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First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Billion-Year-Old Water Found On Earth May Hold...

John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com – Your Universe OnlineHow did life begin? This question has been the focus of intense research for centuries, and while we have made significant strides, the answer still eludes us.Understanding how the first proteins, ... [Published Red Orbit - May 16 2013]

Entities: Isotope, Methane, Manchester, Radioactive Decay

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Reservoir under Canadian Shield may be half as old as Earth itself

Locked deep in the impermeable granite of the Canadian Shield lies a reservoir of water so ancient it may have been cut off from the surface for more than half the age of Earth itself.The water, found bubbling up from boreholes in a mine 2.4 kilometres ... [Published Globe and Mail - May 16 2013]

Entities: Xenon, Tullis Onstott, Isotope, Radioactive Decay

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Rock of ages

You described Rita Cabral's surprising discovery of sulphur isotopes that formed under intense light (27 April, p 14), yet were found in volcanic ocean basalts only 20 million years old.She concludes they were derived from oceanic crust that was at the ... [Published New Scientist - May 15 2013]

Entities: Planetesimal, Isotope, Achondrite, Radioactive Decay

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

What We Don’t Know

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Back in August 2010, WUWT ran an article wherein it was claimed that variations in the sun changed the rate of radioactive decay. This, of course, flew in the face of years and years of … Continue reading → ... [Published Watts Up With That? - May 14 2013]

Entities: Radioactive Decay

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

University of Minnesota

DEEP SCIENCE

SOUDAN – Former miners, families, students, senior citizens and anyone looking for an adventure spent part of their day last Saturday in a physics laboratory more than 2,000 feet below the surface of the earth learning about the basic building blocks ... [Published Timberjay Newspapers - May 12 2013]

Entities: Cosmic Ray, Steve Wilson, Particle Physics, Proton, University of Minnesota

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

A New Germ-Killing Technology

We usually think of ourselves as the planet’s apex life-form, but we’re really just feeble newcomers on this globe. Other life-forms have been around far longer.Bacteria, for example, emerged nearly 4 billion years ago, and these “simple” organisms exist ... [Published Wall Street Pit - May 08 2013]

Entities: Bacteria, Infection, Ignaz Semmelweis, Antiseptic, Antibiotic-Resistant

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Rolls-Royce plc

Radioactive materials lost in more than 30 incidents over past decade

Health and safety watchdog admits firms and hospitals have mislaid dangerous substances that could be used by terrorists Radioactive materials have gone missing from businesses, hospitals and even schools more than 30 times over the last decade, a freedom ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 05 2013]

Entities: Radioactive Material, John Large, Nuclear, Rolls-Royce plc, Schlumberger Limited

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Re-Imagining Habitable Planets To Expand Our...

The Holy Grail in the search for planets outside our solar system is finding one that could potentially support life. Traditionally, this means finding a planet with features similar to Earth, which is just the right distance from its host star that liquid ... [Published Red Orbit - May 04 2013]

Entities: Sara Seager, Atmosphere, Greenhouse Gas, Radioactive Decay, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

The Good Old Days

So much more fun. In the late 1940s and 1950s, chemistry sets entered the atomic age. Gilbert offered an “ Atomic Energy Lab ” that came with “radioactive ores” and a Geiger counter. A Porter Chemcraft kit had uranium samples and a spinthariscope, ... [Published Eschaton - May 02 2013]

Entities: Radioactive Decay, Uranium, Chemistry

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Researchers Shed Light On Why Saturn Looks So...

John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com – Your Universe OnlineAt the dawn of our Solar System the planets were very hot, as the energy from their creation lingered. But over time the planets would cool, becoming darker, only occasionally paused in this ... [Published Red Orbit - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Saturn, Solar System, University of Exeter

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Brit horologist hammers out ‘first’ ATOMIC-POWERED watch

Pic Could this be the chronometrist’s ultimate timepiece, the peak of horological haute couture? British bespoke movement maker Hoptroff today claimed to have produced the world’s first personal chronometer with an on board atomic clock.The result, says ... [Published The Register - May 01 2013]

Entities: Watchmaker, Microwave, Symmetricom Inc, Radioactive Decay

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Gets Most Extreme Test Yet

In their efforts to crack the mysteries of gravity, scientists continue to probe Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. The latest test involved a curious binary star system.By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / April 25, 2013The most massive neutron ... [Published Current TV - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Theory of Relativity, Neutron Star, Radioactive Decay, Electromagnetism, Thimble

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..."The [IUPAC] commission is going to be meeting again this year in August," says Coplen. "I expect there's going to be several more elements that will change."

Atomic weights revision changes periodic table [Published New Scientist - 9 hours ago]

...a million more, that's the tiny bit of matter we're analyzing from a single crystal of a rock, that's the scale that we work on," Schmitz said. "Our lab has become well known around the world for the detail we put into understanding the accuracy of these difficult measurements."

Geochemist aids development of geologic time scale for study of Earth's history [Published Science Daily - May 21 2013]

...that EVs will become a bigger part of the driving picture here on Earth as well, helping humanity avoid the worst consequences of climate change. "I think EVs are helping us learn how to coexist on the Earth without using it up, at the same time that they're helping us extend our reach to Mars and explore places that we couldn't reach without those technologies" she said. Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on SPACE.com

Electric Cars on Earth and Mars: How They Stack Up [Published Space.com - May 17 2013]

"The problem on Earth is that life has dominated for billions of years," says Sherwood Lollar. "This could be a tiny place where we still have a remnant of the kinds of prebiotic conditions that might have existed on early Earth." In the long run, Sherwood Lollar hopes to find a whole series of these enclosed water worlds, each from a different period in Earth's prehistory

Canadian mine may host 2.6-billion-year-old ecosystem [Published New Scientist - May 15 2013]

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Atomic weights revision changes periodic table [Published New Scientist - 9 hours ago]
Geochemist aids development of geologic time sc... [Published Science Daily - May 21 2013]
Carbon-14 labelled API manufacturing. Winter 12 [Published Drug Discovery World - May 19 2013]
Electric Cars on Earth and Mars: How They Stack Up [Published Space.com - May 17 2013]
Billion-Year-Old Water Found On Earth May Hold... [Published Red Orbit - May 16 2013]
Reservoir under Canadian Shield may be half as ... [Published Globe and Mail - May 16 2013]
Rock of ages [Published New Scientist - May 15 2013]
Canadian mine may host 2.6-billion-year-old eco... [Published New Scientist - May 15 2013]
Canadian mine yields world’s oldest free-flowin... [Published Globe and Mail - May 15 2013]
What We Don’t Know [Published Watts Up With That? - May 14 2013]
German demolition plans revealed [Published World Nuclear News - May 13 2013]
DEEP SCIENCE [Published Timberjay Newspapers - May 12 2013]
A New Germ-Killing Technology [Published Wall Street Pit - May 08 2013]
New research sets back date of moon's dynamo 16... [Published PhysOrg.com - May 07 2013]
Greene drill shavings refused at disposal site [Published Observer-Reporter - May 07 2013]
Higgs hunters look beyond the Standard Model [Published Physicsworld.com - May 06 2013]
Radioactive materials lost in more than 30 inci... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 05 2013]
Re-Imagining Habitable Planets To Expand Our... [Published Red Orbit - May 04 2013]
An Ode to Helium [Published New York Times - May 04 2013]
The Pantheon of Great Inventors Inducts Its Cla... [Published Forbes.com - May 02 2013]
The Good Old Days [Published Eschaton - May 02 2013]
Brit horologist hammers out ‘first’ ATOMIC-POWE... [Published The Register - May 01 2013]
Antimatter might fall up, say physicists [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 30 2013]
Researchers Shed Light On Why Saturn Looks So... [Published Red Orbit - Apr 30 2013]
"Hanford: Our Nuclear Neighbor" discussion next... [Published DownToEarthNW.com - Apr 30 2013]
Gastrin releasing peptide compounds [Published PharmCast - Apr 30 2013]
Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Gets Mo... [Published Current TV - Apr 27 2013]
The lone rangers [Published Melbourne Age - Apr 21 2013]
2013-04-12 - Optimised systems for monitoring... [Published Cordis - Apr 19 2013]
I married a murderess [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 19 2013]

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What We Don’t Know [Published Watts Up With That? - May 14 2013] Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Back in August 2010, WUWT ran an article wherein it was claimed that variations in the sun changed the rate of radioactive decay. This, of course, flew in the face of years and years of … Continue reading → ...
A New Germ-Killing Technology [Published Wall Street Pit - May 08 2013] We usually think of ourselves as the planet’s apex life-form, but we’re really just feeble newcomers on this globe. Other life-forms have been around far longer.Bacteria, for example, emerged nearly 4 billion years ago, and these “simple” organisms exist ...
The Good Old Days [Published Eschaton - May 02 2013] So much more fun. In the late 1940s and 1950s, chemistry sets entered the atomic age. Gilbert offered an “ Atomic Energy Lab ” that came with “radioactive ores” and a Geiger counter. A Porter Chemcraft kit had uranium samples and a spinthariscope, ...
Science fair leads to first and only woman as S... [Published militaryfeed.com - Apr 02 2013] 3/22/2013 - FORT MEADE, Md. (AFNS) – In a field dominated by boys, especially during the mid 1950′s, a young high school junior in Tacoma, Wash., was determined to win her local science fair. Borrowing a small piece of uranium from her uncle, who worked ...
Atomic Show #199 – Fukushima happened 2 years ago [Published Atomic Insights - Mar 11 2013] Before March 11, 2011, “Fukushima” was the name of a relatively unknown prefecture in Japan. Immediately after a very powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the north east coast of Japan, killing at least 16,000 people and destroying the man made infrastructure ...