage this ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2013 - 1:31pm

Coll De Nargó: 4 Dinosaur Egg Species Identified

nests were found in abundance and they all belong to dinosaurs, sauropods in particular. Up until now, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2013 - 1:28pm

Earth's Tectonic Plates Are 'Lubricated'

weren't expecting to find at all—it was pretty surprising." For decades scientists have debated the ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2013 - 9:06pm

Will Hawaii Get More Hurricanes?

"In our study, we looked at all tropical cyclones, which range in intensity from tropical storms to ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2013 - 1:01pm