In 2010, NASA experts announced the discovery of an microorganism that contained arsenic in its genetic material, rather than phosphorus. The discovery caused a massive debate, which is now bound to be reignited. The genome of the weird lifeform, called GFAJ-1, was been fully sequenced.
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7 December 2011
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A team of British researchers at the University of Leeds announces the discovery of an interesting new compound, called pyrophosphite. The material, a derivate of phosphorus, may have served as a potent source of energy for the earliest lifeforms that developed on our planet.In other words, the group may have shed mo... |
6 June 2011
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Phosphorus is undoubtedly one of the most important chemicals in the world. It is one of the six elements that allow for life to exist here at all. At this point, experts say that resources are scarce, and this constituted the main subject of a new art exhibit at the Arizona State University.Sustainability and fertil... |
3 February 2011
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On December 2, NASA experts announced the discovery of a new lifeform here on Earth, that substituted arsenic for phosphorus in its most basic processes. The remarkable finding has been heavily criticized since, and a heated debated has been raging on over this topic for about a week. Yesterday, December 7, one of th... |
8 December 2010
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The toxic cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena living in the Baltic Sea, has everything it needs to thrive, researchers from the University of Gothenburg concluded: continuous eutrophication of the water and an ever thinner ozone layer.Cyanobacteria are a type of phytoplankton, and surface blooms have increased in freq... |
6 December 2010
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In a much-anticipated press conference, that has been keeping the Internet buzzing for the last couple of days, experts announced the discovery of a new lifeform right here on Earth that does not abide by the common conception of what conditions life can survive and thrive in.This fundamental shift in the understandi... |
2 December 2010
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According to a new scientific study, it would appear that increases in the amounts of phosphorus contained in marine deposits can be linked to a significant growth in the number of species present in the sea many millions of years ago.Evolutionary biologists agree that oxygenation events, which took place each time p... |
2 December 2010
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Researchers at the University of Florida Research and Education Centers and scientists at the South Florida Water Management District have carried out a study assessing for nitrogen and phosphorus within the water in the Everglades National Park, and concluded that the quality of the water has improved.They actually ... |
22 October 2010
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According to the results of a new study conducted by experts at the US Geological Survey (USGS), it would appear that streams and aquifers in the country are in very poor condition.The new document cross-referenced nitrogen and phosphorus levels measured in 2010 with the ones measured in the early, and determined tha... |
24 September 2010
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Abiogenesis is the term used in the international scientific community to refer to the process through which life emerged from inanimate matter several billion years ago. Research groups around the world have provided explanations for it through theories, but the issue is that several of these attempts collide head-o... |
26 May 2010
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An expert at the Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS) proposes an interesting mechanisms to explain the appearance and development of complex life on our planet. Dominic Papineau, who is a CSI Geophysical Laboratory researcher, says that large amounts of phosphorus were spilled into the Earth's oceans billions... |
11 May 2010
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Peak oil (lowering oil supplies), once ignored as a problem for a distant future, is bound to happen soon. Although this fact is far less known, copper, phosphorus and some rare chemical elements face the same impending doom. Actually, it's us who are facing it. You may not be aware of what the disappearanc... |
13 September 2008
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Unlike typical cathode ray displays that produce images on a screen by bombarding electrons into a layer of phosphorous, liquid crystal displays can't actually produce their light while functioning. This is because the pixels on an LCD are basically like little shutters that vary their opacity accordingly to the... |
28 July 2008
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Televisions have been in our lives for almost eight decades. Technology has evolved a great deal during this time, however most of the televisions still benefit from the services of the old faithful cathode ray tube to display images. Cathode ray tubes basically work by firing electrons at a glass target coated with ... |
1 April 2008
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Remember hydrogen's radioactive isotope resulted in nuclear reactors that we dump all over the place then accuse the nuclear power plants for radioactive poisoning? Well if you do, then you should also know that they finally found some good use for it lately. Tritium is one of hydrogen's three isotopes and... |
14 December 2007
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