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New analysis of earthquake zone raises questions
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Aug 26, 2008 |
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Oregon State University scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in ...
Fragmented Structure of Seafloor Faults May Dampen Effects of Earthquakes
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Jul 12, 2007 |
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Many earthquakes in the deep ocean are much smaller in magnitude than expected. Geophysicists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found new evidence that the fragmented structure of seafloor ...
To a fault: the bottom line on earthquakes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2008 |
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Although many people think that California “owns” all the earthquakes, Ohio also has its share of faults. Unlike another earthquake that woke people on another April 18, 102 years ago, this quake was fairly mild.
Research reveals limitations of seismic data for mapping rock units in young oceanic crust
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Jan 30, 2007 |
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Researchers report that an approach used for years to understand the structure of Earth's oceanic crust is flawed and geoscientists will have reconsider the correspondence between seismic data and rock units when mapping ...
Teen gets Britain's first eyelash transplant: surgeons
Aug 09, 2009 |
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One of Britain's biggest comestic surgery clinics claimed Sunday to have carried out the nation's first-ever eyelash transplant on a 19-year-old with a hair-pulling disorder.
Frictional heating explains plumes on Enceladus
May 16, 2007 |
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Rubbing your hands together on a cold day generates a bit of heat, and the same process of frictional heating may be what powers the geysers jetting out from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Explained: The Discrete Fourier Transform
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1811, Joseph Fourier, the 43-year-old prefect of the French district of Isčre, entered a competition in heat research sponsored by the French Academy of Sciences. The paper he submitted ...
A 'shrimp cocktail' to fuel cars and trucks
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Call it a "shrimp cocktail" for your fuel tank. Scientists in China are reporting development of a catalyst made from shrimp shells that could transform production of biodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, ...
Transform a ball into a rock -- or make it invisible -- using transformation optics
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Science fiction and fantasy tales are full of the ability to "cloak" characters with invisibility. Whether it is a spaceship with a cloaking device, or a young wizard with an invisibility ...
Pacific Northwest tectonic plates are moving
Apr 12, 2006 |
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The three major tectonic plates off the Pacific Northwest coast are undergoing a gradual shift, and the area in which they converge – popularly known as the "Triple Junction" – appears to be migrating in a southeasterly direction.
Deep tremors under San Andreas Fault could portend earthquakes
Dec 11, 2004 |
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University of California, Berkeley, seismologists have discovered mysterious tremors deep under the San Andreas Fault that may portend future earthquakes. The continuous tremors are "a kind of chatter" ema ...
One year after Solomon Islands, scientists learn barrier to earthquakes weaker than expected
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 02, 2008 |
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On the one year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands that killed 52 people and displaced more than 6,000, scientists are revising their understanding of the potential for similar giant ...
Panasonic develops bed that turns into wheelchair
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Japan's Panasonic Corp. has developed a "Robotic Bed" that can transform into a wheelchair to make life easier for elderly and disabled people, it announced Friday.
Some deep-sea earthquakes send out early-warning signals, seismologists say
Mar 23, 2005 |
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Research published in Nature shows theoretical feasibility of quake forecasting Earthquakes along a set of fault lines in the Pacific Ocean emit small "foreshocks" that can be used to forecast the main tremor, according to ...
Major breakthrough could lead to new antibiotics for human use
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The means to fully understand and exploit a type of fungus that could form the basis of a new class of antibiotics has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol. With certain ...
