The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. http://www.eurekalert.org en-us Copyright 2008 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:42:01 EDT EurekAlert! http://www.eurekalert.org/images/logo.gif http://www.eurekalert.org The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1440 webmaster@eurekalert.org The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot" -- a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-yas082708.php Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-yas082708.php New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that coal burning, primarily in North America and Europe, contaminated the Arctic and potentially affected human health and ecosystems in and around Earth's polar regions. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-gic081908.php Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-gic081908.php The first scientific mission with Sentry, a newly developed robot capable of diving as deep as 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) into the ocean, has been successfully completed by scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of Washington. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-rvs081308.php Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-rvs081308.php As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially curbs everyday industrial emissions. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-sta080808.php Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-sta080808.php We don't have spacecraft to take us outside our solar system -- not yet, at least. Still, astronomers thought they had a pretty good understanding of how our solar system formed and in turn, how others formed. In the last dozen years, nearly 300 exoplanets have been discovered. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-use080808.php Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-use080808.php Approximately 15 professors, deans and other professionals in the computing sciences from the People's Republic of China came to Arlington, Va., last month for a summit with their U.S. counterparts. The one-day meeting gave participants the chance to discuss challenges and opportunities facing computing scholars from both sides of the Pacific, and it reflected the growing level of cooperation between the academic research communities in both countries. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-nht080708.php Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-nht080708.php Instead of using a flat microchip as the light sensor for their new camera, a team of engineers has developed a sensor that is a flexible mesh of wire-connected pixels. The mesh is made from many of the same materials as a standard digital-camera sensor, but has the unique ability to conform to convoluted, irregular surfaces. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-tso080408.php Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nsf-tso080408.php