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Katrina and Rita provide glimpse of what could happen to offshore drilling if Gustav hits Gulf
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2008 |
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Shortly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the U.S., Rice University civil and mechanical engineering professor Satish Nagarajaiah studied damage done to offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. If tropical storm ...
Record wave measured during Hurricane Ivan
Aug 05, 2005 |
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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-Stennis Space Center measured a record-size ocean wave when the eye of Hurricane Ivan passed over the Gulf of Mexico.
Ocean current experts warn of risks if eastern Gulf is opened to drilling
Jun 17, 2009 |
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While Congress considers opening the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil-and-gas drilling, experts on ocean currents warn of a potential environmental nightmare that could reach the coast of South Florida.
NY state seeks to crack down on wayward truckers
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- New York state wants to crack down on truckers who rely on satellite devices to direct them onto faster but prohibited routes and end up crashing into overpasses that are too low for their rigs.
Microhole technology produces new tools
Jan 22, 2007 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy says new technology being developed for its 2-year-old Microhole Initiative is yielding new tools.
Forecasters predict 6 Atlantic hurricanes for 2009
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Six hurricanes are expected to churn through the Atlantic this year, a Colorado State University forecast team said Tuesday as it lowered its estimates for the upcoming storm season.
Coastlines could be protected by 'invisibility cloak'
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences.
Underwater robot with a sense of touch
May 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Maintenance of offshore drilling rigs or underwater cables, taking samples of sediment - underwater robots perform a variety of deep-sea tasks. Research scientists now aim to equip robots ...
Swimming robot makes waves
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Bath have used nature for inspiration in designing a new type of swimming robot which could bring a breakthrough in submersible technology.
CSIRO researchers create giant waves -- virtually
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO scientists have created 'rogue waves' more than 20 metres high and smashed them into virtual oil and gas production platforms to compare different mooring designs.
Research discovers underground pockets of water, natural gas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Look out below! That's the warning a University of Alberta geophysics researcher has for hydrocarbon and water drillers after discovering uncharted land forms beneath the surface of the province. Deep valleys, ...
NVIDIA Reveals First Next-Generation GeForce 9 Series GPU
Feb 21, 2008 |
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NVIDIA Corporation has unveiled the first graphics processing unit (GPU) of its next-generation GeForce 9 Series that may offer the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company’s history. Introduced ...
Ericsson, Telstra Achieve World's First 200km Cell Range Mobile Broadband Coverage
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Ericsson and Australian telecom operator Telstra said they launched the world’s first 200km cell range in a commercial mobile broadband network. The achievement was announced yesterday at the 3GSM World Congress ...
The world's largest fusion experiment of the stellarator type taking shape
Mar 13, 2008 |
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The first milestone in the successive assembly of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at the Greifswald branch of Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP), Germany, has been reached on schedule with the ...
A New Cloaking Method: This is not a 'Star Trek' or 'Harry Potter' Story (w/ Video)
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah mathematicians developed a new cloaking method, and it's unlikely to lead to invisibility cloaks like those used by Harry Potter or Romulan spaceships in "Star Trek." Instead, ...
