Lakes linked beneath Antarctic ice

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A rethink of plans to explore the watery world under Antarctic's ice sheet is prompted as a result of the discovery that lakes hidden deep beneath the Antarctic ice could burst under pressure 'like champagne corks'. Antarctic's subglacial lakes have attracted close attention since researchers first realized, that they might be isolated for millions of years and so could harbour unique microbial ecosystems.

Environmental aspects, Ice sheets, Microbial ecology

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Innovation endgame

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David Norwood, owner of IP2IPO company is aiming to signing deals with British universities bringing them a useful package to create a fund that would invest in future spin-offs. Norwood's largest and best-known deal is with the University of Oxford, which had then managed to raise only two-third of the pound sterling 60 million needed to build a new chemistry building.

United Kingdom, Financial management, Venture Capital Companies, Miscellaneous Intermediation, Investors, not elsewhere classified, Finance, University of Oxford, Company financing, IP2IPO

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Russian bid to drill Antarctic lake gets chilly response

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Russian researchers are all prepared to drill an underground lake in the Antarctica starting from Lake Vostok, which lies 4,000 meters below the surface. According to experts, the team's equipment has not been properly tested and could contaminate the potentially unique ecosystems that inhabit Vostok's 5,400 cubic kilometers of water.

Science & research, Russia, Research, Lakes, Drilling and boring, Drilling

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