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China to build world's largest quake simulator
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May 26, 2009 |
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A Chinese university said Tuesday it had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, a week after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in southwest China.
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Rocket Mystery Explained With New Imaging Technique
Apr 09, 2008 |
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There’s a strange wave phenomenon that’s plagued rocket scientists for years, a lurking threat with the power to destroy an engine at almost any time. For decades, scientists have had a limited understanding ...
Researchers can predict hurricane-related power outages (w/ Video)
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other destructive storms, researchers from Johns Hopkins and Texas A&M universities say they have found a way to accurately predict power outages ...
Hydrogen-making algae's 'Achilles' heel' discovered
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered how oxygen stops green algae from producing hydrogen. The findings could help those working towards 'solar H2-farms' in which microorganisms produce hydrogen fuel ...
'Fish technology' draws renewable energy from slow water currents
Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn ...
How strong is a hurricane? Just listen
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Knowing how powerful a hurricane is, before it hits land, can help to save lives or to avoid the enormous costs of an unnecessary evacuation. Some MIT researchers think there may be a better, cheaper way of getting that crucial ...
First full 3-D view of cracks growing in steel
Jul 17, 2008 |
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A team of researchers from the University of Manchester (United Kingdom), the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon (France) and the ESRF has revealed how a growing crack interacts with the 3D crystal ...
Sound waves save roads
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Every year roads are built and repaired to the tune of several billions. Intensive efforts are underway all over the world to get 'more road for your money' by developing better methods for both design and quality control ...
Physicists Demystify Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've seen an Internet ad for capacitor-type power factor correction devices, you might be led to believe that using one can save you money on your residential electricity bill. However, ...
Hurricanes growing fiercer with global warming
Aug 01, 2005 |
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Hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the last three decades due in part to global warming, says an MIT professor who warns that this trend could continue.
Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high - more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists ...
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