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Coalition releases study on cutting off Asian carp from Lake Michigan

Asian carp should be permanently cut off from Lake Michigan by sheet pile or impermeable land bridges, effectively re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River, according to a study set to be released Tuesday by a coalition ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An emergency network for natural disasters

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an emergency communications network that will maintain operation during natural disasters and provide critical warnings and geographic information ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beijing releases pollution data; US figures higher

(AP) -- Caving to public pressure, Beijing environmental authorities started releasing more detailed air quality data Saturday that may better reflect how bad the Chinese capital's air pollution is. But one ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Project to pour water into volcano to make power

(AP) -- Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 14, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (18) | comments 27

How to see the best meteor showers of 2012: Tools, tips and 'save the dates'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you're watching from a downtown area or the dark countryside, here are some tips to help you enjoy these celestial shows of shooting stars. Those streaks of light are really caused ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Escaped Siberian tiger shot dead in East China park

A rare Siberian tiger escaped from an east China zoo, frightening locals in a downtown public park before she was shot dead by more than 12 police, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Tech startups establish beachhead in L.A.

The Los Angeles tech scene has buzz, glitzy backers and even a catchy nickname: Silicon Beach.

Technology / Business

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

UI engineers conduct residential soils study, one of few such US studies ever done

University of Iowa engineers have published their findings from a study of residential soils in the city of Cedar Rapids, making it one of only a few such U.S. urban soil studies ever conducted.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wind experts advise on revolutionary wind-powered skyscraper

The infamous winds that gust through downtown San Francisco streets, overturning kiosks and sometimes toppling pedestrians, will help to power a revolutionary skyscraper set to open next fall -- and could ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fleas collected from Norway rats in downtown LA carry human pathogen

Most fleas collected from rats trapped in downtown Los Angeles, California carried microbes from the genus, Bartonella, many of which are human pathogens, according to a paper in the November Applied and Environmental Mi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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