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(AP) -- Countries that manage Antarctica plan tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters as tourist numbers rise, officials said Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news179857758.html Space & Earth Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:30:01 EST news179857758 (PhysOrg.com) -- A NOAA-led research mission has located and identified the final resting place of the YP-389, a U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, by a German submarine during World War II. http://www.physorg.com/news171796501.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:40:01 EST news171796501 As the U.S. Navy minimizes its dependence on foreign oil, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is a front runner in supporting and bringing forth innovative solutions to fuel consumption challenges. http://www.physorg.com/news170352387.html Space & Earth Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:20:02 EST news170352387 (AP) -- Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects largely intact, officials said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news167720761.html Other Sciences Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:06:43 EST news167720761 Rising levels of smokestack emissions from oceangoing ships will cause an estimated 87,000 deaths worldwide each year by 2012 -- almost one-third higher than previously believed, according to the second major study on that topic. The study says that government action to reduce sulfur emissions from shipping fuel (the source of air pollution linked to an increased risk of illness and death) could reduce that toll. The study is in the current issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news166268131.html Space & Earth Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:35:54 EST news166268131 Research suggests a new level of regulation for cellular export process by molecules previously assumed to be dedicated to import activities. http://www.physorg.com/news165152678.html Biology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:45:06 EST news165152678 New hull coatings being developed by the Office of Naval Research are showing promise in reducing the build-up of marine crustaceans - namely barnacles - on ships' hulls, optimizing vessel performance and dramatically reducing fuel costs. http://www.physorg.com/news163361728.html Chemistry Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:16:18 EST news163361728 (PhysOrg.com) -- Özlem Durmaz Incel, researcher at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, has developed a spectacular new method that enables wireless sensor networks to function up to ten times more efficiently. Networks based on this revolutionary method can be used for an extremely wide range of applications. They can, for example, be used for the surveillance of bridges, ports and distribution centres. They can also greatly increase efficiency in transport and logistics, for example in large ports. http://www.physorg.com/news160061305.html Technology Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:29:10 EST news160061305 Thousands of merchant ships chug in and out of South Florida's bustling ports each year, bringing boatloads worth of economic benefit to the region. http://www.physorg.com/news157744326.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:52:41 EST news157744326 A yearlong federal study has determined levels of contaminated sediment found under obsolete, rotting government ships anchored in Suisun Bay, in central California, are no higher than those found elsewhere in local waters, according to documents released Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news156164307.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:23:47 EST news156164307 It took some of America's best engineers, thousands of laborers and two years of around-the-clock concrete pouring to build the 726-foot-high Hoover Dam back in the 1930s. It took less time than that for the tiny, brainless quagga mussel to bring operators of this modern wonder of the world to their knees. http://www.physorg.com/news155241159.html Biology Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:33:22 EST news155241159 Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate pollution into the air as the total amount released by cars, according to a new study. Ship pollutants affect both the Earth's climate and the health of people living along coastlines. http://www.physorg.com/news154878659.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:37 EST news154878659 (PhysOrg.com) -- An automated robotic cleaning system that removes marine growth from the hull of a ship is being pioneered at Newcastle University. http://www.physorg.com/news140876404.html Technology Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:20:04 EST news140876404 Ah, nothing like breathing clean coastal air, right? Think again. Chemists at UC San Diego have measured for the first time the impact that dirty smoke from ships cruising at sea and generating electricity in port can have on the air quality of coastal cities. http://www.physorg.com/news138297462.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:57:42 EST news138297462