SciTech

'Greenhouse' Effect Endangers Ocean Life

A team of geologists from Newcastle University in the UK have discovered evidence that 'greenhouse oceans' occurred in prehistoric times, resulting in areas of ocean with little or no life...

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Hot Jupiters - Flipped or Otherwise

As children, we are taught that our sun is the centre of the solar system and the planets of the solar system all orbit around it (in the same direction)...

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Semiconductor uses solar power to take H2 from water

In what is being touted as ''artificial photosynthesis,'' researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have devised a technique for coating a cuprous oxide semiconductor so that it...

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Scientists' research sounds warning for our oceans

Scientists in America have unveiled information that suggests oceans can take vast amounts of time to recover from disasters such as mass extinctions. Researchers from the University of Chicago, West...

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