Scientists Discover Strange Creature in a Seemingly Inhospitable Ecosystem
The discovery of this creature increases the total count of new species identified by researchers exploring these seemingly inhospitable ecosystems to 48. Greg Rouse, a…
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Harvard Researchers Discover Five New Deep-Sea Squat Lobster Species – Calling for a Revision of Current Systematics
Squat lobsters from the family Munidopsidae, known as Munidopsid, are highly prevalent among the decapods found at the abyssal depths of the ocean. These creatures…
Surprise, Surprise: Subsurface Water On Mars Defies Expectations
Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments. A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has uncovered a couple…
Ocean Physics Explain Incredible Cyclones on Jupiter
Images from NASA satellite of polar cyclones on Jupiter allow scientists to study the forces that drive them. Hurtling around Jupiter and its 79 moons…
Sudden Disappearance of Giant Antarctic Lake Leaves Massive Crater – 200 Billion Gallons of Water Gone
Detailed observations enable better understanding of future ice shelf stability. A global team of scientists including several from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University…
Scripps Researchers Develop New Method for Enhancing Biofuel Production
By metabolically engineering a “knock-down” of fat-reducing enzymes called lipases, UC San Diego researchers have developed a method for greatly enhancing biofuel production in tiny…
Oceanographers Discover Compound That Shows Potency Against Anthrax
Oceanographers from Scripps UC San Diego have discovered a microorganism that produces a chemical compound that may offer new treatments for anthrax and other ailments…