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Microbes are alive and well in the deepest ocean

Posted March 18, 2013 - 02:00 by Thomas Anderson

An international research team has announced the first scientific results from one of the most inaccessible places on Earth.

Record-breaking marine robot crosses Pacific

Posted December 6, 2012 - 06:50 by Kate Taylor

A swimming robot measuring just seven feet long has successfully crossed the Pacific after more than a year at sea.

Bacteria discovered after 86 million years

Posted May 21, 2012 - 06:43 by Kate Taylor

Living bacteria have been discovered deep beneath the ocean where they've had no new food or oxygen since dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Biofuel powers Boeing 787 across the Pacific

Posted April 25, 2012 - 10:05 by  Paul Willis, EarthTechling 

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner has made aviation history by completing the first ever transpacific biofuel flight.

Russian spaceship crashes in Pacific

Posted January 16, 2012 - 06:19 by Emma Woollacott

The failed Mars probe that was left spinning out of control when contact was lost shortly after takeoff, has crashed safely to Earth in the southern Pacific.

UARS satellite fell in south Pacific, says NASA

Posted September 28, 2011 - 07:17 by Kate Taylor

NASA’s given its final verdict on the last resting place of the UARS satellite, which fell back to Earth last Friday.

Oceanic 'Garbage Patch' smaller than claimed

Posted January 5, 2011 - 05:33 by Emma Woollacott

The amount of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean's 'Great Garbage Patch' is nowhere near as great as has been made out, an Oregon State University scientist says.

Report: Microsoft and LG team up for 3D gaming

Posted May 11, 2010 - 13:25 by Aharon Etengoff

Microsoft and LG have reportedly entered into a memorandum of understanding to jointly market the latter's new 3D televisions alongside 3D-enabled Xbox 360 games in the Asia Pacific region.