Call for network to monitor Southern Ocean current
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2007 |
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The senior science advisor to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has called for the establishment of a Southern Hemisphere network of deep ocean moorings to detect any change in ocean circulation ...
Layered approach may yield stronger, more successful bone implants
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Researchers from the American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new method for layering two kinds of biomaterials into one strong, ...
One of Hundreds of Specimens Collected from Expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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A scientist from the University of Aberdeen is leading a team of international researchers whose work will continue our understanding of life in the deepest oceans, and contribute to the global Census of Marine ...
A safe bet or Russian roulette?
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Risks are borne voluntarily, as in the case of medical tests or elective surgery, or thrust upon us, as in the case of exposure to environmental contamination. How should the average person interpret the daily flood of news ...
For earthquakes 'speed kills'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2007 |
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High-speed ruptures travelling along straight fault lines could explain why some earthquakes are more destructive than others, according to an Oxford University scientist.
IBM Ships Lotus Notes and Domino 8
Aug 17, 2007 |
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IBM announced that after two years in development and testing by more than 25,000 businesses around the world, Lotus Notes 8 and Lotus Domino 8 will be generally available today, Friday, August 17. IBM Lotus ...
Invasive Australian jellyfish sighted in Gulf of Mexico in summer 2007
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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The invasive Australian jellyfish, Phyllorhiza punctata, first reported in great quantities in the Gulf of Mexico in 2000, has made a vigorous reappearance this summer in waters from southwestern Louisiana ...
NASA eyes warm sea surface temperatures for hurricanes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Sea surface temperatures are one of the key ingredients for tropical cyclone formation and they were warming up in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and eastern Atlantic Ocean by the middle of August. As a result, ...
Investigators probe gene therapy death
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Medical investigators say an Illinois woman who died while in an experimental gene therapy trial was infected with a fungus that spun out of control.
Denmark proposes climate university
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Denmark wants to create a climate university on Greenland that would specialize in research of the region.
Congestion Charge: potentially unsafe for motorcyclists, claim researchers
Aug 17, 2007 |
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The London congestion charge may be having an adverse effect on motorcyclist and cyclist casualties, according to research now published online in the journal Transportation.
Kenyan malaria success strengthens call for free insecticide-treated nets for all
Aug 17, 2007 |
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Experts have today called for international agencies to provide insecticide-treated bed nets for all children in Africa as the most equitable way of tackling malaria. Their call is supported by new research co-funded by ...
Food supply affects bacteria's response to temperature
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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As a population of bacteria grows, it can become desperate. When their food supply dwindles, bacteria must either forage for new sources of nutrients or slow their metabolism. That’s why, at a critical bacterial concentration, ...
UK satellite mission to improve accuracy of climate-change measurements gains global support
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2007 |
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TRUTHS (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies) is a proposed satellite mission, led by the National Physical Laboratory, to improve tenfold the accuracy of earth observation satellites used to ...
Deadly Mine 'Bump' was Recorded as Seismic Event
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2007 |
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The University of Utah Seismograph Stations recorded a magnitude-1.6 seismic event at the time of a Thursday, Aug. 16 "bump" that killed and injured rescuers at a Utah coal mine where six miners were trapped by an Aug. 6 ...
